1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



333 



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 give 

 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 For 2 "SeMi Siib§criber$. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given 

 to the two new subscribers -simply the Bee 

 Journal for one year : 



Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (wiih $t2.00), and we will mall yon a 

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

 um.' Prof. Cook's book alone sent for$l.'.i5, 

 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. 

 Will you have one ? 



GEORGE W. "iOKK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



A Bar?ain-EARLY QUEENS. 



119 Colonies Italian Bees in Chall Hives: two 

 acres land: good house: excellent well. 



Early Queens— Tested, $1.00 ; Untested, 

 50c. Meut by relurii mail. 



E. 1a. cakkington, 

 16Atf PETTUS. Bee Co., TEX. 



Reference— 1st National Bank of Beeville. 

 Mention the A merican Bee Journal 



CARLOADS 



Of Bee-Hives. Sections, Ship- 

 ping-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 and Everytliin^ used in the 

 Bee-Industry. 



I want the name and address 

 of every Bee-Keeper In Anier- 

 ■ lea. No reason why you can- 

 not do business with me. I have 

 Cheap Lumber and Experienced Workmen ; 

 a good Water- Power Factory and hnow how 

 to run it. 1 am supplying Dealers as well as 

 consumers. Why not you? Send for Cata- 

 logues, Quotations, etc. IV. H. PUTNAM, 

 IE Hiver Falls, Pierce Co.. Wis. 



Mtnitioii the jlinericoM Bcc Jounmi^ 



Pasre & Lyon Mfar. Co., 



^►New London. Wis., operates two saw- 

 mills that cut, annually, eight million feet 

 of lumber, thus securing the best lumber 

 at the lowest price for the manufacture of 

 bee-keepers' supplies. Tiiey have also 

 j ust completed one of 



The Largest Factories, 



^^and have the latest and most improved 

 machinery tor the manufacture of Bee- 

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

 State. The material is cut from patterns, 

 by m.aehlnery, and is absolutely accurate. 

 For Sections, the clearest and 



The Whitest Basswood 



^^l8 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, ff 



^^For instance, it has a job lot of 200. 00» 

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

 per 1,000; or 3,000 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. lOAtf 



Mention Vie A.mer1can lice Journal. 



make some attempt at explanation for 

 him. Here is the item that drew the 

 editorial fire : 



"My bees were taken out of the cellar 

 in fine shape March 20. Only 2 dead 

 out of 157 ; but a lot more may die be- 

 fore June." 



Upon this the editor remarks: "We 



should presume their 'shape' 



shouldn't change much during the win- 

 ter," It may not be amiss to remark to 

 thg critical editor that it is well to do as 

 proQiptly as possible anything that one 

 " should " do, and if he felt any obliga- 

 tion to presume why didn't he at once 

 presume without saying he should do 

 so. "He probably meant" "We pre- 

 sume ;" and it is possible that instead of 

 "shouldn't change," he meant " wouldn't 

 change." " Why don't people say what 

 they mean ?" 



As to the change of shape, experience 

 shows too often that bees undergo a very 

 decided change of shape in the course of 

 the winter. They go into the cellar 

 slender in for'n, but if they winter 

 poorly, they come out with abdomens of 

 aldermanic proportions, so whether their 

 shape "should" change or not, as a 

 matter of fact all too often it does 

 change. 



If the statement had been made that 

 the bee-keeper lost two out of three of 

 his bees, the editor would probably have 

 understood that two-thirds of his bees 

 were dead, and in the same way he 

 should understand that " 2 out of 157" 

 means 2/157, or that 2 out of every 

 157 bees died. 



"But then, he says he put in only 157 

 bees." I think, Mr. Editor, he says 

 nothing of the kind. Indeed, he says 

 nothing about the number of bees he put 

 in the cellar, whether he put them in at 

 all, or whether they flew in of their own 

 accord. He only says that for every 157 

 bees 2 died. 



