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AMESICAN BEE lOURNAL. 



June 26, 1902 



workers, which is very important at 

 this time, and it gathers later ; the par- 

 ent colony is prevented from casting a 

 second swarm, and all goes well. 



There are several reasons why we 

 should get more honey than we would 

 had they not swarmed. The swarm 

 has nothing to do for several days but 

 gather honey, as they have but little 

 brood to care for : as the combs in the 

 super are drawn, and the frames in the 

 brood;chamber contain starters, they 

 commence work in the super at once, 

 and build combs in the brood-chamber 

 only as fast as the queen needs cells to 

 deposit eggs and pollen, and the cells 

 will be of the worker size, and but lit- 

 tle, if any, drawn comb will be built. 



For extracted honey we give the 

 swarm full combs or full sheets of 

 foundation on wired frames, as this 

 prevents the queen from entering the 

 super. 



If there is anything that is not made 

 plain I will be pleased to try to make 

 it so. E. E. Cove YOU. 



Emmet Co., Mich., May 27. 



Good Queens from Poop Ones. 



Editor York : — Please tell me what 

 Geo. W. Riker means when he says, 

 on page 302, "I found I could rear 

 queens from my poorest queens that 

 produce long-lived workers." 



InouirKk. 



[Give it up. We'll have to refer it 

 to Mr. Riker himself. Perhaps he can 

 and will tell. — Editor ] 



Second Hand Oil-Cans. 



On page 339 is something on "Honey 

 in Old Oil-Cans." In 1871-72 I kept 

 bees in California, 12 miles from Los 

 Angeles. I commenced in the spring 

 of 1872 with 48 colonies, increased to 

 100, and that season got eight tons of 

 honey, all extracted, and I shipped it 

 to San Francisco, all in second-hand 

 oil-cans, and all to one commission 

 merchant, and got the top price. It 

 netted me I2J2 cents, freight and com- 

 mission paid. There was not one com- 

 plaint made. The cans were as clean 

 as new, with no odor of the oil after 

 the3' were cleaned. All the beekeepers 

 there used them. The trouble with 

 the cans was referred to on page 339, 

 they were not cleaned well. After 

 cleaning with concentrated lye they 

 have to be left in the sun for several 

 days, and there will be no odor left. 

 J. Beckley. 



Rice Co., Minn., June 2. 



[If you know how, and will do it 

 right, it may be all right. But it 

 hardly pays to risk using old, second- 

 hand oilcans for holding honey. That 

 is, if you care anything about your 

 honey and your trade. — Editor.] 



A Dlseouraginir Spring. 



When it comes to booming bees here 

 we are not in the business. They have 

 not made a living. They came out 

 strong in the spring, in grand shape, 

 but they have been on a strike and re- 

 fuse to work, and it is a hard matter to 

 arbitrate with them. 



I do not believe I will get any in- 

 crease or an ounce of honey this year 

 unless things change, as they are not 



RIIHELY 



That is a name 

 that means char- 

 acter ami utility. 

 It suggests the best 

 in Threshing^ Ma- 

 „ chinery. Ifinves- 



gating. start with the Runieljnud v<HnviIl end at the same 

 pU.:e. Get our catalni:; .^n the >ew Kiiinely !^epa^utn^ 

 and the Uiimely If enr Genred Truction Fnirlnc. All 

 approved devices and appliances to each.and ronstitute the one 

 perfect threshini: outfit, Catalog shows our engines for all 

 purposes. We send it f-r tlie asking. Write tu. Jay 



M. RUMELY CO., La Porte, !nd 



fiease meuuoii bee juurniii wneu 'auuh^ 



Cheap Rates to New England 

 via New York City. 



One fare for the round-trip via Nickel 

 Plate road to Providence, R.I., and re- 

 turn, July 7, 8 and 9; final limit return- 

 ing Aug. lath. Three trains daily, 

 with first-class modern equipment. 

 Meals in dining-cars at reasonable 

 price. Going and returning via New 

 York, if desired. Write John Y. Cala- 

 han. General Agent, 111 Adams St., 

 Chicago, for particulars. 24— 26A2t 



BEES AND QUEENS ! 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - gathering and 

 longevity. We feel con- 

 fident of giving satis- 

 faction. 



