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THE AMERICAm BEE JOURNAL. 



September 29, 



just for the fun of bearing him talk; but I 

 don't know what to say to Mr. Deacon for 

 trying such a trick. It is out of place in 

 print. Give us something more practical, 

 Mr. D. 



The honey-flow has been very light in 

 this vicinity. I got probably 20 pounds per 

 colony, spring count, and lots of the sec- 

 tions are filled with honey of different 

 colors, but I could do no better, as it took 

 some of my best colonies all summer to fill 

 one super, and no swarms to amount to 

 anything, either. Wm. Keknan. 



Sullivan Co., Pa,, Sept. 15. 



[Mr. Kernan, aren't you a trifle hard on 

 Mr. Deacon? There are quite a number of 

 bee-keepers who are asking for information 

 regarding Mr. Golden's method of produc- 

 ing comb honey. We didn't think Mr. 

 Deacon was too rough on Mr. Golden, and 

 hardly think that the latter felt so, either. 

 There is a deal of good-natured fun in that 

 S(outh) A(frican) Deacon mixt up with his 

 sound sense, and it will bubble over some- 

 times. But we are sure he intends no harm 

 at all, only to draw people out, sometimes. 



— EblTOR.] 



A Wheel-Ride Among Bee-Keepers. 



I got home last evening from a trip on a 

 bicycle to Minnesota. I rode something 

 over 300 miles north of here, and saw a fine 

 country, fine people, and had a fine time. 

 I made the round trip in 13 days, and ate 

 like a hired man. I got as far north as 

 central Todd county. The basswood in 

 Todd county is immense, but there was a 

 worm which workt on the blossom, and so 

 there was no nectar. One bee-keeper who 

 had 30 or more colonies said be might have 

 30 pounds surplus. All complained of a 

 poor season. J. P. Blunok. 



Webster Co., Iowa, Sept. 18. 



Keeping Worms Out of Honey. 



In the Bee Journal of February 10, 1898, 

 was a letter from Wm. C. Wolcott, telling 

 how to keep worms out of honey, and how 

 to get rid of laying workers. I have tried 

 both and find they work well, the knowl- 

 edge of which is worth the price of the Bee 

 Journal for one year or more, to any bee- 

 keeper. 



I had two colonies that had become 

 queenless, and became badly infested with 

 worms. I removed the worms with a knife, 

 and by exchanging frames with other hives 

 I placed a queen in one ou Sept. 5, but she 

 did not lay. I attributed it to the weak- 

 ness of the colony, and went to feeding 

 them. In opening the hive Sept. 16, I found 

 the queen, bees, honey and all, gone. In 

 looking for them. I found all in the other 

 queenless colony, doing well, and no fight- 

 ing. How did they find out that that col- 

 ony was queenless, and would accept them, 

 if they do not have a language of signs ? 

 L. W. McRae. 



Washington Co., Ala., Sept. 17. 



Late Swarming — An Aster. 



In answer to the inquiry 'What is the 

 latest time that bees swarm ?'' I would say 

 that one year, between 1861 and 1865, I had 

 a swarm issue Sept, 21, and another the 

 next day, and they filled their boxes in two 

 weeks. At that time I had square boxes, 

 12 inches inside measure, and eight inches 



Sweet i Clover 



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* 



5ft> lOIb 25ft 50fc 



Sweet Clover 60 Jl.OO J2.25 14.00 



Alslke Clover. 70 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 65 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK dk CO., 



118 Michigan Street. - CHICAGO. ILL. 



" Early Wonder " Blackberry Plants. 



Price. 25f, per dozen; $15 per thousand. 150 

 pounds Spanish Needle Comb Honey. 14 cents 

 per pound. ED%V. SHIITH, 



38A2t Carpenter, III. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writing. 



Buy Your Sections Mow 



while we offer them at a LARGB 

 DlSCOU^'^, bavin? added to our 

 plant one of ihe mosicomplete one- 

 piece section machines, enabling us 

 to turn out the most beautiful sec- 

 lions on the market. By sending us 

 a list of Suoplles wanted we can 

 save you * * I K. H. SCHIUIDT 



dC CO., Box 187. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. 



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WHAT 



I'ut of a ■\vagon wears out 

 tii^^i.' The wheels, of course. 



^\"hy not buy wheels that 

 [Can't wear out? 



^^ hen a man }nivs the 



ELECTRIC 

 WHEELS 



Iways hiis pond wheels on 

 \\\-- wapon. Tliey can't Rot. 

 A\'nrii or beconi** Loose; no 



r.-M-rtint; of tires; they fit any 



" ;tL'(in. We also mako wheels 



tU anything' wearing w-heelg 



nd for circulars and pri.es. 



