Aug. 3. 190S 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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Smith's directions, and we hope to malte this 

 section of country once more a prosperous 

 place to l<eep bees. 



I have tried to do some work among the 

 bee-l<eepers here, and while 1 find nearly all 

 of them willing to try to stamp out the dis- 

 ease, I also find a few old-timers who don't 

 believe there is any such disease, or they say, 

 " It will all disappear when a good honey-flow 

 comes; I don't believe it is conlagious," and 

 make no effort to prevent its spread. In fact, 

 they leave old, diseased combs exposed for 

 the other bees to clean out. I found one old 

 bee-keeper who would not let me look into a 

 a hive in his yard of 60 colonies; he said they 

 were working all right, and that was all he 

 cared for. 



How I would like to see a law passed that 

 would bring such men to time — teach them 

 that this is not a country in which each one 

 lives for himself alone. 



The progressive bee-keepers must keep up 

 the fight for a good law, and some time Illi- 

 nois will be classed among the States having 

 a good compulsory law. 



Our outlook (or a crop of fall honey is 

 good, W, G. Lawkence. 



Whiteside Co., III., Jnly 13. 



Light Honey Crop 



The honey crop in this locality is only 

 about half of what it was last year. The 

 weather was too cold, and the clover season 

 is about over. It is possible, but not prob- 

 able, that we will get a light fall crop. 



Henrt a. Wyman. 



Kewaunee Co., Wis., July 17. 



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White Honey Almost a Failure 



I think the bee-keepers of this part of the 

 State at least are suitable subjects for the 

 " blasted hopes "column, as our white honey 

 crop is nearly an entire failure, owing to the 

 almost continuous rains and cloudy weather 

 during the period of clover bloom. 



Clover never promised better. There was a 

 very rank, thick growth of it, and between 

 showers it smelled very sweet, and bees 

 worked lively on it, but for only a few hours 

 or a day at a time, when they would be shut 

 in by another rain, and consume a good part, 

 no doubt, of what little they had just gath- 

 ered. The result is that our supers are from 

 partly-filled to empty. Those run for ex- 

 tracted honey did a little better, but not much. 



There was a little basswood bloom, and bees 

 got merely a taste from that. Now we hope 

 our bees will get enough fall honey for win- 

 ter stores, at least. We have bad but little 

 surplus from this source for several years, 

 whereas usually we used to get much more 

 darb>than white honey. 



In answer to Dr. Miller's request, I will say 

 that several times I have set one colony over 

 another with an excluder between, with good 

 success. 



In one of my upper extracting stories with 

 an excluder below, we found an egg in a 

 queen-cell at two different times, and there 

 had been no brood reared from below where 

 the queen was for a week or more. The eggs 

 must have been brought up from below. Is 

 this a common occurrence or very rare; 



I have been wanting to get a crop of honey 

 that would warrant me in attending the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, and 

 thought when San Antonio was selected as 

 the place for the next meeting, I must attend 

 if possible, and meet face to face some of the 

 veterans an J larger honey-producers, most of 

 whom I know only by tbeir writings in the 

 bee-papers. Also to look over some of the 

 great State of Texas, which I hurriedly passed 

 through 23 years ago. B. T. Davenport. 



Green Lake Co., Wis., July 22. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



National.— The International Fair is to be 

 held Jin San Antonio, Tex , Oct. 21 to Nov. 

 1. Wheu this Fair is in progress there are 

 very low rates in force on the railroads out 

 for 60U or 700 miles. Then there are harvest 

 excursions from the North on the 2d and 4th 

 Tuesdays of the month. The 4th Tuesday in 

 October comes on the 24th. Considering these 



facts, it has been decided to select Saturday, 

 Oct. 28, as bee-keepers' day at the Fair. This 

 will give ample time for members from the 

 North to reach the city by starting the 24th. 

 The regular sessions of the convention will 

 begin Monday, Oct. 30, and continue three 

 day a. 



The headquarters of the National Associa- 

 tion will be a* the Bexar Hotel (pronounced 

 Baer. long souud ot a), corner of Houston 

 and Jefferson Sts., and rates are only .*1.00 a 

 day, and up. The convention will be held at 

 Elks' Hall, 125 W. Commerce St., only two 

 blocks from the Be.\ar Hotel. 



