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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Fel. 3. 



destroyed. With me, drones are reared 

 In worker-comb when no drone-comb Is 

 supplied, which leads me to believe that 

 aruues should be allowed to some extent. 

 As tu difference in honey supply in the 

 one case or the other, I know of no 

 means of determination. 



J. M. Hambaugh— I think the advan- 

 tages as much or more than are claimed. 

 2. The advantages to be gained, except 

 as fecundators, is infinitesimally small, 

 in my opinion. 3. Possibly 1/5 to }i 

 more in favor of thfe colonies prepared 

 with worker-combs. 



Jas. A. Stone— 1. I think so little of 

 it that I have never practiced it. 2. 

 However that may be, I have never 

 thought the drones in the way till they 

 became very perceptibly numerous 

 through some fault with the queen. 8. 

 I could not say, as I have never observed 

 in that direction. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — A hundred or 

 two drones in a colony may be admissi- 

 ble; but more are a detriment, as they 

 would consume the stores uselessly. In 

 case your apiary consisted of one colony, 

 more drones might be reared. Nature 

 always looks toward the perpetuation of 

 the species. 



A. F. Brown — An excessive number of 

 drones in a colony is certainly a detri- 

 ment, and is at the expense of the honey 

 crop. 3. With me the colonies having 

 their excess of drone-comb removed and 

 worker-comb in its place, will gain 

 nearly, if not quite, double the yield of 

 surplus the other would. 



Rev. M. Mahiu— 1. I am inclined to 

 think that the advantages are over-esti- 

 mated. 2. I think that drones in mod- 

 erate numbers are no detriment to a col- 

 ony of bees. It is Nature's way. But 

 the cost of production and maintenance 

 is such that the numbers should not be 

 great. 3. I cannot tell. 



G. W. Demaree— 1. It holds good in 

 the supervisorship of man over the 

 domestic animals under his charge, that 

 intelligent control of number of drones 

 in the hive is not an "extravagance," 

 but rational treatment. 2. Let the api- 

 arist use his intellect, and he may find 

 out what is most profitable. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. I don't know how 

 much the advantages are esteemed, but 

 I think they should be highly esteemed. 

 2. No, I don't believe anything of the 

 kind. 3. The difference would be mjch 

 the same as the difference in drones. 

 The more drones the less honey. So 

 there, you dark-continenter. 



Wm. McEvoy— 1. Yes, just as great. 

 2.ciVo, positively no. 3. One hundred 

 colonies which have been . wintered over 

 with nothing but nice worker-combs in 

 «very brood-chamber which have been 

 made out of foundation will produce 

 over one hundred dollars worth more 

 honey in a good season than 100 colonies 

 that have been allowed to build all the 

 drone-combs they wisht, and reared all 

 the drones they could. 



nee-Keepers'* Hliotogrraph.— We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 «rs — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 49 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 121 on the other. We 

 wiU send them, postpaid, for 30 cts. a card, 

 mailing from the 121 kind first ; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces " tor their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



50) lOIb 251b 501b 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 $1.00 $2.25 $1.00 



AlslkeClover 70 1.35 3.00 5.73 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.23 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Southern Home 



of the Honey-Bee 



Is now ready for your orders for Qceens of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians and Mteel 

 Gray Carnlolanw. More than 300 Tested 

 Queens to begin with. Untested, either race, 

 75 cts. each: .lune and until October 50 cents 

 each. Tested $1.00 each. Good Breeders, $2 

 each. Straight 6-Banded or "Faultless" 

 Queens, $5.00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Hufstedler Bros., 

 3Atf BEEVILLE, Bee Co, TEX. 



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Illlfll^O HONEY-EXTRACTOR 

 iUUlll Is Square Glass Jars. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies in general, etc etc. 

 Send for our new catalog. 

 Practical Hints " will be mailed for 10c. 

 In stamps. Apply to— 



Chas. T. Mnth & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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are worth looking 

 at. We are mak- 



OUR PRICES 



ing the new 



diaiiipion fliafl-IIive 



with dovetailed body and supers, 

 and a full line of other Supplies, 

 and we are selling them cheap. A 

 postal sent for a price-list may save 

 you $ $ $ $ 



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 Box 187 Sheboygan, Wis. 



