isys. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



187 



mita^^-^fm^^^m^^-iiim^^f^Kk^ 



€^%E^C #®i^$ 



'tr^r^^^mcri^m^. 



Mr. Pettit and His Divider. 



I would like to ask Mr. S. T. Pettit, of 

 Canada, the following question: After 

 quoting what he says in his article, on page 

 .51, he says, "Here is a point I must call 

 attention to. .. .There must be no passage- 

 ways for the bees outside the followers; 

 tie bees must be kept and obliged to do 

 their coming right against the divider," 

 etc. 



Why is it that the bees must be com- 

 pelled to enter thus ? I ask the question 

 because his recommendation seems to be 

 very imperative as to this. Then follow- 

 ing he says: " I have thought a good deal 

 about it, and can hardly tell why. . . .1 like 

 to have space between the divider and the 

 super wall." Now I suspect he has been 

 reading of my method of producing comb 

 honey, for that's just where I permit the 

 bees to enter, even from the bottom of the 

 hive on up to the topmost super, having 

 provision made to enter each super if they 

 wish, or go from the bottom of the hive to 

 the top super direct, and I am thinking 

 that after he tries the space 5-16, i^, »« or 

 3o inch, he will feel like saying, " I wish I 

 hadn't said there must be no bee-space." 

 Any way, such positive directions are mis- 

 leading, but unintentionally given in writ- 

 ing, especially on bees and their habits, I 

 think, very frequently. J. A. Golden. 



Morgan Co., Ohio. 



■Wintering Well— Season's Report. 



My 64 colonies in the home apiary seem 

 to be wintering pretty well, all packt in 

 chaff on the summer stands. I have 28 col- 

 onies 2^.2 miles away, 16 of which having 

 only a cushion on top; they don't seem to 

 be wintering as well so far, altho the winter 

 has been quite mild up to this time. 



My bees did quite well last season. I be- 

 gan the season with 87 colonies, closed with 

 92. and took 6,000 pounds of honey of fine 

 quality, about 1,200 pounds being comb in 

 pound sections, which is all sold at 7 and S 

 cents per pound for extracted, and 10 to 

 123,j for comb honey. Our home market is 

 in a fair way to be ruined with cheap 

 honey. 



I began bee-keeping IS years ago with one 

 colony in a box-hive. I had the genuine 

 bee-fever, and I've got the same disease 

 yet. I feel that if I should happen to live 

 the allotted life of man, my bee-keeping 

 experience has just begun, as I am now 

 only 33 years old. I have been a constant 

 reader of the American Bee Journal for 

 about 16 years, and it has been of great 

 value to me. B. W. Peck. 



Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Feb. 1. 



Experience with Bees. 



I have bad many years' experience with 

 the bees, and could not look for success in 

 the business without the American Bee 

 Journal. I was a subscriber away back in 

 the early 60's. when it was publisht by 

 (Samuel Wagner, in Washington, D. C. We 

 are never too old or too wise to learn. In 

 those years I considered myself well up in 

 bee-lore, tho I made no claim to being an 

 expert. But failing health compelled me 

 to drop out of the business for I.o years. On 

 the partial recovery of my health the old 

 passion for bees revived, anil I liave been 

 trying to do a little at the business for the 

 last three years; a trifle over a year ago I 

 subscribed again for the "Old Reliable." 

 and the first number received revealed the 

 fact that the procession had moved ou and 

 1 was left a long distance in the rear. I 

 have recovered some of the lost distance in 

 the last year. I recollect no season in my 

 experience when we obtained more satis- 

 factory results from our labors with the 

 bees (except prices) than the last. 



1 commenced last spring with 10 colonies 



DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall. CHICAGO. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when writing. 



Wboleiitalo 



and Ketail. 



COMB FOUNDATION 



Working Wax l^'^Srase A Specialty. 



Hives, Sections, and a full line of Supplies. 

 The best of everything. Write for Catalog, 

 with prices, and samples of Foundation and 

 Sections. 



BEESWAX always wanted for cash or 

 trade. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AUCrSTA, WIS. 



UNION 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



COMBINATION 

 SAW 

 Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, In 

 Ripping, Cuttlng-otf, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery. 

 8old (ID Trial. Catalogoe Free. 

 SElNEriA FALliS KIFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENEGA FALLS. N. Y. 



FOR 

 SALE 



Basswood Honey 



We have a limited number of barrels 

 of very best Bass'wood Extrac- 

 ted Honey, weighing net about 2S0 lbs. 

 which we are offering at 6 cents per lb. 

 f. o. b. Chicago. Do you want a barrel 

 or so of it? If so, address, with the cash, 



GEORGE W. TORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



READY TO MAIL ^ 



My 40-page Catalofr of my Specialties, and 

 Root's Goods at ilielr prices. 1 carry a 

 full line of Bee-Keetehs' supplies, and can 

 ship promptly. Catalog Free. 



GEO. E. HILTON, Fronioiit, nidi. 



'IRST PRIZE WINNERS 



FL._ 

 Our1898 Mammoth Poultry 

 cuiilo of 100 pages mwlled FKEK. 



