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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 9, 



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-BEE-KEEPING IN- 



CALIFORKIA, OKEGON, WASHINGTOX, NEVADA, 



IDAHO, UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO. 



All Eusterners should keep in " touch " 

 on the ■• Land of Sunshine ' 



-the 



COMING BEE-LAND. 



Address, 



PACIFIC BKE-aOlKi^AI,, 



:)65 East Second street, LOS ANGELES. CALIF. 



That Queen-Clipping Device Free ! 



PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING OFFER : ' 



We have arranged with the inventor of the new Queen-Clipping Device (Mr. Mon- 

 ette), to offer it to our present subscribers as a Premium for getting new subscribers. 



Send us j'i.if une Jiev lunne for the American Bee Journal a year (with SI. 0(1), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Clipping Device free ; and will also send a copy of Newman's U50- 

 page book— •• Bees and Honey "—to the new subscriber. Or. the Queen-Clipping Device 

 will be sent postpaid for .")0 cts. But why not get it as a Premium by the above offer ? 

 You can't earn 50 cts. any easier. Almost every bee-keeper will want this Device. See 

 page 130 (Feb. '27) for full description of it. Complete directions accompany each one 

 sent out. It is a most ingenious and useful article. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Micliigan St., Cliicago, III. 



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$1 



Buys a "ST. JOE" hive during April only, made up, Sec- 

 tions and Starters, no paint. One only, to new customers, to 

 show you the best hive made. 



Satisfaction guaranteed. Say how to ship, 



and send on your 



$1 



Golden Wyandotte Eggs for hatching, only $1.00 for 13. 



EITfERSON T. ABBOTT, ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



Fniit ■ Plants Free ! 



ALL CHOICE VARIETIES. 



No. 1— Elpht Snyder Blackberry Plants. $1.00 



No. 'i— 50 Asparagrus Roots 1.00 



No. 3— 6 Fay Prolific Currants 1.00 



No. 4—3 Snyder Blackbery. 20 Asparag's 



Roots and 3 Fay Prolific Currants — 1 00 

 No. 5—3 Blackcap Gregg Raspberries, 3 

 Choice Red Raspberries, 12 lo'a Beau- 

 ty Strawberries and 2 Fay Pro. Cur.. 1.00 

 No. 6—4 Snyder Blackberry, 4 Golden 

 Queen Raspberry. 12 Asparagus R'ts 

 and 10 Erie Blackb'ry Root Cuttlng-s. 1.00 

 No. 7— 75 Blackberry Root Cuttings 1.00 



VnA/iiol Aff'ap —Tour choice of any one of 

 iSUClJlill VllCl the above 7 Numbers for 

 sending us one new subscriber to the Bee 



Journal tor a year at $1.00, and 15 cts. to pay 

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



- CHICAGO, ILLS 



BEES & QUEENS. 



Strong, full Colonies of Italian-Hybrid Bees, 

 in Langstroth 9-f rame hives, at $5.00 per col- 

 ony: 5 to 10 colonies, $4.75 each. Special low 

 price on larger orders. Bees are in good con- 

 dition, and are fine honey-gatherers 



Italian Queens— after May 15— Tested, $1 

 each; 6 for $5. 00; 12 for $9.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Reference -George W. York & Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



LIBERTYVILLE. ILL., 

 32 ml. northwest of Chicago, on C. M. & St. P. 

 Me?itioiv Vie American lice Jounuil. 



-FIRST-GLASS BEE-SUPPLIES- 



at Bock-Bottom Prices. Send for Catalog 

 to W. J. STAHMANN, 



14A4t WEAVER, MINN. 



Mention the American Bee Jourtiai. 



The Patent Wood-Veneer Foundation. 



Bee-kpepers should pive it- a test, and my All- 

 Wax Foundation. T will g-uarautee there is no 

 better made, as six j'ears ago I discarded the 

 old way of dipping- tor wax sheets, and a new 

 invention of my own was discovered, which 

 enables me to" make the toughest kind of 

 Foundation; also, no acid used to purify the 

 Beeswax, and it preserves the smell of honey, 

 which is more acceptable to the bees Now is 

 the the time to send wax and have it worked 

 up at low prices. Send for Samples and Cata- 

 log with low prices. Wax wanted at 31c cash, 

 or 33c trade, delivered. 