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That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

 11.25 to Prof. A, J, Cook, Claremont, Calif., 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discovmts to the Trade. 



PATEHT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOS 



Has No Sag in Brood-Framea 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Bs8 io Fisbbane Id tbe Snrplas Done;. 



\ ^^B Being the oleaneBt ts neaallj workec 



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Let me send you my 64- 

 page Catalog for 1898. 

 J. in. Jenkins, Wetnmpka, Ala. 



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Short Crop Last Year. 



My bees seem to be coming through all 

 right on the summer stands. There was a 

 rather short crop o£ honey last year. 



Wm. a. Scott. 



Cherokee Nation, Ind. T., Jan. 34. 



Good Season for Bees. 



I am lost without tbe American Bee Jour- 

 nal. The last was a good season for bees 

 here. I had 13 colonies, and all but four 

 were new swarms. I bought 6 from a neigh- 

 bor at swarming-time, and from 11 colo- 

 nies I extracted 1.000 pounds. The other 

 two were weals and 1 Just got them built up 

 in time for winter. 1 think that 1 will de- 

 vote more of my time to the bee-business, 

 and less to my farming, as I believe it will 

 pay better. F, S. Fry. 



Audrain Co., Mo, 



Good Year for Sweetness. 



The old Keystone State has been in for a 

 good year of sweetness in 1S97— the best 

 since 1894. The best yield from one colony 

 was 158 one-pound sections of honey. I had 

 but two swarms from 18 colonies; one was 

 from a four-yearold queen. She did not 

 swarm for want of room. The other one 

 was for want of room, for they were liter- 

 ally crowded out. I favor large hives and 

 young, vigorous queens for non-swarmers 

 and good honey-producers, 1 haveincreast 

 to 24 colonies. I sold my honey at 15 cents 

 per pound before the holidays. 



Berks Co., Pa., Jan. 3. C. C. YosT. 



Honey Reported Broken in Shipment. 



I got 1,507 well filled sections from 20 col- 

 onies, spring count, but I do not know how 

 I am going to come out. I shipt 1,027 

 pounds, gross weight, to a Chicago commis- 

 sion firm Oct. 6; they receipted " in bad 

 order." anl I have not heard anything 

 from them since. I do not see how it is, 

 but it tppears to me that shippers of honey 

 are the worst imposed on of any shippers. 

 I am afraid to hurry the firm, for if I do 

 that they will claim they have to force 

 sales, and take what they can get for it. 



There are quite a number of bee-keepers 

 in this town, and the two ad.ioining towns, 

 but it is impossible to get them to subscribe 

 for a bee-paper, I was trying to get one of 

 my neighbor bee-keepers to subscribe for 

 the American Bee Journal, and he said, 

 " O, pudle Dick, I know all that is neces- 

 sary to know about bees," The same man 

 will have from five to ten colonies and not 

 get enough honey for his family use. I 

 shall subscribe for the "old reliable " Bee 

 Journal as long as I can see to read it, and 

 get the dollar, Daniel Smethukst. 



Crawford Co., Wis., Dec, 33. 



Report for 1897— Honey-Dew. 



I started in the season of 1807 with 39 col- 

 onies, increast to 54, and got 1.700 pounds 

 of comb honey and 100 pounds of extracted. 

 Bees are all in fine condition for winter, 

 but there is a poor prospect for next year, 

 as there is no white clover. 



The first 1 ever saw of honey-dew was in 

 1853, in Iowa. I saw it in drops on hickory 

 leaves; it lookt clear and tasted sweet. 

 This was in May or June. I have since no- 

 ticed bees working in the tall on oak trees, 

 and they filled up on it and the honey had 

 the oak taste. I also saw them, in 1871, 

 working on trees very strong, and I ex- 

 amined them and they were working on 

 places on the young twigs that had been 

 punctured by some insect, and the sap was 

 issuing from the wound. If they stored 

 any of this I did not notice it. 



But 5 or 6 years ago we had the heaviest 



