1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Page. 

 Sixty Years, of Beekeeping in 



California, by J. E. Pleasants 7 



Looking Both Ways, by E. F. 



Phillips r- 



Looking Backward, by J. E. Crane. 10 



Sweet Clover in Canada 11 



Editorials 12-13 



Sixty Years Among the Bees, by 



Frank C. Pellett 14 



Our Sixtieth Anniversary 15 



Hive Tools, by Arthur C. Miller 1" 



Notes from Texas, by Walter W. 



Durham 18 



About Supplies, by C. S. Bender 18 



Methods of Comb-honev Product- 

 ion, by E. S. Miller — ' IS 



An American Hero 19 



A Word from Australia 1& 



Sixty-pound Cans 20 



Joining the League 20 



Colony that Would Not Accept a 



Queen, by Eugene Holloway 20 



Seastream Plan of Building up 



Weak Colonies 20 



Washington State Fair, by George 



W. York 21 



The Purple Martin, by L E. Webb 21 

 Two Colonies in One, by Wm. Bair 2l 



Another Woman Beekeeper 22 



Climbing Milkweed a Pest 22 



Honey Plants From China 22 



Marketing and Prices on Honey, 



by Wesley Foster 22 



Loose Hanging or Hoffman 



Frames, by C. P. Dadant 23 



Honey Changing Quality 24 



Cause of Isle-of-Wight Disease 24 



First Issue of American Bee Jour- 

 nal -' 25 



A Beekeeping Entomologist 25 



The Honey-making Wasps, by 



Frank C. Pellett 26 



The Honeybee in Russia 27 



A Capable Beekeeper, by T. C. 



Johnson 28 



Directory of Beekeeping Officials. 28 



Answers to Questions 32 



News Notes 33 



Seed Book 

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Every year, for 34 years, thou- 

 sands of people have adopted 

 I OidsXatalogastheirfarmand 

 / garden guide. The carefully 

 tested and selected seeds it 

 offers have produced heavy 

 field crops and successful gar- 

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 ' long since learned that 



Olds' Catalog Tells the Truth 



' It3 descriptions, both in word and picture, are * 

 J truthful in every respect. You can positively 

 I dependon garden, flower and field seeds, pota- 

 I toes, plants and bulbs listed in 

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 When yoa buy Olds' seeds, good 

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tiEw Bingham 

 Bee SMOKER 



The Bingham Bee Smoker has been 

 on the market over forty years and is the 

 standard in this and many foreign coun- 

 trie It is the all-important tool of the 

 most extensive honey producers in the 

 World. It is now made in five sizes. 



Size of shipping 

 stove weight 

 inches lbs. 

 Big Smoke, with shieW 4 xlO 3 



Big Smoke, no shield....* xlO 3 



Smoke Engine 4 x 7 2% 



Doctor 3j4x 7 2 



Conqueror 8 x 7 1^ 



Little Wonder 3 x 6H I'A 



The Big Smoke has just been pro- 

 duced in response to a demand for a 

 larger-size smoker, one that will hold 

 more fuel, require filling less often, 

 from extensive handlers. 



East Lansing, Mich., May 10, 1920. 

 A. G. Woodman Co., Grand Rapids, 

 Mich. 



Dear Mr. Woodman: — I have now 

 had several weeks' opportunity to try 

 out the New Smoker, called the Big 

 Smoke, with the guard about the fire 

 P<"-, . The smoker is even more than I 

 anticipated, and unless something else 

 is brought out that is still better, you 

 can be assured that this particular one 

 will be standard equipment for this 

 place from now on. 



B. F. Kindig, 

 State Inspector of Apiaries. 



The Genuine Bingham Honey Un- 

 capping Knife is manufactured by us 

 here at Grand Rapids and is made of 

 the finest quality steel. These thin- 

 bladed knives, as furnished by Mr. 

 Bingham, gave the best of satisfaction, 

 as the old timers will remember. Our 

 Perfect Grip Cold Handle is one of the 

 improvements. 



The Woodman Section Fixer, a com- 

 bined section press and foundation fas- 

 tener, of pressed steel construction, 

 forms comb-honey sections and puts in 

 top and bottom foundation starters, all 

 at one handling. It is the finest equip- 

 ment for this work on the market. 



TIN HONEY PACKAGES 



2 lb. Friction top cans, 

 2 lb Friction top can , 

 2H lb. Friction top cans, 

 2^2 lb. Friction top cans, 

 5 lb. Friction top pails, 

 5 lb. Friction top pails, 

 5 lb. Friction lop pails, 

 10 lb. Friction top pails, 

 10 lb Friction top pails 



cases of 24 

 crates of 612 

 cases of 24 

 crates of 450 

 cases of 12 

 crates of 100 

 crates of 200 

 , cases of 6 

 , crates of 100 



Ask for our special money-saving 

 prices, stating quantity wanted. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO. 



ttRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. 



Send us an itemized list of your requirements and let us figure on your goods for 

 1921. Our new catalog will be issued about January 1. 



