1894. 



THE .1 WERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



.7.1 



for the small exhibit which we made 



there. 1 1 reads as Follows: 



"*# '•'•'■ the material and workman- 

 ship are excellent the hives and sec- 

 tion boxes being (especially commend- 

 ed, * 



The Wm. Penn Bargain House 

 whose advertisement appeared in our 



Columns some time ago has tinned 

 out to be a swindling firm. Our read- 

 ers are cautioned against having any- 

 thing to do with them. 



Win. M. Gerrish, East Nottingham, 

 N. H., will keep in stock a supply of 



our goods this season. Our customers 

 in his part of the country will find it 

 convenient to get their supplies of him. 



Special attention of our reader- is 

 called to the list of No. 1 and cull sec- 

 tions, frames, etc., printed in another 

 column. They are well worth the 

 prices asked. 



65 cents pays for The American 



BeE-KeEPEE one year and a copy of 

 the 50 cent book, " How to Manage 

 Bees." 



If any of our readers wish to sub- 

 scribe to any of the standard maga- 

 zines they should read the terms else- 

 where. 



The hook " Success in Bee CuHure " 

 by Heddon is now out of print and 

 no more copies can be furnished. 



Mow to manage Bees is the name of 

 a book of 200 pages which we will 

 send postpaid for only 25 cents. 



II' you wanl to extend the brood- 



Qesl of old stocks. (ilv'uij,< do so with 



full sheets of foundation, otherwise 

 the bees will most likely build drone 



comb. To pul a new swarm into a 

 frame-hive, make all ready, frames 

 with foundation starters or full sheets, 

 ai discretion, quilts in place, with 

 hole cut lor feeder ; now open en- 

 trance full width ; gel a wide board — 

 say. lid of a case, or, failing thai, the 

 wife's paste-board will do- place this 

 in a slanting position from the ground 

 to the alighting board of hive. Shake 



OUt the swarm on the slanting hoard, 

 and the l>ees will run in. This job is 

 besl done after four p. m. See that 

 Hie hive stands level when putting on 

 crate sections, for if far out of level 

 the bees wdl possibly build the end of 

 comb to the divider, and thus make 

 t he section unsalable, heed your new 

 swarms 1 lb. of syrup each night for 

 a few (say. five) nights ; it will pay. 

 as the colony will he ready for supers 

 earlier if they get help in stalling. — Ex, 



We must urge our readers to send 

 in some contributions for publication. 

 They are always needed. 



LITERARY ITEMS, 



Honey Ants. — In Mexico they have 

 live ants for sale. They are honey- 

 ants, and the boys and girls of that 

 country think them a great treat. 

 The whole back part of the ant is 

 filled with a clear, sweet honey. To 

 get the honey one takes the head be- 

 tween the linger.-, sucks the honey 

 from the body, and throws the rest 

 away. The tribe has it.- king and 

 queen, but is mostly made up of work- 

 ers and honey- bearers, the honey- 

 bearers being those from which the 

 honey is taken. Most of the tribe 

 are busy little fellows that goat night 



