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AMERICAN BEE lOUENAL, 



July 11, 190.. 



.^MANUFACTURER 0F>4. 



BEEHIVES 



Sections, Sbippinir-Cases — Everjlhing used by 

 bee-keepers. Orders filled promptly. We bave 

 the best shippiog- facilities in the world. You 

 will save money bv sendioer for our Price-List. 

 Address, Minn. Bee-Keepers' Supply Mfg. Co , 

 Nicollet Island Power Bldj;., 



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I am Now Prepared 



to fill orders promptly for Untested Queens 

 reared from a breeder of the UUTCUINSO.N 

 SUPERIOR STOCK, or a select GOLDEN 

 breeder, aud mated totinlden drones, at 75 cents 

 each; f4.00 for l., or, $7.50 per dozen. 

 Money order office, Warrentown, N. C. 



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improved and orig-inal Binirham Bee-Smoker. 

 For 23 Y EARS THK Best ox K.^rth. 



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Bee=Keepers' Supplies. 



Just received a consignment of the finest up- 

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 Supplies on hand. Bees and Queens. Catalog 

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ALBINO QUEENS U^oi^^^i^;'^:. 



want the gentlest Bees— If you want the best 

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 Untested Oueens in April, $10(1; Tested. $1.50. 



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Farm Wagon Economy. 



The economy of this proposition is not all 

 found in the very reasonable price of the waRon 

 itself, but in the great amount of labor it will 

 save, and its ereat durability. The Electric 

 Wheel Co , who make this Electric Handy 

 Wa^od and the now famous Electric Wheels, 

 have solved the problem of a successful and 

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This wagon is composed of the best material 

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 carrv -IDiK) lbs. These Electric 

 Steel Wheels are made to fit 

 any wa^on, and make practi- 

 cally a new wagon out of the 

 old one. They can be had in 

 any height desired and any 

 width of tire up to 8 inches. 

 With an e.xtra set of these 

 wheels a farmer can inter- 

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packed them all on the summer stands for 

 winter. Two of tliem came through the win- 

 ter in good condition, and the otheronenot 

 5-0 good. Tvfo have swarmed, and all are 

 working well on clover now. 



I consider that the knowledge gained and 

 the pleasure derived from the bees pay well 

 for the venture, and I expect to eat some tine 

 honey this year, and continue to study the 

 habits of the little bee. H. D. Stowell. 



.Mason Co.. Mich.. .Tune i4. 



XJKTTESTBID 



Some Kinks In Bee-Keeplng. 



Tack a piece of tine wire-cloth over the 

 valve on the smoker bellows. This will keep 

 other people from spoiling the spring by 

 sticking their fingers through, as well as to 

 serve to keep bees, etc., from getting in anil 

 preventing the valve from closing. 



In wiring frames start the tack slanting. 

 Then fasten the first end of the wire to the 

 bottom, and the last one to the top. Driving 

 the tack draws the wire tight. The •■ABC 

 iMok says, " Do not have it tight," but an 

 experience with over 10,000 frames this sea- 

 son shows that the tighter the wire the more 

 good it does. 



Two horizontal wires seem to be enough 

 even with 10 sheets to the pound, except for 

 swarms. Then the weight of the many bees 

 will make almost anything sag on a hot day. 



Put the spacing staples on the bottom end 

 of the end-bar iustead of the top. By so 

 doing one will avoid smashing bees when 

 lifting the frames out in a hurry. This is the 

 method used by the Coggshalls and other 

 rapid workers. These staples should be used 

 on all frames, whether short top-bar or not. 

 They also keep the end-bars from getting 

 stuck fast at the bottom. 



Wear a pair of bicycle pants' -guards when 

 at work in the apiary, and thus keep the bees 

 from getting inside of your trousers. 



Always give the visiting small boy (aud the 

 big ones, too,) some honey. When they 

 know that they can get it by going when the 

 owner is there, they will not visit his apiary 

 for it when he is absent. Harrt Howe. 



Cuba, June 18. 



Big Clover Crop Bees Booming. 



W'e have the biggest crop of white clover 

 that I ever saw. Bees are booming, and I am 

 putting on the second supers. 



L. HiGUBAHGER. 



Ogle Co., 111., June 26. 



An Old Time Honey-Flow in Ohio. 



The past spring here was a very poor one. 

 and we had to restock some of our nuclei the 

 second time. 



We are having an old-time honey-How for 

 the first time in three years, and we appre- 

 ciate it very much. The prospect tor its con- 

 tinuance is good. H. li. QriRis. 



Erie Co., Ohio. June 20. 



Bees. Bears and Turtles in the 

 Mangrove Swamps. 



Bees are in fair condition, but the honey 

 season is very late here, and but little honey 

 has been stored yet. 



I have moved two apiaries to the mangrove 

 swamps, where we elevated the stands about 

 seven feet above ground, so as to be sure to 

 have them above water in case of a gale. I 

 am now fixing to move 150 more colonies to 

 another mangi-ove swamp, where there are 

 about 100 acres of solid mangrove trees within 

 a mile of the bees. You can imagine what a 

 job it is to build stands seven feet above the 

 srround for 150 colonies, and have room to 

 work with them. Also to build a barbed- 

 wire fence around them that is bear tight and 

 bull strong. 



Bears are quite plentiful here. W. A. Mar- 

 tin and F. C. Prang heard queer noises across 

 the creek from Mr. Prang's home the other 

 day, aud upou investigating found two 

 bears and two cubs. They shot the bears, 

 and took the cubs, that would weigh about 25 

 pounds each. .\Ir. Martiu took the ctibs to 

 I't. Pierce, where he sold them for .*10. He 



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For sending us One New Subscriber 



for one year, to the American Bee 

 Journal, with £1.00, we will send, by- 

 return mail, a fine Untested Italian 

 Queen free as a premium. This offer 



is made only to our present regular 

 subscribers. 



We will mail one of the above queens 

 alone for 75 cents ; or 3 for $2.10. 



Please do not conflict the above offer 

 with the one on another page which 

 refers to Red Clover Queens. For send- 

 ing us two new subscribers, and 32.00, 

 we will mail free as a premium an Un- 

 tested Red Clover Italian Queen. 



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