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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 17, 1902. 



guess that you do not care for nuclei except to build up into 

 full colonies, you can wait till a colony swarms, then about a 

 week after hiving the swarm divide the old colony into as 

 many nuclei as you can by taking two frames of brood and 

 bees for each, making sure that each nucleus has a good 

 queen-cell in the center of the bees so it will not be chilled. It 

 will be well for you to fasten the bees of each nucleus in its 

 hive for 2-4 hours by plugging the entrance with green leaves. 

 If you have one or more choice colonies, build them up in ad- 

 vance of others, so that they will first swarm. Draw brood 

 from other colonies to build" them up. 



2. You can make faster work by buying untested queens, 

 but of course it will cost more. If your untested queens make 

 an improvement in stock, they may be the cheapest in the long 

 run. 



3. It will perhaps be best to leave the strong colonies for 



honey. So many things have a bearing, however, that it is 



hard to say just what will be best without knowing all about 



what you will do. 



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Spring Dwindling in California. 



Did you ever hear of bees having spring dwindling in this 

 part of the country ? From what I can learn from the "A B 

 C of Bee-Culture."" that is what our bees have. The hives are 

 full of honey and the bees all gone, or nearly. We have had 

 plenty of rain so far this season for this section, but we are 

 overstocked with bees at present. If you know of any remedy, 

 please let me know. California. 



Answer. — There seems to be no remedy e.xcept the com- 

 ing of good weather to allow daily flight. 



QUEENS ! 



Buy Ihem of H. G, QUIRIN, llie largest 

 Queea-Breeder in the I<orth. 



The A. I. Root Company tell us our stock is 

 extra-fine; Editor York, of the American Bee 

 Journal, says he has good reports from our 

 stock from time to time; while J. L. Gandy, of 

 Humboldt. Nebr., has secured over 400 pounds 

 of honey mostly comb from single colonies 

 containing our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

 above. 



Our Breeders originated from the highest- 

 priced. Long Tongued Red Clover Queens in the 

 United States. 



Fine Queens, promptness, and square deal- 

 ing, have built up our present business, which 

 was established in 188S. 



Prices of GOLDEN and LEflTtiER- 

 GOLORED QUEENS, before July Isl: 



1 6 12 



Selected, Warranted $1.00 $5.00 $ 9.50 



Tested 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Selected Tested 2.00 10 50 



Extra Selected Tested, the 



best that money can buy.. 4.00 



"We guarantee safe arrival, to any State, con- 

 tinental island, or any European country. Can 

 fill all orders promptly, as we expect to keep 300 

 to 500 Queens on hand ahead of orders. Special 

 price on 50 or 100, Free Circular, Address all 

 orders to 



iJQiria tip. (jiieHi-Breeder, 



PARKERTOWN, OHIO. 



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BETTER THAN SPRAYING. 



Don't lug barrels of water around when spraying- Use the 

 poison direct. Our ^ 



Common Sense Dust Sprayer 



nnd InBeft Eit*TinlDat«r is a most ingenious device that 

 is rapidly supplanting the old methods. It blows the finely 

 powdered dust into every nook and crevice. Reaches the bot- 

 lomn u veil u the tops ofleSTes. tiettroj alascctilh on plABtB, Tln«S, 

 shruV>« knd trecft. Juet u effeetlre for verrnlDon poultry and plp«. 

 More rapid lh»D gprkjing. Bescriptife drcal&rt a&d teetimoiilitla free- 

 llll l-'S lit ST fiPIUTFK €0., Roi 16, ST. JOSKPH, MO 



fleHisO XXiCULlOU £>ec! JOUTi 



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SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrang'ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following- prices, cash with 

 the order; 



Sft 10ft 25ft soft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $.1.25 $6 00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



AlsikeClover 1 oO 1.83 4.25 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 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, • CHICAGO, IIiL. 



fi^m^^rfk^m^^m 



A Beginner's Report. 



I bought one colony a year ago this winter, 

 and when the time came to put on the super, 

 I put on one with 2S sections, and in June 

 they swarmed and I put on a super and had 

 to take them off and put on more sui)ers. In 

 the fall I took off the honey and sold it for 

 .?1SI.1S, and that gave me the bee-fever, so my 

 wife says, and I bought 22 colonies more, and 

 caught 2 swarms, so that made 26 colonies. 

 The 22 colonies that I bought cost meS25.15 

 besides my work, but 7 of them I killed, as I 

 thought they were too light in stores for win- 

 ter. The 19 I have left are in good shape, I 

 think; I put 7 into the cellar and 12 out-of- 

 doors, with protection on the north and west. 

 The ones in the cellar are in the best shape, 

 hardly any dead ; the ones that are out have 

 from half to one pint of dead bees per colony. 



My bees are almost all in Langstroth-Sim- 

 plicity hives, but they are not on straight 

 combs so I can handle them with pleasure. I 

 have bought 10 Danz. hives, and expect to 

 start right if I can learn the trick. I have 

 chosen the Danz, hives to start with for comb 

 honey, and if I have made a mistake I wish 

 some of the veterans would straighten me 

 out on that line. But there is one thing I do 

 not understand about the hive, and that is. 

 Mr. Danz. says if the bees do not build to the 

 bottom-bars "to reverse them. I should think 

 if that were done the honey would run out. 

 and the rest of the cells would be upside 

 down. E. B. Prichett. 



AVarren Co., Iowa, March 19. 



Counteracting Honey-Lies. 



After reading several items about "Lies 

 About Honey," I began thinking. Is there 

 no remedy S Yes, I think that there is one 

 remedy, and the sooner it is applied the Ijet- 

 ter for all producers of pure honey. It is 

 organization. For the coming season ask the 

 officers of the National Association to act as 

 officers. Make it independent of the present 

 organization for now, at least; it they wish to 

 unite later, all well. 



Each member pay his dues according to the 

 number of colonies of bees, spring count. As 

 soon as the season ends, each member should 

 send a report of his crop. This would give 

 each a good estimate of the crop all over the 

 United States, and from each section, and be 

 governed by the same in selling. 



The officers should appoint a committee of 

 investigation to look after the welfare of its 

 meml:)ers. 



Each member should put his honey on the 

 market under the seal of the organization, 

 with his own name and address attached. 

 This could be easily done with small stickers 

 on each package. 



If any adulterated honey be found on the 

 market under the seal of theorganization, the 

 committee will look after the matter. If a 

 member put it on the market, black-list him 

 and expel him from the organization. If not 



Tenne ssee Q ueens 



Daughters of Select Imported 

 Italian, Select long^tongued 

 I Moore's), and Select, Straight 

 S-band Queens. Bred 3% miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2% miles; none impure 

 within 3, and but few within 

 Smiles. No disease. 29years' 

 experience. WARRANTED 

 QUEENS, 7 5 cents each; 

 TESTED, $1.50 each. Dis- 

 count on large orders. 200 

 tested reared last season ready 

 to-day Contracts with deal- 

 ers a specialty. Discount after July 1st. Send 

 for circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



]4A26t SPRING HILL, TENN. 



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State price, kind and quantity. 



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Unless a wagon has gT>od wheels it la 

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 THE tLKUInIb ^WHEELS 



aregoodwheelsandtheymakea \va;.'on 

 last indefinitely. They are made hip*i or 

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 WARFIELD STRAWBERRY... 



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 business (until further notice) should be ad- 

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