1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Pollen for Winter 



1. I recently secured several colonies of bees 

 from farmers who were about to kill them to 

 get the honey. I put them on frames of sealed 

 honey, but now they have no pollen. What 

 can I give them as a substitute? And when. 

 and how? 



2. In .i packing case holding but a single 

 colony, and allowing 10 inch of packing on 

 the top, would the bole in the inner cover, in- 

 tended for a bee-escape, give ventilation 

 enough if I tack a piece of burlap over it? Or 

 would it In,' better to lay the chaff cushion on 

 top of a queen excluder? 



3. Which is the better packing for the top, 

 oat chaff, hayseed, or leaves' 



4. If the top packing were less, should the 

 hole for upward ventilation be smaller or 

 larger CENTRAL NEW YORK. 



Answers. — 1. Don't worry. In those frames 

 of sealed honey there is, mixed in the honey 

 itself, all the pollen the bees need for win- 

 tering. When it comes time for brood-rearing 

 in the spring they will need more, and it is 

 just possible that in your locality they may 

 not get enough for their early needs. At any 

 rate, as soon as they begin flying daily, it will 

 do no harm to offer them some substitute, 

 Almost any ground grain will do. Rye meal 

 is somewhat generally used, although I have 

 never tried it. I have used with satisfaction 

 corn and oats ground together, such as is 

 ground for horses and cows. Put the feed in 

 a shallow box in a sunny place. Put a stone 

 or something under the north side of the box 

 so as to raise it a little. As fast as the bee;, 

 dig it down level, turn the full side again to 

 the north, so they can dig it down again. If 

 you use corn and oats, they will work out the 

 fine part, and the rest can be fed to the stock. 

 As soon as they can get natural pollen freely 

 they will neglect your substitute. 



2. Either one will do. 



3. Dry leaves are likely a little better than 

 the others. 



4. The less the packing the less the hole, it 

 there is opening above the packing; although 

 there need be very little difference. 



Behavior of Queens 



1. Some time ago I received a queen by 

 mail, and after introducing her to the colony 

 of bees, I noticed that she commenced to lay 

 in only one frame (although there would have 

 been room in other frames) and she laid as 

 many as six eggs in one cell. What made her 

 do that? 



2. In rearing a young queen above a colony 

 where there is a laying queen below, how 

 many empty brood-chambers would you 'advise 

 for best results between the queen excluder 

 and the queen that is to be reared? 



INDIANA. 



Answers. — 1. I don't know I know that 

 sometimes a queen takes a fit to do that sort 

 of thing for a time, and then settles down to 

 sensible work afterward, but I don't know 

 why. Possibly the workers in their queenless 

 condition have become demoralized and keep 

 only the one comb in condition for the queen, 

 but that still leaves the question why they 

 do so. 



2. In spite of a good deal of experimenting. 

 I'm not sure just what is best. The farther 

 from the brood-nest the more sure the bees 

 are to start cells, although if cells already 

 started are given in the first story above the 

 excluder, the bees are pretty certain to con- 

 tinue them. There is little trouble in getting 

 young queens hatched out, whether the cells 

 be given in the first or the third story above 

 the excluder; the trying time comes later, the 

 young queens disappearing about the time you 

 think they ought to be laying. My efforts in 

 this direction have generally been failures, 

 although I have had a number of cases in 

 vhich I have found queens laying in upper 

 ■lien I had not so intended. I think 

 these have generally been when the young 

 queen was in the third story above the ex- 

 cluder. 



Statement of the Ownership, Man- 

 agement, Circulation, Etc., required 

 by the Act of Congress of August 

 24, 1912, of American Bee Journal, 



published monthly at Hamilton, Illi- 

 nois, for October, 1918: 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, 1 

 County of Hancock, j ss ' 

 Before me. a Notary Public, in and for the 

 State and County aforesaid, personally ap- 

 peared M. G. Dadant, who having been duly 

 sworn according to law, deposes and says that 

 he is the Business Manager of the American 

 Bee Tournal. and that the following is, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, a true state- 

 ment of the ownership, management, etc.. of 

 the aforesaid publication for the date shown 

 in the above caption, required bv the Act of 

 August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 443. 

 Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 

 reverse side of this form, to-wit: 



1. That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 

 managers are: 



Publisher, American Bee Journal, Hamilton, 

 111. 



Editor, C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Managing Editor, Frank C. Pellett, Hamil- 

 ton, 111. 



Business Manag-M, M. G. Dadant, Hamilton, 

 111. 



2. That the owners are: 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton. 111. 



H. C. Dadant, Hamilton. 111. 



V. M. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Leon Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 



L. C. Dadant, Hamilton. 111. 



M. G. Dadant, Hamilton. 111. 



Jos. Saugier. Hamilton. 111. 



That the known bondholders, mortgagees 

 and other security holders owning or holding 

 1 per cent or more of the total amount of 

 bonds, mortgages or other securities, are: 

 None. 4 



(Signed") M. G. DADANT 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sth 

 day of October, 1918. 



II M. CUERDEN. 



My commission expiree August 2."., 1921. 



CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT. 



Advertisements in this department will be 

 inserted at 15 cents per line, with no discounts 

 of any kind. Notices here cannot be less than 

 two lines. If wanted in this department, you 

 must say so when ordering. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



QUEENS— Bees by parcel post and we pay the 

 postage. Will ship Italian bees this year 

 from our own yards; they are hustlers. A few 

 pounds of honey next year at 25 to 30c per 

 pound will pay for your packages of bees. We 

 shipped thousands of pounds last season. We 

 are booking orders now, one-fourth down, bal- 

 ance at shipping time. We are going to winter 

 1,000 young tested queens reared in October, 

 so can ship tested queens as early as you want 

 them. 



