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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July 4, 1901. 



EMERSON TAYLOR ABBOTT, Editor. 



A live, up-to-date Farm Journal with 

 a General Farm Department, Dairy, 

 Horticulture, Livestock, Poultry, Bees, 

 Veterinary, Home and General News. 

 Edited by one who has had practical 

 experience in every department of 

 farm work. To introduce the paper 

 to new readers, it will be sent for a 

 short time to New Subscribers, one year 

 for 25 cents. Sample copies free. Best 

 Advertising- Medium in the Central 

 West. Address, 



MODERN FARMER, 



9Ctf ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



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325 Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 



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 ing must possess intrinsic merit of its own, and 

 its field must be a valuable one. Such is the 



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The Rural Californian 



Tells all about Bees in California. The yields 

 and Price of Honey; the Pasturagre and Nectar- 

 Producing Plants; the Bee-Ranches and how 

 they are conducted. In fact the entire field is 

 fully covered by an expert bee-man. Besides 

 this the paper also tells you all about California 

 Agriculture and Horticulture. $1.00 per year; 6 

 months, 50 cents. Sample copies, 10 cents. 



THE RURAL CALIFORNIAN, 



218 North Main Street, - Los Angeles, Cal 

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BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY 



Read what J. I. PARENT,of 

 Charlton, N. Y., savs: " We 

 cut with one of your Com- 

 bined Machines, last winter, 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 100 honey racks, 500 brood- 

 frames, 2,000 honey boxes, and 

 a ^reat deal of other work. 

 This winter we have double 

 the amount of bee-hives, etc., 

 nake, and we expect to do 

 rith this Saw. It will do all 

 'ill." Catalog and price-list free. 

 W. F. & John Barnes, 

 995 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 

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 with 3 mo8. trial eubscription to our paper, lOc 

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1901— Bee-Keepers' Supplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Go's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freight, and ship promptly. Market price 



Said lor beeswax. Send for our 19<il catalog. 

 [.TI. HUNT & SON. Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich 

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you say i 



Address, 



YELLOWSTONE PARK. 



Extended tour, leisurely itinerary 

 with long stops in the Park. Private 

 coaches for exclusive use on the drive. 

 Pullman sleeping and dining- cars. 

 Established limit to number going. 

 Escort of the American Tourist Asso- 

 ciation, Reau Campbell, General Man- 

 ager, 1423 Marquette Bldg., Chicago. 

 Colorado and Alaska tours also. 



Tickets inclnile all Expenses Everywiiere 



Train leaves Chicago via Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Tues- 

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Prospects for a Large Yield. 



Bees wintereil well thnuig-hout this country, 

 and are very strong, working on alfalfa aiid 

 cleome. The prospects are good for a large 

 yield of honey. 



The American Bee Journal comes regularly, 

 and is a welcome visitor. W. H. Hough " 



Santa Fe Co., N. .\Iex., .June 15. 



No Neetar In White Clover Bloom. 



We have the finest crop of white clover 

 bloom in this section that I ever saw, but 

 there is not a drop of nectar in it, and as this 

 is the only source lor a honey-How at this 

 time the bees are starving. There has been 

 just about enough rain to be seasonable, and 

 plenty of nice, hot, sunshiny days, and it 

 does seem as though everything wasfavorable, 

 but there is no honey. I would like to ask 

 the reason for this, if any one can tell. 



M. D. An-des. 



Sullivan Co.. Tenn.. June 1.5. 



Queens Galore In One Hive. 



On Saturday, June 1, 1 assisted a neighbor, 

 Mr. Balk, in dividing a colony of bees, divid- 

 ing them as nearly equal as possible, and 

 moving the queen from the hive to anew 

 stand. Yesterday two swarms emerged from 

 the hive on the old stand, one after the other, 

 each having a queen, and all being in the air 

 at the same time without mixing. Imme- 

 diately after hiving them he examined the 

 hive from which they came, and took from it 

 nine queens, three of which he brought to me. 

 Next. 



If there is any bee-keeper who can beat that 

 let us hear from him. 



My bees are working on red clover for all 

 there is in it. Wm. M. Whitney. 



Kankakee Co., III., June 17. 



Honey Coming in Fast. 



