490 



AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL. 



July 31, 1902. 



alfalfa so that the bees must be fed. While I can't get honey 

 what shall I feed them ? and how ? South Dakota. 



Answers. — 1. Keep the queen caged ; take two frames 

 of brood and bees from the queenless colony and put them 

 in an empty hive on a new stand ; after they have stood 

 there 24 hours give them the caged queen and at the end of 

 another 24 hours free her, when you will probably find that 

 the bees will treat her kindly. In the meantime all the 

 queens-cells should have been destroyed in the colony and 

 in the nucleus. As soon as the queen is kindly received by 

 the nucleus, return nucleus, queen and all to the colony. 

 Another way, a little more troublesome, is absolutely safe. 

 Take frames of sealed brood with young bees just emerging, 

 shut them in a hive bee-tight, first putting the queen on the 

 brood. Keep the hive in the house where it is warm if the 

 weather is at all cool, or else place the hive over a colony of 

 bees with wire-cloth between, so that there is no possibility 

 of a bee getting from one hive to the other. In five days 



the hive may be set on a stand of its own and the entrance 

 opened, and then you can strengthen it gradually from the 

 queenless colony or from other colonies, the same as you 

 would strengthen any weak colony. It is possible that 

 when you first gave the queen to the queenless colony it was 

 at a time when no honey was coming in. If so, it would 

 have helped matters to have fed the colony. 



Feed them granulated sugar. The most convenient 

 way is perhaps with a Miller feeder, taking equal parts of 

 sugar and water (either by weight or by measure). If you 

 have no feeder, use the crock-and-plate plan. Take a gal- 

 lon stone crock and put into it equal parts of sugar and 

 water stirred together. Lay over the crock a woolen cloth 

 of five or six thicknesses of cheese-cloth. On this put a 

 dinner-plate upside down. With one hand on the plate and 

 the other under the crock, quickly turn the whole thing 

 over. Set it on top of the frames, put over it an empty 

 hive-body, covering it up so no bee can get in except through 

 the colony, and the bees will do the rest. 



QTIEEI^S ! 



Buy them of H. G. QQIRIN, tke largest 

 Queen-Breeder in the North. 



The A, I. Root Compaay tell us our stock is 

 extra-fine; Editor York, ol the American Bee 

 Journal, says he has good reports from our 

 stock from time to time; while J. L. Gandy, of 

 Humboldt, Nebr., has secured over 400 pouads 

 of honey (mostly comb' from single colonies 

 containing- our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

 above. 



Our Breeders originated from the highest- 

 priced, Long--TQngued Red Clover Queens in the 

 United States. 



Fine Queens, promptness, and square deal- 

 ing, have built up our present business, which 

 was established in ISSS. 



Prices of GOLDEN and LEflTttER- 



COLORED QUEENS, after July 'st: 

 1 6 12 



Selected $.75 14.00 $7.00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Selected Tested 1.50 8 00 



Extra Selected Tested, the 



best that money can buy . . 3.00 



"We guarantee safe arrival, to any State, con- 

 tinental island, or any European country. Can 

 fill all orders promptly, as we e-xpect to keep 300 

 to 500 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,] 

 lbA26t Please mention the Eee Journal. 



If you >vant the Bee-Beok 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 



completely than any other published, 



send $1.25 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook.CIaremont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee- Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discount* to the Trade. 



Please mention Bee journat "when writing 



Bees For Sale. 



75 colonies in Improved Dovetailer* 

 Hives, in lots to suit purchaser. 

 O. H. HYATT, 



13Atf Shenandoah, Page Co., low A. 



Please mention Bee Journal ■whei. ■wrritma 



BOYS 



WE WANT WORKERS 



I Boy J., tiirlH, oldandyouDjjaliko, 

 I make money working for u3. 

 W e famlfh cipttal tOBlart yon in IidbI- 

 newj. bmj OS l(k Btjiiiips or Bilver fnr full InnlructlonB and a line ot 



•ui>ple.u. work with. bRAPER PUBLISHING CO.,Cblcjigo,m, 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



Transferring Bees. 



