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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 25. 1905 



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Full line of SUPPLIES, wholesale and retail. 



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 your Inquiries for prices, Catalog, etc. 



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 do without it." — A. G. 

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 THE riARSHFlELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., riarshfield, Wis. 



rj&ase jnentiou isee jnoumal "wlien ■wmtine 



and cut out a piece the size of the top-bar, 

 only a shade thicker, so we can wedge the 

 frame. Then cut a piece a half-inch thick, 

 and nearly the length inside ttie frame, and 

 nail it on the tirst piece so the edge will come 

 nearly to the center of the top-bar. Then the 

 foundation will be in the center of the frame, 

 then wedge so the top-bar will fit up to the 

 last piece. The foundation can be set on the 

 bar and pressed down tight with the fingers, 

 60 the melted wax will not run under it. Then 

 take a frame and foundation in the hand, and 

 hold it at an angle of 45 degrees, more or less. 

 Take a spoon and dip up the hot wax. We 

 soon learn the proper amount, and put it at 

 the upper corner pouring it out so it will run 

 down the corner of the frame and wax. It 

 soon cools. Then turn the frame and serve 

 the other side in the same way, being careful 

 to keep the foundation resting on the wire 

 when turning. Patience and perseverance 

 soon enable one to make a good job. 



We prepare a quantity of foundation, one 

 side of which must be made straight with a 

 straight-edge, and a hot knife out of a frying- 

 pan of hot water. Heat the wire-imbedder 

 in the same place. 



We never were so well prepared for swarm- 

 ing-time as we are now, having done all our 

 work of making hives and frames, and wiring 

 and putting in foundation last winter. The 

 bees are late in commencing to swarm here. 

 In the orange orchards they were swarming 

 several days ago. 



It my description of putting in foundation 

 will help out some beginner in beekeeping I 

 shall be satisfied. A. B. Carpenter. 



Tulare Co., Calif., April 28. 



Putting Out Cellar-Wintered Bees 



The spring problem with cellar-wintered 

 bees has been sol ?ed by me in the following 

 way : 



Seven years ago I put some bees out on 

 March 23, to save them. They did bo well 

 that I have ever since put all the bees out the 

 first fine day in March, with very good re- 

 sults, compared with the years previous to 

 that time, when I waited for settled warm 

 weather. 



I made a bad-weather case by sawing a 

 large shoe-case through the center, after nail- 

 ing laths on each side of the proposed cut. I 

 then put 4 to 6 feed-sacks over each hive, and 

 put the case over all. Close the entrance all 

 but a small space, and all is well. 



The cases and sacks are also used in cold 

 weather to get the bees to stay in supers one 

 night. At the time of our harvest in the fall 

 the nights are f o cold that every bee will leave 

 the supers, and I can lift them off in the 

 morning without escapes, leaving me with 

 thin and uncapped honey. 



John J. McRat. 

 Ontario, Canada, April IM. 



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NORRiS & ANSPACH, Kenton, Ohio. 



White Clover, But No Nectar 



Bees are doing poorly. They wintered well 

 and built up well early in the spring, but they 

 have been living on stores they had from last 

 fall or what has been furnished them in the 

 shape of combs of honey saved over tor the 

 purpose of feeding from last year. There is 

 lots of white clover in bloom but it seems 

 there is no nectar in it. May be when it stops 

 raining every few days the bees will do better. 



ROBT. A. HOLEKAMP. 



St. Louis Co., Mo., May 16. 



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Balled, Queens— Values the Ameri- 

 ' _ can Bee Journal 



I have been trying to get some new sub- 

 scribers to the Amencau Bee Journal, but 

 every one 1 spoke to side-tracked me in some 

 way. One man laughed at me and asked me 

 if I believed there was such a thing as foul 

 brood. , , 



On March 13 I visited a man who was tak- 

 ing out honey. I asked him if he was not 

 robbing the bees, but he said that the bees 

 would never eat all that honey, and besides 

 they could live all right from now on, any 

 way. He had about 40 colonies in box-hives, 

 and was cutting down into the brood. It 

 looked to me as though he needed the Bee 



