May 22, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



333 



All Italian (Jueen Free ! 



Wc would like to 

 have our repuUir sub- 

 scribers (w li o best 

 know the value of the 

 American Uee Jour- 

 nal) to work for us 

 in getting NEW sub- 

 scribers. Wc do not 

 ask them to work for 

 us for nothin;,'-, but 

 wish to sav that we 

 will mail ONE FINE UNTESTED ITAL- 

 IAN QUEEN for sending- us ONE NEW 

 subscriber for a year, with SI. 0(i ; or 2 

 Oueens for .sending 2 new subscribers, 

 etc. Remember, this offer is made only 

 to those who are now getting the Bee 

 Journal regularly, and whose subscrip- 

 tions are fully paid up. 



In case you cannot secure the nevr 

 subscribers, we will mail one of these 

 Queens for 75 cts.. or 3 or more at 70 

 cts. each ; or the Bee Journal one year 

 and a Oueen for SI. 50. We expect to 

 be able to send them almost by return 

 mail. 



(Please do not get these offers mixed 

 wp with our Red Clover Queen offers on 

 another page.) 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & l-U, Erie Street, - CHICAGO. ILL. 



Rider Agents wanted 



Oiieinench ti>wn to ride and exhibit a 

 saiuplt' l'ju2 Ek'yt-Ie. 



l902Models,$9to$l5 



'01 & '00 Models, high grade, $7 to $11 

 SOO Second-hand Wheels 



all riKikfsand nnxlels. pi.od as new, 

 S3 toys. Great r<irtory Clean /i(j 

 Utile at ha\t factory C'^t. We ship ?o 

 an f/c)**- on approval and tenday 6 trial 

 wiihoMtacentin advance. 



EARN A B/CrCUdistributing 



h>m c:yV.ih'MUvs f..rus. Write at <iif e 

 tiT biirfrain list andourwonderlul 

 s;"V-,.w o^rr toat-'t'iits. Tires, e<iuip- 

 ment, sundries, all kinds, balf regTJlar prices. 



MEAD CYCLE CO- S^.ulil'n]: 



1902— Bee-Keepers' Suoplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Co'b 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freiRht. and ship promptly. Market price 

 paid for beeswax. Send for our 19*12 catalog. 

 M. H. HUNT & SON. Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich 



/~\|«C CttCkir'f^ ^^^ honev-g-atherers is a 

 ^-'"' W'lUJIVt; cross between the Italian 

 and Carniolan. A limited number of Nuclei and 

 and full colonies for sale. Healthy, vigorous, 

 and excellent workers. Address. 



20A4t E. S. ROE, CLARISSA, TODD CO., MINN. 



TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



11 prej^ent you willi the lli>t f^:- \ oa 

 take in to suit yim in a jrood paying' liusii- 

 ne,>is. Send 10 cents fur full line ot samples 

 ami directions liow tn be^'in. 



DRAPER PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, Ills. 



■5 



S-Frame Nuclei For Sale. 



We have arranged with a bee-keeper 

 located in Kankakee Co., 111., (within 

 12 miles of Kankakee), to fill orders for 

 Nuclei of bees. All are to be first-class, 

 and most of the bees show Italian mark- 

 ings. The queens in the Nuclei will 

 be Italian, of this year's rearing. 



The Nuclei are 3-frame Langstroth, 

 in light shipping-boxes. Prices: 1 for 

 $3.00; 5 or more at $2.75 each. 



All are f .o.b. shipping-point, and will 

 be sent by express, a postal card notice 

 being mailed to each purchaser a day 

 or two before shipping the bees. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



.144 & 146 Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



wa.s oii(ii|ueeiilnNh colony. I uever have bad 

 M liuil loss In winter but once CM iievrenl i , 

 iiml tlint was oaMse<l by late fcedlriif of suifiii- 

 .Kvrup. To-day my Ijfes Bvera(,'i! six frames of 

 tinioil, uiid hut li'W days that tbey could t'et 

 (nil r<ir iiiiUen. J. C. Stewart. 



Nddaway Co., Mu., May 3. 



Swarms All Around. 



There are swarms of bees iu every direction 

 all over the vallt-y. One boy across the street 

 has |)icl<ed \ii> 1'' swarms the past week. Mr. 

 Sutton has picked u|) within 10 days. My 

 yciinii.'est boy, r.' years old, went down First 

 slrcet two miles, on Saturday, and came home 

 witii one swarm Iti a bo.\ and one in a crain- 

 sack. Three swarms went over my hou.se to- 

 day. Uh. E. CiALLri'. 



