June 26, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



411 



Bee-Heepers-Attention ! 



Do not put your niouoy iiito New FangleU l{ec-Mi\cs, l,ut buy a plain, ser- 

 viceable and well-made hive, such as the rejjular Dovetailed hive arranged for 

 bee-way sections. Honey-pfoduccrs of Colorado — one of the larg^est honey-pro- 

 ducinp sections in the world use this style. 



Thousands of Hives, Millions of Sections, ready for Prompt Shipment. 



G-. B. LEWIS CO., Watertown,Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal wlien writing. 



i 

 i 



i 

 4 

 i 

 i 

 i 

 i 

 < 



Send for catalog. 



We are tlie Largest Manufacturers of Bee-Keepers' Supplies in ttie Norttiwest f 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



We have ttie Best Goods, Lowest Prices, and Best Sliippinp; Facilities. 



Please mention Bee Journal -wnen ■writing 



Have You Seen Our Blue Cat- 



aloff? 60 Illustrated pages; describes EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE APIARY, BEST goods 

 at the LOWEST prices. Allernatiag' hives and Ferguson supers. Sent FREE; write for it. 

 Tanks from ^alv. steel, red cedar, cypress or fir; freight paid; price-list free. 



KRETCHMER MFG., CO., box 90, Red Oak, Iowa. 



Ag:encles: Trester Supply Co., I,iiicola, Neb.; Shug-art & Ouran, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Chas, 

 Spangler, Kentland» Ind. 12E26t 



Please mpntion Bee Journal ■when ■writinff'. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Vour Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cct is the r'cLL Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— When orderlug-, be sure to say just what name aud 

 address you wish put on the Kuile. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as grlass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The lUaterlal entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, aud we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of tierman silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linincs are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the "Novelty" is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so foi. 

 tunate as to have one of the •' Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is tor a present: What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cu' pii-es a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this.beautiful knife, as tb^ " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us ihkee new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $.•■»).) We will club the Noveltj 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.90. 



GEORGE W. YORK £ CO- Chicago, IlL 



^»"Please allor" ■'bout two weeks for vour ktiife order to be filiea. 



Please Mention the Bee Journal 



wlien writing 

 Advertisers ***** 



full in 24 (lays after they were trans- 

 ferred to an 8-fran)C his-e, with full 

 sheets of foundation, and are working 

 on the second. 



We are endeavoring to introduce the 

 regulation hives with foundation in 

 frames, and starters in the .section, but 

 the people consider it a useless outlay ; 

 but when they come to see our product 

 next fall they may think differently. 

 K. S. Dl'.NKI.KK. 



Haralson Co., Ga., May 26. 



|*It is fjuite possible that more 

 swarm.s desert their hives than usual 

 because of unusual heat. The ther- 

 mometer may stand higher, or with 

 the same height there may be more 

 moisture in the atmosphere. It is pos- 

 sible, also, that you do not give as 

 much ventilation and shade as you 

 ought. Leave the cover partly off for 

 a day or so after hiving. — Editor.] 



Poor Ppospects for Califopnia. 



On page 347, I notice an item by A. 

 J. Cook, in regard to California pros- 

 pects for 1902. I must say it surprised 

 me very much. Perhaps his means of 

 getting knowledge of the situation are 

 much greater than mine. Up to this 

 date my bees have not stored a pound 

 of honey more than their wants, and 

 from inquiry and observation I am 

 well satisfied the bee-men in Southern 

 California are not going to reap much 

 of a harvest this year. 



I have been around a little also in 

 San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange 

 Counties, and 1 could not see that pros- 

 pects looked any better than in Los 

 Angeles County. There may be a few 

 local places where some honey vrill be 

 gathered. 



I am sorry that I must disagree with 

 Prof. Cook, but the facts, so far as I 

 know, compel me to do so. 



A. RozELL. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., June 6. 



Managing Swarms and Swarming. 



I have a method of handling bees 

 which is different in some respects 

 from the general custom in regard to 

 swarming and hiving of swarms. I 

 have practiced this method for several 

 years with complete success. 



How to produce the largest possible 

 amount of fancy white comb honey, 

 also the most extracted honey : We try 

 to get all colonies as strong as possible 

 before raspberry and clover bloom. At 

 the commencement of raspberry bloom 

 we put supers on all colonies, and they 

 usually swarm when the supers are 

 about two-thirds full. This is just 

 what we want them to do. As the 

 queen's wings are clipped we go to the 

 hive that is swarming, cage the queen, 

 and if we conclude to run the swarm 

 for comb honey we hive them on the 

 old stand in a brood-chamber contain- 

 ing starters onlj'. 



Take the super from the parent col- 

 ony and place it on the swarm. The 

 following evening we take the parent 

 colony and place it beside its swarm, 

 and leave it there for six or seven days, 

 then move the parent colony to a new 

 stand. The brood is all sealed in seven 

 days, and it is better to have the flying 

 bees from the parent colony enter with 

 the swarm, as it gives the swarm wax- 



