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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 28, 1903. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash wii h 

 the order: 



sn ions jsn sosi 



Sweet Clover (yellow).... I .90 11.70 $4.00 $7.£0 



Alsike Clover 1.00 1.80 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.50 2.80 6.50 12.50 



Alfalfa Clover 1.00 1.80 4.25 8.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the S-ponnd 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage. If 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK A CO. 

 144 4 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO. ILL 



TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



11 present joii with the first tfi you 

 tftke in to start vnu in a pood paviiifr husi- 

 less. Send 10 cents for full line of samples 

 md directions how to beirin. 

 DRAPER PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, Ilia. 



■5 



Italian Queens, 



Bees and Nluclei. 



We have a strain of 

 bees bred specially for 

 honey - gathering and 

 longevity, at the follovr- 

 ing prices : 



One Untested Queen $1.00 



One Tested Queen 1.35 



One Select Tested Queen. 1.50 



One Breeder Queen 2.50 



One - Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen 1.40 



Tested ready now; un- 

 tested in May. Safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. For price on Doz. lots 

 send for catalog. J. L. STRONG, 



16Atf 204 E. Logan St., CLARINDA, IOWA. 

 Mease mention Bee Journal Tvlien -WTitma 



The Danz. Hive— 



The Comb Honey Hive. 



We sell it. We are authorized iobbing agents 

 for THE A. I. ROOT CO., for Michigan. Send us 

 a list of the goods you want for this season, and 

 let us quote you prices. Beeswax wanted. Send 

 for catalog. H. M. HUNT & SON, 

 lOAlTt BELL BRANCH, MICH. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Wanted to Sell. 



New and Second-hand Comb-Honey Supers, 



both S-frame and H'-franie size, at halt-price or 

 less. Some have sections and drawn comb. 

 Either section-hoJder arrangement or T supers 

 can be furnished. Hoffman worker-combs 

 wanted; also 5-gal. square tin cans. 

 22A2t F. B. CAVANAUGH, Gait, Mich. 



flease mention Bee Journal "when "writme 



If the Top Wire 



in your .^iSi-tnch stock f.Mice will not hear the welpht 

 of 20 men without breakint:, give ue a trial order. 

 PAGE WOVKiN WIKK FKNCK CO., AI>KIAi\,MItH. 

 f'lease mentiou Bee Joumai "wnen ■wntins: 



Queen-Clipping Device Free! 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clipping 

 Device is a fine tiling for use in 

 catching and clipping Queens' 

 wings. It. is used by many bee- 

 lieepers. Full printed directions 

 sent with each one. We mail it for 

 35 cents ; or will send it FREE as 

 a premium for sending us One 

 New subscriber to the Bee Journal 

 I for a year at SI. 00; or for $1.10 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal one year 



and the Clipping Device. Address, 

 • QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 E. Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



Wanted lo m 



unlimited quantities of ABSOLUTELY PURE 

 BEESWAX. Must be nice. Best prices paid, 

 either cash or in Supplies. Address at once, 

 C. M. SCOTT & CO.. 



1004 E. Wasbine-ton St., Indianapolis, Ind. 



ISAtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 



completely than anv other published, 



send fi. 20 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee=Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



We are tlie Largest Mannfactnrers of Bee-Keepers' Supplies in tlie Nortlif est 



*• *' Minneapolis, Minn. 



Prices, and Best Sliippins: Facilities. 



Please mention Bee Journal -wtien "writin^j 



C'a.lIlOnild I Frnlts, Flowers, Climate 

 or Resources, send for a sample copy of Call- 

 ornla's Favorite Paper— 



The Pacific Rural Press, 



The leading Horticultural and Agricultural 



gaper of the Pacific Coast. Published weekly, 

 andsomely Illustrated, $2.00 per annum. Sam- 

 ple copy free. 



PACIFIC RURAL PRESS, 

 330 Market Street, - San Francisco, Cal. 



Ptae Mention the Bee Jonrnal 



For Sale at a Bargain ! 



