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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 21, 



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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 G. 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. 



SECTIONS CHEAP! ^ ^ 



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In order to reduce stock we will sell 



40,000 4Jix4jfx'2 40,000 4}ix43€xl 15/16 250,000 4^x4^x1% 



150,000 4Kx4}ixl% 80,000 4iix4Mx7-to-ft, 



Of our No. 2. One-Piece. Open-Top Sections, at the following liOW 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 

 short time only. 



G. B. LEW^IS CO., WATERXOWPf, WIS. 



^P~ Be sure to mention the American Bee Journal when you write, _^ 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 



5 lbs. 10 lbs. 2.5 lbs. 50 lbs. 



$1.00 $1.60 $.3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGOS for Hatching. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, Ix. Light Brahmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 j*ears. Prices on application 



JOHN ITIcARTHUR, 

 881 Tonge Street. - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 loAtt mtvtUynthe American Bee J mima^ 



J. W. TAYLOR 



-HAS THE BEST- 



Italiaii dueejis for Sale 



Untested, ready now, 75c. apiece: 6 for $4.25, 

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

 best, $2.00. Pay for Queens on arrival. 1 

 guarantee safe arrival and satisfaction. 

 14A9t OZAN, ARK. 



WHEfi ANSWERING THI9 AOVERTISEMENT, MENTION THIS JOURNAL- 



Hoiiey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arransrements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or e.T- 

 press. at the following prices, cash with order: 



5B) 101b 25a 50tti 



Alslke Clover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



Sweet Clover 75 1.40 ,^.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 .00 2.00 3.50 



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

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your ordei-, tor cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 

 Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



AWAY UP IN 



the air the cirrent is strong and 

 powerful. We have the mill tha 

 will utilize it to best advanta^f . 

 and our four cornered double 

 braced steel tower will hoM it* 

 there. Perfe ct 1 y galvanized.^ 

 Many sizes. Only one qualitv— ^ 

 THE BEST. Tanks. Shelier-, 

 Cutters. PiimpH, Horse Powers. ,Vr. - 

 Write fo^iUu^tr't'dcataIogue,FREE --«, 

 CHALLENGE WIND MILL & FEED MILLCOJ 

 BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, No. 18 Kiver tStreet!// 



HenitUni tin: .-imcriotit [ice Joumjifi 



Fnr t^alD home, apiary, 

 rui jaiK —QUEENS 



Yi Block of ground, some fruit, good 6-room 

 dwelling, shop, stable, honey-house and poul- 

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

 100 colonies of bees in chaff hives and fully 

 equipped for comb honey, all in town of 1000 

 population and g'ood alfalfa range and good 

 water. Price. $3,000. If unsold' June 15th, 

 will unqueen, and offer 2 year clipped queens 

 at 25c.; 1 year, undipped, at 50c. each. July 

 15th and after, ynuNG queens at 60c. each- 

 all Italian and safe arrival cuaranteed. This 

 is a rare bargain, but I must g:et my wife to a 

 lower altitude. Book your orders at once if 

 you want these queens. 

 19Atf R. C. AIKIN, liovelaiid, Colo. 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey-Jars, Shipping-Cases, and every- 

 thing: that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 OoodH ac Root's Prices, and the 



best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



tirLalA.e. Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 !U^e7ttion the American Bee Journal 



queens for Saleiir 



Italian Queens— after May 15— (Jntested, 

 75c. each; 6 for 14.00; 12 for $7.20. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Reference — George W. York & Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



LIBKRTYVILLE. ILL., 

 Mention uie Am£rican Bee Jmvrnal. 



We have a large amount of Pure 

 No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 



Wax Wajited. 



RAtftt ho^ ^tt^Qno Warranted the best, sim- 

 DUNO Uet;-tjSld[PC plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 lor 30 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

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

 Kscape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing- to 

 test it in g-ood faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive rul>'erlZ'l^[o?e'^ 



Gale Honey- Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey. Address, 



K. S. I.OVESY Sl: CO., 

 355 6th East St., SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 Wentton Wi« American Ber JowrHOi. 9Atf 



BEGINNERS. 



