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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Northern product. From wbat source it 

 was gathered I do not know, as 1 summer 

 at the North ; l)ut it is claimed liere that 

 the holly produces about the nicest. 



Last spring I took with me to my New 

 York State home, a few colonies about the 

 middle of April, and I thought it paid well. 

 and propose to repeat it this spring, for it 

 did us good to notice how a frame or two 

 of these young. vigorous bees and brood put 

 new life into a weak, dwindling colony of 

 old bees wintered at the North. 



The weather has been rather cool for a 

 few days past, and this morning a slight 

 white frost was perceptible on the clover 

 and grass, but somehow a frost here does 

 not seem to kill plants and vegetation as it 

 does at the North. I judge it is affected by 

 the damper atmosphere, and denser air, 

 for sound seems to travel farther, or is 

 beard at a greater distance. 



Chesteu Beldixc;. 



Surry Co., Va., April 2. 



Bees Wintered in a Clamp. 



To-day I took out half of my bees; they 

 were buried since the first of November. 

 ISnu. I started at S o'clock, a.m., and it 

 was 44 degrees above zero in the shade, and 

 and when I got through it was .50 degrees, 

 and out they flew. The wind blew a little 

 from the east, and it was a fine day. Mon- 

 day I expect to take out the balance, but 

 these are 3 miles from my home, in the 

 woods, and in the basswood also. I keep 

 mine all in one clamp. All the bees I know 

 of are alive. Soft maple is commencing to 

 open. Clover looks well, and plenty of it. 



D. D. D.\N'IHEK. 



Dane Co., Wis., April 2. 



Australia— A " Worker-ftueen." 



Our honey season is now nearly over, 

 and with me it has been about the best I 

 have had for the past 16 years. 



Have you ever known bees to swarm 

 with a laying worker instead of a c|ueen ? 

 Well. I bad a very small swarm do just 

 that silly trick a few days ago. They set- 

 tled on a small bush, and to find the queen 

 I shook the bees on to a bottom board, but 

 could find no trace of her. I noted, how- 

 ever, one worker that they paid particular 

 attention to. and which they treated ex- 

 actly as they would a queen, by circling 

 around her and moving out of her way as 

 she went about. I watcht her for some 

 time, and from the respect and attention 

 paid her, it was evident that the bees 

 treated her as a queen. I then placed her 

 in a nftr cage and set her down about a foot 

 away from the cluster of bees, when they 

 immediately started towards her and clus- 

 tered around the cage. I then removed 

 the queen and killed her. and on carefully 

 opening her I found a single egg in her 

 body. I am positive there was no other 

 queen connecteii with this swarm, and that 

 the bees recognized this worker as a queen. 

 H. L Jones. 



Queensland. Australia, March 13. 



Painful Accident— New Union. 



I expected to send my dollar to the New 

 Union before this. 1 was waiting to see 

 bow the vote would come out on Feb. 1, 

 when on Jan 3(1 1 slipt and fell on some 

 steps iu Minneapolis, while delivering but- 

 ter, and dislocated my ankle, broke the 

 small bone just above the ankle, and chipt 

 the end of the large bone at the joint. So 

 since then 1 have not bad any stray dollars 

 to send, but 1 will have, as I like the stand 

 the New Union has taken on commission 

 frauds, as I was taken in by Hirrie & Co., 

 in ISy."). the time they had an advertisement 

 iu the American Bee Journal. I wrote to 

 tbe editor at the time, and he replied that 

 as far as he knew they were all right, so 1 

 shipt them my honey, and the next week 

 their advertisement was out of the Bee 

 Journal, and an editorial was in exposing 

 them. I got S cents per pound, instead of 

 1.5 cents as tbey stated. But I have not lost 



^ TO BE HUNG!^ 



Oiru Siii.Noi.E Is n.iw hun? out, nolif.vInK 

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Address. C. B. BANKSTON. 



llitf CiiKiEs.M.tN. Burleson Co.. Tex. 



Mention tuc 3.i"crwan /Jee j0U7'<t.:. : 



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FOUADATIOJI 



We do not catalog itieQulobyor Hill Smo- 

 kers this year, but ihere ma\ be some who 

 prefer these styles. We sUll have a lew. and 

 offer them at these special prices to close oui: 



Thi" Quiuby— ^-Inch barrel, sinKleblast. .'!.")C. ; 



postpaid, .iOc. CH-iuCh, doub e bla=t, 60c.; 



postpaid, 75c. 

 The Hill -3-inch band. 40c.; postpaid. 60c. 



VaiiDeiisen Thin Flat-lto!toin Fdii. 