PRICES: 



for the remainder of this 

 season : 



1 Untested yneen J .tjO 



1 Tested Queen 80 



1 Select Tested Queen . ,. 1.00 



1 Breeding- Queen 1.50 



IComb Nucleus, uo queen 1.00 



J. L. STRONG, 



204 East Log-an St., Clarinda, Iowa. 

 25A3t Please menttoa the Bee Journal. 



THE HIRED MAN 



can do more work on ii farm fenced with PAGE. 

 Dim't liave to repair fence, or chaee stock. 



pxav. novKN uiitt; kenceco., ai>rian,micii. 



Please mention Bee Joumat ■w>>en ?mtme 



Dittmer's Foundation ! 



Retail— Wholesale— Jobbing. 



I use a PROCESS that produces EVERY 

 ESSENTIAL necessary to make it the BEST 

 and MOST desirable in all respects. My PRO- 

 CESS and AUTOMATIC MACHINES are my 

 own inventions, which enable me to SELL 

 FOUNDATION and 



Wort fax Into Fonnflation For Casli 



at prices that are the lowest. Catalog giving 



Full Line of Supplies, 



with prices and samples, tree on application 

 BEEST7AX V7 ANTED. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



BOYS 



WE WANT WORKERS 



Buys, Girls, old and youn^ alike, 



make money workinK f'>r us. 



\^ e furob<h CB[>ital toetart yoa in L>db1- 



nef'S. Seud aa lOc Btamps or silver for full inslniclionB and a hoe of 



»mple.lowork with. URAPER PUBLISHING CO.,Chicago,Ill. 



Please mention Bee Journal when wriunft 



Low Rate Excursions. 



On July 5 to 9, inclusive, the Nickel 

 Plate Road will sell tickets at one fare 

 for round trip to Portland, Me., and re- 

 turn, with final return limit Aug. ISth. 

 Particulars at City Ticket Office, 111 

 Adams St., Chicago. 25— 26A2ta 



as strong now as when they came out 

 in the spring. 



We have had an off year in this sec- 

 tion of the country, with high, cold 

 winds, and freezing weather. 



I live in the village near the Scioto 

 Marsh, in the onioti-raising district. I 

 keep bees, raise onions and fruit, and 

 garden for a living, and to say that I 

 have been on the anxious seat this 

 spring is putting it mild. 



Onions — the wind blew them out of 

 existence. Then I rescued them again, 

 and the wind and freeze had them all 

 except one acre. All vegetation is 

 frozen. We had no rain this spring 

 until June 6, and the dirt was blown in 

 great clouds, and did thousands of dol- 

 lars damage to the onions and other 

 crops. So with the dry weather, cold 

 and bad high winds every day for the 

 last six weeks, and clover and linden 

 blown down, we are not in it for a honey 

 crop this year, from this place in Ohio, 

 anyway. 



If it were not for the " Old Reliable "' 

 and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 1 would 

 go out of the bee-business and hire out 

 as a cheap errand-boy. 



F. McBride. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, June 9. 



pp^EEPOM BOILE^ 



Caves vs. Cellars for Bees. 



The following from Editor Doolittle, 

 in the Progressive Bee-Keeper, will 

 make some wish they could have caves 

 instead of cellars : 



The consumption of stores from the 

 latter part of September, at which time 

 they were prepared regarding their 

 winter's supplies, to the time of put- 

 ting out, averaged about six pounds to 

 the colony, for those here at home, 

 while those in the out-cellar consumed 

 nearly or quite twice as much. Those 

 in the out-cellar were in a house-cellar, 

 with a family in the rooms above, 

 while those here at home were in a 

 special cellar dug in the side-hill, so 

 that an even temperature of 45 degrees 

 was maintained during the whole time 

 they were in winter quarters, which 

 was from Nov. IS till April IS to 17th, 

 or approximately five months. 



How Cubans Take Honey. 



The native Cubans have log-hives 40 

 inches long and 8 or 10 inches square, 

 the hives being made by sawing the 

 royal palm into sections and cutting 

 out the center, which is a tough pith. 

 A board is nailed on to close the back 

 end of the hive, the front being left 

 entirely open. So says Rambler in 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture. As to se- 

 curing the crop, he says : 



The owner approaches a hive much 

 as we do with smoker in hand ; and if 

 not a modern smoker it is something 

 like a stew-pan arrangement: or (as 

 Cubans all smoke) the ever-present 

 cigar may be used. 



After the bees are driven back, a thin 



