Julv 17, 1 11.2. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



461 



ITA.IjIA.3Sr 



BEES AND QUEENS ! 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - fjatherinj^ and 

 lonfjevity. We feel con- 

 •tident of giving satis- 

 faction. 



I'RICES: 



for the remainder of this 

 season: 



1 Untested yueen ( .60 



1 Tested Queen SO 



1 Select Tested Queen . . . 1.00 



1 Breedinj^ Queen l.SO 



1-Comb Nucleus, no queen l.CO 



J. L. STRONG, 



204 East lyogan St., Clakinda, Iowa. 

 2SAtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Dittmer's Foundation ! 



Retail— W holesale— 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 



Work fax Mo Fonndation For Casli 



at prices that are the lowest. Catalog giving 



Full Line of Supplies, 



with prices and samples, tree on application 

 BEESWAX WANTED. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



pease meution Bee Joumai wtien wn-itinff 



Queen-Clipping 

 Device Free.... 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clipping 

 Device is a fine thing" for use in 

 catching- and clipping- Queens 

 wings. We mail tt for 25 cents; 

 or will send it FREE as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW 

 subscriber to the Bee Journal tor 

 a year at $1.00; or for $1.10 we will 

 mail the Bee Journal one yeal 

 and the Clipping Device. Address, 



QEOROB W. YORK & COMPANY, 



Chicago, IlL 



B 



INGHAM'S PATENT 



24 years the best. 

 Send for Circular. 



Smokers 



2SAtf T. F. BINQHAM, Farwell, Mich. 



Please mention Bee Joumai -when writing. 



QUEENS— Try Our Stock. 



Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1901. 

 Your queens are fully up to standard. The 

 honey queen that you sent my brother takes 

 the lead. She had a rousing colony when put 

 up for winter. The goldens can be handled 

 without smolce or veil. 



Very truly yours, John Thoeming. 

 Months July and August. 



6 



12 



$4.00 

 S.OO 



f4 00 

 S.OO 



$ 7.00 

 10.00 



$700 

 10.00 



Number OF Queens 1 



HONEY QUEENS 



Untested $ .75 



Tested 1.00 



QOLDEN QUEENS 



Untested $ ,75 



Tested 1.00 



Select tested, $2.00. Breeders, $£.00 each. 



2-frarae Nucleus with Untested Queen, $2.25 

 each; 3-frame Nucleus with Untested Queen, 

 $3.00 each; o for $2.75 each. 



D. J. BLOCKER, Pearl City, 111. 



27Atf Please mention the Bee Journal 



DAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



to iiiecl tbotm wno work for UB. Cow ke,;[i.frB.-.l avs 

 havemonej. We Btari you in buBiiies... Youin.ke 

 arge profit., Ewty work. We furnish capital, htnd 

 10 c-nt« for full line of (wmpileaaod oaiti. ulars. 



DRAPER PUBUSHINQ CO., Chicago, Ills. 



^Please mention Bee Journal 

 LiWhen writing Advertisers. 



onlci', took out tlio division-boards, and 

 lliiiik tlmy will iiiiikc a rocord-tjreakcr. 



Thf fnicasliislfti iilioul two liiniri*; we had 

 oiif. (|iiec*ii tt)t» iiiuiiy. but she is now in the 

 sweat-b().v, I expt't-tud tlmre wonkl be Home 

 tliiettns bulled by rt^ttirninj^ bees, but on ex- 

 iLiiiintitioii 1 tiiitl all in order. 



'I'he inix-nii Hpitfitn-ti ti^^reeable, and alxjut. 

 ei|tially tli.'^tribnletl. only "Miller'' was fuller 

 limn a lick. It will be oblij^ed to pet out soon 

 to i;el I'ooin aeetndlnir to its streni^th. 



The fuu (if il was, they were tame— no 

 stini^iiii;. If any of the readers ean beat that 

 record, at home or abroad, I would like to 

 hear from them. 



1 have .V) colonies, all were out but those 

 that hail swarnied except the wizard 

 ("Miller.") No sujier work is beinj^ doue; 

 the weather is wet and cool. 



V\'e are thankful all our queens were 

 clipped; if they liaii not been it Is titiite likely 

 tmr apiary would have been eick to-day — at 

 least the manager would have been. 



The swarms have behaved very badly this 

 season ; they do not care where they return — 

 enter any hive, and usually make two or three 

 attempts befoi'e the queen is willing to go 

 with them. .J. P. Blunk. 



Webster Co., Iowa, June 3". 



Long Drouth. 



We had a very good flow of honey here 

 during the early part of the season, but the 

 last two weeks the bees have done nothing: on 

 account of the long drouth, and I am afraid 

 they will not get any more surplus honey 

 this year. Joe S. Wise. 



Copiah Co., Miss., July 5. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



I wintered 5."i colonies of bees — all that I 

 put into winter quarters. I disposed of 13 

 this spring, have had 7 swarms issue, have 

 made one division, and 5 nuclei. 



