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November, lt)15. 



American ^ee Journal 



^^^M3^^SOAiHr^^ 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



Aiuericau Bee Jourual 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this 

 Journal is $1.00 a year, in the United States 

 of America and Mexico; in Canada. $i.io: 

 and in all other countries in the Postal 

 Union. 25 cents a year extra for postage. 

 Sample copy free. 



THE WRAPPER-LABEL DATE indi- 

 cates the end of the month to which your 

 subscription is paid. For instance. " decis " 

 on your label shows that it is paid to the end 

 of December. 1015. 



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. 



Nothing less than 5 lines accepted. 



DISCOUNTS: 



i times 14C a line times lie 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. 



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. 



Wanted 



Choice Grades of 

 EXTRACTED HONEY 



Send Sample and State Quantity 



How packed and the lowest 



price you will take 



We are always in the market for 

 Beeswax, and pay highest market 

 prices. 



Hildreth & Segelken 



265-267 Greenwich SL, New York, N. Y 



MARZ STRAIN OF ITALIANS 



A distinctive strain of honey gatherers, 

 with fi.xed characteristics, the result of 2s 

 years careful breeding. 



Untested queens S i.oo 



Tested queens 2.00 



Hrt."edlng queens 10.00 



Write for circular. 

 WALKER & MARZIAN APIARIES 

 Box 373, New Albany, Indiana 



Bingham Bee Smokers and Uncapping Knives 



p^ Bingha m 

 B ee Smoker 



Patented 



Have been on the market nearly 40 



years, and are the standard in this and 



many foreign countries. Insist on the 



genuine improved articles from your 



dealer or direct from manufacturers. 



Postage extra ship. wt. Price 



Smoke Engine, 4 inch, 28 oz $1.25 



Doctor iH ' 2b oz 85 



Conqueror 3 " 2; oz 75 



Little Wonder 2)4 " 16 oz 50 



Smoke Engine or Doctor in copper 50c extra 

 Uncapping Knives, improved Cold Handle 



Stan'd Length 8H ' 20 oz 75 



Extra long 10 *' 24 oz 85 



Steam Heated 



3 feet tubing 36 oz 2.50 



Friction-top pails. 5 lb. size per 100. $4.50; 

 lo-lb. size per 100. $(1.25; 60-lb cans two in a 

 case. lo-case lots, 60c; 2s-case lots. 5«c; 50- 

 case lots. ',Bc per case. f. o. b. Chicago. State 

 quantity wanted and get our shipping case 

 prices. 



Woodman's double-wall Protection Hives, single-wall hives. Good enough Brand Sec- 

 tions, shipping cases, foundation, and all supplies Send us a list of the goods wanted and 

 let us figure on your loib requirements. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



We are in the Market 



To buy both Comb and Extracted honey. Write us what you have to offer, 

 naming your best prices delivered Every time an interesting price is named 

 us. we buy and remit the day shipment arrives. 



SHIP US YOUR OLD COMB 



We render it into wax. and pay tlie market prices. 



THE FRED W. MUTH COMPANY 



204 WALNUT STREET "The Busy Bee Men " CINCINNATI, OHIO 



QUEENS— Golden and Leather-colored 



We are in position to fill your orders for queens and bees from date 

 of this "Journal" until October 1, 1915, at following prices: 



Prices of one and over i 



Virgins $ .so 



Untested 85 



Select untested i.oo 



Warranted i 10 



Tested i 50 



Select tested 1.75 



Tested breeding 3.00 



.Select tested breeding.. 5.00 

 Ex. select test, breeding 7.50 



1 frame nuclei without queen $1.50 



2 frame nuclei without queen 2.75 



3 frame nuclei without queen. 3.50 



Colony 8- frame hive without queen 7.50 



Colony lo-frame Danz. without queen... 0.50 

 Colony 10- frame hive without queen 0.50 



When queens are wanted with nuclei and 

 colonies, atld queens at prices as above for 

 queens. 



Bees by Pound F. O. B. Penn., Miss. 



.'.■pound package, wire cage Ji.oo 



I ttouiul package, wire cage i 50 



2- p(jund package, wire cage 2,00 



No queen supplied at these prices. Make 

 selection and add to above prices. 



All bees and queens shipped from our 

 yards at Penn. Miss. We have no disease, 

 nor do we know of any diseased bees in this 

 State. Our queens are bred from highly 

 selected stock of uniformly marked bees; 

 for gentleness and working qualities they 

 are unsurpassed: they are world-beaters as 

 honey-gatherers. We consider these queens 

 the equal of any on the market, and years of 

 favorable reports substantiate this claim. 

 In ordering you have the choice of selecting 

 tliree binders or goldens Prompt attention 

 given to all orders and inquiries. Read The 

 A. I. Root Company's endorsement below. 



Medina. Ohio. February 6. i«i4. 

 The Penn Co , Penn, Miss, 



ftv/Z/cm.//,— Replying to yours of February 

 3, we would state that we have bouyht a 

 large number of queens of you. We have 

 found them uniformly marked, and of a good 

 stock; in fact, they are first-class in every 

 respect. Another thing, we have always 

 found that you make iirompt deliveries, or 

 give us notice promptly when such deliv- 

 eries could not be made. 



The a. I. Root Company. 

 Per E. R. Root. Vice-president. 



Our record last year, about 10,000 queens, and shipments to all important foreign coun- 

 tries; every Stale in United States and Canada, and only two complaints, which we readily 

 made good Trv us. We are sure to please vou. 



Our OUKi'.NS .ill arniiiid llie world. The siiii never sets on a I'euii Cci.'s qiiein. 



THE PENN COMPANY, Penn, Lowndes County, Mississippi 



h'e/'rescnlillives of Tht A. I. Root Comfimiv, nud Queen Speiialists. 



