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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jam 20, 



usual, from five to eight days before the expected close of the 

 basswood honey harvest ; and when these cells mature, hunt 

 out the old queen and dispose of her, Riving a mature cell 24 

 hours after havins removed the old queen. If cell-protectors 

 are used, the cell can be given at the time of removing the 

 old queen, thus saving once opening of the hive ; for, as a 

 rule, the bees allow a queen to hatch all right where a cell- 

 protector is used." 



If the queen is to be replaced only because the new one is 

 younger, and the bees kill the yonng one instead of the old 

 one, then he concludes it is all right, as the bees know their 

 business and will not keep a queen tnat is likely to play out. 



But notice this manner of Italianizing or renewing queens 

 must be after and not before the honey harvest, for if tried 

 early the young queen will generally be killed. 



CONDUCTED BY 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott, St. Joseph, JWo. 



Ignorance in the :Kaine of Science. -"After 

 two or three years of laborious existence the bee dies." 



"A hive often produ.jes from 12 to 20 pounds of honey 

 each year, and a proportional quantity of wax." 



"The European bee has been acclimatized in America, 

 but it soon returns to its wild state, as indeed do all our do- 

 mestic animals when tempted to another hemisphere." 



nouri 



'By means of the physical education and the special 

 ishment they give them, queens are made from larva?."' 



J D--W ..., .j..v^^i..j .*. u luuu.^ iiwiu litixity^. 



The lives of the males are spared in those hives which. 



instead of a true queen, have only a female half (?) impreg- 

 nated." 



The above quotations are all taken from a translation of 

 a French writer, Figuer, who was born in 1819, and who has 

 devoted his life to the study of scientific subjects. More, I 

 find this book in our public library, presumably placed there 

 as an authority on entomology. Is it any wonder the editor 

 of the Cosmopolitan made the head-lines (which he had the 

 presumption to add to Mr. Hutchinson's excellent article) 

 bristle with the male gender ? The world " moves," but some- 

 times I am inclined to think it moves very slotv, and that some 

 people who " know a heap," know very little after all. 



The Best Hive for "Winter.—" I have lost all of 

 my bees of six colonies in single hives [frames hives, I con- 

 clude] and one in a Well's hive, while two skeps (colonies) of 

 my own and two of my neighbor's are apparently in good con- 

 dition." "I am not. a ' skepist,' but my belief in the 



excellency of the skep for wintering is confirmed." — A. P. J., 

 in British Bee Journal. 



"The colonies in skeps also are alive and hard at work 

 now, appearing to be somewhat stronger than those in frame 

 hives." — Geo. Brealey, In British Bee Journal. 



It would be interesting to know how many have had a 

 similar experience, not only in England, but all over the 

 world. It may come to pass after all that the hive does have 

 something to to do with the success of the bee-keeper, espe- 

 cially when that hive is so constructed as to interfere with the 

 natural condition of things. I would be glad if the box-hive 

 people would report to me or the editor, and let us know how 

 their bees came through the winter. Of course there are 

 many things to take into consideration, but such a report 

 might cause us to revise some of our ideas and methods. 



BEES & QUEENS 



Ready in May. Queens, $1.00. Bees by the 

 Pound, $1.00. Two-frame Nuclei, with Queen 

 $2,30. One-frame. $2.00. Also. Barred P. 

 R. Eggs, for setting, $1.00 per 1.5. 



Mrs. A. A. SIMPSON, Box 48, Swarts, Fa. 

 ISAl.'it Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Woodcliff Queens. 



I will send a Guaranteed .')-Banded Yellow 

 Queen, bred from a Breeder selected from 

 1000 Queens (some producing over 400 lbs. of 

 honey to the colony): or a 3-Banded Italian 

 Leather-Colored Queen direct from a Breeder 

 Imported from Italy. Oct. '94— at 75c., and 

 a special low price for a quantity. 



My secret is to sell an extra-large amount, 

 which enables me to sell at low prices. Will 

 run this spring 3.")0 Nuclei— have 1 home and 

 4 out apiaries. Bookins Orders Noiv— 

 will begin shipping about May Ist. No Queens 

 superior to my Strain. 



i^~ Send for Descriptive Catalogue and 

 Testimonials, to 



Wm. a. Selser. Wvncote, Pa. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



Made by Improved Machinery. 



Oct Samples. 



nere are prices by the pound- Just compare. 



1 lb. 5 lbs. 

 Heavy or l.„ .. 



Medium Brood f'-*- *"<'• 

 Light " 44 42 



Thin Surplus .50 47 



E.vtra-Thln Sur. 55 52 



|^~ If wanted at those prices, send to 



W.J. Finch, Jr.,Springfield, 111 



When Answering this Advertisement, Mention this journau 



SAVE 

 MONEY 



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^^l^i^^!}j^^ ITALIAN QUEENS 



Foundation at Wholesale Prices. Hives, 

 suited for the South, or SUPPLIES, send for 

 Prlee-List— to 



A.XJOTJSTA., 

 lOAlst McTition tin AmerUxm Bee JcmmaU 



J. P. H. BROW.\, 



Doctor^s fiit)is 



By DR. PlilRO, CJlioag-o. lU. 



100 State Street. 



The Azure-Blue Sliy. 



It is the sun shining through the ilnst 

 floating in the air that imparts to the sky 

 the beautiful azure blue we all so much ad- 

 mire. There is only this dust between us 

 and the sun. 



Dust aud Ligiit. 



What we actually see in a streak of sun- 

 light entering a dark place, like a cellar, is 

 the glint of the sun on the particles of dust 

 the air contains. But for the dust, there 

 would be little light. 



When Microbe meets Microbe. 



The virulence of typhoid fever microbes 

 has been largely exploited. Now conies 

 Dr. Rumpf, who has cultivated another 

 microbe that cures typhoid fever in eight 

 days. In words more intelligible to boys, 

 Dr. Rumpf " sicks " his microbe on Dr. 

 Fraenckel's microbe, and the latter is 

 whipped !— and typhoid fever is cured. It 

 is only repeating what I have said before, 

 that microbes in the system are like the 

 fish in the sea— they feed upon each other. 



Too Vivid Iinaglnatious. 



It seems to be the special mission on earth 

 of some people to enlarge upon the dangers 

 that are supposed to surround us. If a 

 neighbor takes siek he's sure to die." Any 

 eruption of the skin is magnified into a con- 

 tagious disease; the least sore throat is 

 diphtheria, and so on — to set everybody's 

 nerves on a tension. Usually such roman- 

 cers know nothing of the conditions that 

 actually exist. They simply have a morbid 

 desire to see people alarmed. Keep a large 

 grain of salt for their benefit! 



FdUR OF 



A certain railway official wrote the offlcers in 

 charge of fencing on four great Railroads, 

 where "the PH^e" is in use, asking their 

 "honestopinion"astoits value. He considered 

 the answer so very favorable that ho gave a 

 lai'ge order for the Koad he represented. The 

 replies were confidential, but he stat'^d that 

 the strongest endorsement came from tvhere 

 "the Page" had been longest in use. If farm- 

 ers took such precautions, those who furnish 

 "cheap" wire fences would go out of business. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mech. 



Mention the American Bee JaivnuLU 



Ready to Mail ! 



t^~ Untested Italian Queens are now reads' 

 to mail. Price, *1.00 each; six for 115.00; 

 twelve for $9.00. 



23A5t Fai.lbkook, Calif. 



Me)ition tlic American Bee Jourtwi, 



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 .rliide of best ma- 

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