March, 1913. 



American Hee Journal 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



American Bee .Touriial 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



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 of America and Mexico; in Canada, Sr.io; 

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Advertising Rate, Per Agate Line, 15c. 



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Reading Notices, 25 cents, count line. 



Goes to press the 2Sth of the preceding 



month. 



Southern Bee-Keepers! 



I have a Large and Complete Stock of BEE- 

 SUPPLIES at Cordele, Ga., and have erec- 

 ted a large Warehouse and filled it with 

 Nfw Bee -Supplies at O'Brien, Fla., near 

 Live Oak, the best shipping-point for all 

 sections of Florida, Southeast Georgia and 

 Southern Alabama. 



Send all orders to CORDELE, CA., and 

 state from which point you wish your Sup- 

 Plies shipped. J. J. WILDER. 



NO 1913 CATALOGUE! 7,%^f,Z^- 



I will avoid all expenses possible and will 

 not print any catalog. I have some 1012 left. 

 Order from your old catalog, or I will mail 

 you one. 



Best white pine hive iM story 8 frame. $l45; 

 10 frame. Si 60 in lots of 5. Best sections per 

 1000, $4.40; 2000, $8.60; 3000. S12.60; 5000, $20; No. 2. 

 50c less. Plain 25c less. 



H. S. DUBY, St. Anne, III. 



Try My Famous Queens 



From Improved Stock. 



The best that money can buy; not inclined 

 to swarm, and as for honey gatherers they 

 have few equals. 



3-Band, Golden, 5-Band and Carniolan 



bred in separate yards, ready March 20. 

 Untested, one. $1; six. S5; 12. $<>; 25, Si7.5o; 50. 

 $34; 100. $65- Tested, one, $1.50: six, S8; 12. 

 $15. Breeders of either strain, %^. Nuclei 

 with untested queen, one-frame S2.50; six 

 one-frame, S15 ; two-frame S3. 50; six two-frame 

 $20.40; nuclei with tested queen, one-frame. 

 $3.00; six one-frame, $17. 40: two-frame, $4; six 

 two-frame 823.40. Our Queens and Drones 

 are all reared from the best select queens, 

 which should be so with drones as well as 

 queens. No disease of any kind in this 

 country. Safe arrival, satisfaction, and 

 prompt service guaranteefl, 



D. E. BROTHERS, Attalla, Ala. 



Queens Thai "Are Better"- italians & Banats 



Untested Queens. 75c each; S3, 00 per doz. ; two or more doz. in one order, S7.50 per doz. 



Tested Queens, $1.25 each : $12.00 per dozen. 



Breeder Queens. 3.00 each. Foreign trade add sc each extra. 

 !2 lb Packages of Bees after May ist, $2. 00. Select queen wanted and add to this. The ex 



press charges on these will be very small in comparison with charges on frame nuclei 

 One-frame Nuclei with Untested Queen. S2.00 each; 2-fr.. S3 00; 3-fr,, $4.00. Full Colony of 



Bees in lo-frame hive. S7.00 Add ;oc if Tested Queen is wanted: $2 00 if Breeder Queen 



is wanted. For 10 or more Colonies or Nuclei, deduct 25c each. Write if interested in 



carload lots 

 I have successfully shipped Bees and Queens from this place every month of the year. 



"Two colonies of bees invoiced by you on Jan. 20 to Matsutaro Sarada. Kobe, arrived 



safely on March 23, and are satisfactory. 



March 31, 1012 Masami Yoshimura, Ogaki, Japan " 



Each Colony contained a fine Breeding Queen. 

 My Bee and Queen Exhibits at the State Fair of Texas were awarded six premiums in i?ii. 



Italians were also awarded First Prize at The Cotton Palace, in Waco, Texas. 

 ' Your Money's Worth " is my motto. Terms are Cash with order. I refer you to Sabinal 



National Bank or any business firm in Sabinal. 

 have seven yards, and with several hundred nuclei. I can serve many customers. I solicit 



your trade. 



J. A. Simmons, Uvalde Co. Apiaries, Sabinal, Texas 



NOW THEN 



For Your Early 



Bee-Supply Orders 



Send us a list of the Bee-Supplies you want. Our 

 prices will astonish you. 



Also send us your Old Combs — \;ve wnll render your 

 wax and save you monev. 



Write for particulars 

 THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



"The Busy Bee-Men" 

 204 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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NARSHFIELD GOODS 



S BEE-KEEPERS:— 



8 We manufacture Millions of Sections 



K every year that are as good as the best. The 



S CHEAPEST for the Quality ; BEST for the Price. 



" If you buy them once, you will buy again. 



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We also manufacture HIves, Brood- 

 Frames, Section-Holders and Ship- 

 ping-Cases. 



Our Catalog is free for the asking. 





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