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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Mar. 30, 1899. 



Doolittle's 

 Book Free ! 



Every Bee-Kerper »>lioiild have 



SCIENTIFIC 

 [QUEEN-REARING. 



VOUciCERTAINLY will have it if you desire to 

 ^now liow to have queens fertilized in upper 

 stories while the old queen is still layintr below; 

 bow you may safely introduce any queen at any 

 TJime of the year when bees can fly; all about 

 *he different' races of bees; all about shipping- 



flfFo« Un 1 ^'^ "^^'^ ^^^ book for Sl.OO, 

 Ullul Will i. club it with the Bee Journal 1 



•queens, queen-cag-es, candy for queen-cag-es, 

 'etc.;Call about forming nuclei, multiplying' or 

 uniting- bees, or weak colonies, etc.; or, in fact, 

 everything about the queen-business which you 

 mav want to know. The price of the book is 

 $l.t»b, bein^ bound in cloth, g-old-lettered. 



We want i,ooo 

 New Subscribers 



Between Now and June 1, 



Andjwe would like to have our regular 

 subscribers help, us in this work. In 

 •order that all who nia_v want a copy of 

 Doolittle's "Scientific QuEEN-Rkar- 

 ING " may earn it very easily, and at 

 the same time aid in swelling- the Bee 

 Journal's list of subscribers, we wish 

 to make the following Liberal Offers- 

 only to our present subscribers : 



We mall the book for $1.00, or 



I for 



one year — both for SI. Tit. 



nffnn Mn Send u« Three New Subscribers 

 Ullul rlU. L to the Bee Journal for the bal- 

 ance of the year, at 60 cents each, and n e 

 will mail J-ou a copy of the book free as a 

 premium. 



fUFnn \Tn Or, send us two new subscribers 

 unci Wl). 0. to the Bee Journal for the bal- 

 ance of this year at 60 cents each, and 40 

 cents additional (raakinij $1.60 in all; and we 

 will mail you the book. 



nffnn ITn A Or, send us one new subscriber 

 UHGI Kl). 4. lor the Bee Journal for the bal- 

 ance of this year at 60 cents, and 65 cents ad- 

 ditional (makins'$1.25 in alll, and we will 

 mail you the book. 



Now, the sooner the new natties are 

 sent in the more copies of the Bee Jour- 

 nal they will get for their 60 cents, and 

 if sent before April 1, each will be cer- 

 tain of getting the Bee Journal for nine 

 months, or about 40 copies. 



Remember, that only our present 

 subscribers can take advantage of the 

 last three offers above. 



Now, let everybody go to work, and 

 help roll up the 1,000 new subscribers. 



Addre^-, 



CEORGE W. VORK & CO. 



iiSMich.St.. Chicago, III, 



might be dead, but it was not. I also united 

 two in that way for a friend that got two 

 colonies in the spring from me. but I have 

 not seen her since I have examined mine. 

 I will after this treat all weak colonies 

 that way. 



I find the American Bee Journal a very 

 useful help to anyone that has bees. I 

 would not like to be without it now. as I 

 know how helpful it has been already to 

 me. I have been in the bee-business three 

 years, bought one colony and took two on 

 shares a year; now I have 11 and sold 4. I 

 have lost one during this last cold spell. 

 I had it on the porch sheltered from the 

 north and west. I put it there because I 

 thought it would need attention. The 11 

 outside I examined yesterday, and they 

 seem to be in good condition, so I think 

 they will come out all right. 



I like to work with the bees. I have a 

 large box put over a part of the hive, and 

 hay stuft in between the hive and box, a 

 cover over it, and a good cushion in the top 

 part of the hive. Some with fodder around 

 all but the entrance, and tied over the top. 

 All seemed to be doing well. As I don't 

 have the money to buy hives, I made all I 

 have used. I make them in the winter and 

 paint them, and have them ready when I 

 need them. For the frames I get strips 

 sawed and planed ut the mill and nail them 

 myself. I space them by driving a small 

 nail in the edge of the frame near each end, 

 the first one on each side to go against the 

 hive, and on the other side for the next ono 

 logo against; and the same with the rest 

 on the one side, so they will stay the proper 

 distance. 



I buy dry-good boxes and rip them up in 

 the proper depth for the hive, then saw 

 them the right length, then nail them to- 

 gether. I do not spare nails where they 

 will do any good, so they are strong and 

 good. What isn't thick enough for bodies 

 I make tops and bottom-boards, and what 

 won't do for them. I make frames to set the 

 hives on. I don't have them on benches, 

 so I use the lumber up close. The boxes 

 are planed and grooved so a seam doesn't 

 hurt them. It thpre is a nail-hole, or any- 

 thing, I putty it before I paint it. For one 

 box I paid 2.5 cents, and made what 1 would 

 have had to pay ¥1.. 50 for, if I had bought 

 the bodies. I ript the boxes and sawed 

 them up, and made six bodies ready to 

 paint in one day. Don't you think it pretty 

 good for a woman in her 70th year '. The 

 sawing and nailing was good exercise dur- 

 ing that cold weather we have had. I have 

 made 26 bodies, tops forall. a lot of bottom- 

 boards, and a lot of frames to set the hives 

 on; and almost all are painted, and all the 

 pound boxes ready that I will need, and 

 other things ready, all this winter. So I 

 will not have anything that way to do 

 when I need them. I credit the bees for all 

 I sell from them, and charge them with all 

 I buy for them. I have on hand more than 

 I will need all summer, except some more 

 of the foundation for the bodies. All I 

 have on hand, and all I have used, don't 

 come half way to what I made from them 

 last season. Mrs. Sarah I. Griffith. 



Cumberland Co., N. J., Feb. ST. 



Succcessful Wintering of Bees. 



I feel as if I would like to "speak in 

 meeting," as I see others are giviug their 

 testimony on the line of out-door wintering 

 of bees. I have had but three years' ex- 

 perience in this direction, but they have 

 proven successful. The hives I use are the 

 Bay State or Alley, and Dr. Tinker's pat- 

 tern. They are mostly of the Bay State 

 make, 8 frames with closed ends. 



In preparing for winter I put the hives in 

 rows running east and west, fronting to the 

 south. I put down on the ground 2x4 

 scantling, raising them an inch or two 

 higher. On these I put a board or two 

 running lengthwise; this constitutes the 

 platform on which the hives are to rest. I 

 commence at the east end of this platform, 

 storing away my bees for winter. I leave 

 a space between ■ each hive, from 4 to 6 

 inches. After all are thus placed, I lift the 

 covers and pack with 2 inches of straw all 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or e-xpress, at the following' prices, cash with 

 the order: 



stb loft 25m soft 



Sweet Clever (melilot 60c $1,00 $2.25 $4.00 



AlsikeClover 70c 1.23 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60c 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover S5c .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. 



lis Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



VOnt PPDD ted'^catlfo^g of "bcct, 



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Theodore Bender, Cautoii,Ohio. 



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