1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



269 



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-BEE-KEEPING IN- 



CALIFOKNIA, OREGOW, WASHINGTON, NEVADA, 



IDAHO, UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO. 



All Easterners should keep in " touch " 



on the •• Land of Sunshine "—the 



COMING BEE-LAND. 



Address, 



PACIFIC BEE-aOlJRI^AI>, 



365 East Second Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 



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

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

 shoiv you the best hive iruide. 



Satisfaction guaranteed. Say how to ship, 



and send on your 



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



EMERSON T. ABBOTT, ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



That Q,ueen-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 us7«s( one new name for the American Bee Journal a year (with $1.00), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Clipping Device free of charge. Or, the Queen-Clipping Device 

 will be sent postpaid for .50 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. 37) 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 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



The Patent Wood-Veneer Foundation. 



Bee-beepers should ffive it a test, and my All- 

 Wax Foundation. T will guarantee there is no 

 better made, as six years ago I discarded the 

 old way of dipping lor 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. Mend for San^.ples and Cata- 

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

 or 33c trade, deliverea. 



AUG. WEISS, Hortonville, Wis. 

 12A13t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



¥1 n I ■'^O Colonies of Bees, in Lang- 



widT \HW stroth 10-frame hives. Will 

 E "1 Kjllilv deliver on cars here, at $3.50 

 each. J. ir. HOWELL, 



15A7t KENTON. TENN. 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



otti lOR 25tti 501) 



AUIke Clover $.70 $1.25 $.3.00 $5.75 



SweetClover 75 1.40 ,'?.25 6.00 



WhiteClover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 .3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .20 .35 .90 1.25 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, lor cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



-FIRST-CLASS BEE-SUPPLIES- 



at Hock-Bottom Prices. Send for Catalog 

 to W. J. STAHMANIS, 



l-lA4t WEAVER, MINN. 



Extracted Honey for Sale ! ! 



The beautiful, white Willow-Herb Honey, 

 in 60-lb. cane, f. o. b. Chicago, at 8 cents per 



pound. 2 cans (120 lbs,) In a box. Single can. 

 8^ cts. per pound. 



Sample of the honey mailed on receipt of 

 10 cts. This hoiicy will give entire satisfac- 

 tion, and is guaranteed strictly pure Michigan 

 WlUow-Herb honey. Better order at once, 

 and begin to work up a trade before the new 

 crop comes on. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS 



W. H. BRIGHT'S 



CIRCULAR FOR 1896, describes everythinn- 

 needed in the apiary. Bees, Queens, Hives, 

 Sections, Spraying Pumps, and Brighfs Comb 

 Foundation, sold at bottom prices. Send for 

 one free. 



AVm. H. BRIGHT, 

 17D4t MAZEPPA, MINN. 



-liEADS THEIW AtL 8 to 24!/s % — 



See reports of experiments with Comb Foun- 

 dation at the government station, Lapeer, 

 Mich. FREE— large illustrated Catalog of 

 everything needed in the apiar.v. Full of in- 

 fo) mation. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 

 5Dtf Please mention this Journal. 



explain why, and what has become of the 

 previous edition. Thirty-five thousand 

 families is what is represented by the pre- 

 vious edition, and congressmen will nat- 

 urally ask ; 



" Where are these people located, and 

 who are they ? Will it pay me, and serve 

 my interests, to countenance, or can I af- 

 ford to lose their support by ignoring their 

 rights and wishes ?" 



There is a difference of 70,000 in having 

 and not having this support. Can we as 

 bee-keepers then ignore the chance open be- 

 fore us ? There never has been as favor- 

 able an opportunity as now to put our- 

 selves in position to ask for future favors. 

 I am one of those who believe in getting all 

 I can, and keeping all I get. I am not in 

 position to apply for a pension, and I do 

 not wish to go to the penitentiary, so the 

 only thing I can get is good laws for my 

 protection and the protection of my busi- 

 ness ; and to get this favor I will not ask 

 others to do what I am not doing. 



Come, bee-keepers, and show your band. 

 Don't let the chance slip ? 



Herrington. Kans. F. W. Campbell. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I have 10 colonies of bees in good condi- 

 tion. I like the Bee Journal very much — 

 could not get along without it. 



Hennepin, 111., April 6. F. P. Ham. 



Bees Doing Finely. 



Bees are doing finely here now. I have 

 had two swarms already — March 38th and 

 30th. ERNE.ST W. Halstead. 



Ocean Springs, Miss., April 4. 



Failed to Breed Up Last Fall. 



My loss is 5 out of 11 colonies, for want 

 of breeding up last fall. No surplus last 

 year; too dry. Ezra Smith, M. D. 



Judd's Corners, Mich., April 1. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



Bees were carrying in pollen on March 31 

 — two weeks later than last spring. White 

 and Alsike clovers are looking fine. I have 

 43 colonies of bees in good condition in 10- 

 frame hives. Jacob Wirth. 



Rickel, 111., April 4. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



Bees have wintered well, and the pros- 

 pect for a honey crop is flattering. My 

 average per colony, spring count, was 43 

 pounds for last year. I have 13 colonies in 

 very good condition. I would not be with- 

 out the Bee Journal for twice its cost. 



W. E. Whittisgton. 



Benton, 111., April .3. 



Early Swarming. 



My one colony sent out a fine swarm to- 

 day. Who can beat that ? As I wasn't 

 " prepared," I had to house them in a box. 

 I think I have a fine place for bees, as there 

 is an abundance of flora of various kinds- 

 prairie flowers, shrubs and trees. There 

 has been a profusion of bloom for six weeks. 

 Mrs. M. M. Dunnegan. 



Mathias, Tex., March 31. 



Thought All Would Die. 



I have been keeping from 10 to 30 colonies 

 of bees for eight years, but last year was 

 such a poor honey year that my bees barely 

 made a living, and as I was not able to feed 

 them in the fall, I expected they would all 

 die, but a few have come through the hard 

 winter, and I cannot find it in my heart to 

 let them die now, though I am hardly able 

 to fuss with them. Miss M. I. Millar. 



Lewistou. N. Y., March 37. 