John T. Coeirn. 



Middlesex Co., Mass., July 1. 



Hard Weather on Bees. 



The past few days have been very hard on 

 the bees. I am feeding the most of mine. 

 The most populous colonies seem to be the 

 worst off for honey. J. W. Johnsox. 



Stephenson Co., 111., .July 1. 



Think It Was Starvation. 



I rather think the case mentioned on page 

 419 is like many similar cases I have seen 

 latel}', which were complete starvation. The 

 southern counties of Wisconsin, last summer, 

 had severe dry weather, so that all clover was 

 killed, with results as follows: Bees win- 

 tered well, were strong in April and May, 

 1303, gathered quite a little honey from fruit- 

 bloom and dandelion, but it was all used up 

 in the abundant amount of brood reared, so 

 that by June 1.5 they were out of feed, and 

 many colonies actually ate up the liquid por- 

 tion of the brood, leaving the dry larva' and 

 grubs on the hive bottom-boards. Several 

 apiaries I found once that in May were strong 

 colonies, and by .lune 2" were dead from 

 starvation. 



Basswood bloom is opened. Good weather 

 on July 3, 4 and b, and good colonies did well. 

 July 6 it was rainy. I never knew or heard of 

 such condition in Wisconsin before. 



Grant Co., Wis., July 7. X. E. Fraxce, 



Good Crop Expected— Swarming. 



I have seen several reports from various 

 sections of the country, some discouraging. 

 While we in central Indiana have had cold, 

 windy weather my bees are in a flourishing 

 condition, and I look for a bountiful harvest. 

 The majority of J.he bees surroundingme have 

 the foul brood. I manage to visit those 

 within reach and exterminate it. Some it 

 puts out of business. 



I notice that swarming puzzles a great 

 many, as well as myself. I have had a num- 

 ber ask how to prevent swarming. To me 

 there is but one way that will give satisfaction, 



$15.00 



A Celluloid Qnecn-Bntton U a verr 



pretty thing for a b*c-kee[H!r or honey-seller 

 to wear on hiscoat-lafiel. It of ten serves to In- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently learlg to a 

 sale. 



NoTB. — One reader writes: 

 " I have CTery reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 irood idea forevery bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttonaj 

 as It will caase people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportanity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees." . 



The picture shown herewith Is a reprouuo- 

 Jlon of a motto queen-buttxin that we arc fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten It. 



Price, by mall, 6 cents; two for 10 cents; 

 or 6 fur 'Zb cents. Send all orders to Uie offloA 

 of the American Bee Journal 



Low Round Trip Rates, via 

 Union Pacific, from Mis- 

 souri River, 



To Denver, Colorado Springs, 

 and Pueblo, Colo., July 1 to 

 13, inclusive. Aug. 1 to 14. 23 

 to 24, and 30 to 31. inclusive. 



To Denver, Colorado Springs. 

 $1Q fin ^""^ Pueblo, Colo., June 25 to 

 q)i3.UU 30, inclusive, July 14 to 31, in- 

 clusive. 



To Salt LakeCityand Ogden, 

 Utah, Aug. 1 to 14, inclusive. 



To Gleuwood Springs, Colo., 

 July 1 to 13, inclusive, Aug. 1 

 to 14, 23 to 24, and 30 to 31, in- 

 clusive. 



To Salt Lake City and Ogden, 

 Utah, July 1 to 13, inclusive, 

 Aug. 23 to' 24, and 30 to 31, in- 

 clusive. 



To Glenwood Springs, Colo., 



June 25 to 30, inclusive, July 

 14 to 31, inclusive. 



To Salt Lake City and Ogden, 

 Utah, June 25 to 30, inclusive, 

 July 14 to 31, inclusive. 



To San Francisco or Los An- 

 geles, Calif., Aug. 2 to 10, in- 

 clusive. 



To Portland, Oreg., Tacoma 

 and Seattle, Wash., July 11 to 

 21, inclusive. 



$25,00 

 $25,00 



&30.00 



$31.00 

 $32,00 

 $45,00 

 $45.00 



C'orre.spondijig-ij- J„ow Rates 

 Prom Intermediate Points. 



Pull Infonnatloa Cheerfally Fur- 

 nished on apt>lication to 



E. L. LOMAX, G.F.6: T. A., 

 2"Atf OMAHA, NEB. 



Tennessee Queens 



Daughters of Select Imported 

 Italian, Select long-tong-ued 

 I Moore's), and Select,Straight 

 5-band Queens. Bred 2% miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2% miles; none impure 

 within 3. and but few within 

 Smiles. No disease. 29 years' 

 experience. WARRANTED 

 QUEENS, 7 5 cents each; 

 TESTED, $1.50 each. Dis- 

 count on larg-e orders. 

 Contracts with dealers a spe- 

 cialty. Discount after July 1st 

 Send for circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



14A26t SPRING HILL, TENN. 



