1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



157 



Sweet Clover, Willow-Herb, Biissvvood 



EXTRACTED HONEY 



—For Sale,— 



We bave made arrangements whereby we 

 furnieh Sweet Clover or Willow-Herb 



Extracted Honey, in 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicajro. at these prices: 1 can. 

 In a case, 8 cents per pound; 2 cans In one 

 case, 7S^ cents. 



The Basftiwood Honey is all in kegs 

 holding 170 pounds, net. It Is a very superior 

 quality, and the prices are: 1 keg, 8i4 cents 

 per pound ; 2 kegs or more, 8 cents. 



Cash MUST accompany each order. 



^e^ A sample of either kind of honey will 

 be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 12 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We 

 guarantee purity, and that what we ship will 

 be equal to sample. 



GEOKGE W. YORK & CO., 



- CHICAGO, ILLS. 



^~ IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Apicuitural l-'iokl more 

 completelv than any other published, send 

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

 tor his 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



fPERFECT FRUITS 



;?«".? Br sPRJiiBu. %,£=; 



. Spray Pump Catalogue tells How and When to ' 

 » Spray-mailed Free. THE DEMINC CO. 



\ Gen'lWestern Ap ts. 



, Henion & Ilubbell. Chicago. 



Salem, Ohio. 



'^.C^Mira 



AnwriAxin Bes Jma^iO,-^ 



TAKE SMOTIOEI 



'DEFORE placing your orders tor SUP- 

 PLIES, write for prices on 1-Piece Bass- 

 wood Sections, Bee-Hives, Shipping- Crates, 

 Frames, Foundation, Smokers, etc. 



PAGE & LYOIST MFG. CO. 



NKW LONDON, WIS. 



We have a large amount of Pure 

 No. 1 Alfalla we will sell cheap. 

 Vrpn Of those g-reat honey-produclnir plants 

 ijULiV —Alfalfa and Oleome or Kocky Moun- 

 tain Honey-Piaut. Alfalfa seed at 7 ets. a lb. 



Rm<(! hiifl 0«|)>ino Warranted the best, sim- 

 WUSS MLC-CSljil|IC plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 50 cts. It can be returned at our e.\pense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Escape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive Fuplr'aZ' w,"^if<?t^ 



Gate Honey-Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of conib honey. Address, 



E. S. liOVESV 6l CO., 

 355 6th East St., SAJ,T LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

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 45 varieties.with important hints on care 

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BEGINNERS. 



Beginners should have a copy of 'the 

 Amateur Bee-Keeper, a 70-page book by 

 Prof. J. W. Kouse. Price 25 cents; if 

 sent by mail, 38c. The little book and 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live, pro- 

 gressive 28-page monthly journal) one 

 year, 65c. Address any flrst-class dealer, 

 or 



LEAHY MFG. CO., Higginsville, Mo. 



storm followed by a week of cold weather, 

 killed all honey-yielding flowers. Then for 

 some weeks the bees were comparatively 

 idle. 



Next came the wild red-raspberry, which 

 usually furnishes a large amount of de- 

 licious honey. But the freezing weather 

 above-mentioned killed so many of the 

 raspberry buds that the yield from this 

 source was much less than usual. 



The first-plant to yield honey in abun- 

 dance was epilobium, sometimes called 

 " fireweed." The bees began on it early in 

 July, and continued to gather honey from 

 it for over six weeks. Epilobium honey is 

 as white and palatable as that stored from 

 white clover. 



A few days before the epilobium went 

 out of bloom the golden-rod blossomed in 

 great abundance, and lasted until cold 

 weather closed the labors of " the little 

 busy bee " for the season. 



I might add that during the mouth of 

 July my bees had access to the blossoms of 

 some eight acres of cranberry vines, but I 

 think little honey was gathered from them, 

 although persevering efforts seemed to be 

 made to extract sweets therefrom. 



Usually in this vicinity honey is gathered 

 from the bloom of the huckleberry, the 

 swamp maple fa shrub growing to the 

 height of 15 or 20 feet), and the basswood, 

 but the past season all these were failures. 

 The dandelion and wild strawberry were a 

 little help in their season. 



My bees went two miles, or over, for epi- 

 lobium. The golden-rod was abundant all 

 around them. D. C. Leach. 



Walton, Mich. 



Hive ftuestion Solved for Himself. 



My crop for IS94 was 7,000 pounds — 700 

 pounds of comb and the rest extracted — 

 from 50 colonies, and increased to S3. I 

 wintered and springed 72. secured in 1895 

 (3,300 pounds— 1,200 pounds of comb, and the 

 rest extracted, and increased to 113 colo- 

 nies. They are wintering finely in a saw- 

 dust-packed building. 



I have solved the hive question to my 

 satisfaction. The S-frame is just right, ex- 

 actly for a hen's-nest. but for bees I want 

 nothing smaller than 13 frames for ex- 

 tracted, and for comb I use the divisible 

 hive, with 1(5 frames 6x17^. These hives 

 give me good satisfaction, but I don't like 

 to handle them. They are banging frames, 

 ;=4-inch top-bar, with '4 -inch space between 

 — very little trouble with burr-combs. I 

 have no trouble with queens going from 

 one story to the other. 



