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A JOURNAL FOR THE NOVICE AND EXPERT IN BEEKEEPING. 



Published Monthly. Subscription Price, 75 cts. per Annum. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



Editor. 



VOL. VIII. 



WENHAM, MASS., APRIL 1,1890. 



NO. 4- 



Entered ut 3?ost-office as second-class inatter. 



^l)e ^Iritor's JPepartment. 



Spreading brood. 



Mr. Doolittle has never sliown tliat there is the 

 least ailvantage in fijjre.Kling brond. There is 

 not. On the other haml, if an inexperienced 

 person attempts it he will temporarily, if not per- 

 manently, injure his a|)iary. While spreading 

 brood may be practised during the warmest 

 weather, tliere is nothing gained il pra(;tised early 

 in the season. Where ;i conib of brood is removed 

 from the centre of tlie brood-nest and jin empty 

 one inserted in its place, tlie queen will at once 

 deposit eggs in the cells; yet nothing is gained 

 thereby. Jt seems to me that every beekeeper 

 should know that colonies having prolilic queens 

 deposit all the eggs the bees can pi-otect when 

 the weather is cool. When the brood is sjire-nl, 

 the bees cannot protect it, and on cool nights the 

 cluster draws in, and all eggs and larva on the 

 outer edges are lelt to perish. If any one desires 

 a practical test of the matter, just spread the 

 brood in a hive, ami if the weather the next morn- 

 ing is cool, open the hive and see if the bees have 

 not deserted and lelt much of the brood on the 

 outer edges to perish. 



How our bees have wintered. The Italians 

 ahead. 



Last fall we purchased a number of black col- 

 onies of bees to use in qneen-rearing the com- 

 ing season. These colonies were all strong and 

 in fine condition and the combs well filled with 

 natural stores. We also have in the apiary sev- 

 eral siilendid colonies of Carniolan bees. The 

 others are Italians. 



All the bees have wintered well; the Italians 

 coming out ahead of all. The black colonies 

 show more dead bees about the hives than the 

 other races. There are fiw if any dead bees 

 about any of our Italian colonies. 



Canadian Bee Journal. 



Brother Jones has made an important change 

 in the Canadian Bep Journal and Poultry Weekly. 

 They will be issued semimonthly lierealter. 

 This is a pretty good arrangement. The two 

 papers are sent for $1 per year. Subsciibe for 

 them. You will get more than you pay for. 



The drone-and-queen trap. 



Special attention is called to what is said of 

 the drone-and queen trap in this issue. The trap 

 is now one of the staple articles of the apiary. 

 To save express charges the traps may be or- 

 dered of one of the following named parties. 



Thos. G. Newman & .Son, 34(i Kast Madison St., 

 Chicago, III.; A.I Root, Medina. Ohio; G. L. 

 Tinker. New I'hiladclphia, Ohio; A. K. Stauffer, 

 & Co.. Sterling. 111., or the W.T. Falconer Manf'g 

 Co.. (lamestown, N. Y. 



We need agents in every state in the Union. 

 Those who wish to sell the" traps will have their 

 names added to this list ifthev purchase onehun- 

 drctl or more traps of us. Those who desire to 

 take an agency will be furnished with a price- 

 list by applying at this office. Tlie traps can be 

 had of lis in any quantity. 



The Bay State Bee-hive. 



Some of our customers say that certain parties 

 are offering to furnish the liay State IJeeliive at 

 a less price than that given in our list. No hon- 

 orable dealer wi'l make or sell another person's 

 goods without the consent ol' the inventor; cer- 

 tainlv no hone.'^t man will offer to do so at a re- 

 duced price. 



When a dealer "cuts under" in price, just make 

 up your mind that the work and stock will be in 

 proportion and of an inferior quality in all re- 

 spects. We sell the hives as low as we can aff a'd 

 to considering the wurk and quality of lumber 

 used. Hear in mind the fact that, as a rule, cheap 

 goods are the dearest in the end. 



What is a bee hive good for that is not sawed 

 accurately ? I would not give a nickel for a thou- 

 sand. 



The query department. 

 We believe our readers will not complain if 

 the query department is crowded out of this is- 

 sue. Look the API through and see if we have 

 not done well by our subscribers. 



Our price list may be found on page 76. 



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