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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 



Largest F actory ti°e West Go?d^p^fs^|Aif^c-es 



READ THIS— Mr. Keyes says: The 100 rounds of Extra-Thin Foundation you sent usl is 

 superior to anything- he ever saw; and I think the same. R. L. TtJCKER, Wewahitclilia. Fla. 



Dear Sirs: — The Sections came duly to hand. Indeed, they are very nice. Yes, sir: they 

 are as good as the best. Charles H. Thies, SteelevlUe. Illinois. 



Leahy Mfg. Co. :— I have received the bill of goods. I must say they are the choicest lot of 

 Hive-Stuff 1 have ever received from any place. I admire the smoothness of your work, and 

 your close selection of lumber. Yours ver.v truly. O. K. Olmstead. Orleans. Nebr. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections arrived in due time, and are all O. K. so far as examined. They 

 are simply perfection. 1 can't see how you can turuish such goods at such low prices. I hope 

 you may live long and do well. Yours respectfully. Z. S. WE.iVER. Courtney, Tex. 



Gents:—! received the " HigginsviUe Smoker " all O. K. It's a dand.v: please find enclosed 

 stamps for another. Yours truly. Otto Endeks, Oswegathe, N. Y. 



Gentlemen:— 1 have bought Supplies from nearly all the large manufacturers by the car- 

 load, and 1 must say yours are as good as the best. Indeed, la many lines they are the best. 

 It Is a pleasure to handle them. E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Illinois. 



The above unsolicited testimonials are a fair sample of hundreds we receive. 



Our prices are reasonable and the '* HigginsviUe Goods " are the best. 

 The ''HlgglnKville " (ioods are for sale by the following parties : 



Chas. H. Thies. Steelville, ill. E. T. Flanagan. Belleville, 111. 



Henry L. Miller. Topeka. Kans. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Arkansas. 



J. W. Rouse & Co.. Mexico, Mo. P. J. Thomas, Fredonia, Kans. 



And by a number of others. 



If you need a Carload of Supplies, or only a Bee-Smoker, write to us. Remember, we are 

 here to serve you. and will, if you give us a chance. A BeHtitit'iil Cataloa^tie Free, 



Address, LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO., HiGSINSVILLE. MO. 



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 1896 Catalog of 36 pages free. 



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(im do the work of four 

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 in<:. Gaining-. Dadoing, 

 Edging-up. Jointinsr Stuff, 

 oil-. Full Liueof Foot and 

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$1.50 a M. 3 M, $4.25. 

 These are not Seconds, but perfect Sections. 

 As the.v are not up to our present high stan- 

 dard, we wish to close them out. Sample free. 

 Widths- 7-to foot, I 15-16 in., and 2 in. 

 ' Catalog of Been A: Supplies FKEE. 



101 



I. J. STRIIVGHAIU, 



Park Place. NEW YORK, N. T. 



MOVED TO LARGER QUARTERS ! 



In order to take care of the business properly at this Branch, we have moved to 1 IS Mlc-lil- 

 gan St., [3rd Floor], within two blocks of the Northwestern Passenger station, where we've 

 secured larger quarters, making ample room for a Full .Issoriiueiit. Send along vour or- 

 ders, remembering that we guarantee satisfaction, and at prices as low as the best iiu'ality of 

 Goods can be furnished for. Special Prices on a lot uf Stock we are closing out. Send for 

 Catalog and a List of Goods at Special Prices. 



In order to close them out quickly we offer some good Sections, for the next 30 days, or 

 while they last, at these special prices ; 



White Sections, ■l^xi'H. 

 25,000 7-to-ft. at these low prices -1,000 for SI. 75; 2.000 for S3. DO; 5,000 for J7. 00 



We also have a stock of Triangular Top Langstroth Frames at these Special prices: 

 100 for $1.00; 300, $2.70; 500, $4.00; 1000, $7.00. 



On all freight orders of 85 or less, at this Branch, please add 2oc. for cartage. Catalogue Free. 



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 Cold-Blast Smokers, 



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For Circulars, apply to Cras. F. Muth & Sos. 

 Cor. Freeman & Central Aves., Cincinnati, O. 