Ono, Wis., Jan. IS. W. H. Young. 



Results of the Past Season. 



My report for the year 1895 is as follows : 

 About l.SOO pounds of extracted honey 

 from about 55 colonies here at Eldora ; 

 about 1,200 of basswood and GOO of buck- 

 wheat — all of excellent quality. My 40 col- 

 onies that were in Jasper county did not do 

 as well, only producing about 900 pounds 

 of surplus honey. 



I sell my basswood honey at 12'.^' cents, 

 and buckwheat honey at 10 cents a pound. 

 I moved my bees from Jasper county here 

 by railroad about Nov. 20; waited a few 

 days for them to have a flight before put- 

 ting them into the cellar, but had to put 

 them into winter quarters without having 

 a flight. Those here I put in in nice condi- 

 tion, but left them stopped up a short time, 

 waiting for the other bees to have a flight. 

 (I loosened the sticks so they could get ven- 

 tilation.) I think that I never had so many 

 bees to take up from the bottom of the cel- 

 lar as this winter. I lay it to those moved 

 not having a cleansing flight after moving, 

 and leaving those here at home stopped up 

 a few days after putting into the cellar. 

 The bees seem to be doing pretty well (with 

 the exception of too many dead bees on 

 the bottotn of the cellar). I put 88 colonies 

 into winter quarters. 



Should nothing happen to the white 

 clover from now on, I think that we will 

 get some clover honey next summer. I 



CARI^OADS 



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Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

 ping-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 i^j and Everything used iu the 

 \ ■ ' Bee-Industry. 



' ■ '■ ', I want the name and address 



1 ;, , : of every Bee- Keeper in i\iuer- 



.V-^,-____!;.:,^;- ica. No reason why you can- 

 -- "-.i- ^ not do fjusiness with me. I have 

 Cheap Lumber aud Experienced Workmen : 

 a good Water Power Factory and hnow how 

 toruuit. I am supplying Dealers as well as 

 consumers. Why not you? Send for Cata- 

 logues, Quotations, etc. W. H. PUTNAM, 

 IK River Falls, Pierce Co.. Wis. 



WOVEN Wil FENCE 



(Ovt^r "iO StviesiThe best on Earth. Hor^e hit-ii, I 

 «verauaTyn,s.ij,^^lj strong-, Pit- and Chicken I 

 tit?ht. Yuucan make from 401 

 to 60 rods per day for from \ 



14 to 22c. a Rod. 



Illustriited fatalot--iic Free. 



KITSELMAN BROS., 

 Ridgeville, - Indiana. 



4 8 Etf m&ntiAm U<r, a yurican Bee juunuu.. 



WANTED— 200 Colonies of Bees and 

 4-Frame Nuclei, ou Simplicity or Hoff- 

 man frames, in exchange for Supplies, to he 

 shipped either from here or Medina. Ohio. Send 

 lor(;atalogto-GEO. E. HII.TON, 

 4E4t Fke.aiont, Mich. 



Mention the American Bee Journal. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR SALE. 



Ifllrlilgan Orown Plants are tbe Best. 



BuBACH, Parker Earle, Haverland, War- 

 field AND Jessie. 

 Vigorous Plants of the above well-known va- 

 rieties, shipped direct from the Nursery- 

 Lake View Fruit Farm, Gibson, Mich. 100, 

 $1.00 ; 200, 81.50, postage paid. Special price 

 on large quantities. Address, 



€HA»>. N. TRIVE!«S, ITIanaser, 



G3."i Chicago Stock E.whange, - Chicago, III, 



6 E 4 1 Mention the American Bee luwmal. 



WANTED— By a young man (23) a posi- 

 tion in a good apiary, or apiary and small 

 fruit or gardening business combined, prefer- 

 ably South and near this State, tor 1 he coming 

 season. Has already had good experience 

 with bees, and is willing, serviceable, and ac- 

 tive. Would appreciate a good home and a 

 generous employer. Is an e.vperienced clerk, 

 with good references. Address. 

 6E4t C. C. DOOBI^V, Alphln, Va. 

 Wlention the American Bee Journal, 



Bees, Queens, Kuelei collnTil^sln: ISS 



Two-Frame Nuclei, with a Choice Warranted 

 Queeu, at $2.50 each. Special prices on large 

 orders furnished. LEININGER BKOS, 

 6Etf Ft. Jennings, Ohio, 



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We manufacture a complete line of Incubators, J 

 i Brooders and Poultry Api>liauces (.iuide and Cata- f 



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Please mention this Jouruiil. 



Italian Bees for Sale. 



Prices will be as follows. 



One Colony $6.00 



Five Colonies '.iS.OO 



Teu " 50.00 



Each Colony will contain one of my $2.00 

 Queens. 



NUCLEUS COLONIES. 



Any size from One frame up. Select Tested 

 Queens, $2.00 each, or Two for $3.00. Breed- 

 ing Queens, $3,00 to $.3.00. Address, 

 F. A. CKOWEI,L, 

 8E2t GKANGEK, Fill. Co., MINN. 



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