Now, Mr. Editor, if there is anything 

 that isn't entirely clear to you in this 

 statement, don't hesitate to ask any 

 questions you like. I'm used to answer- 

 ing questions. It isn't necessary to en- 

 close a stamp with questions. 

 Marengo, 111. C. C, Miller. 



[Yes, there are two or three questions 

 we'd like to ask, but we don't know 

 whether it is entirely safe to do so. But 

 we'll take our chances. Doctor, how 

 does it come that you take such an in- 

 terest in the feelings of the " Illiterate " 

 "budding writer" you refer to? It 

 seems to us that any "charitable act" you 

 may feel like doing, could be more profit- 

 ably placed. 



We'll not ask any more questions just 

 now, but wait until we can "take you 

 by the hand," and ask them, for then it 

 will not be necessary for either of us to 

 use stamps. 



By the way, the one question we have 

 asked, you need not answer ; simply 

 think it over, and have your answer 

 ready to " hand " to us when we have 

 you "by the hand." — Ed.] 



Xoroiito Convention Report has 



been issued in pamphlet form, and will be 

 mailed from the Bee Journal office for 25 

 cents. Better have a copy, if you have not 

 read it. Only a limited number of copies 

 were bound. ; CUD ^^^ ZZJ — 



•i- Money Saved is Money Gained. <■• 



THE ROYAL MM 

 Life Insurance Company 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Iowa Policy 



Is one that definitely promises to keep an 

 accurate account with you ; credit your 

 premiums and interest, charge the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remainingr funds subject to your order. 

 AgeiitM AVaiited. 



JOHN B. KING, General Agent. 



Suite 513 First Nat'l Bank BId'g. 

 20Atf CHICilnO, II,!,. 



Mention tlie American Bee Journal.- 



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Address, BERLIN FRUIT-BOX CO , 



28A8t Berlin Heights, Ohio. 



Mention the Arin.eri.ciin Bee Jmcmal. 



The Patent Wood-Veneer Fonndation. 



Bee-keepers should Rive it a test, and my All- 

 Wax Foundation. I will guarantee there is no 

 better made, as six years ago I discarded the 

 old way of dipping lor wax sheets, and a new 

 invention of my own was discovered, which 

 enables me to make the toughest kind of 

 Foundation; also, no acid used to purify the 

 Beeswax, and It preserves the smell of honey, 

 which is more acceptable to the bees. Now is 

 the the time to send wax and have it worked 

 up at low prices. Send for Samples and Cata- 

 log with low prices. Wax wanted at 31c cash, 

 or 33c trade, delivered. 



AUG. WEINiii, Hortonvllle, IVls. 

 12A13t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Mention tlic Aiiiei'iciin Bcc Jowrnal, 



1,000 Teachers' Oxford Bibles 



Were bought lor spot cash by a Chicago Arm 

 from an Eistei ii publisher who was about to 

 be driven to the wall 

 for the want of ready 

 money. More than a 

 million of these same 

 Bibles, in every way 

 like the Illustration, 

 have been sold during 

 the past few years at 

 three times the money 

 we ask for them. 



They are the genu- 

 uine Teachers' Oxford 

 Bibles, Divinity Cir- 

 cuit, round corners, 

 gilt edges, complete 

 teachers' helps, maps, 

 1,350 i>a£es, bound 

 lin French seal, limp, 

 with perfectly flexible 

 _ backs. Sent prepaid. 



Regular price. $1.50; our price, $2 25. Or 

 we club It with the Bee Journal tor one year— 

 both for only $.'.75; or we will give this fine 

 Bible free as a premium to anyone sending 

 4 new8i[btirrlbers to the Bee Journal one 

 year (with $4.00). No additional premium is 

 given the new subscribers— simply the Bee 

 Journal one year to each of them. 



GEOBGE W. YORK & CO., 



- CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Please Send TJs the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bee 

 JotJBNAL. Then please call upon them 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we oflfer. 