 Send 10c for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepere. 



A Barffain-EARLY QUEENS. 



119 Colonies Italian Bees in Chaff Hives: two 

 acres land: good house; excellent well. 

 Early Clueeiis— Tested, $1.50 ; Untested. 



73c. E. L. CARUINGTON, 



llAlt PBTTUS, Bee Co., TEX. 



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A Good Colorado Report. 



I traded a hog for two colonies of bees in 

 February, IS9.3. I never had any use for 

 bees prior to that time. That summer I re- 

 ceived from one hive 96 pounds of comb 

 honey; from the other 6 pounds, and no 

 swarms. The spring o£ 1894 I had them 

 transferred to new S-frame hives, and they 

 cast 7 swarms. Then I went into those two 

 hives and cut out 'J queen-cells, leaving a 

 queen in each hive. I got 300 pounds of 

 comb honey that season. 



Last year the 9 colonies ran up to 28, 

 when I again went "queen-hunting," and 

 got — well, I never stopped to count them, 

 but I had all our glasses, teacups, etc., full 

 of queens, and then some left over. I sold 

 20 colonies for -SUJO to one man. one colony 

 to another for .*7.00, and sold 3.50 pounds o£ 

 honey from the 7 colonies left. As it rained 

 a great deal last summer, it cut our honey 

 crop short. My bees are in fine condition 

 now. and with the assistance of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal I hope to do some good 

 work in the near future in the bee-business. 

 A. O. Konxs. 



Rocky Ford, Colo., Feb. 22. 



The Enemies of Bees. 



flarris, in his work, "The Honey-Bee," 

 says, " Although the Greeks credited the 

 swallow with being a robber of apiaries, we 

 have no reason to charge "«)• swallows with 

 the same crime." No. not our pretty little 

 friend that builds under the eaves; but in 

 many parts of the world there is a far 

 larger species of swallow, known here as 

 the " wind swallow." and probably existing 

 in California, and generally in warm lati- 

 tudes. The way t/i< ij go for bees is a cau- 

 tion! Two or three times a day a flock of 

 them comes to my apiary for a meal. They 

 are very daring, and most difficult to shoot, 

 for they dart over the hives with the 

 rapidit3' of lightning, and the loud and fre- 

 quent snap! snap! as the poor bees are 

 caught in their beaks, drives the helpless 

 bee-keeper almost to distraction. At much 

 cost of time and powder I have managed 

 lately to bring down three of these auda- 

 cious rascals, and have found as many as 

 20 bees in the stomach of one! Nor does 

 shooting scare them away ; they will gwoop 

 backwards and forwards over the hills till 

 they have had their fill. 



The swallow— or at least the larger 

 species of this bird — is about the bee-keep- 

 er's biggest enemy ! Let apiarists in warm 

 latitudes (where all of the swallow tribe 

 may hitherto have been regarded as harm- 

 less) make a note of this, and when found 

 make a note, if he can, of the swallow, too. 



I am about to get up a shooting party, of 

 which each member will pay, say a dollar, 

 into the pool, the slayer of the greatest 

 number to take the same. The flock visit- 

 ing my apiary consume at least 1,000 bees a 

 day. and probably vastly more! 



Another enemy of the bee is the Bee! 

 " Bee's cruelty to bee, makes countless 

 thousands kick." But I am happy to say 

 that since I have adopted the pauit cure, 

 robbing in my yard is a thing of the past. 

 I open and expose hives and combs with 

 impunity whether honey be coming in or 

 not; but accompanying me in my rounds is 

 the indispensable paint-pot; as soon as the 

 work is done, and the hive closed, the 

 brush (/("/ tuo wri) is drawn two or three 

 times over the flight board, and just above 

 the flight hole, and no robbers trouble after 

 that — even let them have begun an attack 

 and be crowded about the entrance as 

 thick — well. " as thick as thieves," a dab of 

 the paint-brush at once sends them ofl: 

 about their business, nor do they return. I 

 find this a simple and most efficacious 

 remedy for robbers, and worth many times 

 my annual subscription to the American 

 Bee Journal, in which a year or two ago I 

 happened to see it mentioned. 



Another enemy of the bee — in his own 



