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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 21, 



FULL COLONIES 



Of Italian Bees for $4.00. Are worth twice 

 the money. Queens bred from fine imported 

 mother. Lang-stroth frames: 10-trame hives. 

 All combs built on foundation in wired frames 

 and perfect. Can't possibly break down in 

 shipment. 1 have been lieeping- bees as a spe- 

 cialty for man.v years, and wish to retire from 

 business. A rare chance to get superior colo- 

 nies cheap. No circular. Send the price and 

 get your bees. See the followiog from Mr. T. 

 C. Potter. Indianapolis, Ind. : 



"April 2l6t, 1896. Mr. T. H. Kloer. Dear 

 Sir:— The colony of bees came last evening. 

 It is perfectly satisfactory. In fact, I have 

 bought bees off and on for 15 years, and do 

 not know that I ever have ourchased a nicer 

 colony at the time of year, or for such a 

 moderate price 1 found the queen readi- 

 ly. The bees were very gentle, not one offer- 

 ing to sting. So I fancy I have a gentle strain 

 —just what I wanted. Now I thank you very 

 much for giving me ag-ood colony for so small 

 a price, and for packing them so that they 



could be opened up so readily If any one 



wants recommendation, refer to me." 

 Address, T. H. KL.OER, 



426 Willow St., TEKRB HAUTE, IND. 



20Atf Mtnllon the American Bee Joirnal. 



^Sections & Foundation Reduced.:^ 



I am now selling Root's best polished SEC- 

 TIONS at $2.50 per 1.000: 2,000 for 1450: 

 3,000. $6.4.5; .i.OOO. $10.00. The New Weed 

 Process Coiub Foundation reduced 3c. 

 per pound. See prices on page 1 1 of our Cat- 

 alogue, or The A. I. Root Co.'s 



M. H. HVXT, 



19D4t BELL BRANCH. MICH. 



Mention the American Bee Jouniai, 



Cheapest, Ist-Class, 60 cents 



Smoker, 2-inch flre-pot, bent nose, and all the 

 new improvements— a genuine Bingham. Has 

 pleased every one for 15 years. Per mail, 60 

 cts T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Ifllch. 



230tf Mention the American Bee Journal. 



New England Supply Depot ! 



You can get the most complete Bee-Hive, 

 also other Supplies, at— H. Al.IiGV'S, 



Room 3, 82 Water St., - BOSTON, MASS. 

 ISDtt Mention the American Bee JowniM. 



W. H. BRIGHT'S 



CIRCULAR FOR 1896, describes everythinc 



needed In the apiary. Bees, Queens, Hives, 



Sections, Spraying Pumps, and Bright's Comb 



Foundation, sold at bottom prices. Send for 



one free. 



Wm. H. BRIGHT, 



17D4t MAZEPPA, MINN. 



Mentkni the American Bee >pi/,T"i>;r. 



Hives & Combs For Sale. 



45 10-frame Langstroth Hives, two-story, for 

 extracting, as made and sold by T. G. New- 

 man. These are empty— no frames— are well 

 paicted. and have been kept in the bee-house. 

 Price. 75 cents each. 



Also, 400 Brood or Extracting Combs for 

 the above hives ; they have the triangular 

 top-bar as made by Newman. They are clean 

 and in good condition. Price, $15.00 per 100. 



I would take $85.00 for the whole lot of 

 Hives and Combs. 



Reference— American Bee Journal. 



IV. C. I,YMAIV, 



20Atf BOWNER'S GHOVE, ILL. 



When Answering thib Advehtisement, Mention this jouhwil. 



MUTH'S 



HONE'S' EXTRACTOB 



PERFECTION 



Cold-Blast Smokers, 



!<qnare Glass Honey Jars, Etc. 



For Circulars, apply to Chas. F. Muth & Son. 



Cor. Freeman & Central Aves., Cincinnati, O, 



Send 10c tor Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



Mention the American Bee journal. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 333. 



Mr. F. a. Gemmill, of Stratford, Ont. 

 — the Assistant Foul Brood Inspector — 

 reported on May 12 the loss of only one 

 colony of bees ; and that the prospects 

 were bright for a good crop of honey in 

 his locality this year. We hope all his 

 anticipations may be turned into realiza- 

 tions. 



Mr. I. J. Steingham, of New York 

 City, is one of our regular bee-supply 

 advertisers. In a letter dated May 6, 

 he reports having had the best trade, so 

 far, of any year since he has been In the 

 supply business. We are glad to hear this. 

