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American Vee Journal 



May 9, 1907 



fications. We thought that was settled 

 in Texas. I don't know what other 

 States are doing. We have the two 

 6o-pounds, and ten i2-pounds; and then 

 we have two more sizes — the ten 6- 

 pounds, and the twenty 3-pounds. 



Mr. York— I agree with Mr. Muth, 

 that the bee-papers could do more along 

 this line, but the dealers should write 

 something about the proper shipping 

 packages. I am reminded of a ship- 

 ment that came from a dealer in Wis- 

 consin lately, in second-hand glucose 

 barrels. And the drayman made the re- 

 mark that the dealer was shipping in 

 glucose! I think that ought to be 

 stopped. 



Mr. Muth— I have had some experi- 

 ence in shipping honey in glucose bar- 

 rels; that man that shipped the honey 

 in glucose barrels lacked experience ; that 

 is very customary. However, if you 

 have a clean heart and clean hands you 

 don't care what kind of barrel honey 

 is shipped in. I do know positively 

 that glucose barrels are the best for 

 honey; they have 6 hoops, and they 

 will hold 700 pounds of honey, net. If 

 you will have 2 more hoops placed on 

 them, and drive them tight, they v/ill 

 not leak, and you can ship them any- 

 where throughout this world. I have 

 shipped them to New York, New Or- 

 leans, and many places in the South, 

 and I will guarantee that they will 

 stand shipment in the hottest we'ather; 

 they are a perfect success if it is done 

 right. But when you buy them from a 

 grocer and soak them up with water, 

 and then fill them with honey, the re- 

 ceiver is robbing you, they say. 

 (Continued ue.xl week,} 



Destruction of Bees by Smelter- 

 Smoke 



After a severe struggle of over 2 years, we 

 have finally succeeded in accomplishing a set- 

 tlement by arbitration with the great smelter 

 companies in the Salt Lake Valley for the de- 

 struction of the bee-industry by the poison of 

 smelter fumes. Prior to the advent of these 

 smelters the far-famed Salt Lake Valley was 

 the banner county of Utah for the production 

 of bees and honey. Ten years ago there were 

 over 10,000 colonies of bees in the county. 

 Now there are not 10 left. At first when 

 bees began to die off, the bee-keepers, not 

 knowmg just what the trouble was, began to 

 buy more, which died off faster than the first 

 ones. Some of our bee-keepers, having done 

 well with their bees, depending upon them for 

 a living, did not like to give them up. These 

 lost all, and in some instances these losses 

 were very serious. While at first the bees 

 thus purchased partly paid for themselves be- 

 fore they died, now they die off without pro- 

 ducmg anything, the writer having lost, all 

 told, over i.ooo colonies, and- a few others in 

 like itroportions. 



While our bee-keepers have suffered an enor- 

 ■"ous loss, we finally compromised on a basis 

 of $1,500 from each of the 4 smelter com- 

 panies, and these figures, as compared to our 

 loss, are entirely too low. But we started into 

 this matter for a friendly settlement with the 

 smelter people by arbitration, and we told them 

 that if we did not succeed it would not be the 

 bee-keepers' fault. And if we had entered a 

 suit, a ii'dpnient mi<*ht have been the exf'-nt 

 of our victory, which is a poor thing to live 

 on. Jiut a little cash has helped many of our 



Standard^Bred Italian 

 1 FREE 



PREMIUII IIUEESS 



We are booking orders now for those Fine 

 Untested Italian Queens that we offer 

 every year FREE to paid-in-advance sub- 

 scribers as premiums for getting NEW 

 subscribers for the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal. These orders are taken for May or 

 June delivery. 



What Some Say of our Standard- 

 Bred Italian Queens: 



Qeoi-gf 11". York ifc Co..- — The two queens re- 

 ceived of you some time ago are fine. They 

 are good breeders, and the workers are show- 

 ing up fine. I introduced them among black 

 bees, and the bees are nearly yellow now, and 

 are doing good work. A. W. Swan. 



Nemaha Co., Kan., July 15. 



George W. York <t' Co : — After importing 

 queens lor 15 years you have sent me the best. 

 She keeps 9^2 Langstroth frames fully occu- 

 pied to date, and, although I kept the hive 

 .well contracted to force them to swarm, they 

 have never built a queen-cell, and will put up 

 100 pounds of honey if the flow lasts this 

 week. Chas. Mitchell. 



Ontario, Canada, July 22. 



Oeorgp IT. York & Co.: — The queen I bought 

 of you has proven a good one, and has given 

 me some of my best colonies. 



N, P. OOLESBT. 



Washington Co., Va., July 22 



Oeorge W. York ifc Co.: — The queen I re- 

 ceived of you a few days ago came through 

 O.K., and I want to say that she is a beauty. 

 I immediately introduced her into a colony 

 which had been queenless for 30 days. She 

 was accepted by them, and has gone to work 

 nicely. I am highly pleased with her and 

 vour promptness in filling my order. My 

 father, who is an old bee-keeper, pronounced 

 her very fine. You will hear from me again 

 when I am in need of something in the bee- 

 line. E. E. McColm. 



Marion Co., II!., July 13. 



How to Get these Queens Free 



To any one whose own subscription to the 

 Weekly American Bee Journal is paid in ad- 

 vance, we will mail a Fine Standard-Bred Un- 

 tested Italian Queen next May or June, for 

 each new name and address sent to us with 

 $1.00 for the Bee Journal a year. No one can 

 get for himself the Bee Journal a year and the 

 Queen for SI. 00. The Queen is offered as a 

 premium for the work of getting some one 

 else to take the Bee Journal a year. If you, 

 yourself, want the Bee Journal a year and the 

 Queen, send SI. 50 for the two, and we will 

 book your order for a Queen. Qaeen orders 

 will be tilled in rotation — " first come, first 

 served.'' Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Street, - CHICAGO, ILL, 



