1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



429 



DO YOUR BEES PAY? 



C Honey is high— it will be high next year. There 

 is a big demand for it. 



It will mean a bunch of 

 greenbacks in your pocket 



if you get a generous supply of Kretchmer Supplies 

 now, before prices advance further, and work your 

 bees to the limit next season. 



C There's a discount for cash orders this month. 

 Fix up your order tonight, before you forget it. 



THE KRETCHMER MFG. CO. 



COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 

 < 110 Third Street 



A BOOK FOR BEGINNERS 



"First Lessons in Beekeeping," written by 

 the editor of this magazine, is intended pri- 

 marily for the use of beginners in beekeeping. 

 You should have it. Price, postpaid, $1, or 

 clubbed with the American Bee Journal, one 

 year for $1.76. 



American Bee Journal, Hamilton, III. 



YOUR PERPLEXING QUESTION 



wilt undoubtedly be answered in the new bee 

 book, "Dr. Miller's Thousand Answers." For 

 beginner and veteran alike. Not intended to 

 replace other bee books, but to supplement 

 them. Price, postpaid, $1.25, or with the 

 American Bee Journal one year, both $1.75. 

 American Bee Journal, Hamilton, III. 



HONEY JARS 



We carry several styles of honey jars, the 

 most popular being the 1-lh. screw cap at tO-60 

 a gross. If you need shipping cases, we have 

 them. Catalog of supplies mailed upon applica- 

 tion. 



We have a fair stock of light amber and am- 

 ber honey. Write for prices. 



I. J. STRINGHAM 



105 Park Place, New York 

 Home Apiary: Clan Cove, L. I. 



WESTERN BEEKEEPERS! 



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We know we can satisfy you on price and 

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Your Perplexing Question 



What was it this year? Did your bees swarm too much? Has your honey soured? Are your drones black, 

 and why? Are you troubled with foulbrood? Wouldn't the bees work in the supers? Do you want to raise 

 queens for your own use? 



A SINGLE ANSWER 



May save you many pounds of honey, many wrong steps. It would be worth dollars to you. Yet here you 

 have a thousand of these questions answered in that latest of bee books 



"A Thousand Answers to Beekeeping Questions" 



By DR. C.C.MILLER 



Experience is a Good Teacher— That's why 



this book should be at your hand. Dr. 

 Miller has had sixty years of experi- 

 ence with bees. His problems were 

 similar to yours and he has overcome 

 them. 



World's Record— Dr. Miller holds the 

 world's record for comb honey produc- 

 tion in an apiary of seventy colonies or 

 more. In 1913 his average from 72 colo- 

 nies was 266 sections per colony. His 

 best colony gave him 402 finished sec- 

 tions. 



The "Thousand Answers" book contains 280 pag;s. It is cloth bound and printed on good paper. Its 

 thousand answers were culled from over 10,000 as answered in the American Bee Journal by Dr. Miller 

 in the last 22 years. 



It is cloth bound and printed on good paper. Its 

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