1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



285 



$8.00 Worth for $2.00 ! 



Until further notice, we propose to give you 

 a chance to get some good reading-matter for 

 the long winter evenings, al taair price. 



Send us $2.00, and we will mall you your 

 choice of 83.00 worth of the following book- 

 lets, and also credit your subscription to the 

 American Bee Journal lor one year: 



Poultry for Market and Profit 25c 



Our Poultry Doctor 30c 



Turkeys for Market and Profit 25c 



Capons and Caponizlng 30c 



KuralLlfe 25c 



Preparation of Honey for the Market. .. 10c 



Bee-Pasturage a Necessity lOo 



Hive I Use, by Doolittle 5o 



Foul Brood, by Dr. Howard 25c 



Foul Brood, by Kohnke 25c 



Foul Brood, by Cheshire lOc 



Bee-Keeping for Profit, by Dr. Tinker 25c 



Kendall's Horse-Book— Eng. or German. . 25c 



SUo and Silage, by Prof. Cook 25c 



Hand- Book of Health, by Dr. Foote 25c 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush 35c 



Potato Culture, by Terry 40e 



Carp Culture, by Root & Finney 40c 



Strawberry Culture, by Terry Jc Root 40c 



Bienen Kultur, by Newman [Gormanl 40c 



Winter Problem in Bee-Keeping [Pierce] . 50c 

 Bee-Keepers' Directory, by Henry Alley. 50c 

 Advanced Bee-Culture, by Hutchinson... 50c 

 5 Honey as Food and Medicine 25e 



GEOKOr, W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



ITALIAN BEES. 



Untested Queens. 11.00. Tested, $1.25. Bees 

 by the lb . $1.00. Nuclei— Two frame, with 

 Queen, 12.50; one frame, $2.00. 



Also, Barred and White Plymouth Kock 

 Bggs for setting; $1.00 for 15. 



inrs. A. /V. simpsoiv, 



18E7t SwARTS, Pa. 



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Up to Guarantee ! ^|^ 



On June 1 I shall be prepared to ship Queens 

 of my famous 



This strain of beautiful yellow-banded Bees 



is practically non-swarming and non-stinging 



Queens, each, $1.00. Special prices by the 



dozen. Everything guaranteed. Cat'l'g free. 



18Etf WENHA M. Essex Co., MASS. 



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BEES & QUEENS. 



Strong, full Colonies of Italian-Hybrid Bees 

 In Langstroth 9-frame 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 



.."JJ?""^ Queens— after May 15-CJntested, 



$1.00 each; 6 for $5.00; 13 for $9. 00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed 

 Reference— George W. York la, Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



„„ , ^^ LIBERTyVILLE. ILL.. 



■i3 ml. northwest of Chicago, on C. M. & St. P. 



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Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can lurnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



,, „ „, 5tt. lOfli 2555 50m 



AlsikeClover $.70 $1.25 $;!.00 $5 75 



bweetClover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



White Clover 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 1.35 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Vour orders are solicited. 



QEOKaE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



etc.? I hope some one else will speak out. 



I agree with you perfectly on the value 

 of a good bee-paper to all who keep bees, 

 even if they keep but a few colonies. I have 

 so many papers that I don't get time to 

 read all of them, but since I began with the 

 American Bee Journal, I never yet have 

 failed to look over every page of "The Old 

 Reliable." 



My start in bee-keeping was small. Sev- 

 eral years ago I found a swarm on a tree, 

 and with the help of a neighbor, I took 

 them home in a box-hive; after which I 

 purchased a colony in an old-fashioned hive 

 that would leak bees at every point, and I 

 tell you it was hot work for us to get them 

 home. We went at night and plugged up 

 all the largest holes, and set the hive on a 

 sheet, tied the corners of same over the top, 

 strung it on a pole, and with this on our 

 shoulders we started on the home trip of 

 about one-fifth of a mile. Now, as the 

 night was warm, by the time we were 

 ready to start we were pretty well covered 

 with bees from the leaks in the hive — you 

 can well imagine what our experience 

 would be. As my friend was dressed in 

 thin, loose clothing, they had the best 

 chance at him, and as he led the procession 

 where I could see him, I think I had the 

 best of it; and while it was sharp work, I, 

 for one, got fun enough out of it to pay me 

 for my trouble. 



After this, swarm No. 3 went over my bee- 

 house, but after some persuasion on our 

 part, it concluded to return, and settled on 

 the body of a maple tree near the front of 

 the lawn, and were hived without trouble. 

 .Swarm No. 4 my friend H. managed to get 

 in the woods about two miles from my 

 place, and we took tbem home in a box 

 about the same way we did No. 3, except 

 that we had them fastened in this time, and 

 our fun came in going over rough woodland 

 in the night with this kind of a burden, 

 and in the answers we gave to the ques- 

 tions asked by people on the streets when 

 we got near home. 



Number 5 I found in an apple-tree while 

 taking one of my Sunday morning 

 walks; and No. (> I purchased of a neighbor 

 as it came from the hive, for .lO cents, on 

 the wing. 