In S.") pound bo.ves at only $10.50 per box. 

 while it lasts. Address. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



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Can do the work of four 

 men usiug baud tools. Id 

 Kipping. Cuttlng'-off. Mi- 

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18 years the Standard. Tbe 4-ln(?h " Smoke 

 Engine." Is it too larjre y Will It last, too 

 lon^y Will siiveyou lots of money and bad 

 words. Send for Circular. 6 sizfs and prices 

 oi Bingham Smokers and Knives. 



T. F. BI^C:HAn, Farwell, nuu. 

 5 Att Mention Vtc American Be€ JuurrujJ^ 



fEarly Italian Queens? 



L'otfsted, T.ic; Tested. $1.25. 

 Nuclei and Bees by the Pound. 

 E. Ij. ClKUIMi ION, 

 5AlTt De Fuuiak Sprlnss, Fla. 



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Albino 



Texas Queens 



Dr. Gallup saj s they are the best he 

 has iu bis yard 



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RAikT S ( Get discounts on early orders 



Glllino \ lor 18!I7. A. I. KootCo's Bee- 

 v vr/ J. I Supplies always on hind. Bet- 

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Forrest New Mclliml of Sliwliiig Wa.\ 

 by Aiitoiiiulic Hkcliiiiery. 



Write for de^c^iIltlve CirculMr Prlce-List and 

 Samples. N. B. FOKUEsT, 

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tierUion trueArrATiconBeaJcie-naL 



faith in the American Bee Journal, nor its 

 editor, as 1 am still a subscriber, and I ex- 

 pect to be a tueuiber of the New Union, if 

 for no other reason than to help in its fight 

 against frauds. 



I am just able to walk about the house 

 without a cane, but use one out-doors. 1 

 was laid up three weeks in Minneapolis be- 

 fore I could get home, but I had the Bee 

 Journal sent to me from home. Hurrah 

 for the American Bee Journal and the New 

 Union! Jous M. Seilek. 



Carver Co , Minn. 



[We are sorry to learn of your accident. 

 The New Union is all ready to receive 

 your membership tee now. — Ekitor.] 



Favorable for a Good Season. 



My 2.5 colonies have come through the 

 winter in good condition, with the excep- 

 tion of three, which have dropt out. They 

 had the first flight March I'.i: on April 

 7 there were a few bees coming loaded with 

 pollen. It was warm and sunny up to the 

 0th. when the weather changed, and it 

 snowed all day, closing them in again. 



Last year was a very good one for this 

 location. I winter my bees on the summer 

 stands, packt with hulls snug and warm. 

 Everything looks favorable for a good sea- 

 son this year. Clover was looking nice last 

 fall; I can't tell yet how it will come 

 through the winter. Clover aud basswood 

 are our main supply. Basswood gave us 

 considerable last year, but I don't expect 

 much from it this year, so if clover fails it 

 will be good, by honey with us. Success to 

 the American Bee Journal. 



H. M. Heath. 



Orange Co., Vt., April 13. 



Salt 'Water Cure for Foul Brood. 



Will Mr. Golden please explain what the 

 salt water cure for foul brood and bee- 

 paralysis is '. How are the bees treated .' 

 Does he consider it as good as the McEvoy 

 treatment ? A. C. M. 



[Mr. Golden replies to tbe foregoing 

 questions as follows : — Editor.] 



In answering Mr. A. C. M 's inquiries in 

 regard to the salt water remedy, presum- 

 ing he has iu mind the electrolyzed sodium 

 water mentioned in my article on page ISO, 

 permit ine to say that so far as the elec- 

 trolyzed salt water is concerned, it has 

 never been tried either on paralysis or foul 

 brood, to the best of my knowledge. He 

 will notice on reading the article on page 

 ISO. that as there was no diseased bees, 

 either foul brood or paralysis, existing in 

 this section. I desired those having the dis- 

 ease amongst their bees to give the remedy 

 a test and report. As I have explained in 

 anoiher article in regard to what electro- 

 lyzed salt water is. it will not be necessary 

 to repeat it here. Also. 1 may say that 

 plain salt water has never been used, so 

 far as I know, for the cure of foul brood, 

 but has been used very successfully in my 

 treatment for the cure of bee paralysis, as 

 you will notice in the closing paragraph of 

 the article on page ISO. 1 also have given 

 a statetnent as to how the treatment should 

 be performed, in the article alluded to 

 above, and which will appear soon in the 

 American Bee Journal. J. A. Golhes. 



Out-Door Wintering. 



I have taken care of bees for :U years, in 

 three different nations, and have had good 

 results with them. Some claim the cellar 

 is a good place for bees during the winter 

 months. 1 don't think so. I am living in 

 as cold a part of the country as a bee wants 

 to live, and we get six months of winter 

 here on the Berkshire hills in Massachu- 

 setts. I leave my bees in the open lot. and 

 find in Pi years 1 have not lost one colony 

 with the cold. 1 have the Albino bee. the 

 pure Italian, and the native black bee— 7? 

 colonies in all. Give me the native black 



