May 8, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAI- 



299 



Headquarters 



FOR 



Beekeepers 

 Supplies »!»' 



= Factory 

 Prices 



Distributor of same for THE SOUTH, TEN- 

 NESSEE, KENTUCKY, WEST VIR- 

 GINIA, ILLINOIS and OHIO. 



Complete stock for 1902 now on hand. 



The freights from Cincinuati are the 

 lowest. 



Prompt service is what I practice. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



Catalog mailed free — send for same. 



The Standard Honej'-Jars, Laugstroth 

 Hives, etc., at lowest prices. 



You will save money by buying from me. 



Orders taken for Queeas — Goldex Italians, 

 Red Clover Oueens, and Carniolans. 

 For ptices I refer you to my catalog-. 



C. H.W.WEBER, 



2146-2148 Central Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 

 Successor to Chas. F.Muth & Son and A. Muth. 

 Please mention Bee Journal -wheD writing. 



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THEY ALL SAY 



theirs Is ".lust as Kood as tlie Pace." Don't that 

 eound pretty well for "The PAQEV" 



PA«K WOVEN WlltK FENCE CO., A DRIAN, MICH. 



Tenne ssee Q ueens 



Daughters of Select Imported 

 Italian, Select long'-tongupd 

 (Moore's), and Select, Straight 

 5-band Queens. Bred 2% miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2/4 miles; none impure 

 within 3, and but few within 

 5 miles. No disease. 29 years'* 

 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, 



14A36t SPRING HILL, TENN. 



Please mention Bee Journal vry.en wntrnq; 



Bees For Sale. 



Two, 3 or 4 frame Nnclei— cheap. Good Queens. 

 lSA2t G. W. GATES, Bartlett, Tenn. 



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TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



We will jiit-sent yi>n willi tlie rir^I >^-' yn 

 take ill tu start you in a iXiunl pa\in^' Imsi- 

 ness. StTid 10 cents for full line ot suniplea 

 jiml (iirt'L-tinns how to betjin. 



DRAPER PUBLISHING CO.. Chicaso, Ills. 



COMB FOUNDATION 

 ADVANCED 3 cents 



Owing to'the increased price of beeswax, until 

 further notice, dealers handling the A. I. Root 

 Company's goods are compelled to raise the 

 price of Comb Foundation 3 cents per pound 

 above the prices found in their price-lists and 

 catalogs. Please take notice. — Adv. 



me ooncerncd, mm will have iKithintr to do 

 Willi it; uud .^lioiilil we fail in our alleiiipt to 

 iiiiikc a cluan jiajiiir, we will have tliir eoii- 

 wlousiicRB left tlmt vv(: have; liecii true to our 

 own conviclitms. iiiul IhiK, to us, at least, ifi 

 worlb more than the luouey. 



Good for the Modern Farmer! Wc are en- 

 tirely with Mr. Al}l)ott In sayiti;; that If we 

 <'an't succeed in puliliehinK- a clean paper we 

 )>rcfer to fail. Hui the agricultural press Ib 

 quite free from whiskey and tobacco adver- 

 tisements. It is the daily and weekly news- 

 pai)ers that seerii to have a monopoly ot such 

 iihouiinalions. Hut bee-kee])ers, above all 

 Iieople, would not tolerate in their homes a 

 Ijee-jiaper or farm-paper that would jiublish 

 such advertisements. They think too much 

 of their families, and have more self-respect 

 than to do that. 



A SONQ OF TONGUES. 



BY IIAIIKT LATHKOP. 



Some months and weeks have passed alonp 

 Since I've been heard in prose or song; 

 So on the ".lournal's" shining page 

 I'll speak ot what is all the rage; 

 Fooling with what no profit Ijrings— 

 Time lost that might serve better things. 

 But here I close this introduction. 

 To pen the following short production : 



Longer tongues for bees, indeed ! 



And lunger tails for dogs; 

 And why not also try to breed 



Some longer jumping frogs i 



" Bees with longer tongues," they say, 

 " Would gather where others couldn't;" 



But Doolittle said, the other day, 

 " Some gather where others wouldn't." 



