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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 28, 



FULL COLONIES 



Of Italian Bees for $4.00. Are worth twice 

 the money. Queens bred from fine imported 

 mother. Lang"Stroth frames: 10-frame hives. 

 All combs built on foundaiion in wired frames 

 and perfect. Can't possibly break down in 

 sl^ipment. I have been keeping bees as a spe- 

 cialty for man.y 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 following from Mr. T. 

 C. Potter. Indianapolis, Ind.: 



"April 21st, 1896. Mr. T. H. Kloer. Dear 

 Sir:— The colony of bees came last evenins-. 

 It is perfectly satisfactory. In fact, I have 

 bought bees off and on for Vh years, and do 

 n-ot know that I ever have ourchased a nicer 

 colnny at the time of year, or for such a 

 moderate price 1 found thequeen readi- 

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

 ing to sting. So I fancy 1 have a gentle strain 

 —just what I wanted. Now I thank you very 

 much for giving me a good 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. KLOEK, 



426 Willow St., TEKKE HAUTE. IND. 



20Atr Mtntion the American Bee Juumal. 



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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 tbe actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remaining- funds subject to your order. 



Agents \^'aiited. 



JOHN B. K*ING, General Agent, 



Suite 513 First Nat'l Bank Bld'^. 

 t^OAtf CHICAGO, ILL. 



3Iention the Amcriain DeeJowniai. 



The Patent Wood-Veneer Foundation. 



Bee-keepers should ^ive it a test, and my All- 

 Wax Foundation. I will g-uarantee there is no 

 better made, as six years ag-o 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 toushest 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. WEISS, Hortonville, AVis. 

 12A13t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Mention The Amcrictm BceJoiiinial. 



i,000 Teachers' Oxford Bibles 



Were bought for spot cash b.v a ChicaBO lirm 

 frn-Ti -n r--t"rn ri'^"~lier who was about to 

 he driveii to the wail 

 lor the want of ready 

 money. More than a 

 million ot these same 

 Bibles, in every way 

 lilie the illustration, 

 liave been sold during 

 the past few years at 

 three times the money 

 we ask for them. 



The.v are the prenu- 

 nine Teachers' Oxford 

 Bibles, Uivinity Cir- 

 cuit, round corners, 

 gilt edges, complete 

 ^ Teachers' helps, maps, 

 \l,350 pases, bound 

 lin French seal, limp, 

 'with perfectly flexible 

 backs. Sent prepaid. 

 Kegular price. $t..50; our price, $2 25. Or 

 we club it with the Bee Journal for one year— 

 both for only $2.75; or we will give this fine 

 Bible free as a premium to any one sending 

 4 new subscribers to the Bee Journal one 

 year (with $1.00). No additional premium is 

 given the new subscribers-simply the Bee 

 Journal one year to each of them. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 



- CHICAGO, ILLS. 



of the other, until I lessened the number 

 materially. I then went to feeding them, 

 having a quantity of the " Golden " feed- 

 ers, thanks to Mr. G. for the description 

 of his feeder, and also the American Bee 

 Journal for the notice of the feeder that 

 I received in it. By the way, the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal has been a great help 

 to me. 



Well, I got the bees put away for win- 

 ter by Thanksgiving Day — o.o packed 

 out-doors, with the feeder and hive cover 

 combined. Nearly all seemed to winter 

 well, but I lost a number in the spring, 

 of old age and short of stores. Of the 

 16 in the cellar, some of them with 

 scarcely any honey at all, I fed them all 

 winter once a week, and 1.5 came out 

 all right, the strongest in numbers of 

 any I have, I am expecting them to 

 commence to swarm soon. The Golden 

 combined feeder and hive-cover is the 

 thing for wintering bees. 



It was feared that the combs would 

 get moldy, but I saw only a very little, 

 and that in the bottom of the lower hive 

 where one hive was under the other, 

 with the lower entrance closed. 



The prospects now look very encour- 

 aging for a honey crop this season. Bees 

 are breeding up fast, and the young bees 

 are out making the air hum. White 

 clover is springing up thick, and every- 

 thing is very forward for the time of 

 year. There are but a few bees around 

 here. The people will not feed them or 

 read about them. A. F. Crosby. 



Sheffield. Iowa, May 14. 



