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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 



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ORIGIML 



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BINGHAM 



BeeSznoker 



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Wonderful 

 Record ! 



V Have Lasted 



''''''— BEST ON EARTH. 



Alfraj-s Give Perfect Satisfaction. 



My cool Wire Handle and Bent Nose 

 were patented 1892, are the original, 

 mj' best invention since my open or di- 

 rect draft Patent. 1878. that revolu- 

 tionized Bee-Smol;ers. My Handle and 

 Nose Patent bent all the other smofeer 

 noses. None but Bingham Smokers 

 have all the best improvements. It 

 you buy genulue Biii^liatu Smo- 

 kers and Honey-Knives vou will 

 never regret it. The " Doctor,'"' Ji-lneh 

 larger than any other smoker on the 

 market— 3 !4-inch stove, by mail. $1.50 

 Conqueror, 3 •' '■ ■• 1.10 



Large. 2i4-in- " "' 1.00 



Plain, 2-in. " " .70 



Little Wonder, 2-in.. wt. 10 oz. .60 

 Biiigliam * Hftheriogton Honpf-Knives, 80 cents. 

 T. F. BINGHA.II, Farivell, Mich. 

 7Atf Mention the Bee Journal. 



Promptness Is Wliat Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 > thing that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 I Goods at Root's Prices, and the 

 1 best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. "Cata- 

 logue Free. 



li62Mass.Ave. "alter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mtiition the American Ber. Journal. 



The Patent Wood-Veneer Fonndation, 



Bee-keepers should give it a test, and my All- 

 Wax Foundation. I will guarantee there is no 

 better made Now is the the time to send wax 

 to be worked up. Send for Samples and Cata- 

 log with low prices. Wax wanted at 30e cash. 



AUG. WEISS, Hurtunville, Wis. 

 12A13t Please mention tiie Bee Journal. 



Mention the .American Bee Journal, 



PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOR 



Has No Sag in Rrood-Frames 



Tliin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Bas So Flstbone in tbe SnrplBS Honey. 



Being the cleanest 1b nsnally workea 

 the quickest of any Foundation made 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 



Sole Manufacturers, 

 opront Brook MontKOmery Co., N. T. 



Me-rttic-?, the Anuri'yj/r. Bee Jmimal 



BEGINNERS. 



Beginners should have a copy of 'the 

 Amateur Bee-Keeper, a 70-page book by 

 Prof. J, W. House. Price 25 cents; if 

 sent by mail. 28c. The little book and 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live, pro- 

 gressive 28-page monthly journal) one 

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

 or 



IiK A HT MFG. CO., HigginsviUe, Mo. 

 Mention tlic Amcriaui Bee Journal. 



Will Produce 



PERFECT FRUiT^ 



Wetellyooall about eprayinR aii. 

 care of fruit in Our 32-pg. lllust^ate^ 

 book— free. Our Pumps and J.'ozzle 

 vin hJEhest honors in every t^st.J 

 The Detjiing Co., Salem, O.'. 



Mention the A.merlcan Bee JounujJm 



account of removing the bees so much 

 farther from the brood, but with a hive full 

 of bees, and plenty of hone^ in the fields to 

 gather, I do not think they are particular 

 about going I4 or -^ of an inch farther to 

 store their honey, and without the above 

 conditions I fail to get much work done in 

 tbe supers. 



Mountain Laurel.— I have seen a great 

 deal of late in the bee-papers about moun- 

 tain laurel and poisonous honey. I don't 

 know that I can say anything that will 

 throw any light upon the subject, but we 

 have plenty of laurel here; the leaves are 

 very poisonous— it answers to the descrip- 

 tion of the plant given by Novice, on page 

 146, with the exception of its growing on 

 wet ground. It grows here exclusively on 

 dry ridges, and quite plentifully within 50 

 or 60 rods of ray apiary. When in full 

 bloom it is very beautiful. People come 

 quite a distance to gather the flowers, but I 

 have never heard of any one being injured 

 by eating honey in this vicinity. In tact, 1 

 do not remember having ever seen a honey- 

 bee working on laurel. I have often won- 

 dered if they ever did work on it. Now my 

 attention has been more particularly 

 drawn to it, I will take a little more notice 

 the coming season, and see what I can 

 learn. 



