Dec. 3, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



781 



4 Percent Discount During December I 



Send for our List, and order uow. Take advautat'e of this discount. Ha 

 hand ready for use. 



JXJST THillSriC OF- IT ! 



If all of the Sectlo 

 would reach over Three Thousand Five Uundred Mile 



: sold las; season were placed unfolded, in a straight line, the line 



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



WATERTOWN. WrSCONSIN. U.S.A. 



I WANTED ! Fancy Comb Honey 1 



In No-drip shipping-cases. Also extracted, 

 in barrels or cans. Mail samples and quote 

 your best price delivered Cincinnati. 





i The Fred W^MuthCa, '^■■''"*"c.SNTf..oH.o. i 



oasf) tnention Bee Journal -wtieii ^?ntlng 



I DITTMER'S FOUNDATION RrfTorks^X^E I 



This foundation is made by a process that produces the superior of any. It is the 67 



cleanest and purest. It has the brightest color and sweetest odor. It is the most trans- (A 



parent, because it has the thinnest base. It is tough and clear as crystal, and gives more 



sheets to the pound than any other malfe. Zl 



Working; wax into Poundaition lor CasU a. Specialty. Bees- 9 



wa;S alvt'ays 'wanted at liighe!«t price. (9 



Catalog giving FULL IrlNE OF SUPPLIES with prices and samples, FREE on ap- •' 



^'""E.'oiAiNGER & Co., Toronto, Out., GtS. DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. g 



Sole Agents for Canada. C 



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f lease mention Boe joumai Twnen •writint 



A GREAT SLASH IN RATES. I 



jNow is the time to tjet your Supplies while low freight rates and early 

 order discounts are on. Reniemljer, you get 



B On all orders received during Noveml:)er, where cash accompauies. Don't 



^w delay, but think what a great saving this is. You get your goods for the 



same as last year, even though the prices have advanced. If you haven't our Catalog, 



send for same. It i's free. 



5 Percent Discount- 



HOIMEV AND BEESWZAX WAINITED. k 



GRIGGS BROS. f 



214 Jackson Avenue, - TOLEDO, OHIO. r 



lie we can serve you 

 mpt, and get them at 

 bottom prices. 



Order Your Bee-Sypplles Now ^ 



R. H. SCHMIDT CO., Sheboygan, Wis. 



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Let me SELL or BUY your | 



HONEY I 



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



^ IF IN NEED ^ I 



State quantity and kind wanted, and I will quote you price. I do business on the cash S 



basis, in buying- or sellin^^. f2 



Full stock of Bee-Supplies, the best made. Root's Goods 49 



at their factory prices. SEEDS of Honey-plants. g 



I C. H. W. WEBER a\TrM:J°TS°^^-^-""^° g 



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



Please mention Bee joumal wnen wntrng 



seelidii.s; they will hardly average 14 ounces 

 each, hut they look belter than the 4'^ see- . 

 tions. 



I had several colonies each of which stored 

 over 400 pounds of extracted honey. I think 

 if I could have been with them more during 

 .June and part of July they would all have 

 averaged 300 pounds to the colony, spring 

 count. Geohoe a. Oumeht. 



Dubuque Co., Iowa, Nov. 11). 



Wet Season for Bees. 



The past season was very wet for the bees. 

 All the honey they got was from white clover, 

 in June and .July ; later they did not gather 

 enough to live on. I sold several pounds of 

 honey at 12 cents a pound, just loose from 

 the frame, not in sections; I could have sold 

 several pounds more, but I want my bees to 

 have plenty of stores for winter. 



I had only 2 colonies last spring; one 

 swarmed once, and the other twice. This fall 

 I took oft an 8-frame hive-body which had 

 been put on the hive of one of the old colo- 

 nies in June, and I found it plump full of 

 white honey, no beebread at all. I took out 

 4 frames, and one of them weighed 6 pounds, 

 which I thought was good weight; and the 

 other 4 frames full I left in, and run a swarm 

 in, which I bad brought from the woods. So 

 I have colonies with plenty of stores for 

 winter. I have cut down 7 bee-trees, but 

 there wasn't 10 pounds of honey in the 7; 

 they had combs 5 feet long, but nearly all was 

 brood-comb. 



I use the S-frame dovetailed hive, and run 

 for comb honey only. I winter my bees with 

 supers on top filled with leaves, which I think 

 will keep them dry and warm. 



B. F. Schmidt. 



Clayton Co., Iowa, Nov. IS. 



A Season's Experience. 



In accord with the editorial of last issue to 

 " let our light shine," I am going to let my 

 darkness shine (for I am only a beginner) for 

 a few minutes, if you will. 



I began the year with 3 colonies, Nos. 1, 2 

 and a. I worked for extracted honey, for 

 which I get 20 cents a pound, or one quart 

 jar for .50 cents, the jar to be returned. 



Having read several items in the bee-papers 

 stating that it is not necessary to have a 

 queen-excluder under an extracting super, 

 that the queen would not go up there to lay, 

 I did not put any on. A week later I went 



POULTRY PAYS 



when the hens lay. Keep them 

 laying. For hatfhing and brood- 

 ing use the best reasonable priced 

 Incubators and Brooders — built 

 upon honor, sold upon j^uarantee, 



THE ORMAS 



L. A. Banta, Ltffonler, Indiana 



Reduced Rate for Christmas and 

 New Year Holidays. 



The Nickel Plate Road will sell tick- 

 ets Dec. 24, 25 and 31, 1903, and Jan. 1, 

 1004, at rate of a fare and a third for 

 the round-trip, within distances of ISO 

 miles, good returning to and including 

 Jan. 4, 1904. Individual Club Meals, 

 ranging in price from 35 cents to $1.00, 

 served in dining cars. No excess fare 

 charged on any train on Nickel Plate 

 Road. Chicago City Ticket Offices, 111 

 Adams St., and Auditorium Annex. 

 Depot, La Salle and Van Buren Sts., 

 on the Elevated Loop. 'Phone Central 

 2057. 30-49A4t 



ALIFORNIA FOR 2« 



The M'estern Kmplrr, 164 Times KIL.Vlo* Anffelea 



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