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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 18, 



The Bee-Keepers' Guide: 



Or Manual of the Apiary, 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. 



Tbis loth and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent booli of 460 pages, in neat and 

 substantial clotii 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." 



Ciiven For 2 IVew Subscribers. 



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 (with S2,00), and we will mail you a 

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

 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1. '25, 

 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. 

 Win you have one ? 



GEORGE ■W. VORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS, 



A Barffain-EARLY QUEENS. 



119 Colonies Italian Bees in Chaff Hives: two 

 acres land: good house; excellent well. 



Early Queens— Tested, $1.00 ; Untested, 

 SOc. Sent by return mall. 



E. li. CARKINGTON, 

 leAtf PETTUS, Bee Co.. TEX. 



Kcference— 1st National Bank of BeevlUe. 

 ^'ntinn the American Bee Journal 



CARLOADS 



Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

 ping-Cases, Comb Foundation, 

 and Everything used in the 

 Bee-Industry. 



I want the name and address 

 ^ Of every Bee-Keeper in Amer- 

 * 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. I am supplying Dealers as well as 

 consumers. Why not you '? Send for Cata- 

 logues, Quotations, etc. W. H. PUTNAM, 

 IE KivER Falls, Pierce Co., Wis. 



Moiticyii tlie Arneiican Bee Journn:„ 



Paare & Lyon Mfa:. Co., 



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

 mills that cut, annually, el^ht million feet 

 of lumber, thus securing: tbe best, lumber 

 at the lowest price for the manufacture of 

 bee-keepers' supplies. They have also 

 just completed one of 



The Largest Factories, 



^^and have the latest and most Improved 

 machinery for the manufacture of Bee- 

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

 State. The material is cut from patterns, 

 by machinery, and Is absolutely accurate. 

 Tor Sections, tbe clearest and 



The Whitest Basswood 



^^is 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, ft 



^►ror Instance, it has a job lot of 200,00t> 

 No. 2 Sections that will be sold at 50 cts. 

 per 1,000; or 2,000 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. IBAtf 



Mentixm the A.viencan Bee Jouniai, 





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any honey. We have several basswood 

 trees that are hanging full of clusters of 

 bloom that will be opened in a few days, 

 but we get honey from that source only 

 about once in five years. Our bees are 

 strong in numbers, and with their drones 

 killed off, they are in splendid condition 

 to take advantage of the basswood, pro- 

 vided there is any honey in the bloom. 



We have considerable white clover, 

 but our bees have not worked on it to 

 any extent for over 10 years ; as a 

 honey-producing plant it has got to be a 

 failure with us. 



Altogether, the outlook for bee-keep- 

 ing is dismal, indeed. Our bees have 

 died off, from one cause or another, un- 

 til there is not more than 10 per cent, 

 of them remaining. The most extensive 

 bee-keeper in the county told me a day 

 or two ago that his losses in the past 

 three years had reduced his colonies to 

 20 per cent, of the original number, and 

 that at present there was not an aver- 

 age of one pound of honey in each hive ; 

 that he has had no surplus honey in 

 three years, and doesn't expect any this 

 season, or in the seasons to follow. The 

 woodman's axe has cleaned up all the 

 timberland, and it has become set in 

 blue grass, and is pastured. No young 

 trees are allowed to grow up, and there 

 are no wild flowers to furnish honey. 

 When the present growth of trees are 

 cut off there will be none to take its 

 place, and wood will be a scarce article. 

 Land that is worth from $60 to .filOO 

 per acre is too valuable to be allowed to 

 go without making immediate returns, 

 hence it must be either cultivated or else 

 pastured. W. S. Fultz, 



Muscatine, Iowa, June 8. 



No Nectar in the Blossoms. 



