Aug. IS, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



523 



Dittmer's Foundation ! 



Retail— Wholesale- Jobbing. 



I use a PROCESS that produces EVERY 

 ESSENTIAL necessary to make it the BEST 

 add MOST desij-able in all respects. My PRO- 

 CESS and AUTOMATIC MACHINES are my 

 own inventions, which enable me to SELL 

 FOUNDATION and 



fort Wax Mo Foundation For Casli 



at prices that are the lowest. Catalog giving- 



Full Line of Supplies, 



applicatioa. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 

 QUEEINIS 



Now readv to supply bv returned mail. STOCK 



which can not be EXi I'.l.LED : : I 

 Bred under the SUPERSKDI NO CONDITION of 



the colon V 

 GOLDEN ITALIANS, the '.K EAT HONEY- 

 GATHERERS. Thev havf n . SUPERIOR 

 and few equal. "Sc e 'c >. for f4.(X). 

 RED CLOVER QUEENS, the Lc ING-TONGUED 



ITALIANS, which left all RECORDS 

 behind in GATHERING HONEY, $1 each; 6 



for $5. Safe Arrival t.uAK.ANTEED. 

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



2146 & 2148 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

 Headquarters for I Root's Goods 



Bee-Supplies. | at Root's Prices. 



Catalog free; send for same. 

 Please mention Bee Jotimal when ■wTitlng- 



Standard BelQiaQ Hare Book ! 



BV M. D. CAPPS. 



THIS book of 175 

 pages presents a 

 clear and concise 

 treatment of the Bel- 

 gian Hare industry; 

 'gin 



d kinds 



the 



tat 



a and construc- 

 f the rabbitry ; 

 ion of breeding 

 stock; care of the 

 voung, feeding, dis- 

 eases and their 

 cures, scoring, mar- 

 keting, shipping, &c. 

 First edition of 50,- 

 ()(Ni copies was sold 

 in advance of publi- 

 cation. 



Price, in handsome paper cover, 25 cents, post- 

 aid; or with the American Bee Journal one 

 ear— both for only il.lO. 



GEORGE \V. YORK & CO.. 



44 & 14t, Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



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IT'S NO TROUBLE 



for UB to tell why P.\GK Fences cmfhist otliera, nor 

 why they stay up and don' t satr. Ask us. 

 I'MiV. WOTKN WIRE FEXC'K CO.. ADKIAX, MICH. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when ■writing. 



* $13.00 to Buffalo Pan = American and 

 Return— $1300. 



Tickets on sale daily via the Nickel 

 Plate Road, good returning 10 days 

 from date of sale. Especially low rates 

 for 15 and 30 day limit Chicag-o to Buf- 

 falo and return. Tickets at lowest 

 rates to all points East. John Y. Cal- 

 ahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., 

 Chicago. 'Phone Central 2057. Chi- 

 cago Ticket Office, 111 Adams St. 18-3t 



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Is the " Wide-Open " Faip a Finan- 

 cial Success? 



The Civic Coaiiiiittee of Boston has sent a 

 series of iiuestions to the secretaries of all the 

 State Boards of Agriculture, asking'whether, 

 in their opinion, tlie purely legitimate Agri- 

 cultural fair or the " wide-open " fair pays 

 better in the long run financially, socially and 

 educationally. Opinions in reply have been 

 received from 24 Slates, including two Prov- 

 inces of Canada. 



Without excciition these ofBcials say that 

 the purely legitimate Agricultural fair pays 

 better financially in the long run ; that the 

 " wide-open " fair i,s not a financial success, 

 that it is offensive to the better class of peo- 

 ple on whom the fair must rely for continued 

 support, and is demoralizing to the surround- 

 ing community. 



They are also unanimous for rigorously 

 excluding all games of chance; for strictly 

 prohibiting all alcoholic liquors, except Cali- 

 fornia; and they severely condemn vulgar 

 tent-shows and suggestive demonstrations on 

 the outside of tents. 



As to whether " circus " features tend to 

 absorb time, strength and interest of patrons 

 to any disadvantage to the exhibitions of 

 farm, home, school and factory products, the 

 majority believe that they do. and therefore 

 should not be encouraged. One-half of the 

 writers lean to the view that entertainments, 

 those foreign to the real features of the fair, 

 should be done away with as fast as the peo- 

 ple can be educated to appreciate the fair for 

 its own sake. The Civic Committee. 



Boston, Mass., Aug. 1. 



Very Dry in Idaho. 



It is very dry here now. but the bees are 

 doing some great work on catnip, buckwheat, 

 and mignonette. I have nice, strong colo- 

 nies from two colonies I purchased a year 

 ago. I try to prevent swarming as far as 

 practical. 1 use S-frame hives, but the best 

 helper I have is the American Bee .Journal. 

 J. C. Larkee. 



Nez Perees Co., Ida., Aug. 1. 



Good Season for Honey. 



1 am a beginner in the bee-business, and 

 hope, in time, to make a success of it. I 

 worked for increase this year, so I do not ex- 

 pect to get much honey, although this has 

 been a great season for honey here. There is 

 an abundance of sweet clover, which the bees 

 are working on. I hope and expect soon to 

 be a member of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, as I think it is a worthy cause. 



LlSCOLX WHITSEY. 



Will Co.. 111.. Aug. 6. 



Building a Mouse-Proof Honey- 

 House. 



G. M. Doolittle tells how to build a honey- 

 house, on page i'Si'y, emphasizing the necessity 

 of having it "mouse-proof."' I think I can 

 tell the readers of the American Bee Journal 

 how to erect such a building and have it 

 mouse-proof without the trouble and expense 

 of " lining it with tin," and I can do it best 

 by telling how 1 I'uilt my own. 



After laying the sills on good-sized rocks, 

 three feet apart, and placing the joists on top 

 of the sills. I then laid the floor — good, 

 matched material, free from knot-holes — 

 Hush with the outride of the joists all around ; 

 then spiked 'Jx-l scantling flatwise on top of 

 the floor clear mound the outside, like a 

 plate; tlien toe-nailed the studding to this; 

 sided it with good, matched drop-siding, 

 painting the tongues with titick paint as fasi 

 as it was put on. CZi 



The building iv provided with five window.s 

 and a door, all provided with screens, the 

 latter self-closiii;.'. luul which I leave on sum- 

 mer and winter, -o that if the door is care- 



THE 



Bee-Keeper's Guide 



Or, JTIaniial of tlie Apiary, 



BY 



PROR A- J. COOK, 



460 Pages-ieth (1899) Edition-lSth Thou- 

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A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

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 No bee-keeper is fully equipped, or his library 

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This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

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Given lor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given to 

 the two NEW subscribers— simply the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year: 



Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

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 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1.25, or we club 

 It with the Bee Journal for a year— both for only 

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 NEW subscribers to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. Let every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one 7 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bees that Bave a Record 



tSee page 45'> Aruerican Bee Jouraal. 



Have lotigest tongues, handsome, gentle, great 

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 at rate of $8 per dozen. By return mail. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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