Ornnjje Co., Calif., April 30. 



Pickled Brood— Nature and Character. 



1. Has pickled lirood absolutely no per- 

 ceptible odor : 



■-'. Will there be absolutely no ropy matter 

 adhere to a toothpick when withdrawn from 

 a dead larva baviuj; had the disease kilown as 

 pickled brood ; 



:i Will a comb that has l«en rotten with 

 foul brood during .June become filled with 

 healthy larv:v afterward; Or will a foul- 

 biood cell produee healthy larva? at times and 

 diseased ones at other times '. 



R. C- HUGENTOBLER. 



[1. I'ickled brood has no odor like foul 

 brood, nor has it a foul smell— in fact, no 

 smell at all, as a g-eueral thing-. If any odor 

 is present at all it is slightly acid, or sour, 

 and hence the name, pickled brood. In the 

 advanced stages there will be a white mold 

 over the surface of the comb; and this, in 

 fact, is the best evidence that it, is pickled 

 brood. 



■-'. Pickled brood is slightly ropy at times, 

 but it never draws or ropes out more than an 

 eighth of an inch, and. unlike foul brood, 

 does not have a stringy character. 



3. Cells that have contained foul brood 

 may be cleaned out by the bees, and after- 

 ward healthy brood be reared in them ; but 

 the probabilities are that those same cells 

 containing the spores of the disease will again 

 give the disease to our healthy larv;e. Yes, 

 cells that have been foul-broody at one time 

 may be apparently healthy at another. — Ed.] 

 —Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Robbing— An Unusual Occurrence. 



I had a case of robbing after extracting this 

 week. I covered the hive being robbed with 

 a cloth. After awhile bees belonging to that 

 hive and the robbing bees united and clustered 

 on the cloth. In the course of two hours the 

 cluster dispersed and entered a weak nucleus 

 containing a laying, clipped queen. The bees 

 balled the queen for awhile, but finally re- 

 leased her and settled to work like a regular 

 swarm, and are doing well. What will bees 

 do next; — J. F. M., in Australasian Bee- 

 Keeper. 



aiving Cellared Bees a Flight. 



One of the things fully settled long ago 

 was that it is a bad thing to put bees out of 

 cellar for a flight and then return them. Hav- 

 ing tasted the pleasure of the free air they 

 would not again be content to be imprisoned. 

 Xow. Mr. Editor, you've gone and unsettled 

 the whole business again. Please tell us 

 minutely as to the final result. Also tell us 

 when you took out, returned, and took out 

 for good. There have been times when I felt 

 I'd like to give the bees a flight, and then 

 return them to the cellar; but I had too 

 strong respect for traditions. — [I think we 

 have proven, to our own satisfaction at least, 



Headquarters 



FOk 



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 Cincinnati are the 

 lowest. 



Prompt service is what I practice. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



Catalog mailed free — send for same. 



The Standard Honey-Jars, Langstroth 

 Hives, etc., at lowest prices. 



You will save money by buying from me. 



Orders taken for Queens — Golden Italians, 

 Red Clover (.'ueens, and Carxiolans. 

 For prices 1 refer you to mv catalog-. 



C. H.W.WEBER, 



2U6-214S Central Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 

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

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing 



IF YOU'RE AFRAID 



of a bull, Jvi^t put ;i PAGE FENCE between you and 

 bim, t ben you' U be perfectly safe. 



PXUK WOVEN W'lUE FENCE CU., ADB[AN,M1CH. 



t'lease mentioi. B^-e Journal vt/^^^l > < ■.!•.-- 



Tennessee Queens 



Daug-hters of Select Imported 

 Italian, Select long--toa^^ued 

 iMoore'si, and Select^Straight 

 S-band Queens. Bred 3K miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2J^ miles: none impure 

 within 3, and but few within 

 5 miles. No disease. 2^ Tears' 

 experience. WARRANTED 

 QUEENS, 7 5 cents each; 

 TESTED, JI.50 each. Dis- 

 count on large orders. 

 Contracts with dealers aspe- 

 cialty. Discount after July 1st 

 Send for circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



14A:6t SPRING HILL. TENN. 



The Em erson Binder. 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents: , or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If yon have 

 this ** Emerson " no further binding is neces- 



"'^' QEORaE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



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. 



