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Untested Italian Queen-Bees 



Our Standard- Bred 



6 Queens for $4.50 ; 3 for $2.50 ; 

 1 for 90 cents. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY 



117 N. Jeffersou Street, Chicago, III. 



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National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



(Organized in 1870.) 

 Objects. 



1. To promote the interestsof bee-lteepers. 



2. To protect and defend its members in 

 their lawful rights as to keeping bees. 



3. To enforce laws against the adulteration 

 of honey. 



Membership Dues. 

 One dollar a year. 



Officers and Executive Committee. 



President— George W. York. Chicago. 111. 

 Vice-President— W. D. Wright. Altamont. 

 N. Y, 



Secretary- E. B. Tyrrell. 230 Woodland 

 Ave.. Detroit, Mich. 



Treas. and Gen. Mgr.— N. E. France. 

 Platteville, Wis. 



Twelve Directors. 

 Jas. A. Stone. Rt. 4. Springfield. Ill, 



O. L. Hersliiser, Kenmore. N. Y. 



H. A. Surface. Harrisburg, Pa. 

 Wm. McEvoy. Woodburn. Ont., Canada. 

 M. H. Mendleson, Ventura. Calif. 



R. C. Aikin. Loveland, Colo. 

 R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



E. D. Townsend, Remus. Mich. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Tex. 

 J. E. Crane, Middlebury, Vt. 



E. F. Atwater, Meridian, Idaho. 



R. A. Morgan, Vermilion, S. Dak. 



Are YOU a member ? If not, why not send 

 the annual dues of $1.00 .;/ o/ue to Treas. 

 France, or to the office of the American Bee 

 Journal, 117 N. Jefferson St.. Chicago, 111.? 

 It will be forwarded promptly to the Treas- 

 urer, and a receipt mailed to you by him. 

 Every progressive bee-keeper should be a 

 member of this, the greatest bee-keepers' 

 organization in .-Vmerica. 



SUPERIOR BEE-SUPPLIES 



.Specially made for Western bee-keepers by 

 G. B. Lewis Co. Sold by 



Colorado Honey-Producers' Association, 



Denver, Colo. 



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 respect. Here is 

 what a few of those who received our Queens have to say 

 about them : 



George W. York & Co. :— The two queens received of you some 

 time ago are fine They are good breeders, and the workers are 

 showing- up fine I Introduced them among black bees, and the bees 

 are nearly yellow now, and are doing good work, 



Nemaha Co , Kan , July 16. A. W. Swax. 



George W. York & Co. :— After importing queens for 15 years you 

 have sent me the best She keeps y 1-2 Langstroth frames fully oc- 

 cupied to date, and. although I kept the hive well contracted, to force 

 them to swarm, they have never built a queen-cell, and will put up 

 lOU pounds of honey if the flow lasts this week. 



Ontario, Canada July 22. Chas. Mitchell 



George W. York & Co.:— The queen I bought of you has proven a 

 good one. and has given me some of the best colonies. 



Washington Co., Va., July 22. N. P. Oglesbt. 



George W York & Co. ;— The queen I received of you a few days 

 ago came through O. K . and I want to say that she is a beauty. I im- 

 mediately Introduced her into a colony which had been queenless for 

 21) days. Shi? was accepted by them, and has gone to work nicely. I 

 am highly pleased with her and your promptness in filling my order. 

 My father, who 13 an old bee keeper, pronounced her very fine. You 

 win hear from me again when I am In need of something in the bee 

 line. E. E. McColm. 



Marlon Co., 111., July 13. 



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 90 

 cents, or with the old American Bee Journal for one 

 year — both for $1.60. Three Queens (without Journal) 

 would be $2.50. or 6 for $4.60. Full instructions for in- 

 troducing are sent with each Queen, being printed on the 

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

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

 Standard-Bred Queens. 



George W. York & Co., 



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Chicago, 111. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



20Q Acres of Them. I Grow Nothing Else^ 



I do nnt run a mirsi'ry — orsucil busintss . 

 I d-'vote :i\\ my lime to Sirawljtrry 

 PhiiUs. I personally suporiiitend my 

 farm. Ev.ry I'taiit guarantui'd "true tn 

 name." Plants grown in Naturnl Stratr- 

 hfrry Climattt x^qW riglit, tuo. Stnuit 

 r<i'iti'<1, proline bcari.TS. Prices riplit. (.iit 

 i.iy mil Catalog. Write lodiiy.— NOW. 



W.W. THOMAS. The StrawbemP'ant Man 252MaInSr; Anns,! 



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IVEAKE HENS LAY 



Hy feeillitj; raw hone. Its ejr^r-produclnp value Id four 

 tlmos that of praln. Etr^rs more fertile, chicks more 

 vl^nrous, broilers earlier, fowls heavier,] 

 prutits larger. ^— -^ 



MANN'S ^i^'olVL Bone Cutter WWi 



Ptits all hone with adlierlnir meat and ^■*** 'li' i 

 urrlstle. Nfver cl.i^'s. 10 Days* Feoo Trial. 

 No iiioney In advance. 



Send Today for Froe Book. 

 r. W. Mann Co.. Box 348* Mllford, Maaa. 



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Ye who are in need of HONEY write to us for prices, 



Samples lO cents 



We have the following Fine Honey to offer : 



Extracted Honey | %^, 

 Comb Honey 



( ORANGE BLOSSOM 

 ' SWEET CLOVER 

 FLORIDA AMBER 



III Crate.s 

 hoUliugr2-60 

 pound Cans. 



Strictly Fancy Comb Honey ; 

 also Fine Chunk Comb Honey. 



The 



CO. 



FRED W. MUTH 



"THE BUSY BEE-MEN" 



51 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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