But is it possible for a bee to gather and 

 store a poisonous article, without its being 

 injured by it .' I think not. and I shall 

 always believe, until more positive proof 

 has been brought forward, that those peo- 

 ple were made sick from some other cause 

 than eating honey. I think we can safely 

 trust to the instinct of the bee without fear 

 of being poisoned by eating honey which 

 they have gathered. Animal instinct is 

 very acute in discriminating between the 

 wholesome and unwholesome plants. 



We have had cattle rimning among it for 

 several years, and during the past dry sea- 

 sous, when everything was parched to the 

 earth, and every other bush and shrub was 

 browsed down, the green leaves of the 

 laurel were passed by untouched by them. 

 In a very few extreme cases, when the 

 ground had for a long time been cov- 

 ered with snow, and their desire for some- 

 thing green got tbe better of their judg- 

 ment. I have known sheep to be injured by 

 browsing the leaves. A. D. Watson. 



Mansfield. Pa.. March 9. 



Winter Problem Solved. 



I have been experimenting with alfalfa, 

 white and Alsike clover, and buckwheat, 

 on an extensive scale for the last 15 years. 

 I have solved the wintering problem and 

 the pollen-theory humbug to my own satis- 

 faction. I have also succeeded in reariug a 

 queen in December, aud had her fertilized. 

 I am sorry to state that my bees, that are 

 on the summer stands, are as full of brood 

 as they ought to be by the middle of April 

 or first of May. I. C. Niemollek. 



Tarnor, Neb., Feb. -38. 



From a Maryland Bee-Man. 



The more I read every page of the grand 

 old American Bee Journal, the worse bee- 

 fever I get. I would have it if it cost me 

 S2.50. I talk it up to every one who has a 

 few bees. 



I had 12 colonies and bought 10 about one 

 month ago, and have them not at home. I 

 am three miles from the mountain, and one 

 mile from the Potomac river, where there 

 are lots of blue thistle. 



I noticed in the Bee Journal that farmers 

 could not keep bees and make them a suc- 

 cess. No kid-glove farmer can grow wheat 

 or corn, or raise stock if he doesn't give 

 them proper attention, and he will say 

 farming doesn't pay. I can say farming 

 does pay. It pays me about 10 per cent. If 

 you don't attend to bees properly, like 

 stock, they won't pay. 



I saw in last week's Bee Journal that a 

 Chicago bee-keeper has bees in a log that he 

 got on the World's Fair grounds, and he 

 values it very highly because it was cut on 



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Mention the American Bee JoumaJ. 4Al3t 

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That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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

 for his 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



NEW MAMMOTH POULTRY 



GUIDE showing colored plate of chickens 

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 JOHN BAUSCHER, JR.. Box 94 Freeport, lUa. 

 12A7t Mention the American BeeJournaL 



Kansas Bee - Keepers ! 



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*ioaS'of " Higgiiisville Bee-Supplies " 



just received. Get my C-iTALOGtjE. 



riE:XRY L. MILLER, 



355 Shawnee Ave , Topeka. Kan. 



lAlSt Mention the American Bee Journal, 



COMB FOUNDATION! 



Wax alwaj's wanted for Cash or in Excbangie 

 for Fdu. or other Supplies. My trade is estab- 

 lished ou liOiv Prices and the merit of my 

 Foiiiidaiioik. Orders filletl |>roui[>lly. 



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ive her strengtli. save 

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AKER dish' 

 WASHER. 



It is a marvel of ] 



simidicity a n d ^ 



ivoiider for utility 



Washes, rlnce::!* ' 



._ 'Iries & polishes I 



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Lasts a lifetime. | 



It sells quickly. ' 



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^The Quaker Novelty Co. Salem, Ohio. ^ 



13A4t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



We have a large amount of Pure 

 No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 

 Of those great honey-producing plants 

 —Alfalfa and Cleome or Kocli:y Moun- 

 tain Honey-Plant. Alfalfa seed at 7 cts. a lb. 



Raw« hpA PW^nnA Warranted the best, sim- 

 UUaS UtjC"CS\jajFC plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 lor 50 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

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

 Kscape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive ru*p'er''a''ad w.-c'ife'^ 



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

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey. Address, 



E. S. I^OVESV &. CO., 

 355 6th East St.. SALT LAKE OlXr, UTAH. 

 Mention the American Ber JovmOL 9Atf 



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