April 27, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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OF ALL KINDS. 



Beeswax Wanted at all Times. 



DADANT & SONS, Hamilton, III. 



The Rietsche Press 



Made of artificial stone. Practically Inde- 

 stroctible, and giving entirely satisfactory re- 

 snlts. Comb foundation made easily and 

 quickly at less than half the cost of buying 

 from the dealers. Price of Press, $1.50— cash 

 with order. Address, 



ADRIAN GETAZ, 



44Alf KNOXVILLE, TENN. 



jyJ.G. Goodner, of this State, writes me that 

 he "prefers to pay $25 for a Rietsche Press than 

 do without it." — A. G. 

 Please mention Bee Journal wheu -orritlng. 



Oolden Queensa nflBees 



Readj June 1. Hustlers for honey; very gen- 

 tle, oon-swarming". Price-list now ready — also 

 an Spage leaflet on queen- rearing, including my 

 experience in curing pickled brood, black brood 

 and bee-paralysis, sent free to all who apply. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



13Atf WENHAM, MASS. 



Please mention Bee Jonmal -when wriUna 



12 



.80 For 

 200 Egq 

 INCUBATOR 



Perfect In constraction ana 

 utiun. liatches ever; fertile 

 egg. Write for catalog t«Hlaj ^^ 



GEO. H. STAHL, Qutncy. III. 



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Tested Queens by Return Mall, 

 —$1.00 Each— 



We have a large number of Choice Tested 

 Queens, reared last September and October, and 

 wintered in 4frame nuclei; these queens are 

 vigorous and prolific, and of our fine strain of 

 Three Band Italians. Just the queens to build 

 up weak colonies. Try them. Send for circular. 



,,, ^ J. W. K. SHAW & CO. 



IjAti LoREAVViLLE, Iberia Par., La. 



queen's drones are half black. In the spring 

 of 1904 the select queen ceased to lay, 

 and the colonv dwindled to nothing:, so I lost 

 it, with 0%-er 25 pounds of sealed honey in the 

 hive. I never have had one pound of honey 

 in the sections from those Italians until last 

 summer, when s sections were filled by a 

 prime swarm which issued June 30. 



I have had 2 second swarms leave for the 

 woods, one in IfllH and another in 1904. I 

 have one colony of Italians now, and the 

 queen is the daughter of the select-tested 

 queen. 



I think a tested queen should breed both 

 workers and drones so that all should be 

 marked alike. I don't see how breeders get 

 so many different f^^rades from one breeding 

 queen. As I look at it there are but two 

 grades, one must lie pure, and the other 

 impure. 



After testing the queen from Breeder No. 1 

 I bought three queens from Breeder No. 2. 

 The drones froui J of those queens had 3 

 bands, one baviiij,' a few darker drones, but 

 the workers from nil 3 were well marked. 

 Those 3 queens were superseded in the spring 

 of 1904. I bought them in August. 1902. 

 The young queens in the 3 hives where the 

 supersedures took place are truly mated with 

 Carniolan drones, but the daughter from the 

 mother that produced drones is half black. 



I have 4 young i aruiolan queens that breed 

 3-banded drones. I supposed the queens 

 were Italians, hat «as told after I bought 

 them that they were Carniolans. I had heard 

 that they were griat swarmers, so I bought 

 lumber and made ir> hives, 17x11 inches deep, 

 with 8 frames. I i^uve had those bees two 

 seasons, but have Pit had a swarm from them 

 yet. These are tile colonies that gave me my 

 surplus honey, all No. 1 white. They are 

 peaceable, and I cu n walk or stay any length 

 of time about the L \a without getting stung. 



I put 2" sections >a each of 3 hives — two 

 Carniolans and one olack. I set the sections 

 on the honey-boa with 3t^-inch slat-fence 

 between sections. y June 20 the Carniolans 

 had their seetioii> ed, and the blacks a few 

 days later. I iK' -^aw that I had made a 



ITA.LiIA.N- 



Bees,Queens andNuclei 



Choice home-bred and im- 

 ported stock. All queens 

 reared in full colonies. 



One untested queen $1.10 



One tested queen 1.65 



One select tested queen . . 2.20 



One breeding queen 3.30 



One comb nucleus (no 

 queeni 1.80 



Untested ready in May; all 

 others ready now from last 

 season's rearing. 



Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 For prices on quantities and 

 description of each grade of Queens, send for 

 free price-list. J. I^. i$'rK<»:>[<j. 

 204 East Logan Street, CLARINDA, IOWA. 

 14Atf Please mention the Bee Jomraal. 



DAVENPORT, 



IOWA. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



G. B. Lewis Go's B-WARE, 

 Dadant's Foundation. 



We can serve you quick and save you 

 freight and express charges. Send us 

 your BEESWAX in exchange for other 

 goods. Send for our Catalog. 



LOUIS HANSSEN'S SONS. 



Wh Sbll root's Goods in Michiqan 



Let ns quote yon prices on Sections, Hives, 

 Foundation, etc., as we can save you time and 

 freight. BeeswHX Wanted for Cash. 



M. H. HUNT & SON. 

 Bell Bs&ncb, Watne Co., Mich 



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