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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAl. 



April 3, 1902. 



/^ »T ^^ . \ describing aad listing the finest 1 



VXU* JNeW VjatalOP'< ^"S" supplies in the wo 

 ^'*-'* * ix- TT vA^ivwix^,/^! jj^^g jjQj jj^gjj receiving- a copy a 



describing and listing the finest line of BEE-KEEP- 



. _ . vorld, is ready. If you 



' anuuallv, send us vour 



wmte mafi'edlou frIe G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, Watertown, Wis. 



Special Agency. C. M. Scott & Co., 1004 East Washington St , Indianapolis. Ind. 



AGENCIES: L. C. Woodman. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Fred W. Muth & Co., S.W. Cor. Walnut 

 and Front Sts., Cincinnati. Ohio; Fred Foulger & Sons, Ogden, Utah: Colorado Honey-Producers' 

 Association, Denver, Colo. ; Grand Junction Fruit-Growers' Association, Grand Jnnnction, Colo. ; 

 Robert Hallev, Montrose, Colo.; Pierce Seed & Produce Co., Pueblo, Colo.; E, T.Abbott, St. 

 Joseph, Mo., Special Southwestern Agent; Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111.; F. C. Erkel, SIS 

 1st Ave., N.E , Minneapolis, Minn.; Lilly, Bopardus i Co., Seattle, Wash. 



SPLIT HiCHOHYVEfflaES 



We put our horror against yours. If you want a new bugpry or 

 carriape this season, and would like not only to seeit set up. hut to 

 use it and satisfy yourself that it isa bargain, we will ship youoneon 



Thirty Days' Free Trial. 



We believe our Split Hicltory Vehicles are the best on the mar- 

 ket at any price, and » e believe you will give them a fair trial. If 

 after thirty days you are not satisfied, return 

 them to us. There will be nothing to pay. All 

 this is fully explained in our new illustrated 

 catalogue, which is free. Besides vehicles it 

 shows a full line of harness. 



OHIO CAR.tUAGE: MFG. CO., 

 SUtion 6, Clnclnmtl. OMo. 



yes, Sir ! 



The MUTH'S SPECIAL dovetail hive is a "Cracker 

 Jack." COVER atid BOTTOM-BOARD are abso- 

 lutely warp-proof. We know because we are practi- 

 cal. Our illustrated catalog explains it all. You can 



^""^^""""""^"^^^^^ have one by asking. Not a hive left over from last 



season. We sell the finest SUPPLIES at manufacturers' prices. 



STANDARD BRED QUEENS, none better than our BUCKEYE STRAIN 



of 3-BANDERS and MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 75 cents each; 



6 for S4.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



Front an Walnut Sts.. 



CINCI^NATI, OHIO. 



29 YEARS SELLING DIRECT. 



We are the largest marmfaoturers of 

 vehicU'S and harness in the world sell- 

 ing to consiimers.and we have b'=en do- 

 ing husmess in this way for 29 years, 



WE HAVE NO AGENTS 



but ship anywhere for examination 

 guaranteeintr safedelivery. You are 

 out nothing if not satisfied. We make 



195 styles of vehiclfs and eSetvlesof jjo 232 Waeon has rubber cov- 

 hamess. Our prices represent the ere.l steps and" K inch Kelly rub- 

 cost of material and makinp, plus ler tires. Price, f) 7.( 0. As good 

 oneproflt. Our lar(,'c free catalogue as sells for $i0.00 to SlJO.fiO mure, 

 shows complete iine. Send for it. 



Elkhart Carriage &. Harness Manufacturing Co., Elkhart, Ind. 



No. 717 Surrey. Price. »75.00. As good 

 as5eHs for ^3.^) Odto li'l.OOniHre. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



^ This is a good time 

 vy xv to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. * Si»n "F""t 



» CASH — for best yel- 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. 



$300,000,000.00 A YEAR 



h;iM- i.;ir ( ..f it if -yn 



I ri. I.- ^:,m^ p.Hilrry pi'tnliirt i.u\,-. 



rti Mini HJi- t'i>r- ^illnJJles lUi'l parti'' 



\\t- riii-nisli cjipilul t>i Htui-t yini in 



"^ Draper PublisblDgCo.,CbicaKo,lll. 



Real Estate Wanted 



and for sale. If you want to sell or buy (no matter 

 ^^ilp^e located) send description and cash price i\v^\ ^'f't 

 (FREE) my saccesBful plan. W. M. OSTHACJ- 

 DER, North Amencau lUdg., Philadelphia, T.i. 



Have You Seen Our Blue Cat- 



aloB? wi illustrated pai?es; describes EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE APIARY. BEST (?oods 

 at the LOWEST prices. Alternatiug- hives and Keriruson supers. Sent FREE; write lor it. 

