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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 31, 1899. 



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L,ang'stroth Hives and everything- 



pertaining to same. 

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EXTRACTED HONEY 



We are now in shai)e to buy Extracted 

 Honey, either in lari^e or small lots. 

 Parties havinir any to offer will do well 

 to sell to us, as Cincinnati is a (.'reat 

 market for Extracted Honey. Submit a 

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conduct of this particular swarni. I knew 

 by the knitted brows of his gentle cotinte- 

 nance that before bim was a problem even 

 more abstruse than any Euclid had ever 

 thought of. But nothing daunted, one view 

 was apparently clear to him — to divide that 

 myriad of bees into two hives— a thing he 

 magically proceeded to do in the most non- 

 chalant fashion. 



How he dared the peril of that swarming 

 multitude without veil or other protection 

 than bis smoker is past my ken, but his 

 means were certainly and speedily effectual. 



Not only with his reasonable Italians did 

 he thus "dally, but a little later with a 

 neighbor's dark Germans as well. His 

 visit to them was an errand of pillage — the 

 extortion of their coveted supply. Nothing 

 daunted, he blew a volcanic blast into and 

 upon them, then with a trusty old chisel 

 separated the .'uper from the broodcham- 

 ber, swept the lingering bees with a whisp 

 of grass, and, presto ! he had substituted 

 empty sections for the luscious fat ones, 

 and returned to the hive for a fresh re- 

 filling. 



Now, what manner of man is this, that 

 can breast theire of the winged " beasties " 

 without flinch or blanching ? Or is he, as 

 he really seemed, leagued with the abysmal 

 powers, of reputation old and sulphury ? 

 Time was. in good New England, when such 

 an exhibition of witchcraft would have in- 

 sured the burning stake, the pillory, or 

 ducking pond at least. But '3,511 pounds of 

 choice white honey, with slashens more in 

 prospect, might incite even a less valiant 

 person to the trial. 



He vouchsafed me a suggestion which I 

 surreptitiously repeat for the benefit of the 

 less favored in bee-wisdom — as myself. 

 Following the question of what I would do 

 to make a swarm settle where I wanted it — 

 the idea I — this subtle scion of Eribus, but 

 in this life named Jones, actually confided 

 that if a queen-cell were cut out in May, 

 and the royal jelly contained in it smeared 

 upon a convenient branch or fence, that the 

 truant swarni, smelling this jelly, would 

 alight upon it, or near it, when an empty 

 hive would house them. 



Shades of Mephisto ! What occultism is 

 this that so deep, dark and mysterious 

 secrets remain yet unexplained ? The 

 thought of it maketh the shivers cool my 

 spinal cord, e'en upon this sultrv day ! 



Cook Co.. III. Emm'Uee. 



Mothep-woFt. 



I enclose a sample of a plant that I would 

 like to have named. Wm. Lyons. 



Sioux Co.. Iowa. 



The flower from Wm. Lyons, of Iowa, 

 is the common motherwort — one of our 

 most valuable honey-plants. Like almost 

 all the mints, it secretes much nectar. It 

 is illustrated on page 3.57 of my " Bee- 

 Keeper's Guide." A glance at the admir- 

 able figure would have shown Mr. L. at 

 once what the plant was. Nearly all our 

 most valuable honey-plants are accurately 

 illustrated in this book. — A. J. Cook. 



Can't Complain of Honey Crop. 



Our crop of honey is not as large as last 

 year's, but we cannot complain. 



E P Gbignon. 

 ( lutagamie Co., Wis., Aug. 17. 



A Splendid Honey-Flow. 



The honey crop in Ontario is on the whole 

 much below the average. The rei)orts re- 

 ceived by the Department of Agriculture 

 indicate that the average surplus will not 

 exceed '25 pounds per colony, whilst many 

 will require to be fed for winter. 



In this locality and in a few others, the 

 flow was good, in fact with me the best I 

 ever had, averaging fully 130 pounds per 

 colony,spring count, chiefly from basswood. 

 Management had a good deal to do with it. 

 as others in this immediate locality do not 

 speak of an average of over 50 pounds per 

 colony, and some even less. 



I wish to say that I am particularly in- 



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troubles can obtain valuable advice. FREE, by 

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Gold ! Gold ! Queens * 



Leininger Bros' Queens are worth their wetg^bt 

 in gold; large, prolitic,3"*illo^v, and great REI> 

 CLOVER workers. We have secured 112 pounds 

 of honey per colony as the result of the past 

 poor season. Queens from the above strain will 

 be sent by return mail at 50 cents each; J4 doz., 

 S2.'>i>. Queens warranted purely mated Italian. 

 LEININGER BROS.. Ft. Jennings. Ohlo. 



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Hundred = Dollar Queens, 



but I have two others from which I am rearing- 

 all queeus. The A. I Root Co. say 



THE BEST BREEDING QUEENS 



they ever had came from my apiary, and so say 

 5,0(k) other bee-keepers, and I can produce the- 

 letters backing up this statement. I have bred 

 out the swarming and vicious characteristics- 

 from my strain of bees so that they are practi- 

 cally non-swarmers, and as gentle as one conld 

 desire. One Queen, ?l.iX>; two Queens, $1.80; six 

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33Atf Wknham, Essex Co., Mass. 



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