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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 30, 



Largest Factory ti°e West Go?d°^phf7|g^ces 



READ THIS— Mr. Keyes says: The 100 rounds of Extra-Tuln Foundation you sent us Is 

 superior to anything he ever saw; and I think the same. R. L. Tuckek, Wewahitchlia, 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, SteelevlUe, Illinois. 



Leahy Mig. 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. Ol.mstead, Orleans. Nebr. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections arrived in due time, and are all O. K. so far as examined. They 

 are simply perfection. I can't see how you can turnlsh such goods at such low prices. I hope 

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



Gents:— 1 received the " Higglneville Smoker " all O. K. It's a dandy; please find enclosed 

 stamps for another. Yours truly. Otto Kndehs, Oswegathe. N. Y. 



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

 load, and 1 must sav yours are as good as the best. Indeed. In many lines they are the best. 

 It Is a pleasure to handle them. E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Illinois. 



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

 Our prices are reasonable and the " Hlgginsvllle Goods " are the best. 

 Tlie " Hlgginsvllle " GoodH are for sale by the following parties : 



Chas. H. Thies. Steelville, 111. E. T. Flanagan. Belleville. 111. 



Henry L. Miller. Topcka. Kans. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Arkansas. 



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



Fulton & Gregg, Garden City. Kans. W. J. Finch, Jr., Spriogfleid. 111. 



If you need a Carload of Supplies, or only a Bee-Smoker, write to u8. Kemember. we are 

 here to serve you, and will, if you give us a chance. A Beantiriil Catalogue Free. 



Address, LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HIGGINSVILLE, MO. 



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 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 loot, I 13-16 in., and 2 in. 

 Catalog of Bees &. Supplies FREE. 



I. J. STRINOHAM, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK. N. Y. 



:Sir: YOUNG QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL rsi^ 



From the South. Bred from our luuxhi strain of GRAY CARNIOLANS and GOL- 

 DEN ITALIANS. Untested Queen, 75 cts.; Tested, $1.50. If you want a Fine 

 Imported or a Select Tested IJrceding-Queen, or Bees by the Pound, Nuclei and 

 Full Colonies, we can furnish you ot boftojn prices. We never saw Foul Brood or 

 Bee-Paralysis. Satisfaction guaranteed. Pkice-List Free. 



F. A. LOCKHART & CO., Lake George, N. Y. 



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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 us jiixt uiie 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 ."JO 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 Midugan St., Chicago, HI. 



C^ct)cra\ licn)s^ 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



Bees in this locality are in fine condition, 

 but later than usual about swarming. They 

 are beginning to store some surplus honey. 



I am well pleased with the improvement 

 in the American Bee Journal, and think it 

 better this year than it has ever been be- 

 fore. J. B. Gkiffin. 



Cat Creek, Ga., April 14. 



Wintered Fairly Well. 



My bees have wintered fairly well, es- 

 pecially those that I wintered in the cellar. 

 I left three of my best colonies outdoors, 

 and lost two of them, and the queen out of 

 the other one, and with one or two like ex- 

 periences, I have come to the conclusion 

 that out-doors is no place for me to winter 

 bees. C. W. Germsh. 



Rochester, N. H., AprQ 15. 



Bees Eating in Winter. 



On page IflO, Mr. Cotton again requests 

 me to forward at least part of the premium 

 which was offered by me in my first article 

 on the above question. But he has failed 

 to reply to my last article. Now, if the 

 circumstances which I drew his attention 

 to, in my last, and which I asked him to 

 explain, were so insignificant that he saw 

 fit to ignore them entirely, I will treat his 

 last with the same consideration, withhold 

 the premium, and holler " Nuf," until he 

 does. D. W, Heise. 



Bethesda, Ont. 



Gelsemium for Rats. 



In answer to Mr. Pringle's inquiry, since 

 cats are barred, tell him to take the flowers 

 of the yellow jessamine (Gelsemium), and 

 put them where rats can have easy access. 

 They will be eaten greedily, and the result 

 will be sudden death, without any other 

 bait being needed. 



This may interest my friends in the 

 Southern States more than Mr. Pringle, as 

 I don't think the Gelsemium grows so far 

 north. English B. Mann. 



Wewahitchka, Fla. 



Stray Thoughts by "Bro. Ben." 



*HoNET ofFarmebBee-Eeepers.— I hard- 

 ly think that speech of F. Raucbfuss, on 

 page 181, is complimentary either to spe- 

 cialists or farmer bee-keepers. It the honey 

 of the latter is poor, why need it injure the 

 prices of the former ? As a matter of fact, 

 so far as my observation goes, the farmers' 

 honey is superior to that of some specialists. 

 This is owing to the fact that they allow 

 the bees to ripen and cap the honey before 

 it is extracted, thereby insuring a better 

 flavor. Having used this kind of honey 

 some 20 years in preference to that of 

 others, I do not speak unadvisedly. 



The Amalgamation.— If there is any 

 thoughts among bee-keepers of wishing to 

 influence legislation by the Union, there 

 should be no foreigners in it. What busi- 

 ness would American bee-keepers have in 

 Canada, trying to influence lawmakers, or 

 I'ife I'erxa / Have strictly a United States 

 Union, and make it also an Exchange, and 

 the number of members will, I believe, be 

 greatly increased. 



Let this Exchange buy up that cheap 

 farmers' honey; get all the pure honey pro- 

 duced, and they can then set a fair living 

 price, and at the same time make it impos- 

 sible for the adulterator to get in his deadly 

 work, as he cannot get honey to flavor 

 with. I verily believe a Union of this 

 kind would commend itself to a vast ma- 

 jority of bee-keepers wherever located. As 

 it is now, the benefit derived from the 



