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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 18, 1901. 



DESKS FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES! 



THESE DESKS are made of quarter-sawed oak, first-class finish, well put 

 together, and will please every purchaser. They are an ornament to any 

 home, as well as being a useful necessity. Would make a FINE GIFT 

 for father, mother or sister. 



The Combination Desk 



^%, J/v and Book/^Case 



is just the thing for a farmer or business man of 

 any kind, to keep his private papers in, and for his 

 books, etc. The drawers have locks, and there are 

 a number of pigeon-holes inside each of the desks 

 shown herewith. 



The low prices quoted are f.o.b. Chicago. Send 

 for free catalog. Address, 



TUG Roijal Star Combination 

 Game-Board Go., 



773 to 779 Carroll Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Combined Desk and Book-Case 



Size, (i6-in. high, 36 in. i 

 10 in. deep. 

 Price, $13.75. 



Ladies' Desk. 



[The above firm is entirely reliable. — Editor.] Size, 40 in. hig-h, 25 in. wide, xs^t 



«3r Please mention the Bee Journal „ ■'°"''!fS„- 



Price, .*)»3.8o. 



FOR SALE 



100 COLONIES OF BLACK AND 

 ITALIAN BEES on s Hoffman selt spacing 

 frames, all in dovetailed hives, full worker 

 brood combs, and two supers with each hive — 

 $2.Ch:' per colony for the lot, or 25 colonies for 

 $2.50 per colouv. Address, 



loAlt F. GENT, Rockford, Minnesota. 



■»■■ r J J Bv a woman, position as 



Wantea assistant in an apiary; 

 V T C*.H L^Vl „„g i^ Northern Illinois 

 ANNIE C. McNEAL. 



CRETE, ILL. 



Wintered Without Loss. 



My bees have wintered on the summer 

 stands without any loss, but I am feeding 

 now. I have 12 colonies in 15-frame hives, 

 but I take out three frames from each side of 

 the hives when I pack the bees for winter. 



Hall Co., Nebr., March 33. Fbed Robt. 



June-Berry— Blaelfs Ahead. 



Kindly inform me what this flower is I send 

 you. It ffrows on our liills on small trees, 

 and looks like dogwood trees. It is in bloom 

 with peach-blossom and elm. I do not know 

 whether bees work on it or not, as I never 

 noticed the bloom before to-day, when I was 

 up in the mountains. I think it is basswood. 

 It is very fragrant. 



I have not been in the bee-business long, I 

 have about 50 colonies, and know but little 

 about honey-producing flowers and plants. 



The weather has been so open and mild here 

 that my bees have eaten up nearly all their 

 winter stores, and I find my Italians have con- 

 sumed a great deal more than the blacks, I 

 had only 11 colonies of Italians, from queens 

 I introduced last year. They went into win- 

 ter (as I thought) with almndance of honey, 

 but last month when I examined them I found 

 two starved to death, and almost every Italian 

 colony very short of honey, and I fear I am 

 too late in feeding to do them any good. 



With my short experience I find the blacks 

 away ahead of the Italians, I had one new 

 swarm of blacks that stored 252 pounds of 

 comb honey, besides enough to winter on. 

 R, N. Crafton, 



Indian Territory, March 27. 



[The botanist of the American Bee Journal 

 reports as follows on the flower specimen 

 sent by Mr, Grafton:— EuiTOft.] 



The specimen you send for identification is 

 the June-berry — Amelanchier canadensis — and 

 belongs to the pear family. The Junc-bcrry 

 is a small tree or shrub, and sends out its 



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BEEHIVES 



Sections, Shippiiig--Cases— Everything- used by 

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 Address, Minn. Be'e=Keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 

 Nicollet Island Power Bld^., 

 IGAtf MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



THE WHEEL OF TIME 



Metal YVheel. 



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O BREAKING DOWN. 



No dn-in.' nut. N.. Tf,,ftliDg lirrs. Clicop 



,ecau»<- they enduri-. Send for cal». 



io^'ue and pricefl. Free upon reqnest. 



Electric Wheel Co, 

 Box 16 Quincy, Ills. 



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■-< C^ «_ 10 COLONIES OF BEES 



Hni* ^fllP in eight-frame dovetailed 

 1 UI iD<X\^ hives at $3.2.^ per colony. 

 My bees are healthv, there never having been 

 any disease among^ them. CHAS. SECKMAN. 

 Shipping--point, Lincoln, Saltillo, Nebr. 

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BULL-S TROHG ! 



....PIG-TIGHT.... . 



t^^t he had tuUj liuu l»ush- 

 ! oats on the ground 

 ; he could not secure any ben- 

 because the fence 

 ^ field would not turn 

 ethelc.sstoryourself, 

 tills would have 

 if had tised the 

 n Wire Coiled 

 Spring Fence, nnd the value 



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 when writing advertisers. 



