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January, 191"). 



Aiut^i itutiii Hee -Journal 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY HY 



Americau Bee Jouvual 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



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Celebrated Queens Direct from Italy 



Bees More Beautiful, More Gentle, More 



IndnstrioQs, Long Tongned, Ttie Best Honey-Gatherers. 

 PRIZliS: — VI Swiss Agricultural Exposi- 

 tion. Berne, i8gs. Swiss National Exposition. 

 Geneva, 1896. Bee-Keeping Exhibition, Liege 

 Belgium, I8g6. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. 

 Frankfort O. M. (Germany). Convention of 

 the German, Austrian and Hungarian Bee- 

 Keepers. August, IQ07. 



Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 

 U.S.A., 1904, HIGHEST AWARD 

 Dominion of Canada. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Central Experimental Farm. 



Ottawa, Sept. 5. 1013 

 Sir:— I am pleased to inform you that the 

 three queens were received in good condi- 

 tion, and have been safely introduced. 



(Signed) C. Gordon Hewitt. 

 Domitiion Entomolosiit. 

 Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Stillwater. Oct 7. igij. 

 Your Queen arrived in (irst- class condition, 

 and introduced her without any difficulty. 

 (Signed) Prof. E. C. Sanborn, 

 State l-.>ilomolof[ht. 

 Extra Breeding Queens, $.?. 00: Selected, $2.00: 

 Fertilized, $1.50; lower prices per dozen or 

 moreQueens. Safearrivalguaranteed. Write 



Member of the| ANTHONY BIAGGI, 



National Bee-f Pedevilla, near Bellinzona, 

 Keepers' Ass' n I Italian Switzerland. 



This country, politically. Switzerland Re- 

 public, lies geographically in Italy, and pos- 

 sesses the best kind of bees known. 

 Please mention Am. Bee Journal when writing. 



Bee-Supplies 



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We know we can satisfy you on (ju^ility. 

 Write for catalog. 



C.C.CLEMONS BEE-SUPPLY CO. 

 Dept. S., Kansas City, Mo. 



Roller Entrance Bottom Board 



WHY WORRY IN 

 THE WINTERTIME 

 ABOUT YOUR BEES 

 BEING MUSTY IN 

 THE SPRING, THIS 

 BOTTOM BOARD 



keeps bees and combs clean and healthy. Dead bees drop away from frames. If 

 by chance they become short on stores during the spring months, " open the rear 

 or front," and hand them a supply. It is done easy virith this Bottom Board. 

 Made in 8 and 10 frame size. $2.50 per. Nothing but pure Italian stock in out- 

 yard of 100 colonies. 



Breeders $10 to $25. Guarantee Satisfaction. 



CHAS. G. SCHAMU 



INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER 



Box 48 



Liverpool, New York 



CLOSING OUT SALE 



BEE BOOKS, VEILS AND SMOKERS 



I have some of the following that I would like to close out at once, and on 

 which I make reduced prices, all postpaid: 



" Lantrs troth on the Honey-Bee " (Latest edition, J1.20) Ji.oo 



"Songs of Beedom " do bee-songs— 25c) 15 



" Honey-Money Stories " (25c) IS 



" Pearce's Method of Beekeeping" (50c) 30 



Hand's " Beekeeping by 20th Century Methods" {50c) 30 



Wilder's "Southern Bee-Culture " (50c) 30 



Muth Bee-Veil (75c) 60 



Danzenbaker Bee-Smoker ($1.00) 80 



$3.60 

 Or «// the abo\e in one order to one address tor only $} .00. (The retail 

 price of the bunch is $4.9o.) Address, 



GEORGE W, YORK, SANDPOINT, IDAHO 



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YOUR HONEY CUSTOMERS 



Fine White Alfalfa 



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Extracted honey packed in 60, 10, 5, and 1\ lb. cans 

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DADANT & SONS, Hamilton, III. 



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