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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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cloudy after you have traveled several 

 miles to an out apiary and the weather 

 is unfit to look over the bees, don't 

 complain about it, but use that sharp 

 hoe which you ought to always take 

 with you, and cut down all weeds 

 around the hives and elsewhere and 

 see how much more convenient it 

 will be to work in the apiary. A 

 colony of bees having the entrance to 

 its hive choked with weeds and grass 

 can not produce as much honey as 

 one that is free of weeds. 



All supers should be on the strong- 

 est colonies now, and all hives ready 

 for the season's increase. 



Just now the desert is covered with 

 snowball and bergamot blooms, and 

 brood nests are crowded with prim- 

 rose pollen, of which there is a great 

 abundance this season. Primrose 

 yields some honey also Now that the 

 season is upon us let us all try to pre- 

 pare something for exhibit at the 

 "Association" meeting next fall. I 

 am sure it will repay anyone to make 

 an exhibit of something large or 

 small. 



his cows has much yet to learn." If 

 the latter opinion is the true one, I 

 must number myself with those — I 

 fear, the great majority — who have 

 much yet to learn, as I invariably fail 

 to pull through the full complement 

 of stocks which I have winter-packed. 

 — Correspondent British Bee Journal. 



TALKING BEE HIVES TO 

 BEGINNERS. 



Someone sends The Bee-Keeper a 

 marked copy of the Colton (Calif). 

 Daily News for M'ay 24, 1907, and this 

 is what we read; 



SIMPLEX-BEEHIVE. 



A Testimonial. 



Office of M. O. Hert, Attorney At 

 Law and Notary Public. 



Colton, Cal., May 23rd, 1907. 

 Mr. Carl Ludlof¥, Colton, Cal. 



In reply to your inquiry concerning 



my experience with the workings of 



the Simplex Bee Hive will say that I 



I hope subscriptions will continue boug'ht two of your hives about April 



„ :„ ...,.;i ^.,. « A. .^„;. *;..„" ^^t and on the third day of April I 



put a small swarm in one of them and 

 on the 4th day of May I took 60 

 pounds of as fine honey as I ever saw 

 from them and today I see that they 

 have at least twenty pounds more. I 

 placed a swarm in the other one about 

 the 20th of April and they have eight 

 frames full of honey and brood; both 

 blue silk ribbons for the awarding of 'have done at least four times as much 



to come in until our "Association 

 will have as large or larger member- 

 ship than formerly. 



Please send all articles for publi- 

 cation in The American Bee-Keeper 

 to me, and I will forward them to the 

 editor. Write short, pithy articles if 

 you have anything to offer. 



I hope to secure red, white and 



prizes on aparian exhibits at The Col- 

 orado State Fair, at Pueblo, instead 

 of cardboard tags of the respective 

 colors. I intend to have the ribbons 

 for the State Association exhibits al- 

 so. 



Erie, Colorado, June 15, 1907. 



DOCTORS DISAGREE. 



Two bee-"doctors"' in The American 

 Bee-Keeper hold diametrically oppos- 

 ed ideas on the subject. Mr. F. Grei- 

 ner says: — "We cannot as yet bring 

 our bees through the winter with that 

 degree of certainty and uniformity 

 that is possible with sheep, horses, 

 cattle, and domestic fowls"; while Mr. 

 Allen Latham holds that "the bee- 

 keeper who has not solved the win- 

 tering problem to the extent that he 

 can winter his bees as well as he can 



as those I have in box hives and the 

 ordinary frame hives. I wish to say 

 I am not in the bee business for profit, 

 but merely making a study of them 

 from a scientific standpoint, 'but from 

 what I have seen I believe that any 

 one with or without experience could 

 with your improved hive make bee 

 raising highly profitable, and I pre- 

 dict that when people once investigate 

 your hive you can not make them fast 

 enough to fill your orders. I believe 

 that it is possible to get 100 per cent, 

 more honey from your hive than any- 

 thing else on the market. 



I believe that you will have great 

 success in the manufacture and sale 

 of this hive. 



Yours truly, 



M. O. Hert. 



Colton is a great town. Everything 

 in Southern California is "great." The 



