1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



59 



THIRTY THOUSAND FOUNDS DEESWAX 



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

 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 Late Father Lang^strotli — 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, 



The Price of this Work is now Reduced from $1.40 to $1.25, by mail. 

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

 CHAS. DADANT & SON, 



MevtiontheA^mericaiiBeeJoumai, HAMTLTON, Hancock Co., HiIi. 



33 cts. a Pound 



We allow 



For Beeswax 



In Exchange for 



-SUPPLIES.- 



1896 Circular Nonr Ready. 



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That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 

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 $1.25 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif.. 

 forhlB 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



WANTED ! 



10,000 pounds of BEESWAX, for 

 Ca»>ili. Address, 



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Hatching& Brooding ! 



and treatise on poul- J 



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 _ Incubator Co. _ 



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49A13t Jdention the American Bee Journal, 



The Eural Kansan 



Is an Agricultural Journal for the busy farm- 

 er. It embraces Bee-Keeplns and every de- 

 partment of industry connected with the 

 farm. 30 cts. a year, monthly. Sample Free. 

 A Full 

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 Catalogue Free. 



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Higginsville Bee-Supplies 



on 

 hand. 



SELLING OUT. 



To close out, I otfer my Improved Queen-and- 

 Drone Traps per V^ doz.. in the flat, at $1.75; 

 per doz., $2.75: per 25, $5.00. 



Individual Kight to manufacture and use, 

 50 cents ; Towushlp Kights. $1.00 ; County 

 Rights. $5.00. 



HENRY AI.1.EY, 



lAtf WENHAM, MASS. 



USc '^e sen year foultry, veais. 

 Fruits and all produce at high- 

 est prices. DAILY RETURNS. For 

 stencils, prices and references, write 

 F. I. SAOE & SONS, 183 Reade St, N. V. 



WHEN ANSWERING THIS ADVERTISEMENT, MENTION THIS JOURNAU 



O^** LARGE 



PROMINENT 



EYES are not desirable in a 



potato. Our World's Fair 



Potato lias very Bniall eyes. 

 Order of us and get pure, (genuine 

 Stork, Price way down. We 



tave about every valuable variety. 



Seed corn, oats, barley, garden seeds. 



■L. L. OL DS, Clinton, Rock Co.. Wis . 



Mention the tinier lean Bee Jonnirti^ 



Promptness Is Wliat Counts 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 thing- that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 Caoods at KooVs Prices, and the 



best shippinfr point in tbe country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



TelmZ.j^.e. Walter S. Pouder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

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MONEY IN TOMATOES 



But You Must Plant the Right Seed. 



My new Seed Book tella all about the best kinds of 

 Tomatoes and much else of interest iu the Seed Lino. 

 Most attractive and instructive buyers catalogue e\tr 

 published, illustrating these Tomatoes, free to -" 

 intending purchasers. Address at once. P.O. Box 537 



H. W. BUCKBEE, 



Roclcford Seed Farms, ROCKFORD, ILL. 



Mention J/vc American Bee Ji€V/?»atfA, 



The Patent Wood Veneer FOUNDATION 



has no sag in full sheets. Exth.\ Thin Foun- 

 dation 13 square feet to the pound. Working 

 Wax into Foundation— if sent to me— a spe- 

 cialty. Send for prices, samples & Catalogue. 

 Wax wanted. ACJG. WEISS 



2A5t HORTONVILLE, WIS 



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ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION ''°''iZ^-''°'' 



ran do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, in 

 Kipping, Cutting-otr, Mi- 

 tring, Kabbetiug. Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stutf, 

 etc. Full Lineot Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery. 

 Solil nil Triiil. Oiihilo?ue Free, 

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litli Annual Report for tlic Year 1895 



OP THE 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



For eleven years "The^National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union " li.as existed for the 

 honorable purpose of defending bee- 

 keepers in their rights, and maintain- 

 ing the privileges guaranteed to them 

 by constitutional enactments— and I 

 may add thankfully, without boast- 

 ing, that every case has been tried 

 upon its merits, settled by compro- 

 mise, or otherwise disposed of, so that 

 it begins the year 1S96 with a clear 

 field and a glorious record of achieve- 

 ments, unparalleled in the history of 

 any similar organization in modern 

 times ! 



Since my last Report was published, 

 the Union has lost one of its first and 

 most honored members, who was also 

 known and revered by the Apiarists 

 of the whole World— the Rev. L. L. 

 Langstroth. He passed to the " life 

 beyond " last October, fully prepared 

 for the change, and entered " the 

 home over there" with a heart full of 

 love to ail, and being also beloved by 

 many thousands in both spheres of 

 existence. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



up to the time of closing the polls, on 

 February 1, 189.5, showed that 151 

 ballots were recorded, as follows : 

 For President — 

 The canvass of all the votes received 



Hon. R. Li. Taylor, 126; Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 5 ; G. M. Doolittle, 4 ; Hon. Eug-ene Secor, 

 3 ; A. I. Root, 2 ; Scattermg and blanks, 11. 

 Total, 151. 



For Vice-Presidents. 



Dr. C. C. Miller. 114; G. M. Doolittle, 

 113; Prof. A.J.Cook, 103; A. I. Root, 101 ; 

 G. W. Demaree, 77; Hon. Eugene Secor, 

 38; C. P. Dadant, 31; C. F. Muth, 22; P. 

 H. Ehvood. 16; G. W. Brodbcck, 14; G. W. 

 York, 11; E. R. Root, 7 ; Hon. R. L. Taylor, 

 7; Mrs. Jennie Atchley, 6; Hon. James 

 Hcddon, 6; W. Z. Hutchinson, 4; S. I. 

 Freeborn, 3 ; R. F. Holtermann, 3 ; Frank 

 Benton, 2 ; C. W. Dayton, 2 ; H. G. Acklin, 

 2; Scattering, 17. 



For General Manager. Sec. and Treas. 



Thomas G. Newman, 149. Blank, 2. 

 Total. 151. 



These ballots were arranged alplia- 

 betically, tied up and preserved for a 

 year for inspection, as all former one* 

 have been. 



Although several had expressed 

 their desire for a change in the offi- 

 cers, the members decided to keep the 

 management in the .same hands for 

 another year. 



As Mr. (i. W. Demaree, Vice-Presi- 

 dent for 10 years — j^osilk-ely declined to 

 act— desiring a change in the "official 

 board," this elected Hon. Eugene 

 Secor, who received the next highest 

 number of votes. 



WORK OF THE VEAR. 



COLUMBUS, MISSOURI. 



Last May, J. W. Bradley wrote as 

 follows : '•! am sued for maintaining 

 a nuisance, against the dignity of the 

 State. I have 20 colonies of bees, and 

 a man living near me says that they 

 stung him, so he made the charge. 

 Please tell me what to do." 



1 sent him instructions what to do, 

 and forwarded a dozen copies of the 

 Arkansas Decision of llie Supreme 



