1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



253 



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MIXED PA1NT5 



At WHOL.ESA 1.E PKICES, Delivered FKF.E 

 For Houses, Barns, Roots, all colors, and SA\ K Dealers 

 prolits. In use G4 years. Endorsed by Grange & Farmers 

 Alliance. Low prices will surprise you. Write for Samples. 

 0. W. INGERSOLL, 289 Plymouth St., Brooklyn. N. V. 

 12 A13 Mentton tr^e. ^merwan Bee Tournai 



momSmmmS 



We bave killed hisrh prices. Give me u, trial 

 order and be convinced that, good Queens can 

 be reared lor 50 cts. each. Untested, 50 cts.; 

 Tested, 75 cts. Golden Italians. 3-Bauded I- 

 talians, and Silver-Gray Carniolans, all the 

 same price. Best of References given. 



C. B. BAIVHSTOIV, 



13Atf CHEIESMAN, Burleson Co., TEX. 

 Menttaii the American Bee Jorumvil, 



THESURRENDES OF BUFFALO. 



There are fifty eitr'n hend in Austin Corbin's great 

 parkin New Hampshire. The old bulls have a!v/ays 

 objected to separation, but as usual ""the Page'' won 

 and now divides them into fourherds. Result: Order 

 for4^i miles. 9 ft. fence, close enough to hold foxes. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



» ANSWCflir^G THIS ADveRTlSewe'*' 



ITIOH THIS JOLiHNAi. 



We did not know that such Good 

 Cioodii could lie sold so lo\v as the 



HIGGINSVILLE 

 SUPPLIES 



just received, We did know th.it 

 Comb Foundation could be sold 

 cheaper, and consequenllv started 

 the reductions, and have just made 

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\gf~ A 32-page Catalogue of everything you 

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Des Moines 



t fncubat-or Co. 

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successfulI 



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[Our magniticent £ 

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 ^^ giving full in- 2 

 ^^:sSf^ formation re- J 

 carding artificial* 

 Hatching & Brooding 2 

 and treatise on poul- J 

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DCCS, VJUCCIIS, llUClCI coming season', 500 

 Two-Frame Nuclei, with a Choice Warranted 

 Queen, at $2.50 each. Specliil prices on large 

 orders furnished. LEININGER BROS, 

 6Etf Ft. .lE.NNiNGs, Ohio. 



When ANSwERirtG this advertisement, mentioi this journal. 



covered with snow at this writing, with 

 wind north. Bees are wintering in an ex- 

 cellent condition. We have had excellent 

 rains, and an unusual amount of snow, 

 which, after last summer's drouth, will no 

 doubt give a nectar-flowing season. The 

 farm gentry will hail a wet season with 

 joy and delight. 



I received 13 and l.") cents for my honey 

 crop, which retails in Battle Creek (our 

 metropolis of this county) for 18 cents per 

 pound Within a radius of three miles are 

 six lakes, with Nottawa river but two miles 

 away. Success to the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. Long may it live. 



Carson Van Blaricum. 



Ellis, Mich., March 30. 



■Wintering Bees in Vermont. 



Much has been said about wintering bees, 

 and many methods given. My method is 

 very much like many others. I winter 

 them on the summer stands, in hives called 

 the " Bristol." The hive itself is in a case, 

 so the sun never strikes it. For wintering. 

 I pack sawdust around the hive. I take off 

 the top-board, and lay three or four sticks 

 across the frames, put a cloth over them, 

 and several thicknesses of sacking, then 

 cover with sawdust six or seven inches. 

 The bees can pass freely over the frames. 

 I do not like to have the sun warm up the 

 hives, for it often causes the bees to fly out 

 when the atmosphere is too cold for them, 

 and thus causes the loss of great numbers 

 by being chilled down. 



I frequently set wide boards in front of 

 the hives in sunny days, to prevent the sun 

 from warming them up to their destruc- 

 tion. When the general temperature is 

 high enough, is soon enough for them to 

 fly. It often happens that the sun warms 

 them so as to start them out when there 

 are cold currents that they will strike in 

 flight, and which chills them many rods 

 away. E. L. HoLijEN. 



North Clarendon, Vt., March 20. 



Vaccination. 



Discussions — moderate and immoderate — 

 have been long, loud and continuous re- 

 garding vaccination, the opposition claim- 

 ing that evil results frem vaccination have 

 far out-weighed its protective influence. 

 And this has been true under certain condi- 

 tions, as, for instance, when the virus (or 

 crust) from some vaccinated person has 

 been used, or a stale point of vaccine-lymph 

 has been inoculated. But it may be ac- 

 cepted as good theory that, beyond ques- 

 tion, nothing has yet been found to protect 

 against the usual ravages of small-pox as 

 fresh, pure vaccine-virus, obtained from 

 the healthy heifers— the animal generally 

 used for the propagation of the virus. 



It is supposed by many that the matter 

 taken from a baby's vaccinated arm is 

 harmless, and the best, but this is a serious 

 mistake, as its system may be as danger- 

 ously contaminated as that of the parents. 



100 State St., Chicago. Dr. Peiro. 



Calls It a "One-Sided Betrothal." 



At this late hour I will make an attempt 

 to express myself in regard to the (what 

 seems to me) one-sided betrothal, between 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion and the National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



It seems that the latter has had a most 

 successful existence now for 11 years, and 

 to-day, under excellent management, 

 stands " cock o' the roost." And to think 

 of it, according to the list before me (the 

 Annual Report for 1895) the total member- 

 ship is 242 1 And a total balance on hand 

 of .$771.29. 



The only complaint that I have to make 

 is, that the compensation (so exceeding 

 small, and out of proportion to the benefits 

 derived) to our able Manager has not been 

 greater. I suggest to the members (since 

 reading the last Report) that all dues for 

 1896 be forwarded to our Manager, and pre- 



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IJEITRY L. MlLl-ER, 



355 Shawnee Ave , Topeka, Kan. 



1 A 1 8 1 Meiition the A merican Bee Journal. 



COMB FOUNDATION! 



Wax always wanted for Cash or in E.'ichanfre 

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 llshed on Lotv Prices and the merit of my 

 Foniidailou. Orders filled proiupti}'. 



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13A4t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



IIAYPV ^^6 have a large amount of Pure 

 lIUlILl No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 

 Vr|?l4 Of those great honej'-producinir plants 

 iSfiEilf —Alfalfa and Cleome or Kocky Moun- 

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Ua«« h(i^ ^«r*inP WJi«TaQted the best, sim- 

 DOSN Ulilj-t^Miiptj plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 50 eta. It can be returned at our expense 

 if it is 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 ^V.^Ilr'aZ'wS^ 



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

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb lione.v. Address, 



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 353 eth East St.. SALT LAKE CITi'. UTAH. 

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