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Juhe, 1915 



American "Bee Journal 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



American Bee Jouruai 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this 

 Journal is Ji.oo a year, in the United States 

 of America and Mexico: in Canada. Ji.io; 

 and in all other countries in the Postal 

 Union. 25 cents a year extra for postage. 

 Sample copy free. 



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 of December, igis. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS.-We do not 

 send a receipt for money sent us to pay sub- 

 scription, but change the date on your ad- 

 dress-label, which shows that the money 

 has been received and credited. 



Advertising Rate, Per Agate Line, 15c. 



14 lines make one inch. 



Nothingless than 5 lines accepted. 



DISCOUNTS: 



3 times I4C a line « times iic a line 



6 " I2C " 12 " (I yr.) IOC a line 



Reading Notices. 25 cents, count line. 



Goes to press the 23d of the preceding 



month. 



Celebrated Queens Direct from Italy 



Bees More Beautiful, More Gentle, More 



Indostrioas, Long Tongncd, The Best Honey-Gatherers. 



PRIZES:-VI Swiss Agricultural Exposi- 

 tion. Berne. i8g5. Swiss National Exposition. 

 Geneva. 1806. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. Liege 

 Belgium. 1806. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. 

 Frankfort O. M. (Germany). Convention of 

 the German. Austrian and Hungarian Bee- 

 Keepers. August. 1007. 



sn^^^ Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 

 SH^r U.S.A., 1904, HIGHEST AWARD 



Dominion of Canada. Uc-partment of Agri- 

 culture. Central Experimental Farm. 



Ottawa, Sept. 5. IQ13 

 .?;>■.■— 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. 

 Dominion Enlomolosist. 

 Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 .Stillwater. Oct. 7. 1Q13. 

 Yourqueen arrivedin first-class condition, 

 and introduced her without any difficulty. 

 (Signed) Prof. E. C. Sanborn, 

 State Rntomolosist, 

 Extra BreedingQueens, $3.oo: Selected, J2.00; 

 Fertilized, $1.50: lower prices per dozen or 

 moreOueens. Safearrivalguaranteed. Write 



Member of the I ANTHONY BIAGCI, 



National Bee-V Pedevilla. near Bellinzona, 

 Keepers' Ass' n) 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 



LET US FIGURE WITH YOU 



We know we can satisfy you on quality. 

 Write for catalog. 



C.C.CLEMONS BEE-SUPPLY CO. 

 Dept. S., Kansas City, Mo. 



"Griggs Saves You 

 Freight" 



TOLEDO 



"Griggs Saves You 

 Freight " 



Now for 1915 Supplies 



We want every beekeeper to have our FREE) 

 illustrated catalog of everything used by beemen, also 

 our special price-list of 



POULTRY FEEDS 



If quality, prices and service count with you, 

 together with saving in freight. Don't order your 

 supplies until you have it. 



We use large quantities of Beeswax and Honey. 



Do You Wish Pure Maple Syrup? 



We have it and the best made, too, $1.50 per gallon. 



S. J. GRIGGS & CO. Dept. A, Toledo, Ohio 



Griggs is o?i the Job. 



INCREASE THE YIELD OF YOUR FARM 



The European war is doubling the demand for American farm products. We can in- 

 crease our acreage but this will not meet the demand— we must increase our yields per 

 acre We must do better farming, not only in the East and Middle West, but in the great 

 grain raising territory west of the Missouri River. 



Everybody knows that by following the Campbell System of Soil Culture, crop yields 

 have been doubled in every State of the Union from New York to California. Why not learn 

 what the principles of the Campbell System are and adopt them ? You can get all this and 

 a thorough agricultural education without leaving home by taking a course in the 



THREE-BANDED ITALIANS— GET THE BEST 



Twenty years of breeding and selection has resulted in an exceptionally vig- 

 orous and long-lived strain of bees, unexcelled for gentleness, prolificness and 

 honey-gathering qualities. No disease. 



Before May 1st 

 1 I 6 I 12 



After May 1st 

 116 1 12 



Untested I $1.25 I $ 6.50 I $11.50 



Tested | 1.50 | 8.00 | 15.00 



Select tested I 2.00 1 10.00 1 18.00 



Mb. pkg. bees | 2.00 | 11.00 | 21.00 



Breeders, $5.00 each, any time. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed on all queens to all points in United 

 States and Canada. Queens for export are carefully packed in export cages ; but 

 safe arrival is not guaranteed. Bees by the pound guaranteed within six days of 

 Mathis, Tex. If queen is wanted with bees by the pound, add price of queen 

 wanted to price ot bees. Better let me book vonr orders now. 



H. D. MURRY, MATHIS, TEXAS 



Beekeepers' Supplies 



Write us for our (^4-pa^ie catalog. KK1'".IC. 

 Full information j^iven to all inquiries. Let 

 us tiear from you. We handle the best make 

 of supplies for tlu- beekeeper. Beeswax 

 cxcharik'ei;! for su[)plies or cash. 



J. NEBEL & SON SUPPLY CO., 

 High hill, Montg. Co., Mo. 



WESTERN BEE KEEPERS 



can save 

 honey and 

 get the best goods obtainable, especially 

 made to meet Western condition. Send for 

 new catalog and special price list to 

 Colorado Honey-Producers' Association 

 Denver. Colorado 