This will give you an idea of my start, 

 some years ago, and I have since learned a 

 little from experience, books, papers, and 

 other bee-keepers, got into movable-frame 

 hives, paid big prices for queens, and have 

 a way of my own for wintering. If Editor 

 York sees anything in this worth printing, 

 I may tell you more about it later. 



O. M. Smith. 



Florence, Mass,, March 30. 



Bees Swarming. 



Bees are doing well here now, but great 

 loss was sustained from spring dwindling. 

 Swarming is now the order of the day. 



Howard Risher. 



Monroe, La., April 14. 



Iloi-IiokVx lYIsiltod Milk is made 

 by Horlick's Food Co., of Racine, Wis. We 

 have been trying some of it, and it is in- 

 deed delicious. It is not a medicine, yet 

 physicians frequently recommend its use 

 for dyspepsia, indigestion, weak stomach, 

 and as a luncheon when nourishment is re- 

 quired between meals, or upon retiring. Its 

 use as a table beverage, as a substitute for 

 tea, coffee, cocoa, etc., can be participated 

 in by all members of the family, of any 

 age, with much benefit. It is so nutritious, 

 and so easy to assimilate, that it is fre- 

 quently given to growing children and 

 babes with great success. Its use precludes 

 all possibility of contracting the diseases 

 induced by the use of impure or diseased 

 milk, such as is often found in our cities. 

 Full directions for using accompany every 

 package. 



Pasre & Lyon Mfa:. Co., 



^^Nbw London, Wis., operates two saw- 

 mills that cut, annually, eight million feet 

 of lumber, thus securing the l)est lumber 

 at the lowest price for t he raauul'acture of 

 bee-kci'pers' supplies. They have also 

 j ust completed one of 



The Larg^est Factories, 



^►and have the hilcHt and most improved 

 machinery tor the mauulacture of Bee- 

 Hives, Sections, etc., that there is in the 

 State. The material is cut from patterns, 

 by machinery, and is absolutely accurate. 

 For Sections, the clearest and 



The Whitest Basswood 



^^is used, and they are polished on both 

 sides. Nearness to pine and basswood for- 

 ests, and possession of mills and factory 

 equipped with best machinery, all com- 

 bine to enable this firm to furnish the best 

 goods at 



The Lowest Prices, ft 



^-For instance, it has a job lot of 200.00» 

 No. 3 Sections that will be sold at 50 cts. 

 per 1,000; or 2.000 Snow-White Sections 

 will be sold for $4.00, and larger quanti- 

 ties at still lower prices. Send for Circu- 

 lar and see the prices on a full line of 

 supplies. 16Atf 



Mention the Am,ertcan Bee JourvaZ, 



NEW MAMMOTH POULTRY 



GUIDE showiug colored plate of chickens 

 in natural colors. Finest book ever pub- 

 liflhed. Almost 10(1 naees. Tells all about 

 Poultry for Profit or rleasnre. Price on ly 15c. 

 JOHN BAUSGHER, JR.. Box S4 Freeport, Ills. 

 Mention the A mcrican Bee JourndU 



12A7t 



For Sale 



ITALIAN QUEENS 

 and BEES. 



1 Frame Nucleus, with Queen $1.75 



2 *' ■* " . 2.25 

 Queens. 50c each; y, doz. $2.75; idoz. sioo 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



References— Young & Hamilton, Bankers, 

 Clssna Park, Ills.; W. Kaufman, Banker, "and 

 Lewis Wolf, P. M., Claytonvtlle. 



F. J. OlTNXEI>, Claytonfille, Ills. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



A Bararain-EARLY QUEENS. 



110 Colonies Italian Bees in Chafl" Hives: two 

 acres land; good house; f.tcellent well. 



Early Queens— Tested. $1.50 ; Untested, 

 75c. E, L.. CMRKINCiTON, 



ISAtf PETTUS, Bee Co., TEX. 



Reference— 1st National Bank of BeevlUe. 



Mentinn the American Bee Journal. 



The Bee-Reepers' Guide: 



Or Manual of the Apiary, 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. 



This 15th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent book of 460 pages, in neat and 

 substantial cloth binding, we propose to givo 

 away to our present subscribers, for the work 

 of getting NEW subscribers for the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A description of the book here is quite un- 

 necessary—It Is simply the most complete sci- 

 entific and practical bee-book published to- 

 day. Fully illustrated, and all written in the 

 most fascinating style. The author is also 

 too well-known to the whole bee-world to re- 

 quire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 fully equipped, or his library complete, with- 

 out " The Bee-Keeper's Guide." 



Given Tor 2 New Subseribcrs. 



The following offer is made to prksent sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given 

 to the two new subscrlbers-simply the Bee 

 Journal (or one year ; 



Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (wii.h $2.00), and we will mail rou a 

 copy of Prof. Cook's book free as a premi- 

 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent lor $1.25, 

 or we club it with the Bee Journal for a year 

 —both together for only $1,75. But surely 

 anybody can get only 2 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 book as a premium. Let everybody try for it. 

 Win you have one 'i 