 To our mind, it only proves that if one 

 expects to build up a good trade, he 

 must keep his name and business before 

 the public all the time. 



Editor Leahy, of the Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper, said in the May number of 

 that paper, that "The supply business 

 has been exceedingly good. We have not 

 shut down a day, exceptChristmas, since 

 the middle of last November." This is 

 just what we would expect a firm to say 

 that advertises liberally and regularly. 

 The Leahy Mfg. Co. know how to adver- 

 tise profitably. Irregular, haphazard 

 advertising never can bring permanent 

 results. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, of Marengo, 111., 

 called on us last week when on his way 

 to Champaign, 111., where he went as a 

 delegate to the 38th annual convention 

 of the Illinois State Sunday School Asso- 

 ciation. The Doctor was feeling tip-top, 

 and said that without stretching the 

 truth a bit, the past 8 or 9 months had 

 been the most promising for bee-keeping 

 in this part of the country in his 35 

 years' experience, and his 150 colonies, 

 in three apiaries, were never in better 

 condition. He expects a fair crop of 

 honey this season, even should there be 

 no more rain the next six weeks ; and 

 should the favoring showers come, he 

 anticipates a large crop. After having 

 had two complete failures in succession, 

 he will be able to appreciate a good crop. 



Mr. Thos. 6. Newman and Family 

 reached San Diego, Calif,, all right, we 

 are glad to be able to say. In a personal 

 letter, dated May 4, Mr. Newman wrote 

 us : 



Friend York ; — The climate here is 

 delightful, flowers plentiful, and people 

 agreeable. I was sick in bed for two 

 days while crossing the mountains, with 

 hard cold and neuralgia. All the rest 

 are well as usual, except Mrs. Newman, 

 who is accompanied by her old malady — 

 erysipelas. We hope now for an im- 

 provement. 



On the sleeper the next to me was a 

 bee-keeper who entered into conversa- 

 tion soon after starting. He was en 

 route for California, said that San Diego 

 county is the best in the world for honey. 

 He talked of the bee-periodicals and bee- 

 books. Stated his preferences very em- 

 phatically, and admired the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union and its Manager. This was 

 too much for me. I begged him to stop, 

 saying if he knew that he was talking to 

 the person he was talking about, he 

 might wish he hadn't said so much. But 

 even then he persisted — held out his 



hand and said, "Shake again; I am so 

 glad we have met." 



We had a very pleasant journey when 

 I was able to be sitting up. 



Before I got to San Diego, Mr. W. D. 

 French, of Foster, Calif, (well known to 

 the readers of the Bee Journal as an 

 able and progressive bee-keeper), came 

 to see me, but had to leave before I ar- 

 rived, but left four letters of introduc- 

 tion to the Mayor, banker, and two busi- 

 ness men. The people are very cordial 

 and kind. 



At Los Angeles I met many old friends. 

 Some met us with bouquets of flowers at 

 the station, and then got up a banquet 

 at the American Legion of Honor Hall; 

 and showed us the city from every point, 

 in carriage rides. 



At San Diego Dr. Peebles was waiting 

 with two carriages at the station, and 

 entertained us at luncheon. 



We are all delighted with this land of 

 sunshine and flowers. 



Yours fraternally, 



Thos. G. Newman. 



Mr. Gus Dittmer, of Augusta, Wis., 

 is one of the comb foundation specialists 

 of this country. Some time ngo he wrote 

 us that he had "come to stay," and con- 

 sidered himself established in the busi- 

 ness. He attributes most of his success 

 to a small advertisement that he has 

 kept running continuously in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal for nearly two years. 

 By fair and square dealing, in connec- 

 tion with judicious advertising, a man 

 in a business that is useful, can hardly 

 help succeeding. Success, of course, in 

 these days, comes slowly, but it does 

 come to those who deserve it, in almost 

 every case. 



<tii«-cn>« and Qiieen-ICearin;;. — 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 safely introduce any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 3tc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing " — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book: 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1.00 ; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year — both 

 for only $1.75 ; or given free as a premium 

 for sending us three new subscribers to the 

 Bee Journai. for a year at $1.00 each. 



Bee-Keepers' Pliotogi-apli.— We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers—a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 49 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 1'31 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, tor .50 cents each, 

 mailing from the 1'31 kind first ; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces " for their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



