July 6, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



427 



Roovs Column 



HONEY=PACKAGES. 



If YOU have a crop of ho-'>5fv you will 

 want packag'es in which to put it on 

 the market. For comb honey you will 

 be interested in our 



S 5hipping=Cases 



which we are prepared to furnish in 

 various styles and sizes as listed in our 

 catalog-. They are packt in lots of .SO 

 in carrying'-crates suitable for ship- 

 ping your honey in after it is put in 

 cases. 



For extracted honey you will want, 

 for storing and shipping to market, 



qal\.on Square Cans 



two in a case. We provided ourselves 

 with two carloads of these before the 

 advance in tin-plate, so that, while 

 they last, we can still sell at the old 

 price, lo boxes, $6.oo. 

 a For putting up honey for retail we 

 have a variety of packag'es in tin and 

 glass, listed in our catalog-. Of most 

 of these we are also provided with a 

 large stock. 



Ball's Best Mason Jars, 



with Aluminum Caps. 

 We have a carload of these which we 

 offer for July shipment at the follow- 

 ing special prices, put up one dozen 

 in a box ; 



PER'DOZ. SIX DOZ. GROSS 



Piut Mason Jars 4Sc 52.50 $4. 75 



Ouart Mason Jars 48c 2.75 5.(H1 



2-quart Mason Jars 60c 3.40 ij.50 



No. 25 Glass Jars. 



cThis is a very popular Jar for one 

 pound of honey. It has porcelain top 

 with rubber ring and tin screw band. 

 We have them put up one gross in a 

 barrel at S5.50 : or two dozen in a par- 

 titioned case, ready for reshipping 

 when filled with honey, at 51.15 per 

 box, or S6.50 for six boxes. 



Tin=top Tumblers. 



We have two sizes of these, '•, pint, 

 or 10 oz., No. 788, packt 21 doz. (252) in 

 a barrel, at S5.00 per barrel ; or '3 quart, 

 16 oz.. No. T89, packt 16- 3 doz. (200) in a 

 barrel, at S5.00 per barrel. 200 of each 

 size nested in a barrel for S.S.70. 



THE A. L ROOT CO, 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



and have no 



We use one-inch starters, 

 trouble with drone-comb. • — ^_/— 1___ 

 aS. T. Pettit— W ith exceptional cases, yes. 

 ■ J.A."Gre6n~Yes, they will very 'often 

 do so. szi JZ2 ^^ — ' 



Dr. C. C. Miller— Yes, to a considerable 

 extent. 



E. S. Lovesy— My experience is, as a rule 

 they do not. 



D. W. Heise— I will let the comb-honey 

 producers answer this. 



J. A. Stone— I don't know, as I have 

 never tried it. 



Mrs. J. M. Null— Yes. It is more profit- 

 ble to use full-size starters. 



E. France— It would be a mere guess with 

 me. as I do not produce comb honey. 



O. O. Poppleton— I have too little experi- 

 ence in producing section honey to answer. 



A. F. Brown— A great many times tbey 

 will. I would use full sheets or only a small 

 starter. 



Emerson T. Abbott— They may and they 

 may not. That will depend upon circum- 

 stances. 



R. C. Aikin— Yes, likely, particularly if 

 none below, colony very strong, old queen 

 or queen-cells. 



Mrs. L. Harrison- What are your objec- 

 tions to drone-comb ? I would rather eat 

 it than foundation. 



C. H. Dibbern— They will be inclined to 

 do so, but I should certainly use full sheets 

 of foundation, or starters only. 



Eugene Secor— They will sometimes, I 

 think. Why not use full sheets in sections, 

 and thus insure all worker-comb ? 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I think they will almost 

 surely do so. Use full sheets unless you are 

 willing to have drone-comb. Why not have 

 it? 



R. L. Taylor — Except in colonies having 

 queens of the current year's production 

 such comb would mostly be of the drone 

 size. 



Chas. Dadant & Son— They will change 

 to drone-comb as readily it you give them 

 a halt sheet as if you give them only a nar- 

 row strip. 



Rev. M. Mahin — Sometimes they will, 

 and sometimes not. They will build less 

 drone-comb with large starters than with 

 small ones, or with none. 



W. G. Larrabee — I always use full sheets, 

 and have never used but a few starters; 

 but I think they are very liable to fill out 

 the section with drone-comb. 



