Mav 11, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



299 



Root's Gommn 



ENTIRELY UP 

 WITH ORDERS 



Our extensive enlarg-ements last fall, 

 costing in the aggregate some $15,000, 

 enables us to keep pace with our in- 

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 and they will be promptly executed, 

 either from the main office or branches 

 and agencies. Give us a trial, and see 

 how quickly we can make shipment. 



Save Freight 



By Buying at the Nearest Branch 

 or Ag-eney. 



BRANCH OFFICES. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



118 Michigan Street, - Chicago. 111. 

 GsoRGE W. York, Manag^er. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



1024 Mississippi Street, St. Paul, Minn. 

 H. G. AcKijN, Manager. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



1635 West Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 



F. A. S.\LISBURV, Manager. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



Mechanic Falls, - Maine. 



J. B. M.\soN, Mgr. 



THE A. I. ROOT Co., 



10 Vine Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. 



W. A. Sei.sek, Manager. 



AGENCIES. 



A. F. McAdams, Columbus Grove, O. 



C. H, W. Weber, 2146 Central Avenue, 

 (Successor toC. F. Muth & Son and A.Muth) 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Prothero is Arnold, Du Bois, Clearfield 

 Co., Pa. 



Cleaver & Green. Troy, Bradf. Co., Pa. 



W. W. Carv, Lvonsville, Mass. 



M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Wayne 

 Co., Mich. 



George E. Hilton, Fremont, Newaygo 

 Co., Mich. 



Walter S. Pouder, 512 Mass. Avenue, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Vickery Bros., Evansville, Ind. 



Jos. Xysewander. 612 W. Grand Ave., 

 Des Moines. Iowa. 



Jos. Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mont- 

 gomery Co.. Mo. 



O. P. Hvde & Son, Hutto, Texas. 



TheL.A.WatkinsMdse.Co.Denver.Col. 



The Abbey-Hardy Co., Grand Junc- 

 tion, Colo. 



J. H. Back. 235 West Third North St., 

 Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Buell Lamberson, 180 Front Street, 

 Portland, Oregon. 



Union Hive & Box Co. .Los Angeles.Cal. 



M. R. Madarv. Fresno. Cal. 



TDGfl.l.RooiGoiiipani! 



M.\IN' (IFFICE AND WORKS: 



MEDINA, OHIO. 





Bees in Splendid Condition. 



My bees were removed from the cellar 

 April 11 and 13. and are in splendid condi- 

 tion. I placed 111) colonies in the cellar 

 Nov. 30, and they were there nearly five 

 months. They wintered with a loss of two 

 colonies. 



I left 14 colonies on the summer stands, 

 one of which died. Bees which were left 

 on the summer stands in this vicinity have 

 suffered a terrible loss. G. F. Tubes. 



McKean Co., Pa., April 33. 



Bees Doing: Well on Mesquite. 



The information contained in the report 

 of the Colorado convention in the Bee 

 Journal was worth many times the sub- 

 scription price, to practical bee-keepers who 

 are trying to make a living from the busi- 

 ness. 



I have only 110 colonies at this date. We 

 had a very dry fall, winter and spring — no 

 rain since October. Swarming is some four 

 or five weeks later than usual. However, 

 my bees have been doing well the last 

 week, gathering honey fast from the stable 

 honey source of this dry region— mesquite 

 — which is in full bloom now. 



J. J. K. FiTZPATRICK. 



Dimmit Co., Tex., April 16. 



Average 75 Percent Loss. 



I lost 31 colonies out of 35; but I will not 

 give up. Some of my neighbors have lost 

 all. On an average the loss will be about 

 "5 percent. C. L. Hamilton. 



Nez Perces Co.. Idaho, April 39. 



Last Season a Poor One. 



Loss in bees in this section is heavy, 

 owing to long, cold winter. Last season 

 wiis a poor one, as it was very dry. and the 

 grasshoppers ate most of the bloom of the 

 second crop of alfalfa and sweet clover. 

 I. E. Palmer. 



Mesa Co., Colo., May 1. 



Fully Half of the Bees Lost. 



Most of the bees in this section of coun- 

 try are now out of the cellar, and a large 

 number of reports have been received, say- 

 ing that as nearly as can be ascertained fully 

 50 percent of the bees died. I lost 100 colo- 

 nies out of 3G1. Some of the smaller api- 

 aries are entirely swept away. Just to-day 

 I received notice from a prominent bee- 

 keeper that has lost 100 colonies out of 140. 

 Diarrhea did the work here. 



August Bartz. 



Chippewa Co., Wis., April 18. 



Bees Had a Severe Time. 



Bees have had a severe time this spring. 

 all old bees dying off in the cold weather 

 in February. leaving the hives full of brood 

 and young bees, and no honey coming in 

 caused a cessation of brood-rearing, which 

 has been disastrous to the early honey-flow. 

 However, we have some very fine honey 

 from tupelo. Next comes holly. 



Cornelius L. Rice. 



Vermillion Co., La., April 15. 



A Laying-Worker Experience. 



I am just making a start in the bee-busi- 

 ness. I have three colonies that I wintered, 

 and if it had not been for the book "ABC 

 of Bee-Culture." I would been minus one 

 colony soon. It was like this; In going 

 over my bees not long since I found the 

 brood to be all drones in one hive, and of 

 course I got my bee-book and lookt it up. 



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Colonies of Bees 



FOR SALE. 



We have a few g-ood colonies of bees 

 for sale 32 miles Northwest of Chicago, 

 which will be put on board cars there 

 at S5.00 a colony. .They are in hives 

 having 9 Langstroth frames, and are 

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