May 2S, 1905 



THE AMERK4N BEE JOURNAL 



379 



so badly that I could not case them. About 

 this time the fence separator made its appear- 

 ance. Oq examination I found that a IjVs sec- 

 tion and the fence just filled the l'«' slats. I 

 find that a 1''., section filled when the fence is 

 in will average 15 ounces right through. I 

 put 15 sections in a 12-pound ease and sell it 

 at $1..50. That is as cheap as dirt. 



I would not do anything with the bees if I 

 could labor, but I am crippled with rheuma- 

 tism so badly that I can't get about to do 

 other work. I think that Mr. Morgan is 

 right. When I fill up what few empty hives 

 I may have on hand, I let the rest eo if I can 

 not double up. D. C. Wilson. 



Linn Co., Iowa, March 24. 



Fastening Foundation 



No doubt Mr. Doolittle can do all he says 

 he can in making bee-fixtures in the winter, 

 but he did not inform one how he works his 

 wax. He no doubt has a shop which he can 

 make comfortably warm and that is sufficient 

 to take the brittleness out of the foundation. 

 Then very likely he uses knife and wire-im- 

 bedder, as hot as hot water can make them, 

 to work it. 



We tried every way we could learn of to 

 stick foundation, without much satisfaction, 

 until we stumbled on using hot beeswax, and 

 the way to do it. 



In our shop the ground is the floor, and we 

 dig a pit in the center and build a fire in it 

 sufficient to warm it, and the smoke goes out 

 of the open places. We have no snow, and a 

 small amount of freezing weather. We then 

 have an oilstove to heat water.tools and wax. 

 We use a discarded frying-pan to heat water 

 in and set in this a miner's small coffee-cup 

 filled with wax to be melted. Next we must 

 have a stop to put on the frames, to stop the 

 foundation in the center of the frames. We 

 take a stick larger than the top-bar of a frame 



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HENRY ALLEY, 



13Atf WENHAM, MASS. 



DON'T BE BOTHERED 



ivMth lice on poultry. SchlldVLlclK. 

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SOI Detroit St. Cieveluiid. «. 



Nuclei For Sale 



Good, heavy, strong, three-frame Nuclei with 

 Queens, on L. frames— after May 20, t^.oO each, 

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20A2t Lewisbukgh, Miss. 



FOR SALE 



50 colonies of Italian and Carniolan BEES 

 for sale, all in l}i-story 8 frame hives, nearly 

 new, and all in good condilion. One to 5 colo- 

 nies, $5 each. For larger lots write for pr.ce, 

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WM. J. HEALY. 



18A.4t MiNEKAL^PoiNT, lowa Co., Wis. 



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X 513-515 Massachnsetts Ave., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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We are agents for the OittmerConilt Foundation for this State, and all that are 

 nearer us than them, at Dittmer's prices. If you wish your Wax worked up into Founda- 

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 will save you much time and freicht. 



THE BEEiAND HONEY COMPANY, BeeviOe, Bee Co., Texas. 



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of careful seleciion from red-clover queens and 

 superior stock obtained from W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Untested queens, 75c; after June 15, 60c; tested 

 queens, $1.00; after June 15, 75c; selected tested 

 queens, $1 25; after June 15, $1.00. Write postal 

 card for circular. CHAS. KOEPPEN. 



17A26t Fredericksburg, Va. 



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 26t6year. H. H. FLICK. 

 MANCHESTER., Md. 

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