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AMERICAN BEE lOUKNAL 



March 6, 1902. 



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Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, 

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Our fast train service from Chicago to 

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 giving particulars. 



P. S. EUSTIS, Gen'l Pass'r Agent C. B. & Q. Ry. 

 Chicago. 



fiease mention liea joumai -wneu ■writing 



warned 



GomD and Ex- 

 tracted Honeu! 



State price, kiud and quantity. 



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Wagon World Awheel. 



Half a million of these steel 

 wheels have been sent out on 

 our own wagons and to fit other 

 wagons. It is the wheel that 

 determines the life of any 

 wagon, and this is the longest 

 lived wheel made. Do you want 

 ) a low down Handy Wagon to 

 use about the place? We will fit 

 out your old wagon with Elec- 

 tric Wheels of any size and 



any shape tire, straiirht or stag- 

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W/ A NXP Pi I'artner, with capital, to keep 

 VV r\l^ 1 l-^vJ tjggg oa large scale in honey 

 locality never known lo fail; close to good 

 market, thus ins iriag g-ood returns on the in- 

 vestment. To associate with party of 20 years" 

 experience. Reference, Editor American Bee 

 Journal, for character, ability, etc. Address. 

 BEE-KEEPER, b22 Colorado Ave., Chicago, 111. 



JUST A WORD. 



Any of our full line of Carriages an.l BiiK^ri'?'^ '■«^"t :*">'■ 



«hereoQ 3Q Qays' Fpcc TPial. 



How can we do this? Hecsiisewe 

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 vehicles wesetl. liet "iieof our tree 

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Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness Mfg. 

 I Co., Station 33, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



(Pw^nefT* Oftht Frf^ Tr,--il P'n") 



colonies had to be fed to keep up their 

 strength until the blooming of alfalfa. 



During the flrst crop of alfalfa the weather 

 conditions were but little better than during 

 the first part of the season, but the bees gath- 

 ered enough honey to build up strong and 

 put tbem in good condition for the second 

 crop, from which we get our main honey-tiow. 

 The cold winds ceased to blow and the 

 weather was hot. The flow began July 4, 

 and was so gradual and ended in the same 

 way so that one hardly knows when it begins 

 or where it ends. But it generally ends when 

 the alfalfa is cut, but it is not all cut at once. 



I secured from 7b colonies an average of 70 

 pounds of comb and extracted honey. It the 

 weather conditions were favorable I have no 

 doubt that twice or three times that amount 

 could have been secured. 



So far I have told only about the Yakima 

 Valley as a bee-country, and there is much 

 more to tell, but space will not permit. This 

 article may put rather a discouraging aspect 

 on bee-keeping in this Valley, but take it all 

 in all bee-keeping has a bright future for the 

 practical bee-keeper in the Yakima Valley. 



No careless methods will do here. Only 

 those who make a careful study of the condi- 

 tions and seek for practical methods to over- 

 come the difficulties can ever hope for success. 



An effort is being made to organize, or re- 

 organize, the Washington State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. I understand there was such an 

 organization several years ago, but because of 

 things not being harmonious it became a 

 thing of the past. Virgil Sikes. 



Yakima Co.. Wash., Feb. 10. 



Winteping in an " Ideal Cellar." 



I have just put my bees in what Mr. Root 

 calls an " ideal cellar," and find the 

 temperature 25 degrees, while in the open air 

 it is ao degrees. A fall of 10 degrees does not 

 change the temperature much. Every hive is 

 clean, and the dull, low hum, always heard 

 when bees hibernate perfectly, seems about 

 the same in all parts of the cellar. Very few- 

 bees tlew out while I was sweeping up the 

 dead, which has been about the same every 

 month for the 3 months. 



The air is sweet, and the prospect now is 

 that they will go through the next 2 months 

 successfully. T. F. Bingham. 



Clare Co., Mich., Feb. 17. 



Great Gift. 



That's wh.it we consider our 



ability to make such a 



macliine as the 



PraLirie State 



Incubator. 



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 Prairie State Incb. Co., Homer City, Pa. 



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How the Bees are Wintering. 



Bees in this locality have been confined to 

 their hives for nearly 3 months, and being al- 

 together wintered on their summer stands we 

 are beginning to feel uneasy about their com- 

 ing out in good condition in the spring. It 

 being a nice day and the sun shining bright, 

 but the bees not flying, and the thermometer 

 registering only 'iS degrees above zero, I 

 thought I would take otf the covers and give 

 the sun a chance to dry off the cushion filled 

 with cut rye-straw. I found the cushion 

 frozen some to the cover, and very damp on 

 top, but over the brood-chamber not the least 

 sign of moisture, but warm and dry. After 

 having removed two of the covers I came to 

 the conclusion they would better he left alone 

 until the bees take flight on a suitable day, 

 and then give the cushion exposure to the 

 sun. 



With over 200 colonies in 4 yards ray win- 

 ter losses have never Ijeen over 5 percent. I 

 find that meddling with the bees or their hive, 

 when they are not Hying, is very risky and 

 detrimental to the colony. 



I have just been reading in the February 

 number of the Leipziger Bienen Zeitung, that 

 the temperure in (iermany has been mostly 



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 This winter we have double 

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