August, 1907. 



American Vae Journal 



erable about "tongue-reach." Those that 

 are rearing this strain of Itahans, should 

 give them a free swing at comb-build- 

 ing, and see what they can do at diam- 

 eter of cell-reach ; the two qualities may 

 be somewhat related. 



William Findl.'W. 



A still later Stray Straw (Gleanings, 

 page 88") is as follows : 



"Abbe Pincot (L'Apiculteur, 52) says 

 that larger cells give larger workers, 

 and that cells measuring 4.57 to the inch 

 are the largest that Italians accept for 

 worker-brood." 



Evidently there is a mistake some- 

 where, for the Rietsche foundation has a 

 larger cell (4.535 to the inch) than Abbe 

 Pincot's limit of 4.57 to the inch. At 

 any rate, there is nothing unfair in ask- 

 ing the question whether it might not 

 be an improvement to have larger cells 

 in foundation, especially as one of the 

 Stray Straws to which Mr. Findlay re- 

 fers says that natural comb built by 

 Italians has a cell diameter of 5.5 mil- 

 limeters, or 4.618 cells to the inch, while 

 none of the foundation gives a cell 

 larger than 4.828 to the inch. 



The Lake Geneva Fedr 



On July 26 and 27 was held at Ge- 

 neva Lake, the Fair in the interest of 

 the Lake Geneva Fresh ."^ir Fund As- 

 sociation, an organization in which not 

 only the people in and around Lake 

 Geneva. Wis., are interested, but es- 

 pecially the many wealthy Chicagoans 

 and others who have their summer 

 houses at that most beautiful resort. 



The Editor of the .American Bee 

 Journal was invited to judge the apiarian 

 exhibit, as on two former occasions, 

 with the following result : 



Case of 24 sections of white comb 

 honev. 1st premium (blue ribbon) L. R. 

 Bueli; 2d (red ribbon), Miss E. V. 

 Rumsey. 



One-frame nucleus of Italian bees, ist, 

 Franz W. Fischer. 



Beeswax, ist, L. R. Buell. 



Mrs. H. C. Buell, a lady bee-keeper 

 living at Hebron, 111., was superintend- 

 ent of the bee and honey department. 



Excursion via Nickel Plate Road 



to Boston and return, $21.00, Aug. 6, 

 10, 20, 24, Sept. 10, 14, 24, 28. Limit 

 30 days from date of sale. Meals in 

 Dining Cars 3Sc to $1.00. Stopovers. 

 Ticket office, 107 Adams St., Chicago. 

 'Phones, Central 2057 and 6172. 'La 

 Salle St. Station, on Elevated R. R. 

 Loop. 



iiONEY AMD^BEESWAX 



When consigning, buying, 

 or selling, consult 



R. A. BURNETT & CO. 



199 South Water St. Cliicago, III. 



Bee-Hnpplies and Berry-Boxes 



Lewla B ware at Factory Prices. Bee-keepers, club 

 together, send me list of Koods wanted, and let me 

 quote you prices. I give the regular discounts. 

 Beeswax wanted. Send for Catalog. 



6Etf W. J. Mccarty, Emmetsburg;, lowa. 

 Mention Bee Journal vrhen vrrltlng. 



QUEENS OF 



Moore's Strain of Italians 



P*roduce workers that fill the supers, and are 

 not inclined to swarm. They have won a 

 world-wide reputation for honey-gathering, 

 hardiness, gentleness, etc. 



Mr. \V. Z. Hutchinson, editor of the Bek- 

 Kep:pers' Review, Flint, Mich., says: "As 

 workers, I have never seen them equaled. 

 They seem possessed of a steady, quiet 

 determination that enables them to lay up 

 surplus ahead of others. Easier bees to 

 handle I have never seen." 



My queens are all bred from my best long-- 

 tongued three-banded red-clover stock (no 

 other race bred in my apiaries), and the cells 

 are built in strong colonies well supplied WMth 

 young bees. 



PRICES: Untested queens. 75c each; six, 

 &4; doz.. 57.50. Select, untested, Sl.OO each: 

 six.S5.00;doz..S9.00. 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Descriptive circular free. Address 



J. P. MOORE, Queen-Breeder, Rt. 1, Morgan, Ky. 



Mention Bee Journal wlieu ^vriting. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Fide young prolific 3 and 5 baoHed 

 Italian Queens, by return mail. Un- 

 tested ooly 60c, or $6.50 a dozen. 



Tested, 75c or IS ad<.zen Extra fine queen, $1. 

 J. L. Fajen, Alma, Mo. 



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A NEW BEE-SUPPLY HOUSE 



——AT LITTLE ROCK. ARK.— ^ 



I am prepared to furnish you the best of hee- 

 supplles, manufactured by The A. I. Rtiot Co. 

 Let me send yi_>u my catalog of bee-keepers' 

 supplies. Also have for sale the very liest 

 strain Italian queens and nuclei or full col- 

 onies. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. J, LITTLEFIELD. 



Mention Bee Journal ^rhen vrriting. 



FOR SALE 



$1 to $3 a pair. 

 Registered 

 Homing: P i g- 

 eons: Big Squab 



Breeders. Also Angora and Belgian Hares; 



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colors. Mail orders filled. 



HUMBERT GLEN ELLTN, ILL,. 



Mention Bee Journal Mlien -n-riting, 



Rscspberry 



Honey 



1 have produced a crop of extracted honey 

 from the wild, red raspberry of Northern 

 Michigan. It would be a very easy matter 

 to send this entire crop, in a lump, to some 

 dealer, but I prefer to give each of my 

 friends an opportunity to supply his table 

 with this truly delicious honey— a honey 

 with a flavor all its own— a flavor that smacks 

 of the wild raspberry of the forests. The 

 honey is put up in bright, new, shiny, 60-lb. 

 cans, two in a case, and is offered at ten 

 cents a pound, or $12.00 for a case of two cans. 

 Perhaps some will think that this is a high 

 price, but we must take into consideration 

 the great loss of bees last winter and spring, 

 the almost total failure of the white clover 

 honey crop, as well as that of California, to- 

 gether with the upward tendency in the price 

 of nearly all commodities. Remember, too. 

 that this is not an ordinary honey— it is 

 raspberry honey; and, besides this, it has 

 been left on the hive until it was all sealed 

 over and thoroughly ripened, and is as far 

 superior to ordinary honey as ripe fruit is 

 more delicious than green. If you prefer to 

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 postal, and I'll mail you a generous sample- 

 enough so that the neighbors, too. can have 

 a taste, and perhaps will wish to join in 

 ordering a case, if you do not care for that 

 much yourself. 28-Atf 



vV. Z. HUTCHINSON. Flint. MicK. 



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