Better not idle away your time 

 With longer tongues or tails. 

 Or others will beyond you climb. 

 And the wind take out of your sails. 



I'm satisfied with my bees' tongues; 



I'm satistied with their stings; 

 But give me the bee that has good lungs, 



And the bee that honey Ijrings. 



The tongues of bees are long enough: 



As well improve the lung; 

 This talk of tongues is only " stuff"— 



The song will soon be sung. 



Another fad they soon will start, 



But what * Oh '. who can tell 1 

 Unless he act the prophet's part, 



And act it very well. 



Improvement now should comprehend 



Improvement of bee-keepers ; 

 For some for silly fads contend. 



While some are only sleepers. 



Green Co., Wis. 



Mr. W. C. Gatii right's Apiary is shown 

 on the first page this week. He writes as fol- 

 lows concerning it ; 



I send a kodak picture of a corner of my 

 apiary, also showing some cacti and amole 

 plants in the Imckground. This apiary con- 

 sists of 250 colonies, and is run for both comb 

 and extracted honey. I also have a large 

 number of nuclei. 



There is something like a dozen wild plants 

 that yield honey in this locality, though the 

 mesi|uite and alfalfa are the main source. 

 The honey-flow is slow, but lasts, on the aver- 

 age, about 5'., months. During all this time 

 there is enough nertar in the flowers to keep 

 the bees busy, and they never kill off the 

 drones until late in the fall. This makes the 

 ideal conditions fur queen-rearing. 



The picture wa^ taken in winter, and shows 

 the style of hive 1 jirefer for comb honey. It 

 consists ot an ujiper and lower story, the 

 upper one having frames 5 inches deep. The 

 lower, or main biood-chamljer, has 9 frames 

 r-'s inches deep. The upper story contains 

 most of the winter stoi'es, and is left on until 

 time to put on sections. When the bees have 



QyeeiisijoiislioiildHave 



Docs blood tell in other stock ? Give 

 your bees a chance. Stock used for 

 breeding the queens oiTercd — not from 

 a sport, but my pick out of an apiary 

 giving last season an average yield as 

 follows: 

 Honey-Oatherlng:. 



102 lbs. extracted and Qi Ibfl. comb honey per 

 colony besides iacrease and stores for winter. 



Quality of Comb-Honey Produced. 



"Man! It would dazzle you."— Wm. Envoy, 

 Ontario dovernnient 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, Branlford, Can- 

 ada. 

 General Commendation. 



Out of those queens you sent me I have 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 g"ive me about double the honey the 

 pure Italians did, and more increase, (ilad you 

 are going- into the queen-business, and are going 

 to join the ranks again. We are much in want 

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

 Ontario Bee-keepers' Association (owns 365 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 

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



Prices of Queens. 



Thev are duty free to the United States. 

 Tested, $2.00 each; Slo.OOforti; $1.S 00 per dozen. 

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

 $12.00 per dozen. Same after July 1st, $1.00each; 

 $5.50 for 6; or $10 0<» per dozen. Larger quanti- 

 ties, prices on application. Postage stamps 

 taken for fractions of a dollar. To be fair to 

 every one, no selei ted 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 



9D8t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 famish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 ibe order: 



51b lODs 25m 50ns 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $.";.25 $6.00 



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



AlsikeClover 1 UO 1.80 4.3S 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-ponnd 

 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 A CO. 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



Low Rates to Eastern Points 



will always apply via the Nickel Plate 

 Road and its Eastern connections to 

 all points in New York. New England, 

 and the Eastern States. Three daily 

 trains to Ft. Wayne, Findlav, Cleve- 

 land, Erie. Buffalo, New York and 

 Boston. Standard equipment on all 

 trains. Meals served in dining-cars, 

 on American club plan, at prices to 

 suit passenger, from 35 cents to SI. 00 

 per meal. For particulars call on or 

 address, John Y. Calahan, General 

 Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago. Depot, 

 Fifth Ave. and Harrison St. 'Phone 

 Central 2057. 2— 18A3t 



