1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



327 



AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN 



The national advertising campaign 

 of the American Honey Producers' 

 League will begin with the September 

 issue of Good Housekeeping, a widely- 

 distributed publication. 



The advertising is in charge of the 

 Proctor-Collier Company, of Cincin- 

 nati, and they have given their best 

 efforts in preparing the campaign 

 which is about to start, and it is up to 

 the rest of us to keep it going. 



The advertisement will cover a two- 

 third page, illustrated by a beautiful, 

 clean-cut sketch of a breakfast table 

 with biscuits and honey. There is 

 also being prepared a receipt book, 

 which will be sent to all inquiries by 

 the Secretary of the American Honey 

 Producers' League. Furthermore, a 

 pamphlet is being prepared explain- 

 ing to the jobber or wholesale grocer 

 the activities of the American Honey 

 Producers' League and the National 

 Advertising Campaign. This is done 

 more or less to have the wholesale 

 grocer stock honey for the coming de- 

 mand which will be bound to follow if 

 we all give our hearty support to the 

 League. 



Through the efforts of the Proctor- 

 Collier Company there will be inter- 

 esting articles on honey and bees in 

 many daily newspapers, which will 

 cover not only the large towns but 

 many of the country papers. This 

 will benefit the beekeepers by bring- 

 ing the words "bees" and "honey" be- 

 fore everyone's eyes more often. 



Pledge your support to the Ameri- 

 can Honey Producers' League — you 

 need it and they want you. 



C. F. Muth, 

 Chairman Advertising Committee. 



SAVING QUEENLESS COLONIES 



By Nathan Martin 



My method of saving the queenless 

 stocks is as follows: 



On April 7 a strong colony with a 

 great mass of brood for the season 

 was deprived of its queen, which was 

 directly transferred to a queenless 

 stock. No danger of introducing here, 

 as every bee was mighty glad almost 

 as soon as the queen was on the comb. 

 This stock is now a strong colony, 



fully prepared for the main honey 

 flow. 



The colony deprived of its queen 

 was treated as follows: 



April 19, all queen cells destroyed. 

 April 28, four or five incipient queen 

 cells in convenient places, on two 

 combs, primed with larvae of suitable 

 age, taken from a colony desirable 

 for breeding. Eleven days after, 

 colony examined — one young virgin 

 out and bees just trying to destroy 

 the other three cells. One good cell 

 was saved and directly transferred to 

 the other queenless colony. (The 

 queen was heard gnawing in the cell, 

 so I felt sure it was O. K.) This other 

 colony had been strengtnenea uy 

 combs of brood given to it, without 

 which I think it would have suc- 

 cumbed to robber bees long ago. It 

 was over 10 days before these two 

 young queens commenced laying, but 

 now their colonies have lots of sealed 

 brood and are getting on fine, al- 

 though much behind the regular colo- 

 nies. To make these two colonies 

 really worth while for tnis year's 

 honey crop they will need an addi- 

 tional super of brood, and I trust 

 there will be colonies that insist on 

 swarming, as usual, and this is just 

 the place for utilizing their surplus 

 energy. 



Ontario. 



REMEDY FOR BEE STING 



By S. H. Sabine 



A short time ago I discovered, 

 through the agency of a little child, 

 the best bee sting remedy I have ever 

 used. It is simply liquid blueing. 



My little niece, while out playing 

 one day, was stung on the hand by a 

 wasp and she imemdiately ran into 

 the house, where she got the blueing 

 bottle and applied the wet cork to 

 the sting on her hand and then went 

 out to play again as if nothing had 

 happened. 



This may be known to many, but it 

 was entirely new to me, and I have 

 since used » it successfully on bee 

 stings. It relieves the pain almost 

 at once, and prevents swelling and 

 inflammation as nothing else that I 

 have ever tried will. 



Texas. 



(That is another added to the hun- 

 dreds of remedies for bee stings. The 

 fact is that, if the poison has entered 

 in very small quantity and one or 

 those remedies is applied at once, it 

 will help. But if the entire poison 

 sack has been emptied into the wound 

 and a little time has elapsed so that 

 the very volatile venom has had time 

 to diff'use itself in the blood, espe- 

 cially if it has struck a small vein or 

 artery, the remedies are of but little 

 avail. The above-named remedy is 

 easy to apply and it will not hurt to 

 give it a trial. — Editor.) 



Bees Poisoned 



Two apiaries owned by Frank Ras- 

 mussen, Greenv-ille, Mich., and lo- 

 cated in a commercial apple orchard 

 here, have been completely destroyed 

 by spray poison. The dust spray was 

 used in this case. The trees wnre not 

 dusted while in bloom, but the contin- 

 ued dry weather may have caused the 

 dust to shift some. These apiaries 

 had been in these orchards for a 

 number of years, with no bad results. 

 Frank Rasmussen. 



(This is exceedingly unfortunate. 

 We do not see how it could happen, 

 and your explanation is not sufficient 

 to show. The general public should 

 be informed, so as to avoid such acci- 

 dents in future. — Editor.) 



TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 



FOR SALE — 1,000 colonies of bees located 

 around Brawley, Calif., in the Imperial Val- 

 ley, where crop failure is unknown. Portable 

 E.xtracting outfit, two autos and one lJ4-ton 

 truck, storage tank, honey house and dwelling 

 house. Bees in two-story lO-frame hives; no 

 queen over one year old. This is a going con- 

 cern and a money maker. If you want an out- 

 fit of this size and mean business, come look 

 us over. Half cash, balance as you make it. 

 Reason for selling, going to South America 

 this fall. T., care American Bee Journal, 



Hamilton, 111. 



FOR SALi. — Select queens, untested, $1.15; 6 

 or more, $1.10 each; select untested, $1.60; 

 6 or more, $1.50 each;; safe arrival. 



Hazel V. Bonkemeyer, 

 Randleman, R. D. Xo 2. N. C. 



WANTED — A man who thoroughly under- 

 stands the care of bees; a good job for the 

 right party. References required. Address 

 R. T. Parker, 

 69 rtppleton Ave., Pittsfield, Mass. 



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WANTED COMB HONEY 



Must be 4|4x4|4xl% in Beeway sections 



WE ARE IN THE MARKET 

 FOR 10 TO 20 CARLOADS 



Describe tiie quality, grade and quantity and when you will have it ready for shipment 

 Will take less than carload lots, if fancy and well packed in carriers 

 Also extracted honey 



HOFFMAN & HAUCK, Inc., Woodhaven, N. Y. 



