July 17, 1902 



AMERICA.N BEE JOURNAL. 



459 



PUnLlSHKD WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK COMPANY 



144 & 146 E rie St.. Chlcapo, III. 



Bntered at the I'ost^Olllce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



Editor — George W. York. 



Dkpt. Editors.— Dr. C. C. Miller, E. E. Hasty. 



Special Cokkkspondents — (1. M. Doollttle, 



Prof. A. J. Cook, C. P. Dadant, 



R. C. Aikin, F. (ireiner, Emma M. Wilson, 



A. Getaz, and others. 



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Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



Close Saturdays at 1 p.m.— Our custo- 

 mers and friends will kindly remember that 

 beginning with .July 1, for three months we 

 close our office and bee-supply store at I 

 p.m. on Saturdays. This isour usual custom. 

 Nearly all other firms here begin the Saturday 

 afternoon closing with May 1st, but we keep 

 open two months later on account of the local 

 bee-keepers who find it more convenient to 

 call Saturday afternoons for bee-supplies. 



Pretty Hot 



time to butld fence, but (nir factory is running full 



time maklDgr your f;iU fencing. 



PAtiG WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN,M1CH. 



please menuon, i5ee JouxDai w^^en pnrnixia. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrang-ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



5tb lOft 251b 50a 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $3.25 $6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



AlsikeClover 100 1.80 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.20 .2 33 S.SO lO.iO 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 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 & OO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, • CHICAGO, II<I«. 



i>Eg«E(fHr£^ 



Full Basswood Bloom. 



Editok Vokk :— The following little poem 

 was suggested by the condition that now ex- 

 ists, I am happy to say, at our three apiaries. 

 The basswood blomn is very full; only un- 

 favorable weather will prevent a good crop 

 being secured. The trees seem to be in a 

 healthy condition, and free from insect pests. 

 LINDEN BLOSSOMS. 



The linden blossoms hang to-day 

 I, ike little bells so creamy white; 



Around each llower the bees will play, 

 From early morn till dewy night. 



Making the sound we love to hear — 



The sign of the bee-keeper's prosperous year. 



The winds and rains have passed away. 

 The fleecy clouds lloat in the sky ; 



Soft breezes cool the sun's bright ray, 

 While busy workers swiftly fly ; 



The while the bee-man's heart is thrilled 



To see the combs so quickly tilled. 



The toiler is gladdened at the sight, 

 Good cheer the flowers have quickly brought. 



Each day that closes clear and bright. 

 With blessing sweet its hours fraught; 



Chasing the anxious thoughts away, 



In fairer promise day by day. 



HaRRT L-iTHROP. 



Lafayette Co., Wis., July S. 



Good Prospect for Honey. 



We have a good prospect for honey, if the 

 weather is right, but it was too cool and 

 then too wet, but now it is warm enough. I 

 never saw so much white clover. 



Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 7. J. S. Barb. 



Pollen-Gathering. 



On page :tt,5, I read, " Bees have some dis- 

 crimination in the matter of collecting pollen, 

 and if there is an over-supply in the hive 

 they will let up on the gathering, no matter 

 whether they have a queen or not. When a 

 colony loses its queen the workers keep right 

 on gathering the pollen just the same, but 

 when the combs begin to be well supplied 

 with pollen, then they desist from gathering." 



Well, if the above statement is true, and 

 confirmed with bees in the State of Illinois, 

 or in the city of Chicago, then imr bees are 

 the most ignorant critters to be found, for 

 they don't possess such intelligence. For 

 they do gather pollen as long as there is any 

 to be had, unless they become queenless and 

 the brood all sealed, then they will slacken 

 up in gathering either pollen or honey. But 

 they always prefer gathering honey, if they 

 can get it, excepting such colonies as have a 

 young queen just commencing to lay ; those 

 will gather jioUen if they can get it, in spite 

 of all the jiollen in the hive, and no matter 

 how good the honey-flow, for they do not 

 know when they have enough. I have put 

 four combs solid full of pollen in such colo- 

 nies to stop them from gathering more, but 

 those ignorant things did not stop, but kept 

 right on at the usual rate until they got " pol- 

 len-bound" to such an extent that the queen 

 could not lay any more for want of room, and 

 the bees could not deposit the pollen ; but in 

 the effort of doing so they would lose it, and 

 large quantities would drop on the bottom- 

 board. If a colony of bees is being run for 

 extracted honey, in a 4-story hive, they will 

 get very strong, and by fall will store nearly 

 all the lower story full of pollen, and enough 

 in the second story to carry them through 

 until the next spring, when the same thing is 

 repeated over again. So I have to soak the 

 combs and set them to fermenting, when the 



To make cows nay, use Sharpies Cream Separators. 

 Book Business Dairying& Cat.'2i2 f ree. W.Chester.Pa 



QUEENS ! 



Ituy them of H. G. QUiKIN, the largest 

 Queen-Iireeder in the North. 



The A. I. Root Company tell ub our stock \% 

 extra-fine; Kditor York, ol the American Bee 

 Journal, Hays he has good reports from our 

 Htock from time to time; while J. L. fiandy, of 

 Humboldt, Nebr., haa secured over 400 pounds 

 of honey (mostly comby from single colonies 

 containing our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

 above. 



Our Breeders originated from the highest- 

 priced, Long-Tongued Red Clover Queens in the 

 United Stales. 



Tine Queens, promptness, and square deal- 

 ing, have built up our present business, which 

 was established in 1K.S8. 



Prices of GOLDEN and LEflinER- 



GOLORED QUEENS, atter July 1st: 



1 6 12 



Selected $ .75 $4.00 $ 7.00 



Tested... 1,00 5.00 9.00 



Selected Tested 1.50 8.00 



Extra Selected Tested, the 



best that raonej can buy - . 3.00 



We guarantee safe arrival, to any State, con- 

 tiaental island, or any European country. Can 

 flll all orders promptly, as we expect to keep 300 

 to 50(.) Queens on hand ahead of orders. Special 

 price on 50 or 100. Free Circular. Address all 

 orders to 



(juirin the (jiieen-Breeder, 



PARKERTOWN, OHIO. 



[Parkertown is a P. O. Money Order office.] 

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Bees For Sale. 



75 colonies in Improved Dovetailed 

 Hives, in lots to suit purchaser. 

 O. H. HYATT, 



13Atf Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



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|>/%V^ WE WANT WORKERS 



H In 'A V ii to niuke iii.xiey wi.Tkiii)^ fur us. 

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Excursion to Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. 



On July 25 the Nickel Plate Road 

 will sell tickets at rate of S14.00 for 

 round-trip. By depositing- return por- 

 tion of ticket with Joint Agent at 

 Chautauqua Lake, an extension may 

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1902— Bee-Keepers' SuopliesI 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Koot Co'8 

 goods at vrholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freight, and ship promptly. Market price 

 paid for beeswax. Send for our 1902 catalofi. 

 M. H. HUNT * SON. Bell Branch. Wavno no vich 



lt^li:)n Aliopnc — bred for business, by the 

 ilallall VJUOOIIO best methods, and from the 

 best honey-Katbering stock. My bees are free 

 from disease, and are hustlers. No small or in- 

 ferior queens sent out. Untested, T5c: tested, $1. 



2*A4t D. E. ANDREWS, Bloomlngton, Ind. 



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