Sept. 22 19C4. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



653 



TENNESSEE 

 QUEENS -^ 



Daughters of Select Im- 

 ported Italian, Select 

 Long-Tongue (Moore's), 

 and Select Golden, bred 

 Similes apart, and mated 

 to Select Drones. No i m- 

 pnre bees within 3 miles, 

 and but few nithin S 

 miles. No disease; 31 

 years' experience. A 1 1 

 mismated queens replaced 

 free. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. 



Price before Jaly Ist. After July 1st. 



1 6 12 1 6 12 



Untested $ .7S $4.00 $7.50 $ .60 $3.25 $ 6.00 



Select l.OO S.UO 9.00 .75 4.25 8.00 



Tested 1.50 8.00 15.00 1.25 6.50 12.00 



Select Tested.. 2.00 10.00 13.00 1.50 8 00 15.00 



Select Breeders $3.00 each 



Send for Circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



i^fip^e tnention Bee Journal wnen wntinfii 



Bee s For S ale. 



About SO colonies of Italians and Hybrids, 

 with youag- and prolific queens, in S-frame 

 hives. Will sell, to reduce my number, at $4.50 

 each; 5 or more, $4.25 each. Address, 



3«A4t N. H. LIISD, Baders, III. 



Please mention Bee journal "When "wntinfi. 



STROHGEST 

 MADE. Bull 



- StroDg, CMcken- 



Tlpht. Sold to the FarmeratWholesale 

 Prices. FuHrWarranlcd. Catalog Free. 

 i^ii.a 'OILED SPKISfi FENCE CO. 

 "*"■ Boi S9 miieheBt«r, lodlaiia, U. S. 1. 



38E26t Please mention the Bee J Duroal 



FENCE! 



fiS' Passengers to New York, Bos- 

 ton, New England, and all eastern 

 points will find it to their advantage 

 to ascertain rates applying over the 

 Nickel Plate Road and its eastern con- 

 nections. Three daily trains, on which 

 there is no excess fare charged. One 

 special feature of the service is meals 

 in dining-cars, on American Club Plan. 

 Pay for what you get, but in no case 

 over 3Sc. to $1.00 per meal; also service 

 a la carte and Mid-day Luncheon SOc. 

 Folders, rates and all information 

 cheerfully furnished by applying to 

 John Y. Calahan, General Agent, Chi- 

 cago, 111., Room 298, 113 Adams St. 

 Chicago depot. La Salle and VanBuren 

 Sts. 27— 36A4t 



65 Golonjes^For Sale ! 



Strong in bees, and mostly in 8-frame dove- 

 tailed hives with wired frames, and one super 

 on each hive. No disease. Prices: In lots of 

 g, $4.00 each; or for the entire lot, at the yard, 

 -3.50 each. Small quantity of dark honey for 

 Bale also. MRS. J. A. HIGMET, 



2325 N. 43rd Ave.. Irving Park Sta. 

 37A4t CHICAGO, ILL. 



******* rt a'.4=>iin'>c; He** -J OTUTl&i WOot vmXXUg 



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INGHAM'S PATENl 



Smokers 



25Atf T. F. BINQHAM. PirwelL MIcK 



Please mention Bee Joomai -wnen wntm^ 



BEE-KEEPERS! 



We mannfacture SECTIONS, NO-DRIP 

 SHIPPING-CASES, and are dealers in 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



Write for low prices and catalog. 



AUG. LOTZ & SON, 



24A17t CADOTT, WIS. 



Please mention Bee Joomal -when writlna 



Bee^Keeping as a Business. 



In reply tci tin- quer}', "What will 

 best ini.x with bee-keeping?" I have al- 

 ways replied: "Some more bee.s." When 

 the conditions are favorable, I am de- 

 cidedly in favor of bee-keeping as a 

 specialty — of dropping all hampering 

 pnrsuits, and turning the whole capital, 

 time and energies into bee-keeping. If 

 bee-keeping can not be made profitable 

 as a specialty, then it is unprofitable as 

 a subsidiary pursuit. If bee-keeping 

 must be propped up with some other 

 pursuit, then we better throw away bee- 

 keeping, and kccf the prop. 



