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A-MERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July 10, 1902- 



ONE NIGHT TO DENVER 



uN I UK 



COLORADO SPECIAL 



VIA THE 



Chicago, Union Pacific and North-Western Line 



Leaving Chicago daily at 6.30 p.m. 



Arriving Omaha - 7.00 a.n. 



Arriving Denver - 7.50 p.m. 



Another train leaves Chicago at 1 1.30 p.m. daily, arriving Denver 7.55 a.m., 



second morning. 



The Best of Everything in Modem Transportation Service. 

 $25.00 



CHICAGO TO DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS AND PUEBLO AND RETURN. 



Tickets on sale on various dates through the summer, nnd from August 30 

 to September 10, inclusive, covering the time of the National Bee- Keepers' 

 Convention at Denver, September 3-5, 1902. Tickets are hmited tor return 

 to October 31, 1902. 



For tickets and descriptive booklet on Colorado apply to agents of the 

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General Manager, 

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Queens ?iow Ready to Supply m Return Mail 



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, 

 ' cents ; 6 for $4.00. 



which left all records behind in honey- 

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 Red Clover Queens, 



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FOR SALE 



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100 Laag-stroth 

 Wiuler Hives, 

 Supers, Z i a c- 

 Houev Boards, 

 KARL KEIM, 

 , Buffalo, N. Y. 



$ 



5 



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clover and alsike blossoms, proving- 

 there is nectar in both. I am quite an- 

 xious for a good honey crop this sea- 

 son, to make up for a loss I met with 

 the 13th of this month. My wife and I 

 went on a short excursion, by train, 

 and I " fell among thieves" for the 

 first time in my life. In the rush of 

 getting oft the train, pickpockets got 

 my pocketbook containing S+0.00 and 

 over — enough to have paid my fare to 

 the convention at Denver next Sep- 

 tember; but " misery loves company " 

 — ■' there were others," the thieves get- 

 ting about S300 on the different trains 

 to and from the place. A lone dollar- 

 bill that I was keeping for an emer- 

 gency went with the rest. I am glad 

 I have paid so far in advance for the 

 American Bee Journal. 



A. F. FooTE. 

 Mitchell Co., Iowa, June 23. 



Bees on Verge of Starving. 



The outlook for honey is very poor 

 at present. The clover season is al- 

 most gone, and the bees are on the 

 verge of starving. It is too cold and 

 wet. Basswood trees are full of buds, 

 and will be out in 8 or 10 days. I hope 

 for better weather then. 



C. A. Hatch. 



Richland Co., Wis.. June 27. 



Short Honey Crop. 



The honey crop is short in this part 

 of the country — about half. Cause : 

 cold, wet spring and hot, dry summer. 

 Dry winds from the North are now 

 parching up evervthing. 



H. D. MURRY. 



Rankin Co., Miss., June 24. 



Worst Year for Bees. 



This is the worst year for bees that I 

 have ever known, and I have kept bees- 

 for 2.5 years. No honey, and very little 

 brood. This is the worst week of the 

 summer; no honey from white clover. 

 Bees win starve in a few days unless 

 there is a change in the weather soon. 

 We may get some honey from sweet 

 clover. Will it pay to feed bees at this 

 season of the year? E. L. Glover. 



La Salle Co., 111., June 27. 



[Certainly; it will pay to feed bees 

 whenever they need it. — Editor.] 



Do Bees Hear ? 



This is a question that has been ven- 

 tilated by the most profound bee-keep- ' 

 ers in America. From my observa- 

 tions I believe that everything that has- 

 life and moves on top of the earth has 

 the senses of hearing and seeing, for 

 the protection of themselves. It may 

 be that the mole and angle-worm, and 

 a few other animals and worms, de- 

 pend upon concussion of the earth to- 

 alarm them. I have my reasons for be- 

 lieving that bees hear, viz : 



When bees locate a home only about 

 one-fourth of the swarm leaves as 

 scouts in search of a home. These 

 scouts, after locating the home, will re- 

 turn to the swarm, and by a peculiar 

 noise notify them that a home is ready, 

 the carpets are down, and all the cracks 

 are glued with propolis. Now, the 

 swarm comes off the bush, or where 

 thev are hanging, and takes a bee-line 

 to their future home. One-fourth of 



