January, 1914. 



American l^ee Journal 



How Far Can a Bee 



I'l'BLISHED MONTHLY BY 



American Bee Journal 



1st Nat'l Bank BIdg. Hamilton, Illinois 



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Celebrated Queens Direct from Italy 



Bees More Beautiful, More Gentle, More 



Indnstrions. Long Tongaed, Ttie Best Hooey-Gatherers. 

 PRIZES:— VI Swiss Agricultural Exposi- 

 tion. Berne. i8u5. Swiss National Exposition. 

 Geneva. i8q6. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. Liege 

 Belgium. i8g6. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. 

 Frankfort O. M. [Germanyl. Convention of 

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Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 

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 Extra BreedingQueens.$3.oo: Selected. S2.00: 

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HOW MUCH CAN YOU SEE? 



How many people there are to look and how few there are to see and to think. 

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The Guide to Nature 



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 $1.00 per year 10c a single copy 



EDWARD F. BIGELOW, Editor 

 The Agassiz Association, Inc., 



ArcAdiA : Sound Beach, Connecticut 



WE ARE IN THE MARKET 



For Both Extracted and Comb Honey 



Would like to hear from those having Fancy and 

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THE FRED W. MUTH COMPANY 



"The Busy Bee-Men" 

 204 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO 



P. S. — Ship us your old comb and let us render them for you. Our pro- 

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We also manufacture Hives, Brood- 

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