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AMERICAN BEE JOUENAl- 



Feb. 27, 19i 2 



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ITALIAN OUEENS and the 

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D. J. BLOCHER, Pearl City, HI. 



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Gets there ► 

 just the 

 same. 



In the beginning- 

 Rural carriers 

 were allowed to 

 sell boxes to pat- 

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 of ihem fell in 

 love with ihe 

 other makers be- 



fate, and 

 by patron; 



are unanimous for " Uncle Sara's Favor- 

 ite," as its fame has spread over the land. 

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BORDEAUX NOZZLE^ 



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lute maater of the situation. Icsecta hwi tlis-( 



leaa. fall before Ibia all conijaerine outflt.; 



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THE DEniNd to., SALE>I, OHIO. 

 ' Wefit«rn Agte.. Henion A Habbell, Chicago. 



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Almost a Lifetime — If one were to count 

 the manufacturers who have been in business 

 continuously for a generation they would be 

 found comparatively few in number, and yet 

 among them would he that old and well 

 known house, the Elkhart Carriage & Harness 

 Manufacturing Company, of Elkhart, Ind.. 

 whose ad appears in this issue. This concern 

 has been in business for twenty-nine years 

 and during all that time has been selling 

 direct to the consumer at lower prices than 

 many factories charge dealers. The great sav- 

 ing effected by dealing with ibis advertiser is 

 at once apparent. Their line of vehicles and 

 harness is larger than ever. It embraces 

 many patterns shown at the Pan-American 

 Exposition, where the Elkhart people not 

 only exhibited against some factories noted 

 for their high prices but carried oil honors, 

 too. Their new catalog presents the com- 

 plete line, and a copy will be sent free to any 

 one who mentions this paper in writing. Ad- 

 dress, Elkhart Carriage t^c Harness Manufac- 

 turing Company, Elkhart, lad., and please 

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 writing. 



three days. What seems to be noteworthy 

 about this swarm is, that the queen was reared 

 late in the fall, in an observation hive in 

 which she passed the winter on the summer 

 stand. The hive was wrapped in a heavy 

 woolen blanket, but they breathed the air as 

 it came along, which was at times about 20 

 degrees below zero. However, they came 

 through the winter in good shape, but were 

 set out under the trees too early, and many 

 died from the effects of cold, as the space be- 

 tween the glass was only li.< inches, and the 

 height sufficient to admit three frames. 



Wishing to give this young queen a fair 

 chance. I put her together with her bees and 

 brood, into a hive, and added 13 frames con- 

 taining some stores, and set this hive in the 

 place of another. Being thus encouraged and 

 assisted by the additional force of tield-bees, 

 she was able, some time in July, to lead out 

 the large swarm as above noted. 



B. J. Chrtsostom. 



St. Joseph Co., Ind., Jan. 17. 



A Report— Golden Italians. 



The bee season of the past summer was 

 very good here, the bees doing very well. 

 Mine averaged 40 pounds to the colony. The 

 honey was as clear as any I ever saw. I took 

 some off that I could hold up to the light and 

 see clear through it. I could put my hand a 

 little way off on the other side of a section 

 and could look through and see it. The honey 

 has a fine body to it. I left it on the hives, 

 and that was what gave it the body ; it was 

 " boiled down" more. 



I have transferred a good many bees for 

 other people, besides my own, and I have 

 come across all kinds of gums and boxes, of 

 all sizes and shapes, and my experience is 

 that the 10-frame would be better. 



I have tried the golden Italians but they do 

 not winter well, as far as I know anything 

 about them; and in view of what others say 

 who have tried them, they do not stand the 

 winter as well as the hybrids. 



I enjoy reading in the Journal what people 

 in other States have to say about bees and the 

 honey crop. Charles Ellis. 



Newton Co.. Ind., Jan. 28. 



Winter in Texas. 



My bees are all doing well so far this win- 

 ter, and I hope all will come out " right side 

 up'' in the spring. 



We have been having some of the coldest 

 and most disagreeable weather the past two 

 weeks that I have ever seen in Texas, and I 

 have been here 32 years. 



R. P. Davies. M. D. 



Lamar Co., Texas, Feb. 9. 



Condition of Bees in Winter. 



We are having a pretty steady, cold winter 

 here this time, with frequent, high winds 

 which often drift too much of the " beauti- 

 ful '' into my apiary and causes me to have 

 to clear the snow away from the hive-en- 

 trances of all colonies oftener than I have had 

 to do in other winters. 



Bees keep quiter, remain clustered longer, 

 consume less stores, and come into spring in 

 much better condition when the snow is kept 

 away from the hive-entrance of every colony 

 in winter. 



I lipped up the front of ever,v hive on Feb. 

 6, and brushed off the few dead bees that were 

 on the bottom-boards, and never found so 

 few dead bees under the hive at this date. 

 With division-boards I crowded the bees of 

 every colony on from o to 6 combs of capped 

 stores of the best quality, and then packed 

 4 inches of forest leaves at the sides, front, 

 back and top, the same as I have done for 

 many years. Wm. McEvoy. 



Ontario, Canada, Feb. 10. 



Bees Can Heap— Illustpation. 



In the Bee Journal of Jan. 16, page 42, I 

 see the question, "Can bees hear'" Now, I 

 think they can. About 36 years ago I started 

 in the tee-business in Thisted, Denmark. I 

 had the German and Scandinavian bee-papers. 



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Prompt service is what I practice. Sat- 

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CALIFORNIA RED WOOD 



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 if liille chicks. Onrfreecat.'*! rueconCains hun- 

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Tumblers. Leghorns exclusively — Single- 

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200-Egg Incubator 

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