Jan. 11, 1906 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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graving, etc., are the same whether we print 1000 copies or 

 20,000 copies of the American Bee Journal. 



During the winter season, when work is a little slack 

 for most bee-keepers, no doubt with but little effort they 

 could go out among their neighbor bee-keepers and secure 

 their subscriptions. In nearly every number of the Journal 

 we offer very liberal premiums for securing new subscribers 

 and sending in their dollars. It is not our aim to increase 

 the number of bee-keepers throughout the country, but to 

 get those who are already keeping bees to read the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal and profit by the information it contains. 

 Our belief is that what is needed is better beekeepers rather 

 than more bee-keepers. 



We wish here and now to thank all who have helped to 

 extend the circulation of the American Bee Journal. It is 

 only by co-operation that its influence can be spread, and 

 thus lift up all who read it and are endeavoring to become 

 more thorough and practical bee-keepers. It should always 

 be borne in mind that the American Bee Journal is not a 

 millionaire corporation, and also that in furnishing a 

 weekly paper like it is, for less than 2 cents per week, there 

 is not a large margin of profit. 



We hope that all our present readers will do their utmost 

 to secure new subscriptions during the next few months, 

 and thus put into the hands of their bee-keeping neighbors 

 literature that will help them use better methods, and also 

 prevent them from being injurious competitors on account 

 of their not knowing the market value of honey. 



We desire that every one of our readers shall make the 

 most out of his or her bees, and to that end we are using 

 our every effort to fill the columns of the American Bee 

 Journal with what we believe will be a benefit to all. 



Louis H. Seholl has resigned his position as Apiarist 

 and Assistant in the Department of Entomology, of the 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College, at College Station, 

 Tex., to resume his college work in the Ohio State Univer- 

 sity, at Columbus, Ohio, the coming year. So many great 

 men having come from Ohio, we suppose Mr. Seholl desires 

 to be further inoculated. He got a taste of it last winter, 

 and evidently likes it. 



Rev. A. R. Seaman's Apiary of some 36 colonies, 

 located at South Connellsville, Pa., was interfered with 

 quite seriously by a wind-storm the night of Dec. 20. Some 

 9 hives on the summer stands were blown around consider- 

 ably ; some of the hive-covers were blown so far away that 

 they have not been found since. A strong wind can do a 

 great deal of damage in an apiary in a very short time. We 

 hope that Mr. Seaman will not suffer a very serious loss. 



The Apiary of L. M. Gulden.— When sending the 

 picture reproduced on the front page, Mr. Gulden wrote 

 thus : 



The apiary is located near the west shore of Lake 

 Osakis, in Todd County, and consists of about 100 colonies. 

 The regular 8-frame dovetailed and Jumbo hives are used ; 

 also some Langstroths. The hives and supers are fitted 

 with wooden thumb-screws for tightening. By the way, 

 this thumbscrew arrangement is just the thing for the 

 Hoffman frames, and, if they are always tightened properly, 

 there is no trouble from the bees packing so much propolis 

 between the frames that they finally become too wide for 

 the hives. However, the loosening and tightening con- 

 sumes some time, which amounts to considerable in the 

 busy season. 



Where out-yards are moved, as is often the case, the 

 Hoffman frame with thumb screw arrangement is certainly 

 the arrangement par excellence, and not to be compared 

 with the rattle-box, loose-frame contrivances. In the ordi- 

 nary manipulation of bees in an extensive system of out- 

 yards, put me down as a " standpatter " on the Hoffman 

 frame with end-staple spacing. 



The hives in the apiary shown are not shaded, but 



when shade seems desirable boards are leaned up against 

 the sunny side of the hives. The stands consist of old 

 supers, or 2x4 inch studding set endwise at the front and 

 back, and fastened together on top by two boards nailed 

 fast. This allows the feet to be pushed underneath while 

 manipulating the hive, thus lessening the strain on the 

 body of the operator, and also facilitating proper ventila- 

 tion. 



This being an out-yard, and visited only occasionally, 

 stones are laid on the covers, as shown, to protect from 

 wind, sun, and the rubbing of stock. 



A section of a bee-tree is shown sitting on end in the 

 back-ground at the right. It is not now stocked, as the 

 bees it contained died during the winter, apparently from 

 lack of stores or cold. 



This yard together with two others— one consisting of 

 about 160 colonies, and the other a lesser number — were 

 managed by me alone the past season. The yards are about 

 8 miles apart — too far for economy in traveling to and fro. 

 I use as a basis of management in the swarming season the 

 shaken-swarm system formulated by myself at about the 

 same time that others took an interest in shaken swarms. 

 Both comb and extracted honey are produced in all the 

 yards. The apiary shown, and one other, produced less 

 than one-half a crop this year, while the third, and largest, 

 yielded a full crop. This illustrates the variability of dif- 

 ferent yards in the same season, and only a few miles apart. 

 Two of the yards are accessible to both clover and bass- 

 wood ; the third to clover only. Clover was practically a 

 failure in the honey-line the past season. 



I might add that the photo work was done by myself, 

 photography being pursued as a means of pleasure and 

 recreation. L. M. Gulden. 



The Wisconsin State Convention will be held at 

 Madison, Feb. 6 and 7, 1906. A more extended notice will 

 be published later. The Wisconsin convention is one of the 

 best of all the State conventions of bee-keepers, and is 

 usually well attended. The next session should be the 

 largest of all. Some of the most successful bee-keepers in 

 all this country are located in Wisconsin. Their influence is 

 always felt in the Chicago-Northwestern convention, and 

 was much in evidence at the late meeting of the National 

 here in Chicago. Their large experience and willingness 

 to impart it to others make them very valuable convention 

 members, as well as contributors to the columns of the 

 various bee-papers. 



Thursday a Red-Letter Day.— Mr. A. L. Dupray, of 

 Iowa, wrote thus when asking for .a missing copy of the 

 American Bee Journal : 



" I think the American Bee Journal is indispensable to 

 my business. I could not keep bees without it, and look for 

 Thursday as a red-letter day because it brings the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal." 



A good way to help more bee-keepers to have " red-letter 

 days " is to get them to be regular readers of the American 

 Bee Journal. Only 2 cents for a red-letter day— and 52 of 

 them in a year. 



Honey as a Health-Food. — This is a 16-page honey- 

 pamphlet intended to help increase the demand for honey. 



The first part of it contains a short article on "Honey as 

 Food,'" written by Dr. C. C. Miller. It tells where to keep 

 honey, how to liquefy it, etc. The last part is devoted to 

 "Honey-Cooking Recipes" and "Remedies Using Honey." 

 It should be widely circulated by those selling honey. The 

 more the people are educated on the value and uses of 

 Honey, the more honey they will buy. 



Prices, prepaid — Sample cpv for a two-cent stamp; 5i> 

 copies for 70 cts.; 100 for $1.25; 250 for $2.25; 500 for $4.00; 

 or 1.000 for $7.50. Your business card printed free at the 

 bottom of front page on all orders for 100 or more copies. 

 Send all orders to the office of the American Bee Journal. 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush, by Prof. A. J. Cook; 

 44 pages; price, postpaid, M) cents. This is by the same 

 author as "The Bee-Keepers' Guide," and is most valuable 

 to all who are interested in the product of our sugar-maples. 

 No one who makes maple sugar or syrup should be without 

 it. Order from the office of the American Bee Journal. 



