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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 2, 



ATTENTION, BEE-KEEPERS ! 



We arc Now Ready to Receive 



Shipments of HONEY, both Comb k Extracted 



and BEESWAX 



For the Season of lSyb-96. We have made preparations to store Comb Honey 

 in Any Quantity. This is our Fifth Year as a 



HONEY COMMISSION HOUSE. 



We received 812 Shipments last year. We 1-iindly solicit the business of our 



friends of former years, and a Trial Shipment of all 



Bee-Keepers in the Country. 



J. A. LAMON, 43 South Water Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



44A10t Mentixm Sfte A.mertcan Bee JowmaL 



TOUR BEESWAX! 



UNTIL FURTHEK NOTICE, we will 

 allow 30 cents per pound for Good Yel- 

 low Beeswax, delivered at our olBce— in ex- 

 change for Subscription to the Bee Journal. 

 for Books, or anything that we otter for sale 

 in the Bee Journai,. Or, 26 cts. casta. 



GEORGE W. YOKK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Promptness Is Wliat Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping"-Cases, and every- 

 thing- that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 Ooods at Root's Prices, and the 



best shipping: point inihe country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



nl7^2.K.e. Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mention the American Bee Joimial. 



WANTED ! 



10,000 pounds of BEESWAX, for 

 Cash. Address, 



I.EAIIV ItlFO. CO., HlggtnsTille, Mo. 



Metitlon the American Bee Journal. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION ^°''i':'^^^'°^ 



Can do the work of four 

 men using: hand tools, in 

 Kipping*, Cutting-off, Mi- 

 tring:. Rabbeting-, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up.fJointing StulT, 

 etc. Full Lineof Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery. 

 Sold oil Trial. CaU[og:Qe Free. 

 SENECA FALLS ITIFG. CO., 

 46 Water St.. SENECA FALLS. N. Y 



lAly Mention the American Bee Journal, 



33 cts. a Found 



We allow 



For Beeswax 



In Exchange for 



-SUPPLIES.- 



1896 Circular Noiv Iteady. 



I. J. STRIiXOHAM, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK. N.T. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Joubnal we mail for 

 only 75 cents; or clubbed with the 

 JOITBNAL for $1.60. 



THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS DEESWAX 



Is our present stock for this year's sales of Foundation. But still "We WTant 

 More Beeswax and pay a good price. 



Don't Delay Ordering Your FOUNDATION. You will pay more by and 

 by than you would now. Remember that we make the BEST, and everybody 

 acknowledges this. 



Now is the time to read the work of the L,ate Father LangfStrotb — 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, Revised. 



The Price of this Work is now Reduced from $1.40 to $1.26, by mail. 



Send us your address for Catalogue of Bee-Supplies, etc. 



CHAS. DADANt & SON, 



Mention tlie American Bee Journai. TTATVl lliTON, Hancock Co. , TTili. 



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Appreciating the advantages for procuring Basswood L umber, and the splendid Shipping 

 facilities of Marshfleld, we have established a Factory for the manufacture of 



—THE ONE-PIECE SECTION. 



We have all new and up-to-date Machinery for the manufacture of the "One-Piece Sec- 

 tion." Have a Saw-Mill In connection with our Factory, enabling us to get the finest ma- 

 terial to be had, for " One-Piece Sections." 



\^~ Write for Price- List, and also for pi ices on Sections in anj' quantity you may want. 



Dec. Is 1895. inAR»«HFlEL.D, Wood Co., WIS. 



49Stf Mention the American Bee Journal, 



Qej^eral Iteti^s^ 



Bees Wintering Nicely. 



I am a young man and have 80 colonies 

 of bees, some Italians and some blacks. 

 They are wintering nicely. I have Simplic- 

 ity and Quinby hives. L. E. Rhoades. 



Weedsport, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1895. 



Averaged Over 50 Pounds. 



I do not see how I could keep bees and 

 get along without the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. My bees did well this year, averaging 

 ing over 50 pounds per colony. 



M. M. RiCKARD. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1895. 



No Honey and No Swarms. 



From .t1 colonies in the spring of 1895 I 

 have only 33 now; not a pound of honey 

 nor a single swarni, owing to the drouth. 

 Miss M. J. Stalker. 



Randolph, Wis., Dec. 13, 1895. 



Will Try One more Tear. 



My bees have run me in debt again this 

 year, but not quite as badly as last year. I 

 want to try one year more. 



I put .50 colonies into winter quarters. I 

 am trying to take care of them. I like to 

 work with them. The drouth is not broken 

 yet. When I get a crop of honey I will re- 

 port again. A. F. Crosby. 



Sheffield, Iowa, Dec. 9. 1895. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I had about 3,000 pounds of extracted 

 honey this year, which sold in the home 

 market for 8 cents a pound. I had 120 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and now have 101 in 

 chaff hives and 39 in the cellar, all in good 

 condition for winter. 



I could not do without the American Bee 

 Journal if it cost four times as much as it 

 does now. F. B. Parrington. 



Strawberry Point, Iowa, Dec. 5, 1895. 



Didn't Get Much Honey. 



The bees are all packed and in their win- 

 ter homes in good condition. I had to feed 

 about halt of mine, 05 colonies in all. I did 

 not get much honey this year, but still I am 

 hoping tor a better season in the future. 

 The honey is very dark, but thick and 

 good. The bees were carrying in pollen 

 last week. We have had no cold weather 

 so far. Mrs. A. A. Simpson. 



S warts, Pa., Nov. 27, 1895. 



Good Report from Minnesota. 



I started in the spring of 1895 with 39 col- 

 onies of bees, and this fall I had 150 colo- 

 nies of bees, 3,000 pounds of comb honey, 

 and 3,000 pounds of extracted. My location 

 is in the timber, mostly hardwood. I am 

 just starting in the business, and know but 

 little about it. I let my bees swarm as they 

 please. I use the Langstroth 8-frame hive. 

 J. Z. Rhodes. 



Verndale, Minn., Dec. 10, 1895. 



The "Dry Weather Vine." 



The honey crop for southern Indiana is 

 conceded to be only one-halt. I averaged 

 only 75 pounds (mostly extracted honey) 

 per colony, spring count, from 40 colonies, 

 making my crop about a ton and a half. 

 Had it not been for the " dry weather vine" 

 our season would have been an entire fail- 

 ure. When the flow set in from it, about 

 the latter part of July, Mr. Cosby and my- 



