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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 20, 1901. 



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Complete stock for 1902 now on hand. 



The freights from Cincinnati are the 

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Prompt service is what I practice. Sat- 

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Catalog mailed free— send for same. 



The Standard Honey-Jars, Langstroth 

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You will save money by buying from me. 



Orders taken for Queens— Golden Italians, 

 Red Clover Oveens, and Cakniolans. 

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And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arranpements so that we can 

 fnrnisli Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ 



Sweet Clover (white! I .75 $1.40 $.-5.25 !6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.£0 



Alsike Clover 1 "0 l.sD 4,:;S 8.00 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.S0 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.2S 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

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sion for me and two of them refused to settle. 

 I reported them to Hon. Eugene Secor, and 

 the money came forthwith, so I saved enough 

 there to pay my membership several years. 

 " A word to the wise is sufficient." 



Let every one that reads this not only pay 

 up his subscription (it in arrears), and a full 

 year in advance, but inclose $1.00 membership 

 "fee to the " National," and make Editor York 

 and yourself happy. J. T. Hairston. 



Indian Territory, Feb. 20. 



Deep Snows— Wintering Well. 



We have had the deepest fall of snow for 

 several years, about S inches on the level. It 

 did not drift very badly here, but delayed 

 trains about a day. 



Bees went into winter quarters in the best 

 condition since I have been in the bee-busi- 

 ness (1896). 



They have not had many flights, but I think 

 they are all right. W. H. Meaxs. 



Greenwood Co., Kan., Feb. 21. 



Evidently an Error. 



Mr. Editor:— Did the printer take liljerties 

 with Mr. Bingham's copy, page 156, or are we 

 to understand that 2.5 degrees is an "ideal" 

 temperature for bees in a cellar? Idealist. 



[Yes, it is an error. It should have been 35 

 degrees instead of 25.— Editor.] 



Entrance Feeding of Bees. 



It is near feeding-time tor the colonies out 

 of stores and for stimulative brood-rearing. I 

 have been feeding some old sorghum honey I 

 bought cheap. I make an entrance-feeder on 

 the plan of the Boardraan. I talie a round 

 tin can S inches across, run a gauge-mark 

 around it about l^i or 2 inches from the bot- 

 tom, and cut it off. This makes a dish nearly 

 2 inches deep and S inches across; almost any 

 old dish will do. Then make a box with two 

 points to run into the entrance with a loose 

 cover; the box must lie tight, and great care 

 taken not to let robber-bees get a taste. 

 Liquefy the feed by mixing water with 

 it. The dish must be full of old comb to 

 keep the bees from drowning. 



C. H. Austin. 



Eddy Co., New Mex., Feb. 21. 



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Poor Prospects for Honey. 



It is now the time of year when a tolerably 

 sate report can generally be made concerning 

 honey prospects in this part of the State. 



We have had, to date, a trifle over 4 inches 

 of rain, and the most of it came early, and 

 was succeeded by dry weather lasting until 

 the latter part of .lanuary. We have had 

 more cold weather than common this winter; 

 little damage, however, has resulted, but it 

 aided very much in retarding early bee-feed. 



I have been to my apiary several times 

 lately, and in traveling a section of country 

 30 miles in length, and observing closely on 

 every hand, I must say that I have never seen 

 the prospects for the apiarist much poorer 

 than at the present. Unless rain comes soon 

 in plenteous quantity, we will have to feed 

 back to the bees some of last year's crop. 

 Eastern markets, I think, will get but little 

 California honey in 1002. 



Albert Rozell. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., Feb. 21. 



Do Robber-Bees Sting? 



Answering the (luestion (page 115), "Do 

 robber-bees sting !" R:irely; though very 

 rarely indeed they do. The robbing question 

 has always been very interesting to me. I 

 have watched and studied it for days and 

 weeks with pain, pleasui-e and proHt. 



The conditions in which a robber-bee is most 

 likely to sting is when a defending bee grabs 

 the robber by the leg and then hangs on, and 

 hangs on, until the robber drags it clear down 

 the:ilighting-board into the grass. The rob- 

 ber then seems to say, " Come, now, old fel- 

 low, you are as mean as I am ; we are now on 

 common ground; let go or I'll sting;" and in 



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