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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 1, 19(1. 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES A:a; 



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G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, Watertown, Wis., U.S.A. 



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Eastern territories. 



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25 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. W EsS^SB 



low, upon its receipt, or 27 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. 





Tennessee Queens ! 



Fine lot of Choice Tested 

 Queens reared last season, 

 daughters of select imported 

 and select golden queens, 

 reared 3}i miles apart, and 

 mated to select drones, $1.50 

 each ; untested warranted 

 Queens, from same breeders, 

 either strain, 75c each. No 

 bees owned nearer than 2% 

 miles. None impure within 

 3, and but few within 5 miles. 

 2^ years' experience. Discount 

 on large orders. Contracts 

 with dealers a specialty. JOHN M. DAVIS. 

 6A2ot Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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Standard Bred Queens. 



Acme of Perfection. 



Not a Hybrid Among Ttiem. 



inPRGVED STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



World-wide reputation. 75 cts. each; b for $4.00. 



Long'Tongued 3-Banded Italians 



bred from stoclf whose tongues measured 25- 

 100 inch. These are the red clover hostlers of 

 America. 



VSc each, or 6 for $4.00. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. FRED W. MUTH & Co. 



Headquarters for Bee-Keepers' Supplies, 

 S.W. Cor. Front and Walnut Sts. 

 Catalog on application. Cincinn.-vti, O. 



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Marshlield M annfactnr ipg Company. 



Our Specialty is making SECTIONS, and they are the best in the market. 

 Wisconsin BASSWOOD is the right kind for them. We have a full line of BEE- 

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ASiiperioiledCloverilneen | 



For sending: us One New Subscriber and 25 

 cents ($1.25 in all.) 



We arranged with one of the oldest and Ijest queeu-breeders (havinij: many »| 



years' experience) to rear queens tor us this season. His bees average quite a ^! 



ijood deal the longest tongues ol any yet measured. The Breeder he uses is di- ^^ 



reel from Italy, having imported her himself. Her worker-bees are large, some- ^; 



what leather-colored, very gentle, and scarcely requiring veil or smoke. They ^• 



stored red clover honey last season. ^ 



All queens guaranteed to arrive in good condition, and all will be clipped, ^. 



unless otherwise ordered. ^ • 



We would like each of our present readers to have one or more of these fine &: 



Queens. Simply send us the name and address of a new subscriber for the Amer- ^', 



ican Bee Journal for one year, and 25 cents extra, and the Queen will be mailed ^^ 



to you. Our queen-rearer is now caught up with orders, and expects to be able ^. 



to mail them hereafter within 4S hours after we receive the order. He is in an- ^.• 



other State, and we will send him the Queen orders as fast as we get them at this ^; 



ortlce. He is prepared to rear and mail a large number. ^' 



The cash prices of these Queens are f 1.00 each : 8 for .«2.70 ; or 6 for $r,m. ^ 



Send all orders to i^. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., cJ 



144 & 1 46 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ^ 



Please Mention the Bee Jonrual I^^irS^I'.l 



after getting a young laying queen, cast a 

 swarm 39 days after throwing off the prime 

 swarm. This is the quickest that I ever had. 

 It is usually between six and eight weeks, and 

 a common occurrence with my bees; and 

 swarming is not their only motive, as I am 

 getting lots of honey. I think I am in an 

 exceptional locality. I came here from the 

 southern part of this State, and bees never 

 swarmed that way there, to my knowledge at 

 least. C. H. Harlan. 



Kanabec Co., Minn., July 12, 



Bees Doing Fine— Alfalfa. 



Bees are doing tine. I send a sample of 

 honey. Please let me know what it was 

 gathered from, as we are unable to find out 

 where the bees go. I think they must go a 

 long distance. I rather think it is alfalfa 

 honey, as the farmers are beginning to sow it 

 here some. The bees are busy from early 

 morning until late, and seem to be the only 

 ones that are not complaining of the heat and 

 drouth. The temperature has been from 98- 

 to 103, the last two weeks. 



Mrs W. S. Yeaton. 



Woodbury Co., Iowa, July 20. 



[The sample of honey has the color and 

 flavor of alfalfa. It is very fine. Get all you 

 can like it, as such honey never need wait 

 long for a buyer. — EiiiTOR.] 



Good White Clover Flow. 



The white clover honey-flow has been un- 

 usually good, but is probably at an end. 

 From 33 colonies, spring count, and an in- 

 crease of 20. I have harvested 818 sections, 

 and there are on the hives some 2000 sections, 

 most of which are full, besides some half 

 dozen extracting supers full. I have several 

 colonies that have produced upward of 150 

 sections, and three or four have done still 

 better than that. F. W. Hall. 



Sioux Co., Iowa, July 22. 



Too Hot and Too Dry. 



We are suffering with heat and drouth here. 

 1 had 21 colonies of bees, spring count, and 

 have 30 at present in fine condition. My crop 

 of white honey will not exceed 400 pounds, 

 and there is no sign of rain, consequently we 

 can not expect a fall crop; but I must have 

 my American Bee .Journal. 



Mrs. Paul Barrette. 



Crawford Co., Wis., July 19, 



Another Honey Crop Failure. 



I am sorry to have to report another failure- 

 of the honey crop. It seems as if there would 

 be nothing this fall, either, in the way of 

 honey, for our fields are parched. The corn 

 is tasseling out without any prospect of ears, 

 and the crop of weeds, which are generally 

 luxuriant at this season, seem to be just as 

 bad off as the more valuable plants. This is 

 probably one of the worst drouths ever seen 

 in this section. C. P. Dadant. 



Hamilton Co.. 111., Julv 19. 



Hot, Dry Weather. 



We had a good start of white clover honey, 

 but the hot, dry weather has nearly finished 

 the flow. Basswood yielded but little, and as. 

 it is so very dry but little can be expected 

 from heartsease and buckwheat. "■ ;. czi 



Linn Co., Iowa. July 13. G. H. Fret. 



Don't Report Glowingly or Too 

 Soon. 



There is a report from this county (Mar- 

 shall), in a recent number of the American 

 Bee Journal, from J. W, Sanders. He says 

 that we are having the heaviest crop we ever 

 had in the State. Now. 1 have not found it 

 so. We had a few dayj- that were extra good, 

 but the dry weatlier and strong, southwest 

 wind killed the clover, and made what little 

 Ijasswood bloom there was barren of nectar. 

 1 consider that my crop was cut one-half from 



