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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 19, 1899. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



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5ft 10ft 25ft soft 



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



AlsikeClover 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 55c .90 2-00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



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Xlie Hive lliiestion is in the prac- 

 tice o£ bee-culture undisputably the most 

 important and tbe weightiest, says Ger- 

 stung. Perhaps Whitcomb and Gerstung 

 could make some sort of a compromise. 



Itre«-«1iiig for IIuKines!».— Editor 

 Root says, aud says very truly: "It we 

 can get up a rivalry between the queen- 

 breeders of the country, so that they will 

 strive for btisincss instead of color, we shall 

 have something that will put dollars into 

 tbe pockets of beekeepers." — Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture. 



A <tM let 'I'iiiie. — Stenog says in Glean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture : " Between a very bad 

 season and preparations for the Philadel- 

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 apiculture are scarce. Old standard sub- 

 jects, such as wintering, size of hives, etc., 

 are thrasht over with some vigor, but 

 things in general are quite monotonous." 



Apis Itorsitla.— A Hollander by the 

 name of Verholen, for several years, with 

 the most tenacious pertinacity, tried in 

 Java to domesticate the big Indian bee, but 

 all in vain. Eighty-seven different colo- 

 nies were capturei aud hived, but every 

 single colony deserted their brood and 

 honey, and took their departure. — Wuerz- 

 burger Wegweiser. 



"A »S«ariu-4'alcIier ' that requires 

 to be placed at the hive-entrance the mo- 

 ment the bees begin to swarm,' as stated, 

 would, we think, be of no service to bee- 

 keepers in this country," says the British 

 Bee Journal. Which raises the que.-tion 

 whether the esteemed editors might not 

 cliange their minds upon actual trial. Is 

 not that exactly the B. Taylor swarm- 

 catcher ? and is it not considered to be of 

 great service by at least some bee-keepers 

 in tills country ? 



Foul Krood and Foundation. — 



John H. Howard, in the British Bee Jour- 

 nal, admits that with the old process of dip- 

 ping, as practiced by some, there is danger 

 from foundation made from foul-broody 

 wax. but with present-day plans there is 

 none, and closes by saying: "In the in- 

 terest of the craft, I therefore ask bee keep- 

 ers to send along their foul brood beeswax, 

 notifying its source, and we will return it 

 in foundation, in which it is guaranteed 

 that foul brood germs no longer exist." 



Itee-lliinting; is the topic for consid- 

 erable discussion in the last number of the 

 Bee Keepers' Review. The instructions 

 are much the same as are generally given, 

 the general idea being to find the direction 

 the bees take from your bait, setting the 

 bait farther along in that line until you get 

 to or past the tree where the bees are. if 

 necessary setting the bait out of the line 

 so as to cross-line. With regard to seeing 

 the bees at the tree. J. D. Beasly says: 



"Never examine the body of the tree, 

 but get the tree top between you and the 

 sun and simply goze thru it into space. If 

 you see insects flitting about the branches 

 you may suspect they are bees; and if they 

 move regularly, as tho they meant busi- 

 ness, you may be sure your suspicions are 

 correct." 



Editor Hutchinson refers to replies made 

 in the American Bee Journal to the ques- 

 tion of L. J. Clark concerning lining bees 

 in a honey-flow. He does not seem to have 

 much faith in the reply that bees will work 

 on fresh honey during a honey-flow. " Pos- 

 sibly they will if tbe yield is light," says 



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