One 1-pound package bees, prepaid $2.90 



One 2-pound package bees, prepaid 5.00 



One 3-pound package bees, prepaid 7.00 



Select untested queens $1.50 each 



Tested queens 2.50 each 



Select tested - 3.00 each 



10 per cent discount on orders amounting to 

 25 packages or more. Add price of queen 

 wanted when ordering packages of bees. Breed- 

 ers, $5 and $10. Send for Free Circular giv- 

 ing details. Reference: The Guaranty State 

 Bank, Rohstown, Tex., or the City Nat. Bank, 

 Corpus Christ'" Tex. 



Nueces County Apiaries, Calallen, Tex. 



FOR SALE — 9 colonies of bees in 10-frame 

 hives, Hoffman wired frames, full sheets Da- 

 dant foundation; also a lot of empty hives, 

 supers and other bee supplies. Write for prices 

 and particulars. 



Edwin Bevins, Leon, Iowa 



WANTED — Clover honey, comb or extracted: 

 state price and how packed. 



Odell F. Burch, 

 2 12 : S. Woodstock St., Philadalphia, Pa. 



GOLDEN QUEENS that produce Golden 

 workers of the brightest kind. I will chal- 

 lenge the world on my Goldens and their 

 honey-getting qualities. Price, $1 each; test- 

 ed, $2; breeders, $5 and $10. 



2Atf J. B. Brockwell, Barnetts, Va 



FOR SALE— Good second-hand 60-lk cans, 2 

 to the case, at 50 cents per case in lots of 



50; will exchange f.r honey. 



E. B. Rosa, Monroe. Wis. 



NO MORE QUEENS this season. Root's bee- 

 keeers' supplies. 



A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Conn. 



GOLDENS that are true to name. Untested 

 queens, $1; 6, $5; 12, $9; 60, $35; 100, 



$67.50. Garden City Apiaries, 



San Jose, Calif. 



THREE-BANDED ITALIANS ONLY— Un- 

 tested queens, each $1; 6, $5; 12, $9; 50, 



$35; 100, $67.50. H. G. Dunn, 



The Willows. San Jose. Calif. 



BEES AND QUEENS from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook, 



lAtf 84 Cortland St.. New York City. 



FOR SALE— Pure 3-banded Italian queens, as 

 good as you can buy with money, from 

 June 1 to September 1. 

 J. F. Diemer, Liberty, Mo. 



QUEENS— H. D. Murry's strain of 3-banded 

 Italians; reared by the Doolittle method. 

 Prices untested, 1 for $1, 6 for $5, 12 for $9. 

 No disease. Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. O. D, Rivers, 



Route 4, Honey Grove. Texas. 

 FOR SALE^-Colonies of extra fine strain 

 Italian bees, with select tested queens, in 

 new 1-story 8-frame single wall-hives, standard 

 full-depth, self-spaced Hoffman frames, $10 

 each, f. o. b. here. The bees are free from 

 disease. 

 Wilmer Clarke, Earlville. Madison Co.,N.Y. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



WANTED— White clover or amber honey in 

 any amount. Quote lowest price f. o. b. 

 Cleveland, the way put up and amount you 

 have. Kindly send sample. E. W. Buckley 



353 E. 123rd St,, Cleveland. Ohio. 



FOR SALE— About 3 000 pounds basswood 

 and 1,500 pounds clover extracted honey in 

 new 60-lb. cans, two cans in box, for 25 cents 

 a pound, cash. T. P. Goodwin, 



South Sioux City, Nebr. 



I-'(>R SALE — Clover, heartsease, extracted 85c 

 per lb., 60-lb. cans. 



W. A. Latshaw Co., Carlisle, Ind. 



FOR SALE— 50,000-lb. carload extracted al- 

 fal fa-sweet clover honey, subject to best 

 cash offer f. o. b. Delta, Colo. 



Gale H. Patterson, Delta, Colo. 



QUICK CASH for extracted and comb. Send 

 sample, or describe and say price. 

 Bruner. 3S36 No. Kostner Ave.. Chicago. 



WE are in the market for honey and beeswax. 

 Send best price on comb honey and sample 

 of extracted honey. State quantities you have, 

 also style, size and weight of package or sec- 

 tion. Charles Israel Bros.' Co., Inc., 



486-490 Canal St., New York. 



WANTED — Shipments of old comb and cap- 

 pings for rendering. We pay the highest 

 cash and trade prices, charging but 6c a pound 

 for wax rendered. The Fred W. Muth Co., 



204 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



WANTED— White or light amber extracted 

 honey in any quantity. Kindly send sample, 

 tell how your honey is packed and your lowest 

 cash price; also buy beeswax. 



E. B. Rosa. Monroe, Wis. 



QUICK CASH for comb or extracted. Send 



sample and say how packed, how much and 



price. Bruner, 3S36 N. Kostner Ave., Chicago. 



WANTED — Comb, extracted honey, and bees- 

 wax R. A. Burnett & Co., 

 fiAl2r 173 S. Water St.. Chicago 111 



WANTED 



! WILL PAY CASH, 

 for honey extract o 



give $100 typewriter. 



L. Clark. Wir 



WANTED— No 

 scrap pile. 



separator ready for the 

 C. W. Campbell, 

 Reevesville, III. 



WANTED^-Your old combs, cappings or sium- 

 gum to render into beeswax by our high 



steam pressure wax presses. 



Dadant & Sons. Hamilton, III. 