BesrinnerB should have a copy of the 

 Amateur Bee-Keeper, a 70-page book by 

 Prof. J. \V. House. Price 25 cents; if 

 sent by mail, 28c. The little book and 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live, pro- 

 gressive 28-page monthly journal) one 

 year, 65c. Address any flrst-class dealer, 

 or 

 LEAHT MFG. CO., HigginsviUe, Mo. 



I make a full line of 



to-date 



'ies 



Canada "^ 



at rock-bottom prices. Send for mj- an- 

 nual Circular. A 12-inch Koot Fdu. Mill in 

 good order, 2nd hand, at a bargain for either 

 Wax or Cash. Address, 



W, A. CHK¥!i>L.ER, Cbatham, Out. 



19A4t Mention the American Bee JoumaL 



or sweet clover hay, must not be brittle 

 when taken, and on hot days only part 

 of the forenoon and the latter part of 

 the afternoon is the proper time to work 

 it. The more freely salt is used on each 

 layer of hay, the better it will keep, and 

 the better stock will relish it. 



We have had glorious rains thus far, 

 fully 9 inches since March 23. I con- 

 sider my bees now fully "out of the 

 woods," and have no winter losses nor 

 fatal spring dwindling to report. I 

 have two extra combs with honey still in 

 reserve for each colony, should a late 

 frost kill fruit and other bloom. I have 

 a considerable amount of motherwort, 

 matrimony-vine and catnip growing, 

 which is of great help to the bees. The 

 hardest and most critical time for my 

 bees comes in June, but ends as soon as 

 alfalfa, and in particular sweet clover, 

 begins to bloom. Wm. Stolley. 



Grand Island, Nebr., April 28. 



Not a Flattering Prospect. 



The prospect so far for a crop of 

 honey is not flattering. The bees gath- 

 ered but little honey from fruit-bloom, 

 on account of the high winds that pre- 

 vailed during the bloom, although they 

 appear to be in a healthy condition. 

 There is a fine prospect for white clover, 

 and we may get some honey from that. 

 Jas. W. Williams. 



Appleton City, Mo., May 1. 



Helping' the Honey Market, Etc. 



The excellent and sensible article of 

 Mr. Abbott, on page 273, needs no 

 comment from me, but some things will 

 bear being said over and over again. 

 One of the ideas that many bee-keepers 

 need to get out of their heads as soon as 

 possible, is that "honey is honey." 

 Honey isn't honey by a long shot in the 

 way that is meant generally by that ex- 

 pression, that is, that all honey is alike, 

 and that it makes very little difference 

 what kind of stuff you put on the mar- 

 ket as honey, only so you can honestly 

 say it was stored by the bees. Particu- 

 larly is this true of extracted honey. 

 While it may be true that a large part 

 of the public can't tell onekind of honey 

 from another, and don't know when a 

 poor article is palmed off upon them, 

 yet they do know that they don't greatly 

 relish it, and, thinking thai all honey is 

 alike, they conclude they don't care for 

 honey, and so don't buy any good or 

 bad. If I may be allowed to judge from 

 what I have seen at various times, I 

 should say that three-fourths of the ex- 

 tracted honey put on the market never 

 should have been offered as an article 

 for the table. But extracted honey 

 thoroughly ripened and properly cared 

 for will make a market for itself, with 

 anything like a fair chance. 



That Report. — On page 280, the 

 editor tries to lick into shape a report 

 that some illiterate person had succeeded 

 in getting into print. If the editor had 

 stopped to consider how the feelings of 

 the budding writer might be all torn up 

 by such editorial criticism, the said edi- 

 tor would have kindly taken the said 

 writer by the hand and asked him 

 whether he meant exactly what he said. 

 Lest the youthful writer may be so 

 utterly crushed by the remarks made, 

 that he will make no attempt at reply, it 

 may be a charitable act on my part to 



