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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL 



Jnne 19, 1902. 



Marshfleld M aDiifactnrin g Company. 



Our specialty is making- SECTIONS, and they are the best in the market. 

 Wisconsin BASSWOOD is the right kind for them. We have a full line of BEE- 

 SUPPLIES. Write for free illustrated catalog and price-list. 



Marshfleld Manufacturing Cottipaiiy, Marshfleld, Wis. 



7A.26t Please mention Bee Journal when writina 



Qneens M Ready to Supply du Return Mail 



Golden Italians 



Stock which cannot be excelled. Each variety bred in separate apiaries, 

 from selected mothers ; have proven their qualities as great honey-gatherers. 



Have no superior, and few equals. Untested, 



75 cents; 6 forS4.00. 

 w-k J /^l !-»«« /^« «/^/rk«-i £!• which left all records behind in honey- 



I^CQ wlOVCr l^UCCn&, gathering. Untested, $1.00 ; 6 for S5.00. 

 ^ • 1 ,^ »« ^ — They are so highly recommended, being more gentle 



V»'3.rniOI3.nS than a"ll others. Untested, SI. 00. 



ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S FACTORY PRICES. 



CU Uf UfCDCD 2146=2148 Central Avenue, 

 ■ III ff I If CDCni cl^cI^NATl, OHIO. 



(Successor to Chas. F. Muth and A. Mulh.) 



Rumely Threshing Machinery. — While ad- 

 vanced methods in agriculture are gradually 

 uufoldid^ themselves, the demand is keeping 

 pace for the best implements and machinery 

 that the market affords. It is but natural that 

 this should be true in all lines, but there are es- 

 pecial reasons why it should be true in a matter 

 of the magniiude of threshiogf machine outfits. 

 Chief among \hem Is the amount cf money that 

 must be invested. In no other implement that 

 has to do with the seeding, cultivation, harvest- 

 ing- of the crop, preparing for the market or 



other farm use, is there such a considerable 

 outlav required as in the matter of threshing 

 machinery. It is nut purcbafed for a season's 

 work on a single farm, but usually for many 

 crops for all the grains and grass"s, and to 

 make a profit for its owner above first cost and 

 operating expenses, it must do duty for a series 



of years. If for no other reason it would seem 

 to be imperative, in this ai.count alone that ma- 

 chinery ot the widest uses and the best adap- 

 tion to each as embodied in the best makes to 

 be found, should be sought by the thresherraen. 

 In this connection and always when speaking 

 of threshing machinery the mind reverts to the 

 Engines and :5eparat6rs raanufadured by the 

 M. Rumely Co., of La Porte, Ind. Having been 



in the threshing business since 1853, their ma- 

 chines have been put to a good, long lest. Their 

 popularity as told by the number ot sales annu- 

 ally as compared with those of other threshing 

 machine manufacturers, has outrun even what 

 their long years would seem to warrant. The 

 reason must be sought lor in the intrinsic worth 

 of the machines themselves. We have not the 

 space to enter upon a recitation of the many 

 distinguishing points of excellence of the Rum- 

 ely machines. We are reproducing a cut both 

 of the New Separator and the Traction Engine 

 herewith. The advertisement is running regu- 

 larly in our columns. Any of our readers any- 

 where, who are interested in threshing machin- 

 ery, should look it up and write to the Kumely 

 Co. for their catalog. It will be gladly sent free 

 for the asking, and will put the inquirer in the 

 way of possessing a threshing outfit of the 

 highest type of usefulness. 



D ik\Q. WE WANT WORKERS 



H^^ ^ W I ^^^ lioy^. Girls, old and youDg alike, 

 H^B«^V H ^^ nitike money working for us. 

 M^^ ^^ JB ^^ \\ e fun)ihhca(iitallO(*l»rtyia mbnal- 

 iie(>s. Sl'iiiI ca 10c etairipa or Hilver for full inutniclionB and a line of 



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SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 Ctirnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order; 



sns 10» 25ns 50ft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $.1.25 16.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.S0 



AlsikeClover 100 l.SO 4.35 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, ILL. 



Please lueatlou Bee Journal 

 when writing Advertisers. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 





This is a good time 



to send in your Bees- 



• < /■ i~* "«" '♦-■ wax. We are payine 



paid for Beeswax. ^ - -- pound- 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address ;is follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, ill. 



winter as a very desirable feature. I 

 must say, however, that some of these 

 American queens produced splendid 

 /wney-gatherers, but they are crowding 

 the brood-nest rather too much to suit 

 me ; but I am quite sure that this in- 

 fusion of fresh blood is going to have 

 a decidedly favorable effect on my 

 strain. — H. L. Jones, in the Australa- 

 sian Bee-Keeper. 



Plan for Starting Queen-Cells. 



W. H. Pridgen is an acknowledged 

 authority in matters pertaining to 

 queen-rearing. In getting cells started 

 he uses a "ventilator," or bottom- 

 board consisting mostly of wire-cloth, 

 to use when fastening bees in a bee- 

 tight hive; and to prevent the excited 

 queenless bees from rushing out when 

 the cover is lifted to admit the cell- 

 cups, he has a slotted cover, so that a 

 part of the cover can be raised suffi- 

 cient to admit only the frame having 

 the prepared cups. As to the manipu- 

 lation, he says in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture : 



To get a colony in readiness to ac- 

 cept cups, simply shake the bees from 

 enough combs of brood to fill a hive, 

 and place it over a populous colony 

 with only a queen-excluder between, 

 with a laying queen below, as has been 

 so often described for cell-building. 

 These combs of brood are drawn from 

 any colony or colonies in the apiary, 

 and replaced by frames filled with 

 foundation or empty combs. The bees 

 are simply shaken and brushed from 

 them without having to find the queen 

 or queens. 



The bees in the bottom story over 

 which they are placed will at once take 

 possession, and, as soon as the brood 

 is all sealed in this top story, it can be 

 placed on the ventilator and the combs 

 thoroughly examined for queen-cells. 

 Better shake the bees from them, to be 

 sure none are overlooked ; and, besides, 

 this shaking process and rough hand- 

 ling tends to hasten matters, as a 

 search for the queen immediately fol- 

 lows. Remove all cells, and place the 

 slotted cover on, enough combs having 

 been removed to leave spaces for the 

 reception of the cups. While it is not 

 essential that bees be broodless to ac- 

 cept cups, provided there be no un- 

 sealed brood present, it may be neces- 

 sary for them to be prepared a few 

 hours longer before giving the cups, 

 and the preparation of the bees can be 

 done the evening before, or earlier in 

 the day than recommended in the first 

 case, with the other manipulations to 

 follow at the time given. 



As soon as the accepted cups are 

 given to the cell-builders, the hive of 

 queenless bees used over the ventilator 

 can again be placed over the same col- 

 ony as before, with the excluder be- 

 tween, and the operation repeated as 

 often as desirable. 



To keep this colony in a condition 

 for continuous work as cup-accepters, 

 it is necessary to fill another body with 

 combs of brood as before, and place it 

 on an excluder with the first one above 

 it, until the brood is all sealed in the 

 second lot of combs. After this is 

 done, and before the brood in the sec- 

 ond lot is sealed, the bees should be 



