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April : 



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Our low prices and our Ten Days Trial plan are "forever 

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 — because we let our customers take a vehicle and use it 10 

 days before deciding whether they will keep it or not, 

 and because we sell you better poods for l?ss money than he pos- 

 sibly can. There are two or three profits on the poods he sells — 

 the "dealer's, tiie jobber's, the manufacturer's. We make our own 

 poods and add but one small profit. In style, finish and material 

 you wont find the equal of our vehicles for the money anywhere. 

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KALAMAZOO CARRIAGE AND HARNESS CO., Box 53, Kalamazoo, Mich 



BINGHAM SMOKER. 



Dear Sir;— Inclosed find $1.75. 

 Please send one brass smoke en- 

 gine. I have one already. It is 

 the best smoker I ever used. 

 Truly vours, 



Henry Schmidt, Hutto, Te.v. 



MADE TO ORDER. 



Bingham Brass Smokers 



Made of sheet brass, which does not rust or bnrn out; 

 should last a lifetime. You need one, but they cost 2."^ cts. 

 more than tin of the same size. The little open cut shows 

 our brass hing^e put on the 3 larger sizes. No wonder King- 

 ham's 4-inch smoke-eupine goes without puffing, and does 

 not drop inkv drops. The perforated steel fire-graie has 

 3S1 holes to air the fuel and support the fire. 



Heavy tin smoke-engine, 4-inch stove, per mail, 11.50; 

 3^-iuch,$1.10; 3inch, Sl.OO; 2}^-inch, OOc; 2-inch, 6Sc. Bing- 

 ham smokers are the origin, lis, and have all the improve- 

 meats, and have been the standard of excellence for 22 

 years. Only 3 larger ones brass. 



BiRNAMWOOn, Wis., April 10, 1<101. 



Dear Sir:— Please send per mail one 3i^-iuch brass 

 smoker. A decade's experience has convinced me that the 

 Bingham is the best. Respectfully, M. P. Cady. 



T. F. BINGHAM. Farwell, Mich. 



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Our line is all new and complete. Send 

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 is the best on the market. Our prices 

 are right, and our service is prompt. 



Fred W. MutH & Go. 



S.W. Cor. Front & Walnut Sis., Cincinnati,0. 

 Please mention Bee Journal -when "writing, 



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Just received a coosifrnment of the finest up- 

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1024 Miss. Street, St. Paul, Minn. 



14Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Tennessee Queens ! 



Fine lot of Choice Tested 

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 Queens, from same breeder 



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miles. None impure within 



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28 years' experience. Discount 



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with dealers a specialty. JOHN M. DAVIS, 



6A2(jt Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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 Hasswood locali- 

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A26t Marshfleld Manufacturing Co., Marshfield, Wis. 



Bringing in Pollen— White Clover. 



My bees are still packt as for winter, but I 

 think I shall unpack them soon. They were 

 bringing in pollen on Easter Sunday for the 

 first time in the new century. White clover 

 has come thru the winter in fine condition, 

 and I look for a good honey-year. 



H. W. CONGDON. 



llardin Co.. Iowa, April 10. 



Cause of Bees Dying. 



In the answer to West Virginia on page 201 

 Dr. Miller says, " It is painful to say I don't 

 know." I would like to suggest that variable 

 temperature combined with inferior stores 

 and the long confinement may have had some- 

 thing to do with the matter. The mercury 

 ranged from zero to 40 degrees above, several 

 times within one week during the past winter. 

 My bees spotted the hives and the tops of the 

 frames the worst I have ever known them ta 

 do in my 10 years of bee-keeping. 



J. J. St.\lnaker. 



Braxton Co., W. Va., April .5. 



Loss 15 per Cent-Death of a War 

 Veteran. 



My bees are not wintering in good condi- 

 tion. My loss will be about 15 percent, all 

 owing to the fact that I was not thoro in pre- 

 paring them for winter. We had sickness in 

 our home and the bees were not lookt after as- 

 well as they should have been. We laid my 

 lather away to rest on March 2.5th, after hav- 

 ing suffered for over a year with progressive 

 paralysis. He was a war veteran, belonging- 

 to Company B, Toth New York Volunteers. 

 Carson Van Blaricim. 



Calhoun Co., Mich., March 30. 



Wintered Well. 



I took my bees (jut of the cellar yesterday 

 morning and they had a good flight. I put 41 

 colonies into the cellar last fall, and was lucky 

 enough to take 40 out yesterday, which beats 

 my record the two preceding years very 

 miich indeed. However. I have always lost 

 some in the spring after they were placed on 

 the summer stands, and I presume the present 

 season will be no exception to the rule. 



Cook Co., 111., April 3. C. H. McNeil. 



A Report from Canada. 



I put 116 colonies into the cellar early last 

 November, and they are there yet. Sleighing- 

 is still fairly good, so I do not know when I 

 will be able" to put them out, nor what my 

 luck will be when I do. Three very light ones 

 that I had set to one side are in fine condition, 

 and will come thru in good shape, so I am 

 hopeful for the rest. A. Boomer. 



Ontario, Canada, Ajiril h. 



Wintered in the Cellar. 



The bees are still in the cellar, and " roar- 

 ing " to get out. but the weather is unfit. 

 Cold and high winds, rain, sleet and snow al- 

 ternating, make it unsafe. They were put 

 into the cellar Nov. sth. Ten of the colonies 

 have been confined since that time, but the 

 rest (21) colonies) were given a flight in Febru- 

 ary. Up to March Tth none showed any signs 

 of dysentery. March 1.5th four of the 10 that 

 had not been taken out were spotting the hive- 

 entrances and crawling about it, and perhaps 

 a gallon and a halt of dead bees were on the 

 cellar-bottom. A week later all 10 of the hives 

 were spotted, and to-day about half of those 

 that were given a flight in February have their 

 hives spotted and the cellar-floor is covered 

 with dead bees, making fully a half bushel 

 from the 30 colonies since Nov. Sth. The tem- 



