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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 24, 19C4 



Some ADiary Stock at a Bargain ! 



We offer for sale, from our stock of bee-supplies, the following list, some of which is new, 

 and the balance as good as new: 



20 Wood-bound 10- frame Zinc Hooey-Boirds ISc each. 



lOSONew, Clean, Wired Kxtracling Cambs (L. size' ISc each. 



420 NewL. Brood- Frames with full sheets wired foundation 10c each. 



400 Good L. Brood-Combs 12c each. 



1 " New Model" Solar Wax-Extractor iglass 26x60 in.) 8.0(1.' 



1 Wooden Honey -Tank with galvanized iron bottom (holds 18J0 lbs.) 10.00. 



16-inch Comb Foundation Mill 15.00. 



1 10-inch Comb Fouunation Mill 25.00. 



100 New L. 10 fr. Dovetailed Hives (each consisting of a Body, Cover 



and Bottom-Board— all nailed) 93c each. 



If you order Combs and Hives, the Combs can be put right into the hives and shipped in that 

 way. All the above can be shipped promptly, so long as they last. First come, first served. What 

 do YOU want out of the lot ? or do you want it all? (No order filled for less than $'.oo from the 

 above list.) Also BEES AND QUEENS, and Stanley Queen Incubator. Send for free Circular 



Address, A.R,TI£XJR, ST.A.N-LiE3"S-, IDiaCOIT, ILiIj. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, BEES AND NUCLEI 



Choice home-bred and 

 Select Imported StocVc. 

 All Queens reared in full 

 colonies. 

 One Untested Queen 11.10 



•' Tested Queen 1.65 



" Selected " 2.20 



" Breeder " 3.30 



'• Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen I l.SO 



Tested Select Breed- 

 ers and Nuclei ready 

 now ; Untested in May. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 



For prices on quantities and description of 

 cacb grade of Queens,' send for free Price-L,i^t. 



J, L. STRONG, 



204 East Logan Street, CLARINDA, IOWA. 



12Atf Mention Bee Journal when writing. 



THDIEIVL 

 THOUGHTi 



FOR THOUGHTFUL 

 TH1NKER5 



The Farmer's Friend —"Thinkful Thoughts for Thought- 

 ful Thinkers " is the title of a neat little booklet that tells 

 all aoout the Handy Wagon, made by the Farmers' Handy 

 Wagon Company, Saginaw, Michigan. A low-down or 

 handy wagon is general!/ recognized as one of the indis- 

 pensable things on the farm— almost as necessary as a 

 team of horses. 



Ask your dealer for a copy of the Farmers' Handy 

 Wagon Catalog containing numerous farm views showing 

 the ^' Handy" in actual, practical, every-day use. It is 

 free, as is also their little booklet, " Thiokful Thoughts 

 for Thoughtful Thinkers." If he cannot supply you, 

 write the Farmers' Handy Wagon Co., Sag'naw, Mich., 

 for them. Please mention the American Bee Journal 



vhen 



ing. 



A Great Egg-Maker— The 



average farm is deficient in 

 certain food elements which 

 bens need and which they 

 must have if they produce 

 the greatest number of eggs. 

 The number of eggs a hen 

 can lay is limited by the 

 amount of egg forming ele- 

 ments she can get in her 

 lood. The Geo. H Lee Co., 

 of Omaha, Neb., have met 

 this difllculty by placing on 

 the market a pnuUrv food, 

 called "Lee's Egg-Maker." 

 It is guaranteed tu promote 

 the general health and 

 growth of f.iwls and to in- 

 crease th»egg-supply. Kind- 

 l,v mention the American Bee 



i ^^^^ Weiss' Foundation ^^^^ I 



\ Is guaranteed to stand at the head for quality and workmanship, as it is made by the latest fi 



yl process sheeting, and purifying wax, and will defy competitors in its nualitv and purity. \, 



JS X^f^od for Sample and Catalog, and be your own judge. WORKIHB WAX A SPECIALTY, A? 



a 1' riend Bee Keep-r, now IS ihe time for vou to send in your wax and have it woiked into t< 



» Foundation. HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR BEESWAX Cash, 32c; trade, 33c. Impure wax fi 



Jf not accepted. A full line of BEti-SUFPLIE >. », 



\ AUGUST WEISS, Greenville, Wis. \ 



Please MentioB the Bee Journal lli^Zf^l... 



