1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



169 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



Page 



Stores as Crop Insurance — G. H. 

 Cale 173 



Garden Plants Which Attract the 

 Bees 175 



Editorials 176-177 



Honey Production Costs — M. G. 

 Dadant 178 



Scarifying Sweet Clover 179 



How Small a Colony may be Win- 

 tered — R. F. Holtermann --_ 179 

 Wild Thyme in New York — J. E. 



Crane 179 



Correct Name for Thyme; Reply 



to Mr. Crane 180 



Large Hives— E. S. Miller 180 



Who Pays the Fiddler?— E. C. 



Shoemaker 180 



Demaree Method of Swarm Pre- 

 vention 182 



The Demaree Plan — E. S. Miller 183 

 Is Honey Too High?— T. C. 



Johnson 183 



Variation in Disease Resistance 



T. A. Myers 183 



Effect of Shipment on Queens — 



C. P. Dadant 184 



Making Rapid Increase — Frank 



C. Pellett 185 



Economy in Production of 



Queens — Geo. D. Shafer 186 



Argentine Ants — C. S. Ford _-_ 187 

 Three Weeks at Conventions — 



C. P. Dadant 188 



The Farm Extracting Problem — 



L. H. Cobb 188 



Honey Gatherers in February — 



A. C. Burrill 189 



The League at Work — H. B. 



Parks 189 



Salt for Bees — Nordstrom, 



Thaine and Fox 190 



Diversities — E. P. Stiles 190 



Government Position Open 190 



Beekeepers by the Way 190 



High Yields From Colonies 



Swarming Early — F. Greiner. 191 

 College Girls Boost Honey — F. B. 



Paddock 191 



Editor's Answers 192 



News Notes 193-4-5-6 



Lewis 4-Way Bee Escapes 



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Four exits from supers. Fits all staodard board Springs 

 of coppered steel. Made of substantial metal. 



Made by 

 G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, 



Watertown, Wis., U. S. A. 



Sold only by Lewis "Beeware" 



Distributors. 



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PATENTED 



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 Smokers 



On the market over 40 years. The bel- 

 lows of best quality sheep skin, is 

 provided with a valve, which gives it 

 pep and makes it respona quickly to 

 the most delicate touch, giving as much 

 or as little smoke as is required. The 

 Big Smoke size, stove 4x10 inches, with 

 asbestos lined shield, permits the hold- 

 ing of the smoker between the knees 

 without danger of burning the trousers 

 or one's legs. This size is much ap- 

 preciated by extensive operators. 



Size of Shipping 

 stove. weight, 

 inches lbs. 

 Big Smoke, with shield 4 xlO 3 



Big Smoke, no shield.... 4 xlO 3 



Smoke Engine 4x7 2J4 



Doctor Syix 7 2 



Conqueror 3x7 IJ^ 



Little Wonder 3 x S'A I'/i 



Buy Bingham Honey Un- 

 capping Knives 



Made of the finest quality steel for the 

 purpose that money can buy. These 

 knives of the proper thickness and qual- 

 ity have given the best of satisfaction, 

 as the old-timers will testify. For over 

 thirty years the men engaged in the 

 manufacture of these knives have been 

 at this work. The perfect grip cold 

 handle is one of the improvements. 



Buy Woodman Section 

 Fixer 



A combined section press and founda- 

 tion fastener of pressed steel construc- 

 tion It forms comb-honey sections and 

 puts in top an I bottom starters all at 

 one handling. Top and bottom starters 

 insure combs attached to all four sides, 

 a requirement to grade fancy. By us- 

 ing this machine you always handle 

 large pieces of foundation. The diffi- 

 culty of handling the small i^ottom ^-art- 

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 Detroit, $1.30; Baltimore, $1.25. Fric- 

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 crates of 100, $7.75; crates of 203. $15; 

 10-lb. size, crates of 113, $12.60 f. o. 

 b. Baltimore, 5-lb size, crates of 100, 

 $7.50; 10-lb size, crates of 100, $11. 

 Clear flint glass Mason jars, with lac- 

 quered tin caps and wax liners, pints, 

 per gross, $9; quarts, per gross, $10. 

 Quotations « n other packages made on 

 request. 



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