June, 1914. 



American liee Journal 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



American Bee Journal 



1st Nat'l Bank BIdg. Hamilton, Illinois 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this 

 Journal is $1.00 a year, in the United States 

 of America and Mexico; in Canada, $i.io: 

 tnd in all other countries in tlie Postal 

 Union. 25 cents a year extra for postage. 

 Sample copy free. 



THE WRAPPER-LABEL DATE indi- 

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 of December. IQI4. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS.-Wedonot 

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 scription, but change the date on your ad- 

 dress-label, which shows that the money 

 has been received and credited. 



Advertising Rate, Per Agate Line, 15c. 



14 lines make one inch. 



Nothing less than 5 lines accepted. 



DISCOUNTS: 



3 times I4C a line o times iic a line 



6 " I2c " 12 " (i yr.) IOC a line 



Reading Notices. 25 cents, count line. 



Goes to press the 23d of the preceding 



month. 



Celebrated Queens Direct from Italy 



Bees More Beautiful, More Gentle, More 



lodnstrions, Long Tongaed, The Best Honey-Gatheren. 



PRIZES:— VI Swiss Agricultural Exposi- 

 tion. Berne. i8v5. Swiss National Exposition. 

 Geneva. 1806. Bee-Keeping Exhibition, Liege 

 Belgium. i8g(i. Bee-Keeping Exhibition. 

 Frankfort O. M. (Germany). Convention of 

 the German. Austrian and Hungarian Bee- 

 Keepers. August. IQ07. 



Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 

 U.S.A., 1904, HIGHEST AWARD 

 I'.xtra BreedingQueens. $3.00; Selected. $2.00; 

 Fertilized. $1.50: lower prices per dozen or 

 moreQueens. Safearrivalguaranteed. Write 

 Member of the) ANTHONY BIAGGI, 

 National Bee- ,- Pedevilla. near Bellin/ona. 

 Keepers' Ass'n I Italian .Swit/erland, 



This country, politically. .Switzerland Re- 

 public, lies geographically in Italy, and pos- 

 sesses tlie best kind of bees known. 

 Pkase mention Am. Bee Journal when writing. 



s This is the Discount Season on b 



I BEE-SUPPLIES AND BEES | 



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C APIARIES: Glen Cove, L. 



Write us stating what you are in 

 rii-ed of. and we will quote you. If 

 you sell supplies our discount sheet 

 is yours for the asking. Catalog on 

 I finest, 



I. J. STRINCHAM 

 105 Park Place, New York 



'* //" i^'-ooifs tilt' -wiuUfii ijiiii /;, stnil to J'oH(h-i'." 



BEE-SUPPLIES 



EOUIPMENT Store room built expressly for the business; large con- 

 kyuirnltni jj-pte basement with just enough tnoistuie to prevent 

 breakage in sections. No shrinkage in dovetailed corners of supers and 

 hives. 



DUALITY Root goods at factory prices. The kind that I have sold for 

 V""^' ' ' nearly a quarter of a century, and the kind that you can afford 

 to recommend to your neighbors. I might have increased my profits for a 

 short time by handling other goods, but I would not have remained so long 

 in business. Many articles in my catalog can reach you by Parcel Post, 

 and I assume all responsibility in safe delivery of the goods. Catalog free. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 873 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



'Griggs Saves You 

 Freight" 



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" Griggs Saves You 

 Freight" 



With four carloads of new goods on hand, we are now bet- 

 ter prepared for the rush than ever. But don't wait to be 

 in the RUSH. Send your order in now and have the goods 



on hand, ready for use. 



New Illustrated Catalog of 60 Pages 



We want one in every beekeeper's hands. 

 Send postal for one today. It is free; 

 White Clover Extracted Honey Wanted, also Beeswax 



in exchange for supplies. It will be to your interest to 

 get in touch and keep in touch with us. «... 



S. J. 



24 N. 



GRIGGS & CO. 



Erie St., Toledo, Ohio 



"Griggs is always on the Job." 



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Banats 



Queens That "Are Belter" "^"^"^ ^"^ 



Untested Queens. 75c each. S8.uo iier dozen; two or more dozen in one order. S;.5o per dozen 

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

 Breeder Queens. $3.00 each. Korei^n trade add 5 cents each extra. 



%-\h. pound packages of bees after May 1. S2.00. Select queen wanted, add to this. The ex- 

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



One-frame Nuclei, with untested queen. $2,00 each; 2-frame. Ss.oo; 3-frame. $4.00. Full colony 

 of beesin loframe hive, S7.00. Add 50 cents if Tested Queen is wanted; $2.00 if Breeder 

 Queen is wanted. I'Or ten or more colonies or nuclei, deduct 25 cents each. 



Ihavesuccessfully shipped bees and queens from this place every month of the year. I 

 started two colonies .Ian. 25 on their voyage to Nutsusarida. Kobe, .lapan. Each con- 

 tained a Breeder Italian Queen. 



/;,-,»■ .S;>.--The two colonies of bees shipped by you arrived safely, and are perfectly satis- 

 factory. M. Sarida, Kobe. Japan. 



My Bee and Queen'exhibits at the Stale Kair of Texas were awarded six premiums in i«n. 

 Italians alsoVere'awarded First Prize at the Cotton I'alacc in Waco. Tex. 



"Your Monkv-s.'worth " is my motio. Terms are ,.<-// with order. I refer you to Sabinal 

 National. Banklorlany business Hrni in Sabinal. 



I iiave ten yards, and with several hunclred nuclei I can serve many customers. I solicit 



J. ArSimmons, Uvalde Co. Apiaries, Sabinal, Texas 