45 s-frame dovetail HIVES, (complete except 

 frames] about a dozen of them new, and bal- 

 ance but slightly used; 180 S-frame Ideal supers 

 with fences, nearly all new; and 3000 Ideal 

 35sx5.xlJ^i sections, never opened; hives and 

 supers painted one coat. $40.00 takes the lot; 

 worth $100. C. H. MCNEIL, 



21Atf 719 South 2d Ave., MAvwoon, III. 



■when •writing 

 Advertisers »*« 



honej'-plants, and if the boll-weevil doesn't 

 destroy the cotton we will come to the front 

 this year. I want Texas to roll up one of the 

 biggest honey crops this year that there has 

 ever been. Mrs. C. K. West. 



Ellis Co., Tex., May 1.5. 



Appreciates the Bee Journal. 



I am very much interested in the American 

 Bee .Journal, as it has helped me along very 

 much with my few bees. It has been as good 

 as a text-bool{ ; in fact, I have had nothing 

 else but the Bee Journal, and when I com- 

 menced bee-keeping two years ago I did not 

 linow the first thing about bees. 



Briti-sh Columbia, Canada. J. E. Carr. 



Bee-Keepers' Ups and Downs. 



Since my report of March 1.5th, on page'3S5, 

 bee-keepers have had a lot of " ups and 

 down," mostly ^' downs. " .Such weather, oh 

 my ! To say it has been bad would be putting 

 it mildly. The mercury has rarely gotten 

 above 50, and only once as low as 12 above 

 zero. But it seemed to be inclined to want to- 

 stay not much above that, for the greater part 

 of a week. On May 2, Ijushels of ice still re- 

 mained along tree lines, where the broken 

 limbs had fallen, borne down with the J!^ inch 

 of ice accumulated on them. Our town has 

 been noted for its shade-trees, but the tornado 

 of last .June blew down everything that wind 

 could l:)reak, and now this ice-storm has strip- 

 ped the limbs of what remained, giving them 

 the appearance of that starved-rooster trade- 

 mark on the Aultraan-Taylor thresing ma- 

 chine. Bees had worked some on the willow 

 bloom, the day before the storm began, but 

 all was brown after the ice had gone off. 



Plums and cherries are now in full bloom, 

 and bees did good work on them yesterday, 

 but to-day it is wet, having rained all night 

 and at it yet. Dandelions are giving some 

 pasturage where the bees can get to them. 

 -\pple-bloom will be out this week. Red- 

 clover bloom gave the bees a picnic for a part 

 of two days, which is about all they were able 

 to get from the flowers, on account of the con- 

 dition of the weather. 



We have one " plant '' here which flowers 

 night and day, winter or summer, which they 

 work on whenever the weather is warm 

 enough, when nothing better is to be obtained. 

 This plant is located about three hundred 

 yards from my bee-yard and on a fine April 

 afternoon, I noticed my bees working lively, 

 and a glance told me they were at work on 

 the flowers of this plant. I had no more than 



Bee = Supplies 



G. B. LEWIS CO'S GOODS and every- 

 thing nerej^ary lor handling ot,t; The very 

 best of goods, and largest stock in Indiana. 

 Low freight-rates. Catalog free. 



C. M. SCOTT & CO., 



10O4 E. Washington Street, 

 40A2bt INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Special Decoration Day Rates 



over the Nickel Plate Road, at one fare 

 for the round trip, within a radius of 

 150 miles from starting- point. Tickets 

 on sale May 29th and 30th, good re- 

 turning from destination to and in- 

 cluding June 1st, 1903. Three trains 

 daily in each direction between Chi- 

 cago, Valparaiso, Knox, I<"ort Wayne, 

 Fostoria, Findlay, Cleveland, Buffalo, 

 Erie, New York City, Boston and New 

 England points. Fast time and low 

 rates. Meals on American Club Plan, 

 ranging in price from 35c to $1.00, 

 served in Nickel Plate Dining-cars ; 

 also service a la carte. Chicago Depot, 

 Harrison St. & Fifth Ave. City Ticket 

 Office, 111 Adams St., and Auditorium 

 Annex. For particulars write John Y. 

 Calahan, General Agent, 113 Adams 

 St., Room 298, Chicago. 4— 21A2t 



