American Hee Jonrnal 



PRATER-YORK CO. 



107 MAIN STREET 



Sandpoint, Idaho 



Prater-Mvrick Co. have been doing 

 business in Real Estate, Renting, Loans, 

 Insurance, etc., in Sandpoint, Idaho, 

 for a number of years past. Mr. Pra- 

 ter has been in this county (Bonner) 

 for nearly Zi) years. For honorable, 

 upright and square dealing the firm is 

 well known to all here. Fortunately, 

 I have been able to acquire the inter- 

 est of Mr. Myrick in the concern, and 

 beginning with March 1, 1913, the firm 

 will be known as " Pr.\ter-York Co.," 

 and will continue the same lines of 

 business. 



For readers of the old American Bee 

 Journal interested in this part of our 

 great country, we will be glad to an- 

 swer enquiries, or send out /'r,f Circu- 

 lar, which gives considerable informa- 

 tion that is reliable about this locality. 



There is much interest manifetsed by 

 people living in the Eastern and South- 

 eastern parts of the United States in 

 this great and growing Northwest, 

 which is destined to be occupied by 

 many wideawake people who are 

 looking for a new home, and where 

 opportunities for advancement are 

 greater than in the older and over- 

 crowded parts of our country. Let us 

 hear from you, if you are thinking of 

 making a change. Lots of unoccupied 

 bee-territory in this county. 



Honey as a Health-Food 



This is the title of a l(3-page circular, 

 3J4x6 inches in size, gotten up for sell- 

 ing honey. It contains an article on 

 why honey should be eaten, which 

 gives much valuable information on 

 honey. It also has many recipes for 

 the use of honey, both as a food and as 

 a remedy. It ought to be distributed 

 freely among honey-customers. The 

 prices are as follows : 



Sample copy free ; 10 copies, post- 

 paid, 2-5 cents ; 50 copies, 90 cts. ; 100 

 copies, $1.60; 250 copies, $3.00; 500 

 copies, $5.00; 1000 copies. 9.00. Your 

 business card will be printed free on 

 the front page on an order of 100 or 

 more copies. 



Special Bee-Literature Offers 



Ask for my circular containing spe- 

 cial offers of bee-literature. And if 

 you want any bee-papers or other mag- 

 azines, send me your list and I can 

 quote you a price that will save you 

 some money, I am sure. Address, 



George W. York, 



Publisher and Subscription Agent, 

 ;i02 S. Boyer Ave., 



Sandpoint, Bonner Co., Idaho 



Untested ITALIAN QBEEN-BEES 



OUR STANDARD-BRED 



6 Queens for $4.50; 



3 for $2.75; 1 for $1.00 



For a number of years we have been sending out to 

 bee-keepers exceptionally fine Untested Italian Queens, 

 purely mated, and all right in every respected. Here is 

 what a few of those who received our Queens have to 

 say about them. 



.American Bee Journal— 



6V«//iv/;i-«.— Last October I purchased three queens of you 

 for my e.xperiments with different queens, and wish to ask you 

 if queens of this season will be of this stock ? One of the Oueens 

 is the most remarkable queen I ever owned for prolilicness. 

 which she transmits to all her daughters. 



Riddle. Oreg.. July 4. iQiz. L. W. Wells. 



American Bee Journal— 



(;<•"//;■/«<■«.— The queen you sent me came in uood condition. 

 She was one of the best I have ever bought. I have her intro- 

 duced and she is doing business as if to the manor born I want 

 another of those beautiful queens as soon as I can possibly get 

 it for making up my fair exhibit. Please send a fine one. Such 

 queens certainly advertise your business. 



Darlington. Wis.. July 31. leiz. C. R. Bridgman. 



.American Bee Journal— 



(jentlenifit:—\ bought a queen of you about 35 years ago. and 

 from her I Italianized 1150 colonies of the finest beauties of 

 unusual good qualities. I lived near Milton Center. Ohio, at the 

 time. Yours truly. 



Portales. New Mexico. July to. 1Q12. J. W. Houtz. 



We usually begin mailing Queens in May, and con- 

 tinue thereafter on the plan of " first come first served." 

 The price of one of our Untested Queens alone is $1.00, 

 or with the old American Bee Journal for one year, both 

 for $1.60. Three Queens (without Bee Journal) would 

 be $2.75, or six for $4..50. Full instructions for introduc- 

 ing are sent with each Queen, being printed on the un- 

 derside of the address card on the mailing-cage. You 

 cannot do better than to get one or more of our fine 

 Standard-bred Queens. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, HAMILTON, ILLINOIS 



The Ideal Hive-Tool Free as a Premium 



NICKEL PLATEI>. 



Exactly half actual size. 



Price, postpaid. 35 cents; or with the American Bee Journal 

 one year— both for $1.15; or mailed Free as a premium for 

 sending us one new subscription at $1.00. 



This is a special tool invented by a Minnesota bee-keeper, adapted for pry- 

 ing up supers, and for general hive and other work around the apiary. Made of 

 malleable iron, %% inches long. The middle part is 1 1-16 inches wide, and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller end is VA inches long, Yz inch wide, and 7-32 thick, ending 

 like a screwdriver. The larger end is wedge-shaped, having a fairly sharp, semi- 

 circular edge, making it almost perfect for prying up hive-covers, supers, etc., as 

 it does not mar the wood. Dr. C. C. Miller, who has used this tool since 1903, 

 says: "I think as much of the tool as ever." 



American Bee Journal, Hamilton, Illinois. 



