Sept. 18, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



603 



FUHLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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Editor — George W. York. 

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OPECIAL COHRESPONDENTS — G. M. DooUttle, 



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



R.C. Aikin. P. Greloer, Emma M. Wilson, 

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A Celluloid. Queea-Button is a varv 

 pretty thin^ for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on Ms coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note,— One reader ■writes: 

 ** I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 good i dea f o r e v^ry bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the bnttonsj 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and mauy a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at ajiy rate It would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person In regard to honey 

 and bees." . 



The picture shown herewith Is a reprouac- 

 Mon of a motto qneen-button that we are fur- 

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

 underside to fasten It. 



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

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to tJie offioe 

 ci the American Bee JournaL 



Rearing: Good Queens. 



Having a few spare hours I sat down and 

 grasped tny old frieud (the American Bee 

 Journal) by the — well, leaves, and gave Mr. 

 Alloy's contribution tny attention; and I wish 

 to siiy to him that he is tagging pretty hard, 

 when he says on page 519, " [ have found by 

 actual experiment that a colony of bees will 

 not rear pood queens while there is a fertile 

 (jueern present;" and then says, "I don't 

 want any one to tell me It can be done, for I 

 assert that it can not be done by any person." 

 Now, Mr. Alley, I have had queens from a 

 dozen diti'erent breeders, ranging from Texas 

 to Wisconsin, and I am in position to know 

 what a t?ood queen will do, for I have one 

 reared Just the reverse of your experiment — 

 over a laying queen. The bees of this queen 

 have produced, of comb honey, 128 pounds, 

 or tilled sections, and helped build up a weak 

 colony. You may say chance or luck — per- 

 haps it is, and if It is so, it Is .a chance worth 

 while to chance. Robert J. Cart. 



Fairfield Co., Conn., Aug. 24. 



Report for the Season of 1902, 



I read With a good deal of interest the arti- 

 cles from many correepondenls in regard to 

 their experience and prospects for a honey 

 crop for this season, and as mine is in many 

 respects nearly the same, I will add it to the 

 others. 



I have 71 colonies — 41 old and 30 new. I 

 wintered a part in the cellar, and (as an ex- 

 periment) I left 13 on the summer stands. 

 They were about 18 inches apart; I drove 

 stakes 3 feet back of the hives, ana these I 

 boarded up 3 feet. I then fiJWd in with 

 clover-huUs between and back of the hives, 

 packing the same until tbe hives were cov- 

 ered to the depth of one foot. 



At the front, and resting on the porch of 

 the hive. I put a board one foot wide, also 

 kept in place by stakes driven in front to pre- 

 vent the clover from falling off. I then cov- 

 ered with slough-grass, laid to shed water, 

 and then I set a row of corn-stalks in front to 

 protect from snow. The stalks I removed 

 when the weather admitted of the bees taking 

 an outing. The experiment proved a perfect 

 success, the bees coming out in the spring in 

 exceUent condition, and also those wintered in 

 the cellar, except 3 colonies which were dead. 

 I took them out April 1, nearly all with a 

 good supply of stores. 



From that time until May 20 the weather 

 was " all sorts," with many cold, wet days. 

 About the middle of May I discovered that 

 my bees were nearly destitute of honey, 

 although I had fed perhaps 150 pounds of 

 honey, but as tbey seemed to be working 

 freely I concluded that they were all right. 

 From that time on until the middle of June 

 every pound of honey went into the brood- 

 cbamber, and the same is true of more than 

 half of the colonies up to date. All my supers 

 have glass strips in the sides, so I can easll}' 

 examine the interior. July 2 there were yS 

 partially filled, 4 finished, and 10 finished all 

 except a few sections My sapers hold 33 

 i% sections, and usually weigh 26 to 28 

 pounds net, so I estimated there is about 600 

 pounds on TO colonies, about equally divided 

 between old and new, or rather 35 colonies, 

 the others having none. 



For the past four weeks there has been lit- 

 tle if any surplus honey stored.. Buckwheat 

 is just coming In bloom, and the bees have 

 commenced working strong, and may yet 

 store a fair average. 



1 have never seen such an abundance of 

 "bee-pasturage" as this season. All pas- 

 tures, roadsides, commons, and vacant places, 

 were covered with white clover and alsike. I 

 There is plenty of heartsease, goldcnrod, 

 buckwheat, and many other "bee-plants."' 



To make oows I'ay, use Sharpies Cream Separators. , 

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QUEERS! 



This is your last chance for this sea- 

 sou to get f)ueens from (Juirin's I-"a- 

 mou3 Red Clover stock, so hurry in 

 your orders. We have files of testimo- 

 nials like the following: 



Mr. J. Roorda, of De Motte, Ind., 

 bought 4 dozen in the spring, and says 

 the workers are hustlers; while E. L. 

 Messenger, of New Haven, Conn., says 

 the queen bought last season produced 

 bees which beat anything in that part 

 of the country. 



Price of Queens lor balance of season: 



1 6 12 



Selected $.75 $4.00 $7.00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Selected Tested l.SO 8.00 



Extra Selected Tested, the 

 best that money can bny.. 3.C0 



We f uafaatee safe arrival, lo any State, con- 

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