J. E. Pond — From my own experience I 

 should say they would. My bees are very 

 ■apt to use drone-cells for surplus storage. 

 The reason, I think, is obvious. 



C. Davenport — If there were none, or but 

 very little, drone-comb below, and the col- 

 ony had any intention of swarming, they 

 would be apt to fill out many of them with 

 drone-comb. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — I have had cases 

 where the bees would put drone-comb in 

 the remainder. Hence, to guard against 

 this. I fill the section with foundation to 

 one half inch of the bottom. 



Adrian Getaz — When I use small starters, 

 the first three or four rows of cells are of 

 normal size, then they gradually increase, 

 and finally the drone size is reacbt some- 

 where about two thirds of the depth of the 

 section, and thence continued down to the 

 bottom. 



G. W. Demaree — Why should you object 

 to drone comb in siriioiisf When storing 

 comb honey bees can make better headway 

 when building "store comb" — or drone- 

 comb — as we comuiouly call it. In answer- 

 ing your question directly, the bees will 

 sometimes fill out with drone-cells and 

 sometimes with worker-cells. 



Texas. — The Central Texas Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation win meet at Milano, Te.x., Julv 20 and 

 21, 1899. All are cordially invited to attend. 

 H. H. Hvui:, Asst. Sec. and/freas. 



Hntto, Te.xas. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arran^'ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or e.vpress, at the followintf prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sit) lOlt) 2sm soft 



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



AlsikeClover 70c 1.2S 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



AlfalfaClover 60c 1.20 2.75 5.00 



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. 



118 Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern Queens. 



IF YOU want the best hoiu'v-j.-'atheiers. the 

 loiig-est-lived and hardiest Queens, try a few 

 of my Northern=bred Italians--"" dauj^hters of 

 imported OueeTis." Tested Queens, $1.5i); un- 

 tested, SI. 00; 2-frame Nuclei with tested Queens, 

 ;3.UU each ; the same with untested Queens, S2.25. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



MATE WILLIAMS. 

 2(..A4t XiMKoD. Wadena County, Minn. 



Please mention Bee Journal when -writing. 

 ^^■a^ f=a Union Combi- 



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for ripping. 

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A^VY 1 ^'j^^j!/^^/ V initering, rab- 



^T^M^J^l / \."etiug. groov- 



^W^iil^ y 'ng, gaming, 



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\i|' i;^1 0.\V/ boring, edge- 



^^1 ' wr^^: ^^isa lu <3 u 1 d 1 n g , 



^WaI^^—^^ heading, etc. 



\// -/^.-^iW^^L— ' trull line Foot 



AND HAND- 



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CHINEKT. Send for Catalog A. 



.Seneca Falls Mfir. Co.. 46 Water St., Seiieoa Falls, S.Y. 

 iPlease mention Bee Journal when writing. 



nrVCI DnCC Ar^ "ot Italians; 



nUtb DLLO h'l^lSSk^l^ 



■^^^^^^■■^^^^^^^^^■^— and practically a 

 non-swarming-, non-stiniaring' strain of bees; 

 great honey-t;ratheiers and sure to winter. Tested 

 Queens, each, $1.(X): t» Queens, t5.50; 12 Queens, 

 $'^.00. Everything- g-uaranteed. Book giving- 37 

 years' experience in queen-rearing mailed free. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



24Atf Wenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



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ALdINU yUttNo proTifil: Queens-If y*mi 

 want the gentlest Bees — If you want the best 

 honey-gatherers you ever saw — try my Albinos. 

 Warranted Queens, SI. 00; Untested. 75 cents. 



9A26t d. D. GIVENS. LlSBON.TEX. 



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T^ r^ r^ ni from barred Plymouth 



r I tI tS ROCKS 



J-JVJVJO Thurobred — Fine Plumaged 

 Fowls — Farm Raised — 75 cents 

 per dozen. MRS. L C. AXTELL, 



llAtf ROSEVILLE. ILL, 



Comb Foundation 



Wholesale and Retail. 



Working Wax 



INTO FOUNDATION FOR CASH A SPECIALTY. 



DO NOT FAIL 



Before placing your order, to send me a list of 

 what you need in 



Foundation, Sections, 



And other Supplies, and get niv prices. You 

 will get the best goods and save money. Illus- 

 trated Catalog- Free. BEESWAX WANTED. 



GUS DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



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