1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



267 



Largest Factory ti°e West Go?d°^p^!7|dg^ces 



READ THIS— Mr. Keyes says: The 100 pounds of Extra-Thin Foundation you sent usUs 

 superior to anything he ever saw; and I thinlj the same. R. L. Tucker, Wewahitchlsa, 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, SteeieviUe, 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 very truly. O. K. Oi.mstead. 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 furnish such goods at such low prices. I hope 

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



Gents:— I received the "Higglnsvllle Smolder " all O. K. It's a dandy; please find enclosed 

 stamps for another. Yours truly. Otto En debs, Oswegathe, N. Y. 



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

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

 It is a pleasure to handle them. E. T. PLAN.ioAN, Belleville, Illinois. 



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



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

 Tlie '* Higginsville " Goods are for sale by the following parties : 



Chas. H. Thies, Steelville, ill. B. T. Flanagan. Uelleviile. 111. 



Henry L. Miller. Topelia. Kans. B. A. Seeiey, Bloomer, Arkansas. 



J. W. House & Co.. Mexico, Mo. P. J. Thomas. Fredonla. Kans. 



Fulton & Gregg, Garden City, Kans. W. J. Finch, Jr., Springfield, III. 



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 Beaatit'iil Catalogue Free. 



Address, LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HIGGINSVILLE, MO. 



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CHEAPER THAN EVER 



And everything needed in the apiary. 

 1896 Catalog of 36 pages free. 



OEO. E. IIILTOX, 



13Atf FREMONT, MICH. 



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Dadaiif s Foundation 

 =^= in Cliicaa ! 



No other Goods kept here. 



Send for Prlce-List, 



CHAS, DADANT ^k; SON, 



118 Michigan St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



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ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION <=°"^i;,':a^'°n 



t'au do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, in 

 Ripping, Cutting-ofl, Mi- 

 tring, Raljbeting, Groov- 

 ing, Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edging-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery 

 Sold on Trial. Catalo^oe Free. 

 SENECA FALLS IflFC. CO., 

 46 Water St., SENECA FALLS. N. Y 



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$1.50 a M. 3 M, $4.25. 

 These are not Seconds, but perfect Sections. 

 As they are not up to our present high stan- 

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

 Widths— 7-to-foot, 1 15-16 in., and 2 in. 

 Catalog of Bees A: Supplies FREE. 



I. J. STRIIVOHAH, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK, N. Y. 



MOVED TO LARGER QUARTERS ! 



In order to take care of the business properly at this Branch, we have moved to 1 18 miclii- 

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

 secured larger quarters, making ample room for a Full Assorlnient. Send along your or- 

 ders, remembering that we guarantee satisfaction, and at prices as low as the best quality 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. 



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

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

 On all freight orders of $5 or less, at this Branch, please add 25c. for cartage. Catalogue Free. 

 The A. I. ROOT CO., 118 Michigan SI., CHICAGO, II.I,, 



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Ceo. W. York, Mgr. 



MDTH'S 



HOITET EXTBACTOB 



PERFECTION 



Cold-Blast Smokers, 



Square Glass Honey Jars, Etc. 



For Circulars, apply to Chab. F. Muth & SON, 

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

 Send 10c for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



TEXAS QUEENS. 



If you are in need of Queens, let me have 

 your order. Price-List Free. 



8A26t J, D. niVENS, lilsbon, Tex. 



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C^cr)cra\ Hcn}s^ 



Successful Wintering. 



On Nov. U and 13, 1895, I put 118 colonies 

 of bees into my wintering-house, and to- 

 day I have removed the last of them to 

 the summer stands, not having lost a single 

 colony of the number. I have two house- 

 apiaries away from home, that have win- 

 tered nearly as well. The brood-chambers 

 in my home-apiary are 12 by 13 inches, in- 

 side measure, and 10 inches high. 



W. J. Davis, 1st. 



Youngsville, Pa., March 38. 



An Experience with Bees. 



This is the third season that I have kept 

 bees. I caught my first and second swarms 

 in nail-kegs and transferred to frame hives, 

 and wintered them on the summer stands. 

 My frames are 13i,,'xll inches, 10 to a hive, 

 and as yet I have no reason to change. 

 Last winter I packed my six colonies on the 

 summer stands with leaves — about 3 inches 

 on the sides, and about T or 8 inches on top 

 of the cover, and they are all alive now. 

 From my two colonies, spring count, I ex- 

 tracted .53 pounds of honey, and have about 

 40 nice extracting-frames with comb in 

 them. My bees are blacks, hybrids, and I 

 have one colony of Italians. 



S. K. LnTHER. 



OIneyville, R. I., March 30. 



Bees in Louisiana. 



My bees are doing finely. I have only 5 

 colonies left; two came out of winter quar- 

 ters overflowing with bees, and the others 

 are very poor, but I expect to make them 

 tip-top this spring. White clover is in 

 abundance here; the peach and plum have 

 bloomed. Bees gathered lots of nectar 

 from the peach. Honey locust is in bloom 

 now. The South is in bloom with spring 

 flowers of all kinds. Bees are working on 

 everything. One thing we have here all 

 the year around is— the infernal bee-moth. 

 Indications show that we will have a good 

 fall crop of golden-rod. Dewberry seems 

 to be the favorite flower of the bees just 

 now, as it furnishes both pollen and nectar. 

 Willow and elm are in bloom also. I ex- 

 pect to get lots of honey this year. I did 

 not get much last year. 



New Orleans, La. James B. Drurt. 



Down with Adulteration. 



Mu. Editor;— I have just read J. H. 

 Martin's article, entitled, "The Honey 

 Competition Fallacy." It is right to the 

 point. Are we not going to do something 

 about it ? Have we any laws about it '! If 

 not, are the difficulties so great in the way 

 of getting some effective laws, such as some 

 States, and Canada, have ? We want laws 

 compelling all producers or manufacturers 

 of articles of food to label truly the consti- 

 tuents of everything offered for sale, with 

 heavy penalties for violations. Let our 

 "big guns " boom the alarm, and do so in 

 such a way as to wake everybody up to 

 their senses. 



You will remember I sent you a sample 

 of honey, for your opinion on it. A man 

 calling himself J. C. Hogarth, of California, 

 has been on the line of the Rock Island 

 railroad selling so-called California honey 

 in .'"lO-pound cans, at whatever price he can 

 get. An Ottawa firm, that had bought 100 

 pounds from him, found that their custo- 

 mers, who were used to my honey, would 

 not buy it; they had to dispose of it the 

 best they could, and return to mine. It is 

 some of that honey I sent you. Now, who 

 is J. C. Hogarth ? Can somebody vouch 

 tor him ? Some of our leaders, or would- 

 be leaders, have advised us to keep still on 

 the subject. I think it bad advice. We 

 should never keep still until we have stilled 

 the adulterators, or at least until we have 



