. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <fe1 ft ftftft WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED iU)UUll QUR TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BEE KEEPERS'SUPPLY MANUFACTURING PLANT —and are ready to do business. Write us for leaflet showing our special Hives and prices. It is the greatest bargain you ever saw. Mondeng Mfg. Company, 147 Cedar Lake Road. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. B INGHAM'S PATENl 2S years the best. Send for Circular Smokers 2SAtf T. P. BINQHAM, Farwell. Mich Please mention aee J ^^mal wnea BEE-KEEPERS! We manufacture SECTIONS, NO-DRIP SHIPPING-CASES, and are dealers in Bee-Keepers' Supplies. Writ


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. <fe1 ft ftftft WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED iU)UUll QUR TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR BEE KEEPERS'SUPPLY MANUFACTURING PLANT —and are ready to do business. Write us for leaflet showing our special Hives and prices. It is the greatest bargain you ever saw. Mondeng Mfg. Company, 147 Cedar Lake Road. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. B INGHAM'S PATENl 2S years the best. Send for Circular Smokers 2SAtf T. P. BINQHAM, Farwell. Mich Please mention aee J ^^mal wnea BEE-KEEPERS! We manufacture SECTIONS, NO-DRIP SHIPPING-CASES, and are dealers in Bee-Keepers' Supplies. Write for low prices and catalog. AUG. LOTZ & SON, 24A17t CADOTT, WIS. had placed in the hive and they re- turned the third time, but this time they stayed and went to work nicely. The colony in question had a num- ber of queen-cells started, but I am very positive not one of them had even an egg in it. Two years ago I had a prime swarm issue from a colony about June 1, and just 16 days later the first afterswarm, so I should think it must have been a case nearly like the above. I also ex- amined this colony after giving the second swarm, and found one young queen just ready to come out of the cell, and another cell about ready to hatch. F. J. Strittmattbr. Cambria Co., Pa. Encouraging Report. We have had some fine rains. All sorts of fall flowers are blooming. Queen-rearing is going along smooth- ly. The outlook is for a late flow, if frost does not cut the bloom. H. G. QuiRiN. Huron Co., Ohio, Aug. 24. Grasshoppers Injure the Honey Crop We have harvested 18,000 pounds to date, from 700 colonies. Grasshoppers and blasted alfalfa blossoms explains the light crop. E. F. Atwater. Ada Co., Idaho, Aug. 22. King-Birds—Enemies or Friends ? The article by " Clover Blossom ", in defense of the king-bird, is quite misleading and erroneous—at least so far as these birds are concerned about here. He says it is "a harmless bird, which is actually our ; (Pag


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