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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July 



u ill w i irk easil) , and the thing is 

 complete. When no) in use, the 

 block is pushed clear in, so as to pre- 

 serve the shape of the case. As the 



bees cannot release the queen in a 

 cage of this kind, it will be neces 

 sary for you to release her yourself 

 it i he end pf perhaps three da} s. 



If the queen to be introduced is 

 from a nucleus m your own yard, you 

 may like still better, instead of put- 

 ting the queen ill a case to put the 

 nucleus, queen and all, into the 

 queenless colony. 



Selecting a Breeding Queen 



She who would make a real success 

 with her bees will do well to take for 

 her own the slogan, "Breed from the 

 best." Even if hut a little he done in 

 that direction, the results may he 

 quite important. If only one colony 

 in twenty be very poor, replacing the 

 queen of that one colony with a 

 queen reared fiom the best will make 

 more difference in succeeding crops 

 than might be supposed. If it should 

 double the harvest of that one colony 

 the effort would seem well worth 

 while; but it may make still more 

 difference in another direction, for 

 the drone descendants of that poor 

 queen may cause a slump in the yield 

 of more than one colony a year or 

 two Liter. 



If you do nothing more than to re- 

 place a few of your poorest queens 

 with others of best parentage, it is 

 time to begin now to take steps to- 

 ward deciding which is your best 

 queen, as also the second best, third 

 best, and so on. For if you should 

 decide as to which is best, paying no 

 regard to the others, the bees might 

 take it into their heads to supersede 

 that best queen this fall, and then 

 you are out. Please keep in mind 

 that you are keeping tab on your 

 queens this year so as to know what 

 to do next year. 



Several things are to he consid- 

 ered in deciding what you will choose 

 on a breeder A queen with very 

 cross bees would he disqualified. So 

 would a queen whose workers are not 

 three-handed, if you are working for 

 Italian stock. For a comb-honey pro- 

 ducer, a queen whose workers should 

 have MTiini^ with watery cappings 

 would not do. Likely you would 

 make a difference as to whether a 

 queen was much or little given to 

 sw arming. 



However it may he about Other 



items, one thing you must keep track 



I that is the the amount of 



honey stored by each colony. There 



must he in. nuess work about it; each 

 time you take a section or extracting- 

 frame. you must put it down in black 

 and white. One way is to have in 



your record I k one or two vai an! 



lines a'b< ive I hi rei i >rd of each col- 

 ony, putting there the number ol 



31 i tions or pounds taken. 



It is easy to give credit foi thi 



number of set ' ii ms i aken I i 

 i alb foi extrai t< d hi im 



' me way is to credit a ci rtain 

 number of unit foi each Frame fully 

 filled. You mighl use any number 



most convenient for that purpi 



eight. Then you would credit 8 for a 



full frame, 4 for one half filled, 6 for 

 one three-fourths lull, and so on 

 Perhaps you may devise some method 

 you may like better; only have some 

 w.i\ so that you will 'now how an\ 

 colony compares with any other in 

 the matter of storing. 



If each colony is left to its own de- 

 vices throughout the season, then 

 these figures are conclusive: a colony 

 having 100 credits is a better storer 

 than one with 90 credits, and that's 

 all there is to it. But if you have 

 practiced equalizing colonies early in 

 the season, taking brood and bees 

 from one colony and giving to an- 

 other, then the case is different; the 

 one credited with 90 pounds may be 

 a better storer than the 100-pound 

 one. The 90-pound colony may have 

 bad taken from it 2, 3 or more frames 

 of brood with adhering bees, thereby 

 bringing down its storing ability, and 

 for this the queen should not be 

 blamed. The 100-pound colony may 

 have had brood given it, increasing 

 its storing capacity, and for this the 

 queen should not have credit. 



So these are the two things you 

 must keep track of carefully, the 

 amount of surplus stored by each 

 colony, and also the number of 

 frames of brood and bees taken or 

 given. Then after the season is all 

 over, perhaps some time next winter, 

 you will be ready to make out the 

 comparative standing of each colony. 

 a matter which may be left for future 

 consideration. 



QUEENS 



By return mail. A choice lot of un- 

 tested queens for July delivery, bred 

 and selected from the best stock I hat 

 can be bad; single, $1.25; doz., $10. 



A. B. MARCHANT 



DOCTORTOWN, GA. 



CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT. 



Advertisements in this department will be 

 inserted at 16 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 



II VI I w QUEENS AND NUCLEI— 

 Untested queens, $i ; tested, $1.50; elect 

 --..'.00. 



1 t'..n,M N ii. I. ii . $2.26; 2 frame, J I 00 



i Hi [ n I a [i of bees, extra, $2.25; 2-11). 