Flint, Mich. W. Z. Hutchinson, .SVc. 



Missouri.— T lie Missouri Stale Bee Keepers' 

 Assocfaiioa will meet in Sedalia, Aug. 21 and 

 23, opening session to be at 2:.10 p.m , Aug. 2J. 

 Tbe room lo meet in will be named later on. 

 The Stale Fair meeting there at the same time 

 will obtain low railroad rates from all parts of 

 the State. The Livestock Association also meet- 

 ing there on ihe 24th will give us some inspira- 

 tion. Hon. Geo. B. Ellis. Secretary of the Agri- 

 cultural department, will be there and give a 

 talk and lend a helping hand. Louis A. Osborn, 

 of ihat place, has kindly offered lo act as host, 

 and win direct. to the place of meeting and to 

 accommoda' ion. Hotel accommodations can be 

 had at tl to $2 a day. Private boarding cheaper. 

 Let us turn out en masse and have a glorious 

 time a? well as to effect some extraordinary 

 progress. W. T. Cary, Sec. 





The STANDARD-BRED kind. Untested, 75 cents each; 3 for $2.10; 

 or 6 for $4 00. They give satisfaction. Or the American Bee Journal 

 for a year and a Queen for SI. SO. Here are some unsolicited testimo- 

 nials from those who have had our Queens : 



V\Zhat They Say of Our Queens 



Geokge W. York & Co. 



After importing queens for 15 years, you have sent me the best. 



She keeps fli; 



Langstrolh frames fully occupied to date, and although I kept ttie hive well con 

 traded to force them to swarm, they have never built a queen-cell, and will put ut 



100 pounds of honey if the flow lasts this week. 

 Ontario, Canada, July 32, 190.5. 



Chas. Mitchell. 



fiEOROE W. YOKK & Co. „ ~. ;, 1. A 



The two queens received of you some time ago are fine. They are good breeders, 

 and the workers are showing up fine. I introduced them among black bees, and the 

 bees are nearly yellow now and are doing good work. A. W. bWAN. 



Nemaha Co., Kans., July 15, 1905. 



George W. York iV: Co. ^ , . . 



The queen I bought of you has proven a good one, and has given me some of 



my best colonies. N. F. OGLesbt. 



Washington Co., Va., July 22, 190o. 



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Georoe W. York & Co. 



The queen received of you a few days ago came 

 through O. K., and I want to say she is a beauty. I 

 inunediately introduced her into a colony which had 

 lnun queenless for 20 days. She was accepted by them, 

 un.l has gone to work nicely. I am highly pleased with 

 ht-r and your promptness in filling my order. My father, 

 who is an old bee-keeper, pronounced her very fine. 

 Vou will hear from me again when I am in need ot some- 

 ihlng in the bee line. E. E. McColm. 



Marion Co., 111., July 13, 1905. 



An Untested Italian Queen-Bee 

 FREE as a Premium 



= For Sending One New Subscriber = 



for the American Bee Journal tor a year with ?;1.00. 



As has been our custom heretofore we offer to mail a fiiie Standard-Bred Un- 

 tested Italian ( 'ueen to the person who complies with tbe following conditions, all 

 of which must be strictly followed : 



I. The seuder of a new subscriber must have his or her own subscription paid 

 in advanc*' at least to the end of this year. 



2 Sending vour own name with .«1.00 for the Bee Journal will not entitle yoii 

 to a tiueen as a premium. The sender must be already a paid-in-advance subscriber 

 as above, an.l the new subscriber must be a MKW subscriber; vvhich ineans 

 further that llii- new subscriber has never had the Bee Journal regularly, or at least 

 not for a whole vtar previous to his name being sent in as a new one; and, also, tne 

 new subscriber' must not be a member of the same family where the Bee Journal is 

 already being laKon. 



We think ».■ have made the foregoing sufficiently plain so that no error need 

 be made. Our Iremium Queens are too valuable to throu away— they must be 

 earned in a li-itimate way. They are worth working lor. 



Address all .'idersto .^„., ~ ,-n 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Stfeet, CHICAGO, ILL. 