We have had more rain so far this 

 year than for the past two years put to- 

 gether. It seems we had so much rain 

 that there was no nectar in the blos- 

 soms all spring. I have about 30 locust 

 trees that were just as full of bloom as 

 could be, but never could I see a bee on 

 or near them. In May, 1894, they 

 were in full bloom, and the bees just 

 swarmed on them, and one could smell 

 the aroma all over the place, but it 

 lasted only one or two days, then a 

 heavy frost killed them. Last year they 

 didn't bloom at all. This year one could 

 not smell the aroma if he held the blos- 

 som right up to his nose, because there 

 was no nectar in it. 



I have fed my bees all spring, and 

 haven't stopped yet. I live about 6 

 miles north of Kearney. I have alfalfa 

 in bloom, but I fail to see my bees go 

 near it. On the outskirts of Kearney 

 there is quite a lot of alfalfa, and the 

 bees there are doing finely, and seem to 

 be getting all their honey from alfalfa. 

 I have one acre of sweet clover that is 

 budding now, and I expect it will bloom 

 in a few days, and if they don't get any- 

 thing from that I will have to wait till 

 the buckwheat blooms. J. 0. Knoll. 



Kearney, Nebr., June 8. 



Alfalfa and Sweet Clover Honey. 



One member of the Denver Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, who has handled as 

 much honey as any one in Colorado, 

 said he never had aiij/comb honey candy 

 before Jan. 1. He has done much ship- 

 ping, and heard no complaints. In some 

 seasons it candies sooner than in others. 



No. 1 Sections— Cheap. 



We offer for a few weeks, a surplus stock of 

 our one-piece No. 1 Cream Sections at the 

 following- very low prices: 



1000 for $1.50. 



3000 for $4.00. 



5000 for $6.00. 



These Sections are finely finished and No. 1 

 In all respects save color, tielng, as their name 

 indicates, of a cream color. 



The stock consists of a quantity each of the 

 following sizes: 



4!ix2, open 2 sides 4!4xl 15-16, open 2 sides 



4J4xl 7-8, open 2 sides 

 4J4sl^. open 2 sides 4i4x7-to-ft., open 2 sides 



WATERTOWN, WIS. 



Menttcni tlic America7i Bee Journal. 



ill? 

 BERLIN FKUIT-BOX CO., 



Beklin Heights, Ohio. 



Mention the American Bee Jotmiai. 



ffirftP Ag-ent's profits p 

 VVUU^ $1.50 sample a 



' Ag-ent's profits per month. Will prove 



rtelt New articles just out. 



iple and terms free. Try us. 



32A8t Chidesteh & Son, 28 Bond St., N. Y. 



WHEN AnSWEHING THIS ADVERTISEMENT. MENTION THI9 JOURNAL. 



Hives & Combs For Sale. 



45 10-frame Lang-stroth 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 $.S5.00 for the whole lot of 

 Hives and Combs, 



Kef erence— American Bee Journal. 



W. O. liVrWAN, 



21Atf DOWNER'S GROVE, ILL. 



fflUTH'S 



HONET EXTBACTOB 



PERFECTION 



Cold-Blast Smoker*, 



Square Glass Honey Jars, Etc. 



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



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



Send 10c for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers, 



Mention the American Bee journal. 



Beautiful Goldeu (jueeus Kan. 



Let me tell you why my Golden Italians are 

 better for comb honey than the 3-bander8. 

 Simply this— they cap their honey white like 

 the blacks, and are splendid workers. 



1 Untested Queen, 73 cents or 3 for $2.00 



1 Tested Queen, $1 .00 Breeders 2.50 



1 Breeder which I have bred from and 

 found to be the best 4.00 



1 Frame Nuclei with Queen 1.75 



2 •■ ■• ■' 2.26 



3 " •• •■ 2.75 



All orders filled promptly. Safe delivery 

 guaranteed. P. J. THOMAS, 



22A8t FREDONIA, KAN. 



Meriiicm the American Bee Journal 



W^\\l fifin £1 Of *'»•* Journal vrbo 

 KliAllrin>l\ write to any of our 

 IDLiXll/UlDM advertisers, cltber In 

 ordering, or asking about tbe Goods 

 offered, will please state tUat tbey saw 

 tbe Advertisement in tbis paper. 