SiTritTliiiik' entirely new, tell3 all about 

 I". nlfrv. how to be a winner, how to MAKE 

 BIG MOMEH. Contains beautiful lithogrraph 

 plate of fowls in theirnatuiul CDloi-s. Henii 



isots. for JOHNBAUSCHER. Jr/ 

 postage. Box !»4 FlJliEI'OltX, ILL. 



Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Wll\'TPn ^ young single man capable of 

 Ilil.llLI/ taking care ot an apiary consist- 

 ing of 2.50 or 300 colonies ot bees. Must give 

 good references and uone but a thoroughly 

 competent man need apply. Address. 

 Tlie Gila FArm Co. Cliff. Grant Co., N.Mex. 



9A4t Mention the Amerwan Bee Journal. 



f<nfnlnrr Ifr^a *• '• Koot A: Co's Goods 

 VillialUs, riCC lor Missouri iiudotherpoints. 

 to be had at factory prices from John Nebel 

 A- Son, High Hill, ITIlssoiiri. OAtf 



Please mention Bee Journal -when "writing. 



Gash 



PAID FOE 



eeswax 



For all the Oood, Pure Yello-w 



BeeS'wax delivered to our oflBce till 

 further notice, we will pay 25 cents per 

 pound, CASH. No commission. Now if 

 you want casta, proiuptly, for your 

 Beeswax, send it on at once. Impure 

 wax not taken at any price. Address as 

 follows, very plainly, 



GEO. W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan st. , CHICAGO, ILL. 



in the S-frame dovetailed hive, one queen- 

 less, and increast them to I'.l. I cut off all 

 second swarming by following Mr. Heddon's 

 plan, that is, by setting the young swarm 

 on the old stand, leaving the old hive by its 

 side for a week, then removing it to a new 

 stand. This plan proved successful, and 

 less trouble than any I have ever tried. My 

 plan has usually been to hive all after- 

 swarms in an empty hive, cap, or conven- 

 ient box, let them stand until evening, 

 then shake them down in front of the par- 

 ent hive and let them run in. I don't re- 

 member a swarm treated in this way issu- 

 ing the second time. This plan requires 

 more care and labor, and a greater risk of 

 loss. 



X obtained 1,050 one-pound sections ot 

 honey. The best colony stored 167 sections. 

 I have been a little slow in using separa- 

 tors in the supers ; the reason was, I be- 

 lieved the bees would not accept it as read- 

 ily, and do as good work in the supers with 

 as without them ; but after using them one 

 season, and taking into account the perfect 

 shape, uniformity of combs, and ease in 

 handling and packing, I could not be in- 

 duced to abandon their use. 



Bees went into winter quarters in fine 

 condition, packt in chaff on the summer 

 stands, and are doing well up to date. I am 

 patiently and anxiously waiting for the 

 time when I can again hear their busy 

 hum. L- Jones. 



Floyd Co., Iowa, Feb. 2. 



A Report— Bee-Management. 



I commenced the season of 1897 with 1.5 

 colonies, got 1.160 pounds of honey, and in- 

 creast to '24 colonies, all going into the cel- 

 lar in good condition. I sold all of my 

 honey on the home market at from 10 to 14 



I got my best yields from prime swarms, 

 from colonies in lO-frame hives, hived on 

 the old stands in S-frame hives. The S- 

 frame hive isn't large enough to cast the 

 kind of swarms I want, so I will use 10- 

 frame hives the coming season, and con- 

 tract to 6 or 8 frames for the new swarms, 

 and hive on the old stands; then give the 

 balance of the 10 frames after the basswood 

 and clover harvest is over, and extract any 

 surplus then, and the parent colonies may 

 gather in the fall. I will leave the 10 frames 

 in to get large prime swarms from the next 

 season. , . , 



White "lover yielded immensely here tor 

 a short period last season. The basswood 

 was an entire failure. Wire-weed and 

 golden-rod yielded well in the fall, consid- 

 ering the drouth. - ... J J, 



I clip all queens as soon as fertilized, ana 

 supersede all queens at three years old, or 

 rather I intend to from this time on. I don t 

 want to be bothered with old queens play- 

 ing out in the pinch ot the game. 



RfFUS Williams. 



Lawrence Co.. Ind. 



Several Notes and Comments. 



I was sorry to hear that Dr. Besse had 

 lost in his sweet clover lawsuit, for I was 

 real iuterested in watching the reports con- 

 cerning it, and hoped that he would win. 



As will probably be remembered, along 

 last July several fellows used adulterated 

 means for getting some honey out of my 

 storehouse. I reported the same at the 

 time, and Editor York hoped that an ex- 

 ample would be made of them, as 1 caught 

 them and landed them behind the bars. 

 Well, one ot them broke jail and got away, 

 while the other fellow is putting in time at 

 the "Pen," on a two years and six months' 



Now, the above fellow used adulterated 

 means to get honey, while some others used 

 adulterated honey to get means. What is 

 the difference twixt the two ? [One is mean 

 enough to adulterate, and the other is adul- 

 terated enough in himself to be mean. — Ei>, J 



Yesterday was a nice, sunshiny day, and 

 all my bees were out; thus far every colony 

 that "was put into winter quarters has re- 

 sponded to the roll call of "Old Sol." My 

 bees are mostly the yellow strain. I also 