I thould lie ashamed it I had to call the inspeo- 

 i lur to treat my bees. ) 



I closed my hives with a block in front of 



the bottom entrance and put wire-cloth over 



the 1-inch hole in the middle of the front, 



• fasteniog the bottom-boards and covers with 



I fcrew-ejes and nails and wire, then loaded 



I them upon a sleigh with the hive backs to the 



center, and two hives high, the frames being 



j crosswise of the sleigh. They came through 



! in good condition and seem to be wintering 



I as well as can be deeired, in the house-cellar 



1 here. (I moved them about 50 miles during 



November.) 



We have had the most severe winter here up 

 to date that I can remember, the thermometer 

 having reached 40 degrees below zero all 

 around us, and only two thaws since winter 

 began. Howard H. House. 



Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 6. 



Hard Winter on Bees. 



This is a hard winter on bees, especially for 

 those packed on the summer stands, for they 

 did not have a flight or even a chance to move 

 around since the first part of Noveinber. Many 

 a day the mercury has dropped below zero, 

 and a couple of days as low as 38, and little 

 prospects of warm weather at present. I will 

 report later how they turn out. 



C. J. Oldenburg. 



Scott Co., Minn., Feb. 37. 



Loss of Bees 25 Percent. 



I am waiting for suitable weather to over- 

 haul the bees; the loss will lie heavy this 

 time. Colonies in chaff or well-protected are 

 all right. Colonies used for queen-rearing 

 are gone. About I4 of mine were thus used, 

 but good care did not save them. The brood- 

 nest was changed towards the place where but 

 little honey existed; they consumed all, and 

 starved. I place the loss not less than 25 per- 

 cent. . J. F. Michael. 



Flandolph Co., Ind., March 3. 



Bees in Best Condition. 



The good, mild winter still continues with 

 us. Since Jan. 1, 1904, my liees have had nice 

 flights on 10 days, the last one being on Feb. 

 24. All of my bees are in the best conuiiion, 

 so far, and I am longing for the time when 

 they can be out gathering the first nectar and 

 pollen. Wm. Stollet. 



Hall Co., Nebr., Feb. 2T. 



Early Pollen-Gatliering. 



My 13 colonies of bees are safe so far. The 

 last 4 or 5 days have been warm, and they 

 have been working hard carrying in pollen 

 and cleaning up. This has been an open win- 

 ter, not much snow and not very cold, but 

 rather dry. 



1 am busy 'getting hives ready' for [spring. 

 We hope for a good crop, but don't expect 

 anything like last year. The bees gathered 

 the first pollen Feb. 25.i;How's that? 

 L J r :i (A. J. Freeman. 



NeoshoXo., Kansas, March 1. 



Average Crop Last Season. 



I had 7 colonies of bees last spring, and in- 

 creased to 16. I run for comb honey exclu- 

 sively, as there is no sale here for extracted 

 honey. From 12 colonies I got 700 pounds of 

 coniti honey, selling it all at home for 15 cents 

 per pound. There was an average crop of 

 honey here. 



I use the dovetail and St. Joe hives. I ex- 

 pect to increaseto 40 colonies this spring. 



A. E. Patton. 



Lawrence Co., Mo., March 8. 



Bees Sliow Up Well, Considering. 



At last, on March 2, the bees had a fairly 

 good flight. The temperature in the shade 

 was only 40, but the air was still and the sun 

 bright. The bees have lost their restlessness 

 and show up pretty well, considering the 

 severity of the winter. 



I think that the loss about ■htre has been 



