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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Julv 27, 1899. 



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And also located on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley R. R. iu the famous 



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isissippi^specially adapted 

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CORN AND HOGS. 



of Mississippi^specially adapted lo the 

 raisi n^ uf 



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111. Ceut. R. R. Co., Park Kow, R,.i.iu 41j, 

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The American 



lEstitiite of PlirenoloEy, 



*res. Mks. Ch.aklottf Fou- 

 EK WiiLLS, incorporated iu 

 !<60, opens its next session on 

 lept. 5, IS')'). For prospectus 

 -,end ;free on application) to 

 ihe Secretary-, care of 



FOWLER & WELLS CO. 



27 East 21st St., Xkw York. 

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300 Selected Golden Italian Queens 



larg:e and yell<i\v all <fver, warranted purely 

 mated, reared by Doolittle's method, Oueens by 

 return mail, safe delivery and satislaction g"uar- 

 anteed; have 11 years' experience. Price of 

 Oueens, 75 cents each; (> for S4.00; or S7.0() per 

 dozen. Order qulclc, as above queens are young 

 and will soon be taken. Read testimonials: 



RoMKO, Mich., July 10. 1899. 

 Mr. QuiRiN— Dear Sir:— The queens you sent 

 me have turned out the yellowest bees in my 

 apiary, are gentle to handle, are larg^e and well 

 marlit. C C. Chamberlain. 



Blocklv, Iowa, July 5, 1S99. 

 Mr. Quirin— Dear Sir:— The queen's I e'ot of 

 j'ou last year are e-ivin<r srood satisfaction, bet- 

 ter than some untested queens I paid rl 00 for, to 

 breeders who sell for no less at any tirup- of year. 



Y'ours truly, Edwin Bkvins. 

 Address all orders lo 



H. Q. QUIRIN, Parkertown. Erie Co.. Ohio. 

 30Atf Money Order Office, Bellevue. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag" in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being- the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DHUSHXy 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y. 



luiianS-UaiidodQiicoos 



Untested, 50 cents each; Testi-d, ilJ^o each. 

 These Queens are reared in a yard that has no 

 3-banded queens or drones in it. 



I have no more Nuclei to spare. Remit by 

 Postal Money Order. 



Dan'l Wurth, Falmouth, Rush Go. Ind. 



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I have a fully equipt 



APIARY FOR SALE 



Bees, Hives, and .-Viiiari.ni Siippli.*.^. siliiati-d in 

 Maiden, Mass. Call, oi aiMtvss uiUi slampil 

 you want reply. S. A. FISHER, 

 30Alt 82 Water Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



when you see a colony with a large amount 

 of bees rushing in and out of the hive, car- 

 rying in honey and pollen, as a rule there 

 is nothing serious the matter with them. 



Mrs. J. M. Null — To a certain extent, but 

 examinations are necessary to a thoro 

 knowledge as to conditions, as stores, 

 queenlessness. and preparation for swarm- 

 ing. Where movable bottom-boards are 

 used this can be done by raising the hive 

 and looking from the bottom upward. 



Adrian Getaz — Yes, I can usually. That 

 is, near enough to decide if there is some- 

 thing wrong or not. and what it is. But it 

 takes close observation and daily visits, as 

 the conclusion is reacht more by the change 

 of the conditions from one day to another, 

 than by the actual appearance of the colony 

 at a given time. 



R. L. Taylor — Yes. to a large extent. 

 Thus it is easy to tell in April when the 

 bees are at work whether a colony is 

 queenless. but I cannot tell when a young 

 queen, in a colony from which a swarm has 

 issued, begins to lay. In April and May I 

 am certain of the condition of 9.5 percent of 

 the colonies without opening a hive. 





^^^^jj^rr/^^rg 



Bees Wintered Well. 



My queens of this season's rearing are in- 

 ferior. Queens were extra good last season. 

 I wintered in a dugout 51 colonies without 

 loss — not enough bees on the cellar floor to 

 bother about sweeping up. All queens were 

 alive and healthy in the spring Mice made 

 nests in the empty supers filled with planer 

 chips, but did not dare enter a hive. Bees 

 were like crickets all winter. 



I have taken off some honey from rasp- 

 berry bloom. White clover is not yielding 

 yet. John Armstrong. 



Chippewa Co., Wis., July 5. 



Fall Honey Prospects Poor, 



The winter of 1898 I lost 50 percent of my 

 bees in the cold spell of February, the bal- 

 ance coming out weak in the spring. April 

 and May were good for the bees to build up 

 in stores ; June and July were too dry. The 

 bees have not made a living. The prospect 

 for a fall flow is poor, as we had a freeze 

 June HO. that froze corn and potatoes, and 

 did lots of damage. White clover is scarce, 

 and linden only lasted three days on ac- 

 count of dry weather. I used Mr. Ray- 

 mond's plan for increase, to perfection. 



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Hardin Co.. O.. July 15 F. McBkide. 



Moving Bees a Short Distance. 



My bees are doing very well The alfalfa 

 i-i comiug into bloom the second time, and 

 I am in the middle of a 8.000 acre field of it. 

 und the prospect is flattering for a good 

 flow of honey. 



1 moved my bees this spring about 100 

 yards, to set them under young cherry 

 trees, and for the benefit of those who may 

 want to do the same. I will tell here how I 

 did it. I just took them up and carried 

 them to their new stands, and the next day 

 they went back inconsiderable numbers; 

 1 let them alone till the afternoon, and 

 then I set three or four hives full of combs 

 on the old stands that 1 moved from, and 

 the bees gathered on them abundantly, 

 when I carried them and put them into the 

 weakest colonies I had. In that way I made 

 the colonies nearly equal, and instead of 

 moving doing the bees any damage I am 

 certain it was a benefit. 



On the second day after moving I let 

 them alone iu the forenoon, and after din- 

 ner I took two hives full of frames of combs 

 with some honey in them and let all the 

 bees there were hovering around their old 



Mr. Kipling Cured 



By the inhalatiou of Oxygen, the 

 specitic cure for all lung troubles. 

 For special information regard- 

 ing The Oxygen Treatment, 

 Address, DR. PEIRO. 



Central Music Hall, Chicago. 



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Van Deusen Jliin Foundation. 



We have several 25-pound bo.xes of VanDeusen 

 Thin Flat-Bottom Comb Foundation for sale at 

 $12. 5U per box. This Foundation is preferred by 

 many. We have only a few boxes of it at our 

 Chicaefo Branch, so an order for same should be 

 sent promptly. Address, 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



n,^ Micbiq-au Street. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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GOLDEN BEAUTY 

 ITALIAN QUEENS 



—reared from Imi-oktkd Mothers. Untested, 



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