The prospect is for a good honey crop. I 

 have 48 colonies, and 42 of them have supers 

 on filled with clover honey ready to cap. It 

 is coming so fast that 1 have two supers on 

 some of them to keep them going. I took oil 

 two pounds of comb honey and foiu" gallons 

 of extracted June 16. 



Sweet clover will be in bloom in a week or 

 two. H. C. Finn. 



Kane Co., 111., June 19. 



An Aged Bee-Keeper. 



Two years ago 1 had 24 colonies of bees. 

 This year 1 took eight out of winter quarters, 

 and have had two swarms. 



I am in my 80th year, and like the Bee 

 Journal very much. Christ Blough. 



Somerset Co., Pa., June 17. 



Black Bees vs. Italians. 



I expect to stir up a veritable hornet's nest 

 with what I am about to say, nevertheless 

 here goes : 



In looking over the advertisements in 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture and the American 

 Bee Journal, I can not help noticing that 

 everybody seems to be either rearing Italian 

 queens (and they are always " the best "), or 

 is just about to Italianize common black 

 bees. Now, I wish to make the assertion that 

 the black or brown bee are the best bees for 

 this locality, and for the average person who 

 keeps a few colonies and doesn't pay close 

 attention to them. 



In the first place, they always winter better 

 here ; and the reason for it is that they have 

 more good, sound, common-sense, and use 

 more judgment, than the Italians, and do not 



Dittmer's Foundation ! 



Retail— Wholesale-Jobbing. 



I use a PROCESS that produces EVERY 

 ESSENTIAL necessary to make it the BEST 

 and MOST desirable in all respects. My PRO- 

 CESS and AUTOMATIC MACHINES are my 

 own inventions, which enable me to SELL- 

 FOUNDATION and 



Work Wax Into Fonnflation For Casli 



at prices that are the lowest. Catalog giving 



Full Line of Supplies, 



with prices and samples, free on application. 

 BEESWAX WANTED, 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



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A SMALL SNAKE 



may po thrnueh PAGE 25 wire -'^ inch Fence, but nc 

 rabbit, chicken, pitr, ho^, hnrse nor bull can. 

 PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN,MICH. 



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QUEENS 



QUIRIN— The Queen-Breeder — has 



now oa hand, ready to mail, 500 youdgr. lon^- 

 tongued Red Clover Queens, Golden or Leather 

 Colored. 



We have one of Root's best breeders from his 

 $2'Xi, long-tong-ued. Red Clover Queen, and a 

 Golden Breeder which we are told is worth SlOO, 

 if there is a queen in the U. S. worth that sum. 



J. L. Gandy, of Humboldt, Nebr., tells us that 

 the colony having- one of our queens, stored over 

 400 pounds (mostly comb) honey in a single sea- 

 son. A. I. Root's folks say that our queens are 

 extra fine, while the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal tells us that he has good reports from 

 our stock from time to time. 



We have years of experience in mailing and 

 rearing Queens. Queens positively by retnrn 

 mail from now on. Prices for balance of season 

 as follows: 



1 6 12 



Selected $ .75 $ 4.00 $ 7.00 



Tested 1.00 5.00 9.00 



Selected tested 1.50 8 00 



Extra selected tested, the 

 best that money can buy, 3.00 



H. Q. QUIRIN, 



Parkeptown, Ohio. 



[Parkertown is a Money-Order Office.) 

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QUEEMS 



Now ready to supply bv returned mail. STOCK 



which can not be EXCELLED : I ! 

 Bred under the SUPERSEDING CONDITION of 



the colouv. 

 GOLDEN ITALIANS, the' GREAT HONEY- 

 GATHERERS. They have no SUPERIOR 

 and few equal. 75c each; (, for $4.U0. 

 RED CLOVER QUEENS, the LONG-TONGUED 



ITALIANS, which left all RECORDS 

 behind in GATHERING HONEY, $1 each; 6 



for $5. Safe ARKIV.4L Guaranteed. 

 C. H. W.WEBER, Successor to Chas. F. Muth, 



214* A: 2148 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

 Headquarters for Root's Goods 



Bee-Supplies. I at Root's Prices. 



Catalog free; send for same. 



BEES 



Wo will p:iy SGc. cash, per lb. for 

 pure, brit^lit yollow beeswa.x, 

 and 20c. citsh. pi-r lb. for pure, 

 T*T A V (lark bofswax delivered here. 



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