Oct. 29, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



701 



6 Percent Discount During October I 



S dd for our List, and order non'. Take advantaf^e of ihi: 

 band ready for use. 



JXJST TKCIN"!?: Oin IT 



count. Have your g^oods on 



I a straight line, the line 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Manufacturers' of Bee-Keepers' Supplies, 



WATERTOWN. WISCONSIN, US A. 



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WHOLESALE 



superior of any. It is the 

 'dor. It Is the most trans- 

 is crystal, and gives more 



Tbis luuodalion ic made by a process Ibat produces the 

 cleaoesl add purest. It has the brightest color and sweetest < 

 parent, because it has the thinnest base. It is tough and clear : 



sheets to the pound than any oth.'r make. V7 



WttrUtufi v^ax iuio F»MH<lali«n f or Casih a Mpecialty. Bees- ^ 



wa.* hIm ajN Manletl ai lii;£li.-Mi price. •? 



Catalog giving FULL LINE OF SUPPLI KS with price" and samples, free on ap- g 



''''""'grainger & Co., Toronto, Ont., Gl)S. DITTNER, AU^USta. WJS. g 



Sfjle Aifents for Canada. Si 



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RUBE'S SURPRISE. [ 



Well, I'll Be Bumped! Y 



I don't see what I have been thinking of all summer. Here I k 



could gest as well sent to Griggs Bros, for my Supplies and saved r 



all this freight I've been throwing away and got my goods m 



cheaper, too. Don't see why I didn't send them a trial order L 



sooner and find out what I was doin', long as they sell Root's Goods at r 



their factory prices, gest as they said. ^ 



A Word to the Wise is Sufficient. L 



GRIGGS BROS., ■ TOLEDO, OHIO, [ 



I motitiOD Bee Jourtiai ^rn«n iffntliic 



THE SAVING 



In po8l9, stiplPH and labor pays llie ditierence In 



prlc'?, and I hen it Instn so much lon:,'[_T. 



PAGe: WOVEN UlUK F. NCt lO., Adrian, Jlich. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writins 



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Bee- Supplies ! 



Rnnt'.s finnrt.s at, Ront'.s Prices 



Evervihinif usrd by B-e neeptrs. 

 POUDEK'S aONEY-JARS. 

 Piompl Service. 



Low Freight Rates. 



NEW CATALOG FREE. 



apolis, Ind. 



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TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



We will present you with the flret 66 you 

 take In to start you In & good paying husl- 

 nesa. Send 10 cents for full line of Siimples 

 and directions how to begin. 

 DRAPER PUBLISHINO CO.. Chlcipo, I1I&. 



Tbe Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Jonrnal we mall for 

 bnt 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 lonrnal for one year— both for only $1.40. It Is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If yon have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding Is neces- 

 sary, 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO ILL. 



Please Mention Bee Journal 

 when 'writing advertisers. 



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i Let me SELL or BUY your | 



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If yoo have some to offer, mail sample with lowest price expected, delivered Cincinnati. S 



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2 State quantity and kind wanted, and I will qaoie yon price. I do business on the cash H 



^ basis, in buyi' g or selling. tZ 



a Full stock of Bee-SuppUes, the best made. Root's Goods S 



S at their factory prices. SEEDS of Honey-plants. § 



I C.H.W. WEBER fnTr^Mo'r^H^^"- ^- ^"^^ i 



g 2146-48 Central Ave.. CINCINNATI, OHIO. g 



Please mention Bee joomal wnen writing 



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Cross Bees and Light Clothing. 



White clothing, says Mr. Hutchin- 

 son, saves the wearer some annoyance 

 and stings. I have seen this stated be- 

 fore, but have been somewhat skepti- 

 cal about it. Black buttons on a light 

 coat, I am aware, will be attacked 

 sometimes by bees because the buttons 

 are suggestive of the eyes of an ani- 

 mal, and instinct seems to tell them 

 these are vital. I imagine that a black 

 hat on a person with white clothing 

 might be the object of an onslaught of 

 stings from bees enraged from any 

 cause. My own notion is, if one were 

 dressed in dark clothing, without any 

 contrast of white or black spots in it, 

 and all the surrounding objects were of 

 about the same tint or darkness, cross 

 bees would pay no more attention to it 

 than they would to white clothing. But 

 I am sure of this : That any thing 

 black or dark -colored, surrounded by 

 a white background, will attract their 

 attention. — Editor Root, in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture. 



Great Difference in Bee-Keepers. 



What a difference there is in bee- 

 keepers ! Some are slipshod and slov- 

 enly, with hives standing in a row 

 close together on a plank — and some of 

 them box-hives at that. How encour- 

 aging it is for an inspector of apiaries 

 to get into such an apiary as that when 

 looking for foul brood ! Then there 

 are bee-keepers of a little higher grade. 

 They have movable-conib hives, or 

 hives that are intended to be such, but 

 no foundation starters have been used, 

 and many of the combs might as well 

 be in real box-hives. Then there is 

 another grade still higher, but it is not 

 the highest. It is the man who as- 

 pires to be a pretty good beekeeper, 

 but has too many other irons in the fire, 

 and he neglects things. The frames 

 are all stuck fast, and stuck together 

 with brace-combs, and it is a task to 

 get out a comb. Then there is the man , 

 who is a first-class bee-keeper. His 

 hives are all made exactly alike. He 

 uses foundation ; he keeps the brace- 

 combs scraped from the top-bars ; his 

 hives are level; the combs can be re- 

 moved with the fingers with no prying 

 from any knife or lever. Everything 

 is orderly in his honey-house. He has 



^Tfo NE^JA RsT 



I can sell you a White Glass Honey-Jar, hold- 

 ing 15 ounces of honey, at f4 00 per gros . Also 

 the standard square one-pound Jar at $4.50 per 

 gross. Sampe o' either Jar by mail on receipt 

 of 10 cents f r postage. 



J. H. M. COOK, Bee-Keepers' Supplies 



62 Cortlandt St , ^EW > ORK CITY. 



41Alf Please mention the Bee Joan 



al. 



BOYS 



WE WANT WORKERS 



Boys, GlrlB, old and younK alikb, 



make money working for us. 



We fnniteh c.pluU lOBUnyon in bafll. 



luH. Bend na 10c KUmps or silver for foil In.trocnons sod s lioe ot 



.M1J.1.S10 work with. UKAPER PUBLISHI^O CO.,Clilcato,ia 



t^f Building- up a business is 111,6 building 

 a house — you must start at the foundation 

 and work up. — White's Savings, in Printers' 

 Ink. 



