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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 1, 1904 



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BEE SUPPLIES, BERRY-BOXES, 11 CRATES 



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Sheboygan Fruit-Box Co., Sheboygan, Wis. 



LIBERAL DISCOUNTS on all orders till Jan. 1, 190.-. z. aj«^ ^ g 



8 DITTMER'S FOUNDATION | 



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?? Will ten you why if you will send for FREE CATALOG AND^^^^^ 



EARLY ORDER DISCOUNT on FULL LINE OF iUHPLiKS. 



Wholesale and Retail. 



Working Wax into Foundation for Cash a Specialty. 



E Grainger & Co., Toronto, Ont., Sole Agents in Canada for Dittmer's Foundation. 



GUS UIXXMER, Augusta, »Vis. 



fleaae mention Bee Jounial when wiitma 



•GOOD DISCOUNTS ON EARLY ORDERS 



COIVIPLETE STOCK OF BEE SU PPLIES- LE«/1 S CO. S AT FACTORY PRICES 



.■■■•rii Anrniii iiiiir the best dovetail made 



MUTH SPECIAL HIVE' 



WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET TO B 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



UY HONEY.-SUBMIT PRICE. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



5 1 WALNUT STREET, 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



B66-K66P6rS i 



Don't forget that 

 we are the largest 

 jobbers in the 



United States of 



Root's Bee-Supp/ios, Johnson In- 

 cubators and Brooders, Humpb- 

 r©v'.s and Afann's Bon© Cuttera, 

 Poultry Supplies of all binds, Seeds 

 and Implements. Remember, you get 

 these goods at Factory Prices, and save half 

 the freight. Let us book your order for trolden 

 Italian, Red Clover and Carniolan Queens ; 

 listed in our Catalog. Send for Free Illustrated 



""" GRIGGS BROS. 



521 Monroe Street, TOLEDO, OHIO 



Please tnentloii Bee Jotimaj wtten wntina 



We Sell root's Goods in Michigan 



Let us quote yon prices on Sections, Hives, 

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

 freight. Beeswax Wanted forCash. 

 ^ M. H. HUNT A SON. 



Bbll Branch, Wayne Co., Mich 

 Please mention B ee Jouma! woen writing. 



Very Low Excursron Rates for 

 Christmas Holidays 



to all points on the Nickel Plate Road 

 between Chicago and Buffalo. Excur- 

 sion tickets on sale Dec. 24, 25, 26, and 

 31 1904, and Jan. 1 and 2, 1905, good 

 returning Jan. 4, 1905. Three through 

 express trains daily. No excess fare 

 charged on any train. Also lowest 

 rates and shortest line to Cleveland, 

 Buffalo, New York, Boston, and all 

 eastern points. Modern sleeping and 

 dining cars. Individual Club Meals, 

 ranging in price from 35 cents to $1.00, 

 served in Nickel Plate dining-cars ; 

 also service a la carte. All trains leave 

 from La Salle Street Station, Chicago. 

 City ticket office, Chicago, 111., HI Ad- 

 ams Street, and Auditorium Annex. 

 For further particulars address, John 

 Y Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams 

 Street, room 298. 33— 47ASt 



TENNESSEE 

 QUEENS 



Daoehters of Select Im- 

 portea Italian, Select 

 Long-Tongue (Moore's), 

 and Select Golden, bred 

 3% miles apart, and mated 

 to Select Drones. No im- 

 pure bees within 3 miles, 

 and but few within S 

 miles. No disease; 31 

 years' experience. A 1 1 

 mismated queens replaced 

 free. Safe a.-rlval guar- 

 anteed. 

 Price before July Ist. After July 1st. 



1 6 12 1 6 12 



Untested $ .75 $4.00 $7.50 $ .60 $3.25 $ 6.00 



Select 1.00 5.U0 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 $iOOeach 



Send for Circular. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Plofsie menuou BeMjouitia. wnen wnUnf. 



Secondhand 6ojLCans Cheap 



We have a quantity of 60.pound tin cans (2 in 

 a box) which we have lately emptied ourselves, 

 and so know Ihev are all right. In lots ol 20 or 

 more boxes (40 cans) we will sell them at 40c a 

 box. Order at once as they will soon be gone. 

 These are a bargain. Address, 



The York Honey Co. 



Henry M. Arnd, Mgr. 

 101 E. KiNziE Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



It you nam iiic tkcc-Book 



That covers the whole Apirultural Field mor. 



completely than any other i)ubli!.hed. 



Send $1.20 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Clarcmont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee=Keeper's Guide.'* 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



any more about them till the next 

 spring. 



The honey-yield with me was not 

 half as ^ood this year as last, although 

 there was plenty of white clover but 

 not nearly the quantity of sweet clover 

 we had last year. I think the weather 

 here was decidedly too cold this 

 summer. 



My experience has been that large 

 hives go with very strong colonies and 

 a splendid yield of honey in a good 

 season, and I get about 50 percent of 

 swarms, spring count. I find the bees 

 work very strongly on motherwort— 

 fully as strongly as on catnip where 

 motherwort can be found growing ; 

 it has quite a long season of bloom, too. 

 But best of all is the sweet clover, 

 white and yellow, good for cattle and 

 bees as well, at least our cows brouse 

 it down when there is plenty of white 

 clover 4 and 5 inches high about them. 

 Sweet clover is one of the finest things 

 in the world to keep steep embank- 

 ments along railways from being 

 washed out by rains, and will grow 

 just anywhere. 



I have been watching the very pro- 

 longed bloom of yellow sweet clover 

 this year. I do not think it is at all 

 natural that it should bloom much 

 after the end of July, but I have seen 

 it blossom as late as the white kind. It 

 was caused by great, big, brown and 

 black caterpillars skinning the seeds 

 off the plants when they were filling 

 out nicely, and of course the plants 

 started into bloom again. This may 

 not be the cause of all cases of pro- 

 longed bloom of this plant, but I notice 

 the caterpillars seem to be the cause of 

 it here. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much indeed. I am always pleased to 

 see the pictures of apiaries, as I can 

 see what kind of hives others are using. 

 If the size of frame, number of frames 

 to hive, and size of hives were given 

 it would be a great benefit to all con- 

 cerned ; also the honey-yield and num- 

 ber of swarms obtained each season, 

 with description of the sources from 

 which they procure their honey— say 

 buckwheat, alsike clover, alfalfa, or 

 any other plant that might abound in 

 that vicinity which is of value as a 

 honey-producer. W. D. Harris. 



Ontario, Canada, Nov. 8. 



CHICKS THAT LIV E 



(jet St roue a nil healtby— gniu 

 steadily in weight, are cbickc 

 "hatched in Kellable Incubator 



The Reliable 



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Send me your orders for 

 BEE-SUPPlIES fornext 

 year's use, and get the dibcount: Oct , t. percent; 

 Nov., S percent; Dec, 4 percent. The above dis- 

 count does not apply to honey-packages. Send 

 for catalog. W.J. McC.^ktv, Emmetsburg, Iowa 

 44Etf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



BEE-KEEPERS ! 



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In no-drip cases, at ..nee. State your lowest 

 price for SPOT CASS1, the average weight of 

 honey per comb, aU 'efinite and final in first 

 letter. We answer nail and pay for goods 

 promptly. Plenty o: references if desired. 



Beeswax Wanted f.r cash or trade. 



C. M. SCO T & CO.^,^ ^^,^ 

 1004 E. Wash. St., I NDIAN aPOLIS, IND 



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