Sept. 25, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



619 



rUPMSIII- r> WRT K r 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY 



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



Bntered at the Post-OIIlce at Chicago as Jecond. 

 Class Mai!-M»llur. 



EDiTOR—George W. York. 



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



oPHCiAL Correspondents — G. M. Doolittle, 



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



R. C. Aikin, F. Greiner, Emma M. Wilson, 



A. Getaz, and others. 



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The National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



OBJECTS: 



To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honev. 

 To prosecute dishonest honej-dealers. 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

 E. Whitcomb^ I Thomas G. Newman 



W. Z. Hutchinson, | G, M. Doolittle, 

 A. I. Root, ) W. F. Marks, 



I J. M. Hambal'GH, 



C. P. Dadant, 

 I Dr. C. C. Miller. 



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 P. H. Elwood. 

 E.R, Root, 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, President. 



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A Celluloid Queen-Button is a ve^v 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

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

 troduce the subject o* honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note. — One reader writes: 

 " I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 g'ood idea forev-ry bee-keeper 

 to wear one [ol v Je buntonsj 

 as it will canse pecp..e to ask 

 questions dDout the busy bee, and many a cod- 

 cersation thus started would wtnd op with the 

 aale of more or less honey; at any rate It would 

 ig-ive the beekeeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten manv a person in regard to honey 

 iud bees.'" g 



The picture shown herewith Is a reprouuc- 

 flon of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

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

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cents ^ 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 

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^^^ES^iS 





Bees Did Well. 



1 ran not trel nloni? willioul the American 

 Kee .loiirnal. 1 would sooner lose my dinner 

 one day in eacli week. 



I liuvc not seen any report from Ihis 

 locality, and do not know how well other bee- 

 keepers here have done, but my bees have 

 never done as well before, and I have kept a 

 few bees for \!i) years. I do all the work ex- 

 cept takinj^ them in and out of the cellar, and 

 1 claim the income from them. 



The honey is almost all fancy white clover 

 this year, and they were still at work in the 

 supers yesterday when I examined a few of 

 them. 



I had 2.S colonies, sprinj^ count, have in- 

 creased to 42 by natural swarmin^^, and have 

 taken oil 2.')U0 pounds of honey up to date, 

 with a few sections still on the hives. 



I think the bees will go into winter i|uar- 

 ters in jjood shape, for the hives are well filled 

 now. 



We had a great deal of rain here, and had 

 we had less during the honey-flow we would 

 have done even better than we have; but. all 

 things taken together, we are well satistied. 

 Mrs. R. T. Smith. 



Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Sept. 15. 



Common Snowberry. 



The specimen flower sent by Edward Kor- 

 tum, of Blue Earth Co., Minn., is the com- 

 mon snowberry, and belongs to the honey- 

 suckle family. The snowberry is frequently 

 cultivated in the East, but is seldom found 

 west of the Mississippi River. It is probably 

 a good honey-plant, as is the majority of the 

 honeysuckle family. C. L. Walton. 



Wintering Bees in Danz. Hives. 



I have 2 colonies in Danzenbaker hives. I 

 winter bees out-of-doors, with 3 inches of 

 planer-shavings to protect from cold. Will 

 these colonies winter as well as in Langstroth 

 hives ; I fancy the Danz. hive being so shal- 

 low must bring the bees near the opening of 

 the hive, and so bring them nearer the outer 

 cold. 



I nearly lost my bees from starvation in 

 May and June. Having no experience I did 

 not know what was the matter. I lost three 

 queens, and managed to requeen the three out 

 of five I bought. Bees are building up now, 

 and I think will be all ready for winter, but I 

 started the spring with live colonies, and have 

 only the same five now. I have had no new 

 swarms so far, and only 70 pounds of honey. 

 I think I may get another 25 or 30 pounds. 



I get no profit this year, unless my experi- 

 ence counts as such. I hope I may bring my 

 5 colonies through the winter, when I do not 

 think 1 will allow them to starve next spring. 



H. Beer. 



British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 20. 



[It is generally considered that depth of 

 frame is an advantage for wintering, but 

 some have success with shallow frames. — Ed.1 



Bittepweed Honey. 



I am sending you two sections of our honey 

 which is gathered from bitterweed. This 

 honey begins coming in about .July 15, and 

 lasts until aljout Sept. 1. It is in quantity 

 enough for the bees to fill up with it for win- 

 ter, and everything in the way of good honey 

 could be exiracfed about July 1, thus secur- 

 ing nil of the good honey. It is also conven- 

 ient to get plenty of sections drawn out so 

 they can be used for bait next year. I have 

 one super for each hive filled with this honey, 

 and next spring I shall uncap it and stack up 

 the supers out about 100 yards from the hives, 

 and let the bees clean out the sections : and 



To mabe cnws nay, use Sharpies Cream Seoarators. 

 Book Bu8ineBsDairying&Cat.ai2free.W.Che8ter,Pa 



Tennessee Queens 



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SVVEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by frcig-ht 

 or express, at the following- prices, cash with 

 the order: 



SXb lOIb 25ffi soft 



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



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1,70 4.00 7.50 



AlsikeClover 1.00 1.S0 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.20 2 30 5.50 10.50 



A^lfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.2S 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 

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