April 10, 19('2, 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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fftilures, but tlie laUer noim. TIk; Kiiialler' 

 area, then, of Cuba i;aii Iju piif into tlu! trorit 

 ranks ns a producer. 



At preBciil. virtually all of tliii honey pro- 

 <lueeil is liijuiil, unci prolialily lliree-foiirtlis of 

 itis Imiiillcil liy OHO llrrri in Havana, i'riee 

 prevailing; at present is 'M to 'AT cents per ;;al- 

 Ion. Tills lioiiey nearly all Koes to Kiiropo. 



As to the cjuality of the honey, he says: 



I must say that Cuban extracted honey will 

 not lind favor in the States as a table honey 

 Ijesicio California or New York honey. Comb 

 honey will come to the front, and 1 am sure 

 the States can absorb larno amounts of it at 

 fair prices. <_'uban (u>mb honey is thoroughly 

 ripened, atui tit for taljle use. 



Hives for Wintering. 



Editor Poolittle says in the Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper : 



Which is best, single-walled hives, those 

 with double wall", or the cellar, for winter- 

 ing bees? is something which :)ften puz/.les 

 bee-keepers, efepecially those who have only 

 lately entered the ranks. In giving a decision 

 it is all-important that we take into considera- 

 tion the part that locality plays in the matter. 

 Those who live in the South would naturally 

 [irefer single-walled hives, as they are more 

 chea]ily made, take up less room, and are 

 made readily and easily movable, when any 

 manipulation is made which requires a chang- 

 ing of hives. Then those who live in the ex- 

 treme North will prefer cellar-wintering, gen- 

 erally using the same hives as those preferred 

 in the ^^outh, as the double hives hardly give 

 l)rotection enough, where winter holds sway 

 from October till April. But where the win- 

 ters are moderate, and in some other locali- 

 ties where great quantities of suow fall, the 

 the double hives generally give the best re- 

 sults. They are the hives to use in latitude 

 35 to 40, where they sometimes have a week 

 or more of weather when the thermometer 

 will register zero, or a little below ; but the 

 rule is " open weather," with the bees flying 

 occasionally all winter 



Here [New York] the single walls are 

 hardly sutlicient for the zero weather, and the 

 temperature of the cellar will run too high for 

 the comfort of bees during the warm spells, 

 they becoming uneasy, and flying out on the 

 floor by thousands to die, while, if in double 

 hives outdoors, they would get beneficial 

 flights. In this matter, as in ail others, the 

 jjround should be carefully gone over before 

 making a decision. In my locality. 42'o de- 

 grees north latitude, the winters, as a rule, 

 are continuously cold, and here the cellar 

 gives the best results, because the cellar can 

 be kept at an even temperature, or very nearly 

 fo. This means also light consumption of 

 stores, and comparatively few bees dying dur- 

 ing the winter. 



A Post Check— Good Idea. 



Congress is attempting to perfect a design 

 for currency intended especially for transmis- 

 sion through the mails, and the active people 

 of the country wish it a success. The com- 

 mittees on post-ofHces and post-roads have be- 

 fore them a measure providing a Post check 

 in denominations of live dollars and under, 

 down to the denominations of fractional cur- 

 rency. It is proposed to retire the five, two, 

 and one dollar bills now issued by the Gov- 

 ernment, and substitute the Post check, and 

 make the latter the regular paper money for 

 those denominations. The Post check was 

 devised by Mr. C. W. Post, a prominent and 

 puljlie-spirited citizen of Battle Creek, Mich. 

 He was assisted in its perfection by a number 

 of publishers, and the plan has been earnestly 

 endorsed by the American Newspaper Pub- 

 lishers" Association. 



The general appearance of the Post check 

 is that of the present one or two dollar bill. 

 On one side are blank lines upon which the 

 holder may write the name and address of 

 any one to whom he desires to make payment 

 by mail. The payee, upon receipt of the 

 money, attaches his signature and collects the 

 money at the office named. To forge the sig- 

 nature of the payee is a penitentiary offense, 

 same as counterfeiting. As rapidly as the 



Tennessee Queens 



l)auif lUers <j1 SelcLl IniporU'tl 

 I (aliau. Select l<niif Itiiimi* d 

 ' Moore's), and Seleci,Slraiy hi 

 "■band Ouc'en»i. Ilrcd ^[i inileH 

 .'ipart, and mated tt> t-elect 

 ilroticH. No bees owned witb- 

 in Z% milcH; none inifiure 

 within 3, and but few wiihiti 

 ' miles. No diseape. 2'' vears' 

 experience. WAK RANTED 

 (HTKICNS, 7 5 cents each; 

 TKSTEIJ, $1.5iJ each. Dis- 

 count on lar(fe orders. 200 

 tested rt are<i last season ready 

 to-day Contracts with deal- 

 Discount after July 1st. Send 



ers a ppecialty. 

 for circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



14a:(,i si'Rini; hill, tenn. 



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Gomb and Ex- 

 traded ttoney! 



Slate price, kind and (juantitj-. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., 199 S. Water St., Chicago 



33Alf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Handy Farm Wagons 



' thev 



Ik easier for l)c>th the man ami team. 



e tirey beini^ « rde they do iioteut into the kioiuhI; 

 the labor of loatliiiLr is reduced nianv times.ljecaiise 

 of theBhort lift. They are equip|ied with our fam- 

 ous HIeetrle Nleel Wheel**, eitherstrait'hturBtae:- 

 K^r spokes. Wheels any heiprht from 24 to 60 inches. 

