THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



tliQin with lids on and half without 

 lids, covered only by two thickness- 

 es of cloth. Those with lids on 

 seem to be a little more restless 

 than those without and from 

 some of them a little water 

 exudes at the entrance, but abso- 

 lutely nothing from those without 

 lids. 



In Idaho a number of successful 

 beekeepers place bees in a row, side 

 by side, facing the east, packing in 

 between with chaff, removing all 

 covers; three or four thicknesses of 

 cloth are placed over frames, straw 

 and chaff is stacked behind and on 

 top a thickness of one to two feet, 

 drawn to a cone like the top of a 

 hay stack, and on the sloping top 

 are boards lengthwise of row, lapped 

 so as to shed the rain; in some in- 

 stances only two boards are used 

 on top of the comb. By some tar 

 paper, cut in proper lengths, is 

 used to cover straws and all arranged 

 as above stated. The ends of the 

 strips of paper are tacked to the 

 front of the row of hives, then 

 drawn up and over straw and back 

 to the ground behind, being drawn 

 tight and weighted at back. The 

 paper covering is started from 

 north end of row so that prevailing 

 winds from the southwest will not 

 blow under the laps. 



In some cases hives are tarred 

 up two high. By way of experiment 

 the writer has packed fifty colonies 

 as follows: 



The hives are set in a row side 

 by side; on each hive is a bee es- 

 cape board, escape removed, an open- 

 ing one and a half inches long is 

 made on the rim of this board for 

 use as an entrance; a thickness of 

 burlap is placed on this board; over 

 this a tray of chaff, then the hive 

 cover. The hives are then banked 

 up all round with dirt, the only 

 opening being the one mentioned at 

 the" top. On the twentieth of Janu- 

 ary the fifty nucleii so packed, were 

 all alive and apparently in good con- 

 dition. The outcome in the spring 

 is awaited with interest. 



If in addition to the two abso- 

 lute essentials — ample stores and 

 plenty of healthy bees, the bee- 

 keeper will furnish sufficient pro- 

 tection, he can scarcely fail of suc- 

 cessful wintering. 



Try our classified dept. 



FOR SALE— A fine grade of Clover 

 extiactefl honey; also some. bleiKied 

 with basswood. Xew 60 pound net. tin 

 cans, two in a case foi- shipment. Sam- 

 pie fiee. Address C. I >. TOWXSKXD, 

 Stockbridge, Mich. 



FOR SALEi — Untested Italian Queens, 

 Howe stock guaranteed pure. Select 

 mated. Ready about .June 15th. Send 

 for circular. Price 1, 85c.; 6 for $4.50; 

 $8.00 per dozen. No foul brood. D. G. 

 LITTLE. Hartley, Iowa. 



FOR SALE — 1000 colonies of bees in 

 10 frame hives. I^ocaled in 10 apiaries 

 in tne Imperial A'alley, whei'e crop fail- 

 uie is unknown. Profits for five years, 

 have averaged more than 100 per cent 

 annuallv. Owner retiring from active 

 business. J. Edgar Ross, Brawley, 

 Calf. 



DOX'T WORRY — Get your (lueens 

 fn.m Murry. Best :j -banded stock ob- 

 tainable. Reared by latest scientific 

 methods. No better honey-gatherers 

 anywheie at any price. X'o foul brood 

 or other disease. Tested, 1 for $1.00; 6 

 for $5.00. Untested. 1 for 70 cts., 6 for 

 $4.00. Bees by the pound. Write for 

 prices. H. D. " MURRY, Mathis. Texas. 



FOR SALE — My entire extracting out- 

 fit consisting of 160 Col. bees, 10 frame 

 hives fine condition, SO new 10 fr. 

 hives, 200 new 10-frame 5% in. depth 

 supers nailed and painted (220-10 fi-.40- 

 S fr. ext. sup. 5% depth 50-10 fr. 10-S 

 fr ext. H. bodies filled with combs) 

 and numerous otner things, 40 acres im- 

 proved land in famotis Snake River Val- 

 lev. Great bargain. Address WM Mc- 

 KIBBEX, Ontario, Ore. 



QUEENS by return mail or your 

 money back. Guaranteed purely mated. 

 J. E. Hand strain of 3 Banded Italians 

 bred for gentle Honey gathering and 

 wintering. State inspector's certificate. 

 Select untested 1, 75c.; 6. $4.; 12 $7. 

 Tested 1, $1.; 6, $5.; 12. $9. Select test- 

 ed 1, $1.25; 6, $7.; 12. $13. Write for 

 price on large order.s. J. M. GIXGMRICH 

 Arthur, 111. 



FOR SALE — Three Banded Italian 

 Queens, bred from the best honey 

 gathering strains that are also hardy and 

 gentle. Untested queens 75c; six $4.25; 

 12. $8.00; tested $1.25; six $7.00; 12, 

 $12.00. For select queens add 25c each 

 to above prices. Breeding queens $3.00 

 to $5.00 each. For queens in larger 

 quantities write for prices. ROBT. B. 

 SPICER, Wharton. N. J. 



FOR SALE— One 20 and one 871/2 

 acre farm, 200 colonies of Ralian bees, 

 equipped for extracted honey, best of 

 soil and good bee locality. Address L. 

 R. Beebe, Mosinee, Wis., Route No. 1. 



A student with some experience de- 

 sires a position with some experienced 

 apiarist during winter in the south. 

 Florida, Cuba or Porto Rico, suggested, 

 interested party address Winter.in care 

 of The Bee-Keepers' Review, X'orthstar, 

 Michigan, LT. S. A. 