To traiister Ijees in midsummer I don't 

 thinii a better method can be devised than to 

 drum the bees into a box, set the new hive, 

 filled with worker-combs, or full sheets of 

 foundation, on the old stand; place a queen- 

 escludinj^ zinc on the new hive; over this 

 place the old box, in three-week's time slip a 

 bee-escape board under the box, and when the 

 bees have all ^one down, take the box off. It 

 will then have nothing but the combs and 

 what honey may be in the comb, no bees to 

 mash, no brood to kill, and all the brood 

 hatched out and added to the hive's army ot 

 workers. 



The foregoing is given by E. H. Sch;effle 

 in the American Bee-Keeper. There is a pos- 

 sibility of misunderstanding ou account of 

 the repetition ot the word '' box " which after 

 the first time has reference to the old hive. 

 The understanding is that after the old hive 

 has been placed on the top of the new one. the 

 bees are run from the drumming-box into the 

 new hive. 



Bee=Keeping in tlie Sandwich islands. 



( )n the island of Oahu, the greater part of 

 the honey is produced. There are two large 

 corporations there; one is incorporated for 

 sri5.UUU paid up capital, with a bee-privilege 

 of 7.5,000 acres. They produce a large amount 

 of honey and ship mostly to London. The 

 other is not quite so large, but they produce 

 and handle a lot. There are quite a number 

 of persons, both white and .Japanese, also in 

 the business. The bees are imported Italians 

 and, of course, hybrids, as well. The wild 

 bees (of which there are a large quantity on 

 on the islands) are black or German brown 

 bees. 



l)ur honey-source, that is, the best quality 

 (light amber) comes from the kauvi or alger- 

 oba, which blooms more or less nine months 

 in the year, and the honey is flne-tlavored. 

 There are also a great many weeds and much 

 lantana, which gives a dark honey at certain 

 seasons. 



On Hawaii, 150 miles, a little south of east, 

 from Oahu, the principal honey district is 

 Kona, situated on the southern or lee side of 

 the island, sheltered from the strong north- 

 east trades, but having a cool land-breeze at 

 night, while during the daytime the breeze 

 comes from the sea. There are lots of .Japs in 

 the business and they make 10-frame hive out 

 of anything that comes along, from a coal-oil 

 box to a 3-inch plank, and also use Hoffman 

 frames. 



The .laps thought all they had to do was to 

 get a hive of bees, put a super on, and when 



To make cows pay, use Sharpies Cream Separators. 

 BookBu8lneB8Dalrying&Cat.'212free.W.Chester,Pa 



Tennessee Queens 



Daughters of Select Imported 



Italian, Select long-tonyued 

 (Moore's), and Select, Straight 

 5-band Queens. Bred 3% miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2^A 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 large orders. 

 Contracts with dealers aspe- 

 cialty. Discount after July 1st 

 Send for circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



14A26t SPRING HILL. TENN. 



Please mention Bee journal when ■writing. 



B 



IINGHAN'S PATENT 



24 years the be'^t. 

 Send for Circular, 



Smokers 



25Atf T. F. BINQHAM, Farwell. Mich. 



■please mention Bee Journal -wbeD wntitg: 



GomD and Ex- 

 tracted tioneu! 



State price, kind and quantity. 



R. A. BURNETT &CO., 199 S. Water St., Chicago 



33Alf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



FREE FOR A MONTH .... 



If you are Interested in Sheep In any way 

 you cannot afford to be without the best 

 Sheep Paper published in the United States. 



%Vool markets and 99heep 



has a hobby which is the sheep-breeder and 

 his industry, first, foremost and all the time. 

 Are you interested ? Write to-day. 



WOOL MARKETS AND SHEEP. CHICABO. ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when -wrltim: 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arraugements so that we can 



furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 



or express, at the following prices, cash with 



the order: 



5tt) ion 25»> 5on> 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $.^2S $6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.£0 



AlsikeClover 100 1.80 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.20 2 3U -S.SO 10.£0 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.2S 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 

 Single pound 5 ceutte more than the 5-ponnd 

 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 & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



