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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 28, 



Largest Factory t\fo West Go?d°^ph!7|£LTf^ces 



READ THIS— Mr. Keyes says: The 100 pounds of Extra-Thin Foundation you sent us is 

 superior to anything- he ever saw; aud I thint the same. R. L. Tucker, Wewahitchka. Fla. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections came dulj- "co hand. Indeed, they are very nice. Yes, sir; they 

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



Leahy Mlg. Co. :— I have received the bill of goods. I must say they are the choicest lot of 

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

 your close selection of lumber. Yours very truly. O. K. Ol.mstead. Orleans, Nebr. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections arrived in due time, and are all O. K. so far as examined. They 

 are simply perfection. 1 cau't see how you can furnish such goods at such low prices. 1 hope 

 you may live long and do well. Yours respectfully. Z. S. Weaver, Courtney, Tex. 



Gents:—! received the " Higginsvllle Smoker " all O, K. It's a dandy; please find enclosed 

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



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

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

 It is a pleasure to handle them, E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Illinois. 



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

 Our prices are reasonable and the " Higginsville Goods '* are the best. 

 Tlie ^* HI»;giii»ville " Goods are for sale bj' the following parties : 



Chas. H. Thies, Steelville, ill. E. T. Flanagan. Belleville, III. 



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



J. W. Rciuse & Co.. Mexico. Mo. P. J. Thomas. Fredonia. Kans. 



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



If you need a Carload of Supplies, or only a Bee-Smoker, write to us. Remember, we are 

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Address. LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HIGGINSVILLE, MO. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOH 



Has No Sag lu Urood-Franiea 



Tliiii Flat-Kottom FoundatioD 



Has So Fishbone iu the Sorplas Hooey. 



BeiDR the cleanest ts aeually workeo 

 the quickest of any Foundation made 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 



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I have clipped 19 queens, and must say the 

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 could not do without one now. 



Db. Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind. 



Works Like a Cliariu. 



The Monette Queen-Clipping Device works 

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 queens, all in one day. when examining my 

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Questioi;)'Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Forcing the Bees into tiie Sec- 

 tions. 



Query 15. — Which is the most ecomomical 

 and all around the best way to force bees into 

 the sections, etc.. viz.: The Heddon uivisible 

 brood-chamber method, or by feeding the 

 brood-chamber full of sugar syrup early in 

 the season, or by contraction ?— Wisconsin. 



Rev. M. Mahin— Contraction. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— The first and third 

 are best. 



J. M. Hambaugh — Of this I am not 

 sure. All these methods are practiced. 



C. H. Dibbern — I don't know, but I 

 think judicious feeding is the most prac- 

 ticable. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Let the bees go 

 up naturally, by allowing them to breed 

 plentifully. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — They need no forc- 

 ing when honey is abundant. Feeding, 

 if anything. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — Neither one is neces- 

 sary. Put a bait section in the super, if 

 anything is necessary. 



\V. R. trraham--Get the hive chock- 

 full of bees until there is no room for 

 them in the brood-chamber. 



Allen Pringle — Keep out the syrup. 

 Contraction of the brood-chamber, or 

 other methods, as the circumstances 

 may require. 



G. M. Doolittle — Use a suitable hive 

 and sections, and the bees will enter 

 them without "force" when there is 

 nectar iu the flowers. 



W. G. Larrabee — I have never used 

 any of the above methods. A good 

 honey-flow will force them into the sec- 

 tions soon enough for the good of the 

 colony. 



R. L. Taylor — If you will have a mix- 

 ture of black or German blood in your 

 bees, they will need no "forcing " — they 

 will be in the sections when the honey- 

 flow comes. 



Eugene Secor — I don't know — I never 

 tried the feeding method. But the con- 

 traction method, either by the Ileddon 

 plan or otherwise, will put about all the 

 honey in the supers, if you want it there. 



B. Taylor — A moderately small hive 

 crammed full of bees, and the supers at 

 least half filled with drawn comb. This 

 ends all doubt about getting the bees 

 into the supers, provided there is any 

 honey in the flowers. 



E. France— I don't know. I will tell 

 you what 1 have done, and it worked 

 well : When the bees were strong, and 

 about to swarm, destroy the queen-cells, 

 and then cage the queen in a section- 

 box in the center of the super. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— The "best way" 

 depends much upon the character of the 

 colony to be operated on. Strong col- 

 onies, and supers placed on early, will 

 do the work iu most of cases. With 

 some, the plans you name may work 

 well. 1 



P. H. Elwood— I am inclined to think 

 that expansion of the bees is better than 

 contraction of the bee-hive for forcing 

 bees into sections. As a rule, our colo- 

 nies in hives containing S frames com- 

 menced first In the boxes and produced 



