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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 21, 



Largest Factory ti°e West Gofd^phf^^djl^ces 



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

 superior to anything he ever saw; and I tliink the same. R. L. Tucker, Wewahitchka, Fla. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections came duly to hand. Indeed, they are very nice. Yes, sir; they 

 are as g-ood as the best. Charles H. Thies. SteeieviUe, Illinois. 



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 Hive-Stuff 1 have ever received from any place. I admire the smoothness of your work, and 

 your close selection of lumber. Tours very truly. O. K. Olmstead. 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 furnish 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 " HigglnsvlUe Smoker " all O. K. It's a dandy: please find enclosed 

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



Gentlemen:— 1 have bought Supplies from nearly all the large manufacturers by the car- 

 load, and 1 must sa.v yours are as good as the best. Indeed, in many lines they are the best. 

 It is a pleasure to handle them. E. T. FIjANagan, BellBVlUe, Illinois. 



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

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

 Tbe " Hi^ginsville " Goods are for sale by the following parties : 



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



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



J. W. Rouse & Co.. Mexico, Mo. P. J. Thomas. Fredonia. Kans. 



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



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49A Mention the American Bee Jiyurnal. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has No Sag In Brood-FrameH 



Thio Flat-Kottom Foundation 



Bas No Fisbbon« in the Sarplas Honey. 



BeinK the cleanest Is usually worked 

 the quickest of any Foundation made 



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 Sprout Brook Monitromery Co., N. Y. 



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I have clipped IS queens, and must say the 

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 could not do without one now. 



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Works Like a Charm. 



The Monette Queen-Clipping Device works 

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PLEASE READ THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 

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

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 You can't earn 50 cts. any easier. Almost every bee-keeper will want this Device. See 

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Qcj;)Gral \\crr)s^ 



Outlook for an Old-Time Honey- Year. 



Never in all my bee-keeping experi- 

 ence have I seen the bees in as tine a 

 condition as they are at this date. Hives 

 are full of brood and young bees. Fruit- 

 bloom has been immense. The bees 

 have had a chance to work every day 

 since spring commenced. I am sure I 

 will have swarms the first week in May, 

 and heretofore I never had a swarm be- 

 fore May 30. The outlook is good for 

 an old-time honey-year. 



Chauncey Reynolds. 



Fremont, Ohio, April 30. 



A Beginner's Report. 



I built a new bee-repository last fall, 

 10x10 feet, with 28 inches filled with 

 sawdust. It is close to my shop, so the 

 door into my repository opens Into the 

 shop on the north side. Once a month I 

 opened the door for 15 or 30 minutes 

 for ventilation. I took the bottom-boards 

 off all but one hive, and raised it one 

 iDch ; its colony came out the best of all, 

 but the rest are iu good condition. 



On Nov. 21, 1895, I put in 14 colo- 

 nies, and April 10, 1896, I took out the 

 14, all in good condition. 



I have one colony of leather-colored 

 Italians, five of 5-banded, three of 3- 

 banded, and five of our own native bees. 

 I started last year with five colonies; 

 had two natural swarms, and divided 

 the rest. I bought four queens, and 

 reared four. I use the Langstroth hive. 

 Cakl Taylok. 



Harrowsmith, Ont., April 23. 



A Robbing Experiment, Etc. 



The result of an experiment I have 

 just completed is as follows : Two weeks 

 ago yesterday, I opened the hive of a 

 colony of bees that I knew were very 

 weak, and found that there were not 

 more than enough bees to cover a space 

 six inches square, but as they had a very 

 nice queen and a hive full of honey, I 

 closed them up again to see if they would 

 not build up in numbers as soon as the 

 weather was warm enough for them to 

 rear brood. There were eggs, but no 

 brood in the hive. About five hours later 

 I found the hive in an uproar with rob- 

 bers. I gave them a good smoking, and 

 as soon as the bees stopped coming out 

 and started in again, I closed up the 

 hive tight, and did not open it again for 

 two days. In a very little while they 

 were robbing as badly as before, and 

 when I thought the hive had as many 

 robber-bees in it as there were likely to 

 be at any one time, I closed it up again, 

 and kept it closed six days, until no bees 

 were flying about the outside of the 

 hive, and then opened it in the morning, 

 and those robber-bees came quietly out, 

 and went to work bringing in pollen, 

 guarding the hive, and so on, just as 

 though they were hatched and reared 

 in that hive. This morning I found 

 sealed brood and eggs, and brood in all 

 stages, and three or four times as many 

 bees as when I looked it through before. 



I have 23 colonies out of 28 last fall, 

 15 unusually strong, 5 of f»ir strength, 

 and 3 weak. I wintered them by put- 

 ting all the hives but three on the south 

 side of a tight board-fence, with a can- 