AUG. WEISS, Hortonville, Witt, 

 12A13t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Mention the jlmcrican BeeJour-naL 



For Sale 



50 ColOQies of Bees, in Lang- 

 stroth 10-frame hives. Will 

 deliver on cars here, at $3.50 

 each. J. \r. HOWEI^Ii, 



13A7t KENTON, TENN. 



Mention the A merican Bee JoumaL 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japaaese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



oft lOft 25fti 501b 



AlBlkeClover $.80 $1.35 $3.50 $6.25 



SweetClover 1.10 1.80 4.25 8.00 



WhlteClover 1.50 2.40 6.00 11.00 



Alfalfa Clover 75 1.20 3.00 5.25 



Crimson Clover 65 1.00 2.50 4.00 



Jap. Buckwheat... .30 .45 1.00 1.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



The above prices include a good, new 25- 

 cent two-bushel bag with each order. Add 25 

 cents to your order, for cartage, if wanted by 

 freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



organization which has the power at any 

 time to increase the cost of my membership 

 in the same, let the " assessment " be made 

 by the society as a whole or through its 

 Board of Managers. The manner of mak- 

 ing the ''assessment'' is of but little con- 

 cern to me, but I do most earnestly protest 

 against any provision of that kind being 

 made a part of the new constitution. I 

 hope others may offer a similar protest, 

 and that this clause may be left out. Make 

 the annual membership fee large enough to 

 cover all necessary expenses, and then 

 every member will know just what is ex- 

 pected of him or her, aud can "count the 

 cost " before joining. 

 St. Joseph, Mo. Emerson T. Abbott. 



TTnder Consumption. 



Emphatically, nnder-coiisumption, Mr. Doo- 

 little, in answer to your question on page 

 1C4. W. Harmer. 



Arcadia. Mich. 



Bees All Alive. 



My bees are all alive so far, and look 

 well. It will be about three weeks before I 

 can take them out of the cellar. 



W. J. Stevenson. 



Guelph, Ont., March 25. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



My bees have come through in fine con- 

 dition on the summer stands, although 

 they had all the cider they could store from 

 a mill in the neighborhood. I expected 

 some loss. R. S. Russell. 



Zionville, Ind., March '34. 



Report for 1895. 



My crop of honey for 1805 was 1,033 

 pounds of extracted and 45 pounds of comb 

 honey, from 19 colonies, spring count. I 

 put 3i) colonies in the cellar last fall, and 

 took them out March '25, ISOfi. I have found 

 3 colonies dead, so far. 



Geo. a. Forgekson. 



Rosemount, Minn., March '21. 



Bees in Fair Condition. 



My bees are in fair condition up to date. 

 I started in the winter with 13 colonies, one 

 of the number being a nucleus X used for 

 queen-rearing, and it was weak, but I 

 thought I would save the queen for spring, 

 but it does not pay. But I find since I was 

 a novice that some things do pay, and one 

 is, that the less I open my hives until May 

 20, the better and stronger the colonies are. 



Burns, Mich., March '20. Fred Card. 



Good Honey-Producing Region. 



In the early 40's my father was the prin- 

 cipal, and I do not know but the only, bee- 

 keeper in all the region of Columbiana, 

 Mahoning and Stark counties, O., where my 

 earliest recollection is that of the long 

 rows of boxes (hives) and bee-gums around 

 the border of the garden and through the 

 orchard, and I remember watching him 

 prepare the gums by sawing off sections 

 from a boUow sycamore log, and nailing 

 boards on the ends. I think he kept bees 

 quite extensively for those times, for I re- 

 member being told that he had at one time 

 more than a hundred colonies. 



I have kept bees in Michigan, but only a 

 few colonies, but since coming to Colorado 

 I have decided to indulge my (inherited) 

 inclinations, and have at least as many 

 colonies as my father had. We (my wife 

 and myself) now have 54 colonies, snugly 

 packed on the summer stands, and so far 

 every one is in fine condition. How the 

 next two months will serve them, I cannot 

 tell. The weather has been so warm for 

 the past two months that breeding is going 

 on at quite a rate, with some of them, it 