 White hickory axles, steel hounds. Guaranteed to 

 carry 4000 lbs. Why not get started riprhtby putting 

 in one of these wiitrons. We make our steel wheels 

 to flt any wagon. Write for the catalog. It is free. 



ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. BOX 16, QUINCY, ILL. 



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SYVEET CLOVER 



And Several Otber Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrang^emeiits so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



5tfc lOtt 2511) sons 



Sweet Clover (white) 1.75 $1.40 $3.25 J6 00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alsike Clover UK) 1.80 4 23 8.00 



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 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 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



DAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



to meet ttu'Stf wfio work for us. Cow k£<;iJi:r3:il<\a\s 

 have mcney. We start you in busitiess. Vou in;tke 

 large yirolnts. Easy wurk. We ^umisb capital. Send 

 lOct-iil-H fur full line of pam pies and r-siticiilars- 



DRAPER PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, Ills. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writina 



ITALIAN OUEENS and the 

 WARFIELD STRA WBERRY... 



D. J. BLOCHER, Pearl City, III. 



Ask for our price-list and teslimonials. 



As we are spending- the winter in North Da- 

 kota, all our correspondence, whether social or 

 business (until further notice) should be ad- 

 dressed, 



D. J. BLOCHER, Denbeigh, N.Dak. 



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Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing. 



hi^nvil IiIIIh come lnU> the potmcHkiun of |«iht 

 iiiaKtiirn tlicy are sent to Wa»lilni;Uin for re- 

 ilciiiptlorj. .So that, by thin prorum, one can 

 carry aljout Ills person paper money in vari- 

 ouH (lenijiiiiriatlons under live ilollam, and it 

 pauses KK u'ood as ({old. Hliould lie desire lo 

 timke reniitlance hy mail, he hiniply Lakes our 

 a hill or pl(M;e of fractional currency, writev 

 the name of his creditor, atlixes and cancels ii 

 stump, and it only requires the signature of 

 the latter III ai,'aln make the money as (food 

 us fold at tlic odlce nanjed. 



,Slti('e tiie adoption of rural mail delivery, 

 and our fHi'diers are making; so many mail 

 orders, our rural friends will be ({really inter- 

 ested in this proposition, and they would do 

 well so lo express themselves to their Senators 

 and Kepri-MMjtatives in Contrress. The desi(rn 

 lias Ijeen dedicated tf) the (ifn'ernment, so thai 

 no individual can sellishly protlt by the 

 adoption of the " Post Check." 



Hon. Perry S. Heath, now the editor of the 

 Salt Lake Tribune, and writer of the above, 

 was First Assistant Postmaster (General under 

 the McKinley administration. The Money 

 Order .Service was under his supervision, and 

 he speaks with expert knowledjjeof all mat- 

 ters pertaininj; to the transmission of money 

 through the mails. His cordial endorsement 

 of Post Cheek Currency carries great weitrht. 

 It is a thing that should be adopted at once 

 liy the (iovernment. We hope Congress will 

 soon act favorably upon it. 



Difference in Locality. 



This was brought out in the discussions at 

 the Ontario convention, as reported in the 

 Canadian Bee Journal. Mr. Chrysler said : 



I have managed the Heddon hives for two 

 or three years without a swarm from them, or 

 I might say, even queen-cells. I take prob- 

 ably three brood-chamljer sections when fruit- 

 bloom is on, and, when the queen has pretty 

 well filled the two sections, I take the empty 

 brood-chamber and set under the other two, 

 and take one of the upper ones and put a 

 qneen-excluder between it and the next one, 

 of course putting the queen below. What 

 honey is gathered as a general rule will be 

 put in the top brood-chamber, and as the bees 

 are being hatched out that will be filled with 

 honey ; and by the time that is pretty well 

 tilled you can generally put an extra super 

 under of extracting-combs, 



Mr. Hall — Mr. Chrysler's plan succeeds with 

 him, but if he comes to Oxford county it won't 

 succeed. 



Mr. Gemmill — If he comes to Stratford he 

 won't succeed. I have had them swarm with 

 the queen having the use of live of those 

 half-hives, as you call them; and on a half 

 story of foundation; giving them all the 

 room they wanted. I have had them swarm 

 in eight days from that. Circumstances alter 

 cases. 



Mr. Hall — i'ou can give no regular rule for 

 any locality. We have bees in three locali- 

 ties; it the man that ran the east one would 

 run them the same as the other two he would 

 run them into the ground, and they are only 

 nine miles apart. We are all of us confident 

 what we will do with bees, and what thej- 

 will do with us, but we never take into con- 

 sideration the locality, and, sometimes, it is 

 tlie race of bees. 



The Ethical Side in Apiculture. 



Bessie L. Putnam, speaking of the bond of 

 good-fellowship existing among bee-keepers, 

 says in the American Bee-Keeper: 



Old-time contributors have given through 

 the various mediums not only valued experi- 

 ences but glimpses of their own personality. 

 And it is one in which kindliness, gentleness, 

 and patience are dominant characteristics. 



So wide-spread are these traits that we feel 

 impelled to seek a more explicit explanation 

 than mere co-incidence. There is a natural 

 sequence in all things; and if we but analyze 

 the qualities which make the good apiarist. 

 contemplate the phases developed by his 