Electric Wheel Co. 



Box in Qiitncy. Ilia- 

 Please mentiou Bee Journal when wntius. 



Keeps hin in. 

 Keeps others out. 



HORSE-HIGH 



Witli our liri ••.!<■ V .Viil(ii:3;:tic 

 Fein-'c-.'iiU'"- ' .^ "iJCiinniake 

 100 htvlcsot UuLxat the lute 

 of 60fodsad;i., . Everyrodof 



ii ■will P'^ssers the ttiree lead- 

 ing: attributes maJe promi- 

 nent in this ad. Jiakesaper- 

 ffit general imrpoe fence at 

 IScperrod. )'' ml try fence 19c. 

 per rod. Kabbit^proof fence 



BULL-STRONG 



for nnrseiies, orchards, etc., 

 II <■. jierrt il, and a cood 'h'^-'^ 

 f CT.ce for 1-c. ]»er rod. Plrdn, 

 caU-deprinsrand barbed wire 

 t" larniersatw'hfilesale price. 

 Get onr froe cstaln-iue befOi-© 

 buying •nire or feucjog-. 



KITSELMAN BROS. 



Bos U 



Ridgevilie. lad. 



PIG-TSGHT 



4.>i.ni I'least; memlou Itie ttee Jourual. 



The A. I. Rdot Co.'s Goods ^^^tlt^:- 



Including their discounts for Goods wanted 



for use another season. It will pay you to 



send mo list of Goods wanted. HI. H. MliNT 



Caoh for Beeswax. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when writing. 



deep, with slats between for tiering up, 

 and had two of them together. It we could 

 have a honey-flow like that, I presume they 

 would do the same again. 



Bees have done poorly here this year. 

 Swarms that issued in May. some of them, 

 will have to be fed unless they increase 

 their stores yet. 



I enclose a plant which I found growing 

 quite plentifully on the river bottom, on 

 which bees are working very strongly. 

 What is it ? If there is any considerable 

 amount of it they ought to gather consider- 

 able honey from it. J. C. Armstrong. 



Marshall Co., Iowa, Sept. 10. 



[The plant that Mr. Armstrong sends is 

 an aster, of which there are very many 

 varieties that bloom in September. The 

 one in question is exceedingly common on 

 river bottoms, and is known by some bee- 

 keepers in central Illinois as '■ whiteweed." 

 Cook says (pages 380-3S3) : "But the nu- 

 merous species of asters so widespread. . . . 

 are replete with precious nectar, and with 

 favorable seasons make the apiarist, who 

 dwells in their midst, jubilant, as he 

 watches the bees which fairly flood the 

 hives with the rich and delicious honey," — 

 H. S. PErooN, Botanist. 1 



Bees at Home on a Tree. 



On page 213 of " Langstroth on the 

 Honey-Bee," is a description of how bees 

 sometimes cluster on the limbs of trees and 

 in other places and build their homes there. 

 I have just discovered a case of this kind 

 while hunting bees. I hived the bees from 

 several dilferent directions, and the lines 

 all crost at the same point, but I could find 

 nothing large enough for bees to make their 

 homes in, but on closer investigation I dis- 

 covered them hanging on the underside of 

 a hemlock top. The tree was down, being 

 turned out by the roots, and lay about 

 three feet from the ground. The bees had 

 been there for mouths, and had about 25 

 pounds of hone^- and some brood, but no 

 eggs and no unsealed brood. I transferred 

 them into a hive, and as soon as they get 

 the combs fastened well in the frames I will 

 move them home. E. C. Nolan. 



Midland Co., Mich., Sept. IT. 



An Experience with Bees — Figwort. 



I have 1" colonies of bees, three of them 

 in box-hives and seven in a hive with mov- 

 able frames of ray own design and manu- 

 facture. I honestly believe that I think 

 more of bees than any one on earth. I am 

 a bee-man (in my way) from ■' away back." 

 My grandfather Carroll, one of the first 

 settlers in Shelby Co., Mo.., kept from 10 to 

 100 colonies all the time, and it was no un- 

 usual thing for him to go into the woods in 

 the fall and find enough bee-trees to fill a 

 barrel or two with honey. From him my 

 father learned to like bees, and he kept bees 

 for a long time, but finally lost all he bad 

 and quit. 



From my earliest days I have had a fond- 

 ness for bees. We still have some wild bees 

 in the woods, and there is nothing I enjoy 

 so much as to hunt them. Father, brother 

 and myself found Hi bee-trees last fall, and 

 we must have gotten close to 1.000 pounds 

 of honey from them. I don't think we will 

 find any this fall, as there seem to be none 

 in the woods. 



Bees are doing poorly here, or have been. 



