July 20, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



459 



Roors coimnn 



GLEANINGS 

 AT REDUCED 

 RATES.... 



We do not need to tell you about our 

 journal, for it will speak for itself : but 

 as an extra inducement we make the 

 following low offers : 



Offer No. A. 



For 25 cents we will send Gi,Eanings 

 IN Bee-Cui<TURE from the time your 

 subscription is received until January, 

 1900. If you send in your order promptly 

 you will get 6 months for only 25 cents. 



Offer No. B. 



For SI. 00 we will send an untested 

 Italian Queen worth 75 cts. and Gle.an- 

 IXGS IX Bee-Cui.ture one year. 



Offer No. C. 



For $1.00 we will send Gi.eaxixgs in 

 Bee-Culture the rest of this year and 

 all of nest year, that is, from the time 

 your subscription is received until Jan- 

 uary, 1901. The sooner j'ou take ad- 

 vantage of this offer, the more numbers 

 you will receive. 



Offer No. D. 



For 50 cents we will send Gleanings 

 IX Bee-Culture 6 months beginning 

 July 1 and Vol. I of Gleanings. This 

 is for the year 1873. There are many 

 interesting things. There are 12 arti- 

 cles on "Starting an Apiary," and 

 while some of these may not be practi- 

 cal now, there is much valuable in- 

 formation and.it gives a good idea of 

 bee-keeping at that time. Our supply 

 is limited and of course we cannot con- 

 tinue this offer long. 



Old as well as new subscribers may 

 take advantage of these offers, but all 

 arrearages on back subscriptions must 

 first be paid at SI. 00 per year. 



ADDRESS 



THE A. L ROOT CO. 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



lu the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Which for Hone y Bla cks or Italians? 



Query 97.— If you wanted ouly houey and did 

 not expect to sell queens or bees, would you 

 clian<;re from blacks to Italians ? — N. C. 



E. France — No. 



J. A. Green— Yes. 



W. G. Larrabee— Yes. 



Dr. A. B. Mason— Yes. 



Mrs. A. J. Barber- Yes. 



Mrs. L. HarrisoD— Certainly. 



G. M. Doolittle— Yes. yes tes. 



J. A. Stone— Yes; by all means. 



J. M. Hatnbatigh— Most assuredly. 



Prof. A. J Cook— I certainly should. 



Chas. Dadant & Son— Yes, in any case. 



Rev. M. Mabin— I most certainly would. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown-Yes, I would change. 



P. H. Elwood— Not unless in a buckwheat 

 section. 



A. F Brown- Yes, or at least to Italian- 

 black crosses. 



D. VV^. Heise— If I could make the change 

 at a very small expense, yes. 



R. C. Aikin— Yes. Italians ore more pleas- 

 ant to handle, not so wild, prettier. 



Mrs. J. M. Null— Yes, always. On an 

 average they are worth twice as much as 

 blacks. 



E. Wbitcomb— Yes. It is as necessary to 

 intusenew blood in the apiary as it is in 

 the herd. 



Eugene Secor— I think I would introduce 

 enough Italian queens to at least hybridize 

 the apiary. 



C. H. Dibbern— Yes; the best bees are 

 what we wnut for gentleness as well as 

 honey-gathering qualities. 



C. Davenport— For extracted honey I 

 would ; for cotnb honey, in my locality and 

 with my management. I prefer blacks. 



R. L. Taylor— I should not change to pure 

 Italians, but I think some Italian blood in 

 your blacks would be an improvement. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — I want only honey, and 

 do not sell queens or bees, and for many 

 years I have worbt to keep out black blood. 



Adrian Getaz — It would depend upon how 

 good the strain of blacks I might have 

 would he. If satisfactory, I would not go 

 to the expense of a change. 



J. E. Pond— Yes. most certainly. Rea- 

 sons in plenty could be given for this, and 

 I know of no good reason for doing other- 

 wise, at the present price of tested Italian 

 queens. 



O. O. Poppleton— My experience in Iowa, 

 Florida and Cuba has shown me that this 

 is a question of locality, but it is impossible 

 to even skim the subject in the question 

 column. 



E. S. Lovesy — While I am not very anx- 

 ious for the pure Italians, I would change 

 from the blacks every time. The most un- 

 satisfactory bee to me is the leather-colored 

 hybril. 



Emerson T. Abbott— Not if I were con- 

 tented with the blacks, but I do not like to 

 handle them. The Italians will gather 

 more honey, but the blacks will produce an 

 article which will bring more in the market. 



G. W. Demaree — 1 certainly would, in my 

 locality. Italian bees protect their combs 

 much better than do the black bees. A 

 mere handful of Italian bees with a queen 

 has been used in my apiary to protect a 

 hive full of combs during the heated sea- 

 son. Black bees will retreat and yield be- 

 fore the moth until all is lost. 



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 express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



5ft 10ft 25ft 50«s 



Sweet Clever (melilot) 50c fl.OO $3.25 $4.00 



Alsik-e Clover 70c 1.25 3.00 5. 75 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60c 1.20 2.75 5.00 



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. 



118 Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL,. 



Northern Queens. 



IF YOU want the best houey-tratherers, the 

 lonyest-lived and hardiest Oueeiis, try a few 

 of my iNorthern=bred Italians—" daughters of 

 imported Queens." Tested Queens, ?1.5iJ; un- 

 tested. Sl.OO; 2-frame Nuclei with tested Queeag, 

 53.tXi each: the same with untested Queens, ?2.25. 

 Correspundence solicited. 



MATE WILLIAMS, 

 2'.>A4t NiMKon, Wadena County, Minn. 



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 for rippintr, 



C^O^iS - CUttlDg, 



miierinK. rab- 

 •jetint;. groov- 

 1 n tr. eainlngt 

 scroll - sawing, 

 boring, edge- 

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Are not Italians; 

 thevareGOLDEN 

 CARNIOLAXS^ 

 and practically a 

 n'ln-swarniinLT, ru'n-^tin^''iny strain of bees; 

 trreat honey-^^atheiers and sure to winter. Tested 

 tjueens, each, $1.LK); 6 Queens, $5.50; 12 Queens, 

 f'MMt, Every thiniur g-uaranteed. Book g'iving' 37 

 years' experience in queen-rearing- mailed free. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



24Atf Wenham, Essex Co., M.iss. 



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FROM BARRED PLYMOUTH 

 ROCKS 



Thorobred — Fine Pluraaged 

 Fowls — Farm Kaised — 75 cents 

 perd.zeii. MRS. L C. AXTELL, 



llAtf ROSEVILLE, ILL. 



ALdINO QUCCNo profific Q^'eens-If°you 

 want the (jentle.^t Eees — If you want the best 

 houev-tratherers you ever saw — try my Albinos, 

 Warranted Oueens. fl.(Hl; Untested. 75 cetlts. 



9A2t,t J"; D. GIVENS. LISBON. Tex. 



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Comb Foundation 



Wholesale and Retail. 



EGGS 



Working Wax. 



INTO FOUNDATION FOR CASH A SPECIALTY. 



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 what you need in 



Foundation, Sections, 



And other Supplies, and get my prices. You 

 will get the best goods and save money. Illus- 

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