General farming is very poorly adapt- 

 ed for combining with bee-keeping, yet 

 the attempt is probably made oftener 

 than with any other pursuit. There are 

 critical times in bee-keeping that will 

 brook no delay, when three or four days' 

 or a week's neglect may mean the loss 

 of a crop, and these times come right 

 in the hei.ght of the season, when the 

 farmer is the busiest. Leaving the team 

 and reaper idle in the back field while 

 the farmer goes to the house to hive 

 bees is neither pleasant nor profitable. 

 Drawing in a field of hay, while the 

 bees lie idle because the honey has not 

 been extracted to give them storage- 

 room is another illustration of the con- 

 ditions with which the farmer-bee-keep- 

 er has to contend. The serious part of 

 it is that the honey thus lost may be 

 worth nearly or quite as much as the 

 hay that is saved. 



Some special lines of rural pursuits, 

 like winter-dairying or the raising of 

 grapes, or winter-apples, unite with bee- 

 keeping to much better advantage than 

 general farming : but when bee-keeping 

 is capable of absorbing all of the capi- 

 tal, time and energy that a man can put 

 into it, why divide these resources with 

 some other pursuit? 



It has been said that bee-keeping is a 

 precarious pursuit that it can not be 

 depended upon, alone, to furnish a live- 

 lihood, and, for this reason, it should 

 be joined with some business of a more 

 stable character. It is true that there 

 are many localities where there is often 

 a season in which little or no honey 

 is secured, and, in the Northern States, 

 winter losses are sometimes very heavy, 

 hence it would be risky to depend en- 

 tirely for a living upon keeping bees, 

 in a limited way, in such localities: 

 but, if the average profit from bee-keep- 

 ing, one year with another, is not the 

 equal of other rural pursuits, why keep 

 bees? The truth of the matter is that 

 it is more profitable: and if bee-keep- 

 ers would only drop everything else, and 

 adopt methods that would enable them 

 to branch out and keep hundreds of 

 colonies where they now have dozens, 

 they would secure enough honey in the 

 good years more than to carry them over 

 the poor years, and thus not only make 

 a living, but lay up money. 



When a man decides to cut loose 

 from everything else and go into bee- 

 keeping extensively, making it his only 

 and his life business, the question of all 

 questions is that of locality. There are 

 few localities in which a small apiary 



Bees For Sale 



with Queeu-Rearin(,' outfit, trade and fixtures. 

 Information furnished on application. Address 



JOHN W. PHARR, 



37A2t BERCLAIR, TEX. 



rtease mention Bee Journal wlien writlnK 



Sweet Clover Seed 



FOR SALE 



50 lbs. or over, at 5 cents per pound. Address, 

 37Atf JOSEPH SHAW, Strong City, Kans. 



-nease mention Bee Journal 'wnen "writing 



B0UI6S. 



Jars, 



of every 

 descrip- 



Honey = 

 Dealers 



G. G. STUTTS GLASS GO., 



nanufacturers, 

 145 Chambers St. New York, N. Y. 



38E4t Write for illustrations. 



ITALIAN QUEERS, 

 BEES AND NUCLEI. 



Choice home-bred and 

 Select Imported Stock. 

 All Queens reared in full 

 colonies. 



One Untested Queen $. 65 



" Tested Queen 90 



" Selected " 1.10 



" Breeder " 1.6S 



" Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen) 1,00 



Imported Queens from $S to $S 

 All grades ready now. Safe 

 arrival guaranteed. 

 For prices on quantities and description of 

 each grade of Queens, send for free Prlce-List. 



J. L. STRONG. 

 204 East Logan Street, CLARINDA, IOWA. 



We Sell Root's Goods in Michigan 



Let us quote you prices on Sections, Hives, 

 Foundation, etc., as we can save you time and 

 freight. Beeswax Wanted for Cash. 



M. H. HUNT & SON. 

 Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich 



§*i n nnn ^^ have just completed 



«>1V,VUV OUR TEH 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. 



MounLUiiojGoileoe 



open to both sexes from the begin- 

 ning. Founded in 1846. Highest grade 

 scholarship. First-class reputation. 25 

 instructors. Alumni and students occu- 

 pying highest positions in Chorch and 

 State. Expenses lower than other col- 

 leges of equal grade. Any young person 

 with tact and energy can have an educa- 

 tion. We invite correspondence. Send 

 for catalog. 



MOUNT UNION COIiliEGE, 

 Alliance, Ohio. 



