1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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in check so long as the bees are using the 

 medicated syrup— which probably deceived 

 Mr. Cheshire and Mr. Clarke ; but evet-y cell 

 in tlte hive must be disinfected before ttie)-e can be 

 a complete cure. 



Even if this treatment were a success, 

 there would be a great obstacle in the way 

 of its application here in this Western 

 country, where alfalfa is largely grown, as 

 we are likely to have a continuous light 

 flow of honey from early spring till late 

 fall, and he who finds his bees diseased in 

 spring may have to wait six months before 

 he can treat them, and then he finds he 

 needs no remedy. I. W. Beckwith. 



Grover, Colo. 



Bees Did but Little this Season. 



Bees have done very little this season, 

 have 34 colonies. J. B. Ressler. 



Shellrock, Iowa, Oct. 11. 



Kingbirds — Bobber-Bees . 



I have noticed what T. S. Ford has said 

 regarding kingbirds. If they are what we 

 have always called bee-martins, I would 

 advise watching them closely, and if you 

 don't want to be bothered too much with 

 drones, let them go their way. for they are 

 drone-catchers. If you don't believe it, 

 shoot one on the wing when it flies up and 

 makes its grab, and see what it has in its 

 bill when it falls. Again, notice the time 

 of day it does its work. Notice if you ever 

 see them fly after bees early in the morn- 

 ing, or see them around after the bees kill 

 off their drones. I have often thought, and 

 yet think, that they often make a mistake 

 and kill a queen, and leave a colony queen- 

 less. 



It you have a colony robbing others, find 

 the one doing the robbing, and break some 

 of their comb, and see how quickly they 

 will turn their attention to their home. 



We have had another hard season in this 

 locality — too dry. I will have to feed some 

 for winter. Andrew Cotton. 



Pollock, Mo., Oct. 19. 



Not a Favorable Season. 



The past season was not very favorable 

 for honey here — July was too dry. although 

 I got about 1,(100 pounds of comb honey 

 from ?){) colonies I had in the spring, and 

 30 new swarms. I live 45 miles west of 

 Montreal, on the St. Lawrence river. The 

 honey season is very short here. 



^EPH. BOTER. 



Valleyfield, Quebec. Oct. 13. 



Queens and <(ueen-Rearing^. — 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below; how you may 

 safely introduce any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 etc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's "Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing " — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book : 



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List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



^.^-'j.^MSMIO. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



J. A. LamOn, 43 South Water St. 



S. T, Fish & Co,. 189 South Water St. 



B. A. Burnett & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. If. 



F. I. Saqe & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 Hildreth Bros. & Segklken. 



130 Sc VZZ West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 

 Francis H. Legoett & Co., 128 Franklin St. 



Kansas City, JHo. 



C. C. Clemoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Bnaalo,N. Y. 

 Batterbon & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladelphla, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 "Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Obio. 

 C. F. MUTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central avB . 



Contention IVotices. 



CONNECTICUT. — The fall meeting of the Con- 

 necticut Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held Wednesday. Oct. 30, 1895. at the Capitol 

 at Hartford. Mrs. W. E. Hilev, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



California. — The California State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its next an- 

 nual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce in 

 Los Angeles, on Monday and Tuesday. Nov. 

 IS and 19, the first session commencing at 2 

 p.m. on the IHth. This meeting wiU be large- 

 ly devoted to the subject of marketing our 

 honey. A large and representative gathering 

 is desired, for plans are to be considered that 

 will have a vital bearing upon our future 

 honey markets. John H Martin, Bee. 



Bloominglon, Calif. 



Illinois.— The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual meeting at 

 the State House in Springfield, Nov. 3 9 and 

 20. 1895. The I. O. O. F. have their grand en- 

 campment, beginning on Nov. 19. and they 

 have secured an open rate of a fare and a 

 third for the round trip, from all points in the 

 State. So we hope for a large attendance and 

 a good meeting. 



The Special Meeting of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keeperti' Assoriation will beheld in Chi- 

 cago, at the New l^riggs House, northeast cor- 

 ner of Randolph St. rnd Fifth Ave., on Thurs- 

 day and Friday. Jan. 9 and 10. 1896— the 

 week of the National Cycle Show— when ex- 

 cursion rates will bf given. Notice will be 

 published later as to whether these rates will 

 be on the certiflcal e plan or otherwise. Chica- 

 go hotel rales are To cents each, per night, two 

 inaroom: $1.00 if oneinaroom. Meals ex- 

 tra — pay for what you order, or go elsewhere 

 for meals, if preferred. JAS. A. Stone, Sec. 



Bradtordton, 111. 



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