April 6, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL. 



219 



Root's Column 



No=Qob 

 Foundation. 



Wg Have it at Last. 



It has been proven that wax in the 

 base of ordinary foundation is not 

 utilized by the bees, but is left there 

 practically as it leaves the mill ; and 

 the ■ result is, vrhen drawn out into 

 comb, the so-called gob, or fishbone, in 

 comb honey. 



Our New Thin-^Base 

 FOUNDATION 



is exactly what its name indicates — 

 foundation with a base as thin as 

 natural comb, with heavy deep walls. 



Fig. 7, herewith shown in cross-section 

 from an actual photo, represents the 

 new thin-base heavy-vfalled foundation 

 running about 10 feet to the pound. 



Fig. 13 represents the ordinary thin 

 foundation with heavy base and 

 scarcely any wall, about 10 feet : the 

 heavy base, without modification, going 

 right into the comb honey with ver^- 

 little change, and forming fishbone. 



We have so far only small dies, and 

 cannot afford to sell this product for 

 less than $1.00 a pound. Next year, 

 perhaps, we shall have larger dies, and 

 will make a corresponding reduction 

 in price. 



Seven or eight pieces, large enough 

 to fill 4 '4 sections, 15 cents, postpaid ; 

 24 pieces, prepaid, 40 cents. 



TnGfl.i.RootGoiiipanu 



MEDINA, OHIO.i 





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A Little Experience Witli Bees. 



I have kept bees for a loug time in a 

 small way with varying: success, and with- 

 out any particular system. For the last 

 three yeans I have given them more atten- 

 tion. and have consequently been anxioiis to 

 inform myself in the science of bee-culture. 

 Realizing that a good paper devoted to the 

 subject would be indispensable, I have se- 

 lected the American Bee Journal as the 

 most desirable. 



I now have about 50 colonies, which I am 

 wintering in a cellar. My hives are of my 

 own plan and make, as are my surplus 

 cases. I have seen none I like better, and 

 none quite so handy and convenient. My 

 hives are 14 inches wide, IT long, and U 

 deep in the clear, with fl frames; loose bot- 

 tom attaeht with hooks, ''i opening with 

 one-inch hole in the center of the front (for 

 ventilation in winter). I use half board 

 and half screen tackt over the front, raise 

 the cover xlii/litly. after removing the 

 honey-board, and they are ready for winter 

 quarters. The object o£ the inch hole is to 

 provide ventilation in case the bees should 

 become uneasy aud fill the entrance with 

 dead bees, as some times occurs. I have 

 lost but one colony in three winters, so I 

 am satisfied with my method of wintering. 



As to foul hrool. I am not informed, as I 

 have never seen any, to my knowledge. I 

 would like to know how to determine 

 from extental evidence the presence of foul 

 brood. 



The last season was a poor one for bees 

 in this locality ; mine averaged only about 

 30 pounds ot comb honey, spring count. 

 Very few of the old icolonies produced any 

 surplus. My bees weighed from .iO to SO 

 pounds, gross, when I put them into the 

 cellar. 



I am very fond o£ hunting wild bees, and 

 have quite a reputation as an expert. I 

 have found a large number of wild swarms 

 (several hundred). H. B. Knowles. 



Winona Co., Jlinn., Feb. 'i4. 



Heavy Rains Neap San Franeiseo. 



We have now had four days steady and 

 continuous rain. The earth is now so full 

 of water that it cannot take up any more 

 and it is running off where it can ; in other 

 places it lies in pools on the surface. We 

 have not had so much rain at one time for 

 years. Grass is growing wonderfully fast. 

 It does not look as if less than a fortnight 

 ago we were despairing of rain and crying 

 ■' dry season.'' Prayers for seasonable rain 

 were commenced in the Catholic churches 

 when the season began to give indications 

 of a dry season, and soon all the other 

 churches joined in the prayer. It has evi- 

 dently been answered. Four days without 

 sun is something unusual here. This even- 

 ing the rain is slacking off and giving place 

 to a high fog. U may be that it is going to 

 clear up. Well, it can do so now, as we 

 have bad all the rain we need. I should 

 judge that we must have close to 30 inches. 

 We had only 11 last year. W. A. Pkyal. 



Alameda Co., Calif., March 24. 



Makes His Own Hives. 



This is the third year I have had bees, 

 and I think I can say that so far it has been 

 the hardest of the three. My bees had a 

 flight yesterday (Feb. IS) for the first time 

 since Dec. 1st. It was a very neces- 

 sary thing for them to get out. as their 

 stores were mostly buckwheat honey, and I 

 saw that the hives were damp and the 

 combs moldy. I think my hives are too 

 tight. I have decided that bees don't want 

 to be closed up too tight. My hives are 

 double-walled chaff, the outside wall con- 

 tinuing single above the top of the brood- 

 frames high enough to take in two supers, 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrang-ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sib lom 2Stb .50* 



Sweet Clever (melilot) 60c $1.00 $2.25 $4.00 



AlsikeClover 70c 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover SOc 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 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. 



^Pnt r"POO ted catakig of Bees, 



OUlIb ri UU '^i^-sf-"'"^" ^^ 



Theodore Bender, Caiitoti,Ohio. 



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BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY 



^^i-uiBru,„. Kead what J. I. Parent, of 



'^^„4;^^^F Charlton, N. Y., says: " We 

 --^^._^, ,-^?T*r^/ ^^^ with one of your Com- 

 bined Machines, last winter, 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 100 honey racks, 500 brood- 

 frames, 2,000 honey boxes, and 

 a trreat deal of other work. 

 This winter we have double 

 ,'■ the amount of bee-hives, etc., 

 ^-^ to make, and we expect to do 

 it with this Saw. It will do all 

 you say it will." Catalog and price-list free. 



Address, W. F. & Johx Barnes, 

 5Ctf ' Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



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