1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



817 



:s^s: YOUNG QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL :sir 



From the South. Bred from our /lordy strai?! of GRAY CARNIOLANS aud GOL- 

 DEN ITALIANS. Untested Queen, 75 cts.; Tested, -SI. 50. If you want a Fine 

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

 Full Colonies, we can furnish you aJ boftom prices. We never saw Foul Brood or 

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



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



Please mention the American Ree Jourual. 16Btf 



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Abbott's Space. 



Sections as low as the lowest for good goods. 



Send for Circular and say what you want. 



Special Agent for U. B. Lewis Co.'s goods. Write for prices. 



E. T. Abbott. St. Joseph, Mo. 



The " St. Joe " stands at the top. 

 Dovetailed Hives very cheap. 

 Dadant's New Process Foundation at 

 Dadant's prices, wholesale and retail. 



short time only. 



SECTIONS CHEAP! ^ ^ ^ ^ 



In order to reduce stock we will sell 



40,000 4}ix4k'xa 40,000 4i4x4J-4'xl 15/16 250,000 4«x4«xl% 



150,000 4iix4Mxl% 80,000 4'.4'x4i4xT-to-ft, 



Of our No. 2. One-Piece. Open-Top Sections, at the following I<ow Prices: 



1,000 for $1.00; 3,000 for $2.50; 5,000 for $3.75. 



These Sections are all of good quality and manufacture, and prices will be maintained for a 



G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWIf, W^IS. 



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For Sale "r^i^i^^' 



i4 Block of jtrronnii, some fruit, r.oOD 6-room 

 dwellmg-. shop, stalile, honey-house and poul- 

 try-house [over 3.000 square feet of floor]. 

 100 colonies of bee.s in chaff hives and fully 

 equipped for comb honey, all in town of 1000 

 population and gooil alfalfa range and good 

 water. Price. $;J.0OO. If unsold June loth, 

 will unqueen. and otter 2 year clipped queens 

 at2oc. ; 1 year, unolipped, at ."lOc. each. July 

 15th and after, vnuNG queens at 60c. each — 

 all Italian and safe arrival iruaranteed. This 

 ie a rare bargain, but I must gret my wife to a 

 lower altitude. Uo'jk your orders at once If 

 you want these (queens. 



lOAtf K. C. AlKIN, Lovelaud, Colo. 



Promptness is What Counts ! 



Honey-J:irs, Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 thing that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 Goo«l« at Itoot's Prices, and the 



best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



I iTrJal Ave. Walter S.Pouder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



i|ueeiis for Safer 



Italiau Qiieeiid— after May 15— Untested, 

 75c. each; 6 for «4. 00; 12for$7,'20. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Reference— George W. York & Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



LIBERT rVILLE. ILL., 

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



IIAlIEtV We liave a large amount of Pure 

 nlrllul No. 1 Alialfa we will sell cheap. 



Wax Wanted. 



R/\i!i! lino o«<"ini' Warranted the best, slm- 

 DUSS Utt/"tjStil|'tJ plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. SfUt postpaid to any address 

 for 30 cts. It can Ije returned at our expense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Escape on trial tci any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 



5 lbs. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 



$1.00 $1.60 S3.75 87.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatching:. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, A: Light Brabmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN IflcARTHlTK, 

 881 Vonge Street. - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 15 Atf 'i'viitm the American Bee Joumot 



J. W. TAYLOR 



-HAS THE BEST- 



Italian dueeiis lor Sale 



Untested, ready now. 75r. apiece; 6 for $4.25, 

 or 12 for $8.00. Tested. $1.*25. Select Tested, 

 best, I'i.OO. Pay for Queens on arrival. 1 

 guarantee safe arrival and satisfaction. 



14A9t OZAN, ARK. 



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Houey-Clovers & Buckwlieat 



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: 



oB) lOIb 251b 50ft. 



AlslkeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



SweetClover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



White Clover 1.23 2.00 4.50 8 00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .f)0 2.00 3.50 



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

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEOBGE "W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



For Sale 



ITALIAN OUEENS 

 and BEES. 



1 Frame Nucleus, with Queen $1.75 



2 ■' ■• •• 2.25 



Queens. 50c each ; ^ doz. $2.75 ; 1 doz. 5.00 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



References— Young & Hamilton. Bankers, 

 Cissna Park, Ills.; W. Kaufman, Banker, .and 

 Lewis Wolf. P. M.. ClaytonvUle. 



F. J. GlIiNZEI., ClaytonvUle, Ills. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal, 



Ferg 



usoii Piitt'iit Hive ^.S^rer^d^w.-cTe^^ 



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

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey. Address, 



K. N. I4OVESV * CO., 

 355 6th East St.. S^AI,T LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 MetuUtntiie American BerJouamaL 9 Atf 



prices of extracted honey revive, they 

 should sell it themselves directly to the 

 consumer. My plap is this : 



Put it up in suitable packages, prop- 

 erly labeled and guaranteed. Now, each 

 bee-keeper has a good place to store 

 honey, and knows how to properly take 

 care of it, and if he will keep it there 

 till sold, he will confer a favor on him- 

 self and the bee-keeping fraternity. A 

 list of customers should always be kept 

 for future use. The ones that buy of 

 you once will be apt to buy again, if 

 dealt with fairly, and that should al- 

 ways be the rule. 



Another thing, is to so handle your 

 honey as to have a first-class article 

 for your customers. Some nice hand- 

 bills circulated in the right locality at 

 the right time will help some. Advertise 

 all you can afford to. Honey can always 

 be sold by peddling where people have 

 money and a love for honey. 



Much has been said and written about 

 bee-hives, large and small. I have been 

 using several sizes for nearly 20 years — 

 8-frame Langstroth or Simplicity pat- 

 tern, which, I am sure, is too small. The 

 loss in wintering in these is a larger per 

 cent.; 9 or 10 frames are better — a lit- 

 tle. I have been using a hive with 8 

 combs, which bees winter in well. The 

 size of the box is 12 inches wide by 21 

 long, and 11 deep, which holds enough 

 honey to last a colony all through, and 

 plenty to use in the spring to rear bees 

 with (which saves lots of bother with 

 feeding). I seem to get just as much 

 extracted honey from these hives as any 

 (extracting chambers being added above 

 as necessary). 



I think it poor economy to take honey 

 away from the bees that they need, or 

 take away the good honey and leave 

 them the poor stuff. Bees will not do 

 as well on poor food as they will on good, 

 neither will your horse do as well on 

 musty hay and oats as he will on nice, 

 clean hay and oats. I think all God's 

 creatures should be well taken care of , 

 whether horse, cow, hen or bee, or other 

 things, as it is only then that we are re- 

 paid. 



I am aware that others' needs vary, in 

 different localities. A hive that is suit- 

 able for me or the Dadant's, would not 

 be suitable for the South or California. 

 Each one should study the needs of his 

 own locality, and be guided accordingly. 

 A. C. Sanford. 



One, Wis., April 23. 



White Clover Looks Promising. 



There are not many bees in this part — 

 from 1 to 20 colonies. They are doing 

 finely at present on fruit-bloom. White 

 clover looks promising now. 



M. v. Toombs, Jr. 



New Hampton, Mo., April 27. 



Putting Bees Out Early. 



My bees — 10 colonies — were put into 

 the cellar late in November, 1895. They 

 were taken out Feb. 27, and then left 

 out. The day was an ideal one for bees 

 to fly. There was no wind, and the 

 the shade temperature out-doors, when 

 I began to carry out the bees, was 52^. 

 It soon rose to 60^, and stood there for 

 several hours in the afternoon. All the 

 colonies were alive ; but one, being light 

 In honey, starved before it was again 

 warm enough to feed them. Another 

 was queenless, and was broken up. The 