Sweet Harp of Bee-Keeping. 



The sweet harp of bee-keeping hangs 

 low on the willow tree. Bees did not, 

 last season, gather honey enough to 

 board themselves in this section of coun- 

 try ; consequently, the colonies are few 

 and weak at this time. But the old Bee 

 Journal is not weak, and it is interest- 

 ing to note therein the ups and downs 

 along the honey line, from Main to Cali- 

 fornia, and from Washington to Florida; 

 and may it never weaken, but ever grow 

 strong in the sweet cause to which it is 

 devoted, J. L. Sexton. 



Elkhart, Wis., May 19. 



Water-Hyacinths for Bees. 



A great many bee-keepers are troubled 

 with their bees going into water buck- 

 ets, troughs for watering stock, and 

 other places, where they are in the way, 

 seeking water, and in the warm, dry 

 weather we all know they consume a 

 great deal. I want to give a plan that 

 will do away with all this annoyance. 

 Take a whisky barrel, saw in two in the 

 center, and locate it in a position to suit, 

 no matter if in the hottest of sun. Fill 

 half full of well-rotted manure or rich 

 soil, then procure some bulbs of the 

 water-hyacinth (Pontederia erassipes) ; 

 place them in the tubs, and fill with 

 water. In three weeks the top of the 

 tubs will be covered with the foliage 

 of the plants, and under the foliage the 

 bees crawl and sip water without let 

 or hindrance, never a bee getting 

 drowned. 



The whisky barrel, if sawed down 

 (after being sawed in two), say 6 inches 

 off the top of each would do better, the 

 roots would strike the water sooner. In 

 the absence of the barrel, any good, 

 stout box will do. It is best to start the 



plants where you have only two or three 

 bulbs, in a smaller vessel, and transplant 

 to the larger vessel as they grow larger. 

 To keep through the winter, keep the 

 roots always moist. They should be put 

 into a green house and kept moist during 

 the winter, or they can be taken to the 

 cellar, the tub inverted on the ground, 

 and they will come out all right in the 

 spring. 



Remember when you put the plants 

 in, the water they are planted, the roots 

 will find the soil below in due time, and 

 when the long, full spikes of superla- 

 tively beautiful flowers appear, no praise 

 can be too high for them. After they 

 begin blooming you can get half a dozen 

 fine spikes any time you go for them. 

 When the tub gets too full, they must 

 be thinned out, or they will quit bloom- 

 ing. Keep the tub full of water, as it 

 evaporates rapidly. R. P. Johnson. 



Lee Co., Georgia. 



Not a Flattering Outlook. 



I put into winter quarters 45 colonies 

 of bees, and I now have 33. They died 

 of starvation mostly. The outlook here 

 for honey this season is not flattering. 

 We will have no white clover, and have 

 had none for two years past. There is 

 less clover in the fields this year than 

 common. The basswood looks as if it 

 would be full of bloom, which will be 

 our only source for honey. All the honey 

 I got last year^ was from basswood, 

 and that from 2.5 colonies, in all 200 

 pounds. If I get that much this season 

 1 will feel satisfied. I have bought no 

 supplies this season, as I have enough 

 left over, unless the season is better 

 than I think it will be. I sold my honey 

 at home and realized 16 cents per pound 

 for it. Ira Adamson. 



Winchester, Ind., May 20. 



Hard for Bees to Live. 



I have 33 colonies now, the same as I 

 had last year minus one. Bees did not 

 swarm any in 1895. There was a good 

 deal of white clover last year, but bees 

 worked on it scarcely any. There is 

 scarcely any white clover this year. I 

 don't see how the bees will make a liv- 

 ing, as we have no basswood and not 

 much clover of any kind. 



Noah Thomas. 



Horatio, Ohio, May 18, 



List or Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal, 



Cblcaeo, Ills. 



R, A. BlTBNETT & Co., 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. V. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Seoelken, 



120 & 1'22 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas Cltr, IHo. 



0. C. Clemoms Si Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Bnfialo, N. If. 



BATTERSON & CO., 167 & 169 SCOtt St. 



Hamilton. Ills. 



Cbas. Dadant & Son, 



Ftalladelphta, Fa. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C. F. MUTH & Son. cor. Freeman & Central avB. 



