Iv f AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
WOLFF PLUMBING GOODS 
FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OF QUALITY 
HE LARGE crowds around the Wolff booth 
at the First Household Show held in Chicago, 
which just came to a successful close, re- 
vealed to us the increasing demand for modern 
sanitary plumbing goods. 
Our aim was to show a line of fixtures that 
would be a credit to any home and within the 
reach of any purse. 
You—who have not had the opportunity of 
seeing this exhibit, can secure an illustrated book- 
let, showing bath rooms from the modest three- 
piece fixtures to the most elaborate. 
A postal will bring it. 
L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. 
MANUFACTURERS OF 
Plumbing Goods Exclusively 
The only complete line made by any one firm : 
GENERAL OFFICES 
601-627 West Lake Street, Chicago 
Showrooms: 111 North Dearborn St., Chicago 
September, 1912 
LATE WORK WITH THE BEES 
ATE September or early October is 
Le time to begin getting the bees 
ready for Winter. If there is honey in 
the supers it should be removed, a very 
simple matter if the Porter bee escape 
is used. This device is set in the middle 
of a light board and allows the bees to 
pass one way only. The board is slipped 
between the super and the hive body late 
in the afternoon and a little smoke blown 
into the super. In the morning it will 
be found that nearly all the bees will 
have passed from the super down into 
the hive below, and as the beé escape 
prevents their return, the sections of 
honey can be taken away without inter- 
ference. The hive should be kept open 
only as short a time as possible, though, 
or bees from other hives may come a-rob- 
bing. 
If an examination of the colony shows 
that there is a lack of honey on the frames 
in the hive body, artificial feeding must 
be resorted to, for every colony should 
go into Winter quarters with honey 
enough to carry it through the long cold 
months when they will remain clustered 
within the hive, and yet requiring food. 
The amount should not be less than 
twenty-five or thirty pounds. 
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Minneapolis, Minn. 
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sugar and an easy way to prepare it is to 
Salt Lake City, Utah 8 y y ee 
pour ten pounds into half a gallon of cold 
water, stirring until there is a thick syrup. 
Feeders of different patterns may be 
secured of dealers in bee supplies. A 
shallow tin pan containing several pieces 
of excelsior makes a good feeder. It 
should be filled with syrup and placed in 
an empty super over the hive: The bees 
can obtain the sweet liquid by standing on 
the excelsior. The last of September is 
none too early to begin looking to the 
wants of the bees. 
When it comes to actually preparing 
the hives for Winter, the amateur who 
is supplied with double wall chaff hives 
will find little work to do. These hives 
are especially’ adapted to the needs of 
the beginner in bee keeping for that rea- 
son. It is°only necessary to put on an 
empty super containing a bag filled with 
leaves. 
When single wall hives are used, they 
will need covering if they are to be left 
ont-doors all winter, and it is not wise 
for the amateur to try wintering his bees 
in the cellar, as do many professional 
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bee keepers. 
One well-known: and suc- 
cessful woman bee keeper uses the fol- 
lowing method, which is a good one to 
adopt. 
She puts a board cover lined with 
several thicknesses of cloth over the top 
of the 
cloth. 
hive and over that a strip of rubber 
Then she puts on a super, in 
which is placed a bag filled with~ cork 
chaff, 
leaves or other material. Finally 
another board is placed gver all, and a 
wide strip of oiled manila paper tied over 
it, the 
paper being allowed to come down 
around the hives on all sides, being fast- 
in all countries foreign to the United ened in place with cords. Thus pro- 
Saas tected, the bees go through the Winter 
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If the spot where the hives are located 
are well-sheltered naturally, merely heap- 
ing cornstalks around them will be suf- 
ficient. In any case the entrance should 
not be covered, for on’ warm days the 
bees will come out for a cleansing flight. 
If snow covers the hives no harm will be 
doné, 
open. 
so long as the entrance is kept 
