Feb. 9, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



91 



Root's Column 



It seems to be g-enerally admitted 

 that a means for producing compres- 

 sion on sections when in the super is 

 desirable, and some go so far as to say 

 it is a necessity. If sections and sepa- 

 rators are placed in supers loosely, it 

 leaves little interstices or spaces that 

 the bees till up with propolis. Various 

 devices have been used to bring about 

 the desired compression. Some prefer 

 and use thumb-screws : others, wedges ; 

 and still others, tightening-strips. 

 Thumb-screws stick out in the way, 

 and sometimes in damp weather be- 

 come stuck fast in the holes. Wedges 

 are very often propolized fast, making 

 it difficult to remove them. The same 

 objection applies to tightening-strips, 

 altho to a less extent. We now use 

 two or three springs to our 1899 supers, 

 one at each end, bearing against the 

 ends of the fences, and one in the 

 center. See S in the cut below ; 



These springs produce a gentle, even 

 pressure against the contents of the 

 super : and. no matter how much the 

 weather changes, causing the stuffjto 

 shrink or swell, t hose spring s will pro- 

 duce^hvays'a gentle yet firm pressure. 

 After the sections are filled theyTan 

 be easilj- taken out, owing- to the fact 

 that there is a yielding' pressure ; and 

 propolis — well, it has no show. 



In the nest Bee Journal we will show 

 you how these springs are applied. 

 Meantime — 



KEEP YOUR EYE ON 

 THIS COLUMN, 



for we may be able to save vou dollars. 



TnGfl.l.RooiGoiiipany 



MEDINA, OHIO.] 



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Bees Helpt the Fruit. 



I got ',)0(l pounds of honey from 90 colo- 

 nies of bees this year. Prospects were good 

 in the spring, but the honey crop failed to 

 materialize. My apple and peach orchards 

 paid quite well, which is partly owing to 

 the services of the bees in poUenizing the 

 bloom. This was an incidental benefit fully 

 equal to what they could have done storing 

 honey in a good year. D. L. Files. 



Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 31. 



A Fairly Good Season. 



This has been a fairly good season for 

 bees. There was no early or white honey 

 stored above, most of the surplus being 

 gathered in August from smartweed or 

 lady's-finger. Honey is about the same 

 price here as it was last season. 



Frank L. Goss. 



Vernon Co., Mo., Deo. 36. 



He "Blames" the Bee Journal ! 



My bees did very well this year. I had l.'i 

 colonies, spring count, and got about 1.20U 

 pounds of honey, part extracted. People 

 want to know how the bees get so much 

 honey in the city. I tell them it is not the 

 locality, but the American Bee Journal 

 that does it. M. M. RifKARD. 



Erie Co., N. Y.. Dee. 26. 



Fears Hard Winter for Clover. 



My bees are quiet with a temperature in 

 the cellar of 4:i degrees; outside, zero 

 weather, with but little snow on the ground. 

 I am afraid this will be hard on white 

 clover; still, let us not borrow trouble. 



Wm. M. Barnes. 



Richland Co., Wis., Deo. 37. 



Bees Didn't Do Much. 



Bees did not do much here last season. I 

 have SO colonies on the summer stands, and 

 had to feed part of them before packing 

 them for the winter. They had a good flight 

 to day. and all appeared in good condition. 

 The prospect for the coming. season is good. 

 G. C. Allinger. 



Marion Co., Ohio. Dec. 20. 



Beginning with Bees. 



I could not think of keeping a colony of 

 bees without the American Bee Journal. I 

 am a beginner, with four colonies, which 

 did poorly the past year, but I am not dis- 

 couraged, as they were bought late in the 

 season, just after the linden flow. 



Richland Co., Wis. Mrs F. C. Fennel. 



Bees Did Very Well. 



My bees did very well this year. I got 

 about 4,000 pounds of comb honey from 92 

 colonies, spring count, and increast to 1.50, 

 halt of which I put into the cellar; the 

 others I am wintering in a house lined in- 

 side and packt with leaves. I wintered 

 some 2."> colonies last winter in the same 

 place, and they came out all right. 



Iowa Co., Wis. Wm. J. Healt. 



Season of 1898 Bees and Colors. 



The bees came out of the cellar in the 

 best condition I ever saw them in 1S98. I 

 had 1:^0 colonies, all strong and healthy. It 

 was a hard spring on the bees, and by the 

 time the white clover bloomed they were 

 weak in numbers. I got 1.300 pounds of 

 basswood and white clover honey mist. 

 The basswood is five miles away. I got a 

 little over 2,000 pounds of buckwheat honey. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We liave made arraiig'ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freif^ht 

 or express, at the following- prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sit 101b 25tt5 .soft 



Sweet Clover nieliiot) 60c $1.00 S2.25 f4.00 



Alsike Clover 70c 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60c 1.00 2.25 4.00 " 



Crimson Clover 55c .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market chang-es. 

 Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freig^lit. 

 Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michifjfan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



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m^Jii^'^ JOHN BAUSCHBR. Jr. . 



"qE^S^B^ Box •»4 Freeport, Illinois* 



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GW'e make the New 

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 full line of uther 



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 surprise. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO., 



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Alexis, Illinois. 



T never feel so trood as when T am eelllnff a 

 neichbor Pai,'e fence, as I know from experience I 

 am di.ins,' him a favor. CHAKLIE STRONG." 



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For 3-4 Pound at $3.75 per Gross. 



We have on hand a limited supply of tall, 

 strait^ht, white-jrlass Honey- Jars holding' K- 

 pouud each. They have a tin cap that screws 

 on the g-lass. They are very attractive for the 

 retail trrocery trade. Put up in barrels holding- 

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