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May, 1912 



American liee Journal 



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I'lriMSIIKll MONTHLY HV 



(ieorye W. ^'ork A; I'oiiipaii.v, 



1st Nat'l Bank Bldg. Hamilton, Illinois 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



THK SUBSCkiri ION I'RICI': of this 

 Journal is Si. 00 a year, in the United States 

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

 and in all other countries in tlie I'ostal 

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(Organized 1870.) 



National Bee - Keepers' 

 Association 



OIJJECTS 



The objects of this Association shall be to 

 aid its members in the business of beekeep- 

 ing: to help in the sale uf their honey and 

 beeswax: and to promote the interests of 

 beekeepers in any other direction decided 

 upon by the Board of Directors. 



Ofiicer.s 



President— George W. York, Sandpoint, Ida. 

 Vice-Pres.— Morley Petlit, Guelph, Onl. Can, 

 Secretary— E. B. Tyrrell. Detroit. Mich. 

 Treasurer— N. E. France. Plattcville, Wis. 



Director.s 



!•', 1). Townsend. Chm,. Remus, Mich. 

 Wesley C. Foster, Boulder, Colo. 

 Franklin Wilcox, Mansion. Wis. 

 I- F,. (Jranc. Mid<llebury, Vermont. 

 J. M. Buch.iiian. Franklin, Tcnn. 



Annual Membership Dues $1.50, one 



Ihiril (so cents) o( which goes to the local 

 branch where such branch is organized. 

 Send Dues to the Secretary, E. B. Tyrrell. 



BEE-KEEPERS 



I.ook up your stock at once and send me a 

 list <»f the suiiplies yon need. I have a large 

 stock to draw from to handle your orders 

 for Hives. Sections. Comb l-oundation. etc.: 

 slandaril goods with latest improvements 

 fresh from tlie factory at factory schedule 

 of prices. 1 have .i general line of Root's 

 Goods constantly on hand. My facilities 

 for serving you arc uneouallcd. 



Beeswax taken in exchange for supplies 

 or cash. 



Italian Bees and Queens 



He sure \<'n li,i\i. mv i./i.: ( atalog of Bees. 

 *.)iir(.ns .111(1 Siipiilu-s ^A^t 



EARL M. NICHOLS, Lyonsville, Mass. 



Queens That "Are better" Italians & Banats 



Untested Queens. 75c each; $fi.oo per doz. ; two or more doz. in one order, $7,50 per doz. 

 Tested Queens. $1.25 each: $12.00 per dozen. 

 Breeder Queens. $3.00 each. Foreign trade add 5c each extra. 



H-lb. Packages of Bees after May ist. $2.00. Select queen wanted and add to this. The ex- 

 press charges on these will be very small in comparison with charges on frame nuclei. 



One-F'rame Nuclei, with Untested Qjeen. $2.00 each: 2-fr.. $3.00: 3-fr.. $4,00. Full Colony of 

 Bees in lo-fr. hive. $7.00, Add 50c if Tested Queen is wanted: $2.00 if Breeder Queen is 

 wanted. F'or 10 or more Colonies or Nuclei, deduct 25c each, 



1 have successfully shipped Bees and Queens from this place every month of the year. I 

 started two colonies Jan. 2ith on their voyage to Nutsusarida, Kobe, Japan. Each con- 

 tained a Breeder Italian Queen. 



My Bee and Queen h^xhibits at the State F'air of Texas were awarded six premiums in lOU. 



Italians also were awarded F'irst I'rize at The Cotton Palace, in Waco. Tex. 

 ' YoiR Money's Worth " is my motto. Terms are Cash with order. 1 refer you to .Sabinal 

 National Bank or any business firm in Sabinal. 



1 have seven yards, and with several hundred nuclei I can serve many customers. I solicit 

 your trade. 



J. A. Simmons, Uvalde Co. Apiaries, Sabinal, Texas. 



Please mention Am. Bee Journal when writinc. 



Southern Bee-Keepers! 



1 have a Large and Complete .Stock of BEE- 

 -SUPPLIES at Cordele, Ca., and have erec- 

 ted a large Warehouse and tilled it with 

 New Bee -Supplies at O'Brien, Fla., near 

 Live Oak, the best shipping-point for all 

 sections of Florida, Southeast Georgia and 

 Southern Alabama. 



Send all orders to CORDELE, CA., and 

 state from which point you wish your Sup- 

 plies shipped. J. J. WILDER. 



OUR FREE CATALOG 



Will teli you all about our 



Best Bee-Keepers' & Poultry Supplies 



Sold at lowest living prit us. We handle the 

 Best Sections in the World— the Autrust Lot/. 

 Sections at Lotz prices. Three Carloads of 

 Goods on hand with 2 more comint.' 

 Drop us a card and we can please you. 

 Catalog Free. H. S. Duby, St. Anne, III. 



fV. ase mention Am. Bee Journal when writing. 



BEE - KEEPER'S NOVELTY POCKET - KNIFE. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



Your Name aud Addreiss will he put on one side of the handle as shown in 

 the cut. and on the other side a picture of a Queen-Bee, a Worker-Bee, and a 

 Drone-Bee. The handle is celluloid, and so transparent, through which is seen 

 your name. If you lose this Knife it can be returned to you, or it serves to iden- 

 tify you if you happen to be injured fatally, or rendered unconscious. The cut is 

 the exact size; it is made of best steel. When ordering be sure to write e.xact 

 name and address. Knife delivered within two weeks after we receive order. 



Price, postpaid, $1.00; or with a year's subscription to the .American Bee 

 Journal— both for $1.80; or given Free as a premium for sending us :! New sub- 

 scriptions at $1.00 each. 



American Bee Journal, Hamilton, Illinois. 



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