 Tanks from t;alv. steel, red cedar, cypress or fir; freight paid; price-list free. 



KRETCHMER MFG. CO., box 90, Red Oak, Iowa. 



Agencies: Trester Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb.; Shugatt & Ouraii, Council Bluffs, lowii: Chas. 

 Spangler, Kentland, lod. 12E20t 



Please Mention the Bee Journal iJ^^rSser'sS... 



have a hole in it or a handle to lift it out of 

 the case. The board or form I use has a 

 knot-hole about 3 inches from the end which, 

 serves the purpose, the hole or handle should 

 be near one end, or the paper will come up 

 with it from the air-suction. Several one-inch 

 holes through the form would facilitate its 

 quick removal. In rapid work a little paste 

 spread in places on the bottom of the crate 

 would help hold the paper in place. We de- 

 pend on the wide ends of the paper to hold 

 on to the end of the case firmly; while the 

 form at one end is lifted by the fingers, hold- 

 ing the paper against the case. 



Referring to the nails again, you will now 

 see that ordinary flour-paste, rather thick, put 

 on the under side of the strips will hold 

 them in place — no nails, no short-handled ham- 

 mer, no nail-holes in the tray; in short, a 

 no-drip case used by no one but ' Bingham 

 and Hetherington that I know of. There is 

 no patent on it, yet it is a vast improvement 

 on any other I am acquainted with. 



Clare Co., Mich. T. F. Bingham, 



Do Bees Heap ? 



This seems to be a very guzzling question 

 among the entire bee-fraternity, even among 

 the most learned and experienced. It has 

 always been settled in my mind even from 

 a small boy, that bees do hear. 



There was a circumstance that occurred 

 when 1 was a boy ii or 10 years old that 

 so fixed the beliei that it wUl take strong, 

 arguments and even '"showing" to change my 

 ideas in that line. 



That circumstance was like this: My father 

 and a neighbor went tu a saie, and eacn 

 of them bought a colony of bees. This was- 

 sometning new tor tiie uuys concerned about 

 the bees. In those days the highest degree 

 oi success was markea by the number ot 

 swarms any one had. Uf course we watched 

 to see who would get the first swarm, as the 

 time of swarming came on. 'One Sunday 

 morning the alarm was sounded that the neigh- 

 bors' bees were swarming, and we all started 

 for the scene, and as we gathered near the 

 p. ace the hiving of the swarm soon began, 

 but they were rather stubborn about being 

 hived, or the neighbor did not understand 

 how to handle them as he should, for all at 

 at once they rose up in the air and com- 

 menced to start for the woods, when the 

 neighbor began whistling, and they all at 

 once turned and came back just as suddenly 

 as they started away, and settled on the 

 same tree under which the neighbor stood. 



Now I want to say here that most of the 

 colony had broken the circle so common to- 

 swarmiuR and started in a course some 4 

 or 5 rods away. 



In the summer of 1900 I had a swarm 

 i'^b.,^ ^.. . ^ .,.u^l..ig mi^ii in tile air. as if 

 they were lost or bewildered, but in a few 

 minutes they started off in one direction, 

 and I started with them for about a block 

 until I was under them. I then commenced. 



would have alighted on my head had not I 

 stepped among some small peach-trees near 

 by, upon which they settled. 



Then, again, when all the bees are in the- 

 hive save i or 2, and you in some way 

 pinch one, how soon a number will come 

 rushing to its help, in answer to its loud- 

 call for assistance. 



I would also ask. Why does a queen pipe 

 if slie cannot be heard by the colony? 



With these facts staring me in the face^ 

 I inu'-i tj I .. ■: 



experiments in this line the coming summer. 

 H. W. Hechler. 



Keokuk Co., Iowa, March 4. 



Experience with Bees. 



The fall of 1900 found me with 4 col- 

 onies, heavy in stores and bees, and for the 

 season J4 sections of honey, several stings, 

 and some experience. Winter problems con- 

 fronted me. My neighbors were ready to ad- 

 vise me as to the where withs, etc. I was- 

 toid that bees froze stiff and remained in a 

 dormant state until spring, and, when they 

 thawed out, to feed them corn-bread and 

 molasses. Another bee-keeper who had gone 

 out of business, for lack of stock, said to 

 kill a chicken and bake it and put it in the 

 hive for the bees. I wanted to do the right 

 thing for the bees, and. like many other be- 

 ginners, I was inquiring of every fellow that 

 had ever kept bees, what to do with them, and 

 1 found them ever ready to advise. 



Let me say right here, before I forget it, 

 that about that time I received a sample- 