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A trial order will convince you of their mer- 

 its. II A. McCarley, Mathis, [\ 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL is pre- 



pared to furnish printing for beeki 

 High quality, prompt service ami satisfacti. 

 'in hop is in charge of a man who special- 

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American Bee Journal, Hamilt Ill 



FOR SALE— Golden Italian queens, untested, 

 $1 each; tested, $2. 



J F. Michael. Winchesb r, In.l. 



FOR SALE— Fine Italian queens, untested, 



$1 for one; $5.60 for six; tested. $2 i ne; 



$9 foi six; tested by return mail, untested 

 ready June 1 to June 10. 



k B Grout, Jamaica, Vt 



FOR SALE— weather colored Italian queens, 

 tested, June 1, $1.50; untested, $1.25; $13 a 

 dozen. A. W. Yates, 



15 Chapman St., Hartford, Conn. 



100 COLONIES in 8-frame hives with One 

 super each, for sale, or would work on 

 halves with good man. Location fine. 



Mrs. T. H. Carruth, Big Bend. La. 



ITALIAN yUEENS— Northern-bred, three- 

 banded, highest grade, seleet. untested, 

 guaranteed. Queen and drone mothers are 

 chosen from colonies noted for honey produc- 

 tion, hardiness, prolificncss, gentleness and per- 

 fect markings. Price, one, $1; twelve, $11; 

 hfty, $45. Send for circular. 



J H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



FOR SALE— Goldens, untested, 1, $1.25; 6. 

 $0.50; 12, $11.50. S. A. Tyler. Emden, 111. 



I IIKKE-BANDED ITALIANS ONLY — Un- 

 tested queens, 1, $1.25; 6, $6.50; 12, $11.50; 

 50, $40; 100, $75. H. G. Dunn, 



The Willows, San Jose, Calif. 



GOLDENS that are true to name. Untested 

 queens, 1, $1.26; 6, $6.50; 12, $11.50; 60. 

 $40; 100, $76. Garden City Apiaries. 



San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE— Bright Italian queens, $1 each; 

 $10 per doz. Ready April 1. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 



T. J. Talley, R. 4, Greenville, Ala. 



Head your colonies with Simmons' Famous 

 Italian Queens. They took first premium at 

 New York State Fair last September. Goldens 

 or three^bands: 1, $1.50; 6, $7.50; 25, $30. 

 Orders booked now and filled in rotation. Also 

 nucleus from same stock ready for June deliv- 

 ery. Allen R Simmons, 



Fairmount Apiary, Claverack, N. Y. 



I. B. BROCKWELL'S Golden Queens, untest- 

 ed, May, June and July, $2 each; six, $7.60; 

 doz., $14; tested, $4 each. Breeders, $5 to $20 

 each; 3-f. nuclei with tested queen, $9. 



Barnetts, Va. 



FOR SALE — 3-band Italian queens ready 

 June 1. Untested, each $1; twelve, $10; 

 100, $S0. No disease here and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. A. E. Crandall & Son, 



Berlin, Conn. 



LEATHER and all dark colored Italian 

 queens, when we have them, mated, $1 each. 

 These queens will include all that are not up 

 to the standard in our goldens, but will be 

 good utility stock. C. W Phelps & Son, 



No. 3 Wilcox St. Binghamton, N. Y. 



SWARTS GOLDEN QUEENS produce golden 

 bees of the highest quality; satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Mated, $1, 6 for $5; tested, $2. 



D L Swarts, Lancaster. O., Rt. 2. 

 FOR SALE — 3-band Italian queens from nest 



honey-gathering strains obtainable. Untested 

 queens, $1.25 each; 6, $6.50; 12, $11. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. W. T. Perdue, 



Rou te No. 1. Fort Deposit. Ala. 

 i)HR BRIGHT ITALIAN QUEENS will be 



ready for shipment after April 15. Untested, 

 75c each; half doz., $4.50. or $8 per doz. Se- 

 leet untested. 90c each; half doz., $5.60, or 

 $10 per doz. Tested, $1.60 each. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 

 Till, iv Bros., R 5. Box ID. Georgian.-!, Ala. 



FOR SALE — One of the best queen breeders 

 in the United States is now raising queens 

 for us from selected stock of leather-colored 

 Italians. We offer warranted queens at $1 

 each, or $90 per hundred. Tested queens $2 

 each. Satisfaction and safe delivery guaran- 

 teed - reads now for immediate deliv- 

 ery. Order now, as our supply is limited. 

 The Foster Honey & Mercantile Co.. 



Boulder. Colo. 



WANTED A 



John Km 





I ()K SALE— Pure 3-banded Italian queens, 



good as you can buy with money, fro 

 ^ne 1 t., September 1 



I. F. Dieraer, Liberty, Mo. 



