1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



429 



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The "Boss" One-Piece Section 



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Also D. T. Hives, Shippiiiir-Crates 

 and Other Supplies. 



We have completed a large addition to our 

 Factory, which doubles our floor room; we 

 are therefore in better shape than ever to fill 

 orders on short notice. Send for Price-ljist 



J. FORNCROOK, 



Watektown. Jeff. Co., Wis.. Jan. 1st, 1896. 



Barnes' Foot-Power Machinery. 



Read what J. I. Pakent.o 



CHAHI.TON.N.Y..8ay8— "We 



cut with one of your Com- 

 bined Machines, last winter 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 HX) honey-racks, ."iiX) broad 

 frames, 2.(iii0 honey-boxea 

 and a dreat deal of other 

 work. This winter we have 

 double the amount of bee- 

 hlrea, etc., to make and we 

 expect todo it with this Saw. 

 It will do all you say it will. 

 Catalogue and Price - Jjiet 

 AaareSB. W. F. & JOHN BARNES, 



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MeotUya me A.-nherican Bt-e Jc>y/rvMX. 



m RURAL CALIFORNIAN 



Tells all about Bees in California. 

 The Yields and Price of Honey; the Pastur- 

 age and Nectar - Producing Plants; the Bee- 

 Ranches and how they are conducted. In fact 

 the entire field Is fully covered by and expert 

 bee-man. Besides this, the paper also tells 

 you all about Oaliroriiia Agriculture and 

 Horticulture. $1.50 per Year; Six Months, 

 75 cents. Sample Free. 



THE RURAI. CAMFORNIAN, 

 218 N. Main St.. - Los Angkles, Calif. 



Down Go the Prices ! 



lam having such good luck in queen-rear- 

 ing. I shall the balance of the season sell our 

 flue ADEt. QUEEINS at the following prices 

 —One Queen, $100; three. $2.50; 8lx,$t.50; 

 or one dozen for $8.00. Safe arrival and qual- 

 ity guaranteed. Cat. free. 



HENRV AliLEY. 



25 Atf WENHAM, Essex Co., MASS. 



Free. 



45Ctf 



I had over 1,000 young bees, and this 

 was about the first of April. I frave 

 them twro combs more full of brood, and 

 put them out-doors. I have now a large 

 swarra and si,x young queens from her. 



I also sold two colonies to a grten- 

 house man — a subscriber to the Bee 

 Journal. He wanted them to put in his 

 cucumber houses to fertilize the vines. 

 He had cucumbers early, and sold some 

 for $1.50 per dozen. 



Another green-house man came to see 

 Mr. Strong's cucumbers; he said his 

 vines had not any cucumbers on. "What 

 do you do to have your vines bear so ?" 

 It is the bees. He went and bought a 

 colony right off, and put in his cucumber 

 house. 



Mr. Strong's bees did not all go back 

 to the hive ; the young bees would fly 

 against the glass and tire themselves 

 out. It was a pleasant sight to see them 

 working on the blossoms when it was 

 cold out-of-doors. 1 told him he would 

 not get much honey if they were not put 

 out-of-doors. He said: " I don't care ; I 

 have had more than the bees cost me." 

 The bees are out-of-doors now, and are 

 doing well. They go in and out of the 

 green-house windows. 



I have never noticed anything of nurs- 

 ing weak swarms or bees in green- 

 houses, or keeping bees in green-houses 

 to fertilize cucumbers, R. L. Macet. 



Grand Rapids, Mich., June 12. 



More White Clover than for Years. 



We have more white clover this year 

 than we have had for five or six years, 

 and bees are just rolling in the honey. 

 I have had bad luck this year with the 

 bees from spring dwindling, so that I 

 have only a few colonies to gather 

 honey. A. J. Pedersen. 



St. Paul, Minn., June 16. 



Prospects Guite Good. 



Bees are lively, and seem to want to 

 swarm. Basswood is budded quite full, 

 and the present prospects are quite good 

 for a honey crop. N. D. West. 



Middleburgh, N. Y., June 17. 



Bees Swarming Lively. 



I have 125 colonies, spring count. 

 They are swarming pretty lively now. 



I look for the American Bee Journal 

 every week, aud I am not disappointed. 

 J. H. Warner. 



Middleburgh, N. Y., June 19. 



Promising: Prospects. 



The prospect for a honey crop was 

 quite promising, but for the past week 

 we have had rain every day, more or 

 less, together with cloudy weather, so 

 that bees could do but little or nothing 

 in the way of gathering honey, but 

 sweet clover and catnip are yet before 

 us, and with plenty of moisture we may 

 still get a good honey crop. 



H. G. Qotrin. 



Bellevue, Ohio, June 15. 



Bees Not Doing Well. 



1 am living in the Black Fork Moun- 

 tains, miles oast of the Indian Terri- 

 tory line. J am 45 years old, and have 

 worked with bees nearly all my life, aud 

 yet never saw a nice, finished bee-hive. 

 I have now 26 colonies, but it is a hard 



No. 1 Sections— Cheap. 



We offer for a few weeks, a surplus stock of 

 our one-piece No. I Cream Sections at the 

 followluar 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, being, as their name 

 indicates, of a cream color. 



The stock consists of a quantity each of the 

 following sizes: 



4!4x2, open 2 sides i%xl 15-16, open 2 sides 



4ii.\l 7-8, open 3 sides 

 mxlU, open :'. sides 4>ix7to-ft., open 2 sides 



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WHEN Answering this Advertisement, mention this jouRHAt. 



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 

 paict»d. and have been kept in the bee-house. 

 Price, 7o 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. 



W. C. liYMAN, 



21Atf DOWNER'S GROVE, JLL. 



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

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

 Send lOo for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



Beautiful Ooldeu Queens «»». 



Let me tell you why my Golden Italians are 

 better for comb honey than the .3-banders. 

 Simply this— they cap their honey white like 

 the blacks, and are splendid workers. 



1 Untested Queen. 75 cents or 3 for $2.00 



1 Tested (Jueen, $1 00 Breeders 2.50 



