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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 13, 1901. 



Burlington 



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 and April we shall sell 



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Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, 

 Washington and N.W.Wyoming 



Our fast train service from Chicago to 

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 and our system of Reclining Chair 

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 Cars — only $6 for a double berth 

 Chicago to Pacific Coast — in addition 

 to the regular Pullman cars, makes 

 the Burlington Route the most com- 

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 Northwest. Ask you nearest ticket 

 agent about it or write me for a folder 

 giving particulars. 



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 Chicago. 



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GREIDER'S FINE CATALOGUE 

 ■A pilz« winning poallry for 190'2, printed in cnlor^, 

 illuslrat«a &n<l descnbea 50 Varieties of Ponltr;; 

 givfe rtf&son&ble prk«s of eee^&nd biocI- Many bints to 

 poDltrj rsiaera. Bend lOc tn silver or stampa tor thia 

 noted book. U. U. «BEI1>EB, Florin, l*a. 



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SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: ^ _^ 



SK ion 25tb son 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $3.25 lo.OO 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 4.00 7.75 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the S-ponnd 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to yonr order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



of t'algary. or over 2.000 miles wiili all the 

 changes incidental to shipping "lake and 

 rail,'' but in neither this nor any of the rest was 

 a section broken. I have reason to know, as 

 I was on hand to see. The heads were closed 

 in the usual way so that rolling it was prob- 

 ably in order. 



Comb honey in barrels has this advantage, 

 there is more spring or "give" to it than 

 when in a box. It stands a good chance of 

 never being so placed that the sections will be 

 exactly the opposite way to what they should 

 be so that the jar and shunting is not so fatal. 

 Honey in crates will be loaded one of two 

 ways — the right or the wrong way. no half- 

 way between. Apart from the " give '■ or 

 spring this is a strong point in favor of bar- 

 rels. 



As I have already said, it is when shipping 

 comb in small lots or long distances, and not 

 when shipped in quantities, that I favor this 

 method. Just how large a quantity, that I 

 am not prepared to say.— G. A. Deadman, in 

 The Canadian Bee Journal. 



A Common Course in Bee^Keeping. 



Theoretical bee-keeping around the winter's 

 tireside is one thing, and practical bee-keep- 

 ing in the field quite another. A mere ama- 

 teur may operate the former, while it not 

 infrequently requires a whole crew of ex- 

 perts, aided by all members of the family, re- 

 gardless of sex, color or former occupation, 

 together with invited guests thrown in for 

 good measure, to control the latter. 



How few of us but have seen men standing 

 around all day in the cold and perchance 

 storm, at "the sale,'' only for the l^lessed priv- 

 ilege of paying three or four prices for old, 

 dilapidated hives inhabited by weak or other- 

 wise inferior colonies of bees, and then tak- 

 ing extra precautions about moving their 

 precious treasure, only to tind them dead in 

 the spring, or, should a portion survive, keep- 

 ing them year after year, ever hoping for re- 

 turns, (presumably on the "open sesame'' 

 principle) until all succumb to want and 

 neglect, when the wrecks are converted into 

 kindling wood. This, too, when the amount 

 of the investment would have secured not 

 only the kindling wood, but many a pound of 

 sweetness with which to regale friends and 

 family. — SoMNAMBrLiST, in the Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper. 



Melting Honey. 



Without special conveniences for it the 

 melting of candied honey in 5-gallon cans is 

 not always the most satisfactory. It takes a 

 long time to do it with a slow heat, and with 

 considerable heat there is danger that the 

 outer portion will be injured by the heat 

 while the mass is still solid. J. F. Munday 

 helps matters by stirring the granulated part 

 into the liquid just as fast as it liquefies, thus 

 doing the work in one-third the time, and 

 leaving the honey possibly in a better condi- 

 tion. He says in the Australasian Bee-Keeper: 



It is necessary to make or procure a suitable 

 tool for the purpose of breaking up and stir- 

 ring the candied honey in the tin while it is 

 beingmelted; this tool I made (andl foundit 

 just the thing) from the steel back of an old 

 scythe-blade. 



I removed the back from the blade with a 

 cold chisel and hammer, cut off about twenty 

 inches from the point, knocked out or beat 

 down fiat the old rivets, and then llattenedout 

 the point to the shape of a screw-driver (this 

 screw-driver point I wanted for the purpose 

 of prising up the lids of the cans). I then 

 straightened the rod, as we may call it, with 

 the hammer, scraped oft the rust, and polished 

 it with a piece of sandstone and it was done. 



The tool requires to be strong and stiff, as 

 great force is necessary to cut up the candied 

 honey in the can. Now for the operation : 



When the honey in the tin has melted say 

 •'„-inch around the insides of the tin, put in 

 the stirring-rod, and scrape with it the two 

 sides of the block of candied honey near the 

 mouth of the can, just a little the first time. 

 Then take out the rod say with your right 



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Does blood tell in other stock ? Give 

 your bees a chance. Stock used for 

 breeding the queens offered — not from 

 a sport, but my pick out of an apiary 

 giving last season an average yield a& 

 follows : 

 Honey-Gathering. 



102 lbs. extracted and 68 lbs. comb boney per 

 colony besides increase and stores for winter. 



Quality of Comb=Honey Produced. 



•'Man I It would dazzle you.''^Wra. Envoj» 

 Ontario Government Inspector of Apiaries. 



Wintering Qualities. 



Up to the present (January 30) I never found 

 these bees to show the least indication of unrest 

 — always perfectly quiet. They are wintering- 

 perfectly.— Frank T. Adams, Brantford, Can- 

 ada. 

 General Commendation. 



Out of those queens you sent me I hare pro- 

 duced the best race or strain of bees I ever 

 owned. Remember that is saying: a lot, as I 

 have tried every breed imported in this country. 

 The bees winter better, build up, and stand cold 

 chilly winds in spring- better, and are more suit- 

 able than any bees I ever owned. For the sea- 

 son they gave me about double the honey the 

 pure Italians did, and more increase, tilad you 

 are going into theqneeobusiness, and are going 

 to join the ranks again. We are much in want 

 of a few men like you. C. W. Post, Ex-presideat 

 Ontario Bee-keepers' Association (owns 3b5 col- 

 onies). 



S. T. Pettit, Canada's most successful comb- 

 honey producer and bee-keeper, says: "The 

 blood in my apiary is largely the progeny of 

 qneens sent by you, and they are grand bees." 



Prices of Queens. 



They are dutv free to the United States* 

 Tested, $2.00 each; $10.00 fort.; $is 00 per dozen. 

 Untested until July 1, $1.25 each; $7.00 for 6; or 

 $12.iXi per dozen. Same after July 1st. $1.00each; 

 $5.50 for 6; or $10 i.X> per dozen. Larger quanti- 

 ties, prices on application. Postage stamps 

 taken for fractions of a dollar. To be fair to 

 every one, no selected tested queens are offered. 

 Every one has the same chance. The above 

 queens are bred from a careful selection of Ital- 

 ians and Carniolans. Pure Italian and Carnio- 

 ian queens same price. Price of full colonies 

 on application. Orders booked as received, and 

 filled as quickly as possible. Order early. 



Address, R. F. HOLTERMANN, 

 Bow Park Co., Limited, Brantford, Ont., Canada 



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