May 22, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



331 



rrilLISHED WEHKLV BV 



GEORGE H. YORK 8 COMPANY 



144 & 146 E rie St., Chicago, III. 



Enteridil at the Post-Oflice at Chicago as Jecond* 

 Class Mall-Matter. 



Editor— George W. York. 



Dept. Editors.— Dr. C. C. Miller, E. E. Hasty. 



Special Correspondents -('.. M. Doolitlle, 



Prof. A. J. Cook, C. P. Padant, 



R.C. Aikio. F. Greiner, Emma M. Wilson, 



A. Getaz, and others. 



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OBJECTS: 



To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 



To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



To prosecute dishonest honev -dealers. 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Thomas G. Newman 

 g. m. doolittle, 

 W. F. Marks. 

 J. M. Hameaugh, 

 C. P. Dadant, 



E. "Whitcomb. 



"W". Z. Hutchinson, 



A. I. Root, 



R. C. AlKIN, 



P. H. Elwood, 

 E. R. Root, 



Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, President. 

 Orel L. Hershiser, Vice-President. 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Secretary. Toledo, Ohio. 



" Emerson T. Abbott. General Manager and 

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 mail individual receipts. 



400 Boxes 

 2d=Hand Cans. 



■ff'e have on hand 400 BOXES of 60- 

 Ib. Tin Honey-Cans (2 cans in a bos.) 

 Many of them were emptied of honey 

 by ourselves, and all have been care- 

 fully inspected. If we had occasion to 

 do so, we would use them again our- 

 selves. We need the room they occupy, 

 and offer them at a low price to close 

 out. as follows, f.o.b. Chicago: 5 boxes 

 at SO cts. each; 10 boxes. 40 cts. each : 

 20 boxes, 35 cts. each, 50 or more boxes. 

 30 cts. each. NEW boxes of cans are 

 worth 75 cts. a bos of 2 cans. So these 

 2d-hand cans are a bargain. Better 

 speak quicklv ii vou want any of them. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



Encouraging Outlook for Honey. 



All things CI iisidered, the outlook for a 

 good honey-llinv in I tah is eiieouiak'in); lliis 

 season. Then- is plenty of water for irri};a- 

 tion nearly all ovit the State. 



There have been s,inie winter losses In some 

 localities, but. as a rule, the bees have win- 

 tered fairly well, and barrln(f the danger of 

 irrasshoppers, In two or three places, good 

 crops and a good honey-How are conlldenlly 

 looked for. It is to be hoped that the tre- 

 mendously heavy rains the past month may 

 have rotted the eggs. Where there was a p:ir- 

 lial failure last year the principal cause was 

 drouth and grasshoppers; these causes being 

 wholly or purlly removed, we know of no 

 reason why our farmers and bee-keepers 

 should not succeed this season. 



Smelter-smoke is still the principal cause of 

 trouble in Salt Lake County. 



E. S. LovEsv. 



Salt Lake Co.. Utah. April 26. 



Hard Winter on Bees. 



It was a very hard winter on bees around 

 here, fully 7.i percent having died. They were 

 housed up two months without any flight. 

 The prospects are good for a good crop of 

 honey. All kinds of fruit are beginning to 

 blossom, clover is looking ttne, and we are 

 having plenty of rain. 



My bees were bringing in pollen in March, 

 which I do not remember ever seeing before. 

 Ira D. Hyde. 



^^'ashtenaw Co., Mich., May G. 



144 ct 140 Erie Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Never Wintered Better. 



Bees never wintered better than they did 

 the past winter. The hives are full of bees 

 and brood, and if we can have plenty of rain I 

 think the clover will come on all right, and 

 we will have a good season. 



We will hope for the best, and get the bees 

 ready for the crop when it does come. 



Grant Co., Wis., .May 3. M. M. Rice. 



Rearing Long-Lived Worker-Bees. 



A subscriber desires me to explain what is 

 meant when I say, on page 302, "Next I 

 found I could rear queens from my poorest 

 queens that produce long-lived workers." 



I mean when I say "poorest queens." that 

 such queens are below the average in every 

 respect, less prolific, and whose workers are 

 short-lived so their colonies are always weak. 



It is the manner in which the queens are 

 reared that causes long or short lived workers. 

 I was a long time studying how this was 

 done. I have lost hundreds of dollars since 

 1S6S, in experimenting with bees, as to just 

 how to rear queens whose workers are always 

 long-lived. All queen-breeders know there is 

 a great difference in qneens and the longevity 

 of their workers, but do not know why. 



Lucas Co.. Iowa. Geo. W. Riker. 



Is it a New Bee-Disease? 



I have 21 colonies of bees here, and all seem 

 to be in good health but one. They have been 

 dragging out dead and helpless bees for the 

 last month, but the weather has been too cool 

 and changeable to open the hives, so I left 

 them alone until yesterday, when I concluded 

 to take oflf the cover and look in, and on 

 doing £0 I noticed a few of the affected bees 

 at the top of the frames. I took out over 

 one-half of the combs and found the queen, 

 which appeared all right. The colony seemed 

 quite strong with bees, and combs well filled 

 with eggs and brood. There was no foul 

 odor from the hive, and the brood in all stages 

 looked healthy, so far as I could see. but it 



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QUEERS! 



liuy ili.iii of H. I.. (jIlKIN, the lar({ei(l 

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The A. I. Kool Company tell u« our stock ia 

 extra-line; I'.ditor York, of the American Bee 

 Journal, says he has tfood reports from our 

 slock from time to time; while J. L. Gaudy, of 

 Humboldt, Nebr., has secured orer 40'i pounds 

 of honey ! mostly comb, from siuifle colonies 

 containtnjf our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

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Our Breeders orit^inated from the hiifhest- 

 priced, I.ong-Tonifued Red Clover Queens in the 

 United Stales. 



Fine Queens, promptness, and square deal- 

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 was established in 18.H8. 



Prices of GOLDEN anri LEATHER- 

 COLORED QUEENS, before Jiilij 1st: 



1 6 12 



Selected, Warranted fl.OO $5.00 $9.50 



Tested 1.50 8.00 li.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- 

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 to 5<X> Queens on hand ahead of orders. Special 

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SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



SIk ions 250! SOB 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $3.25 $6.00 



Sweet Clover (vellow) 90 1.70 4.0O 7.50 



Alsike Clover IdO l.SO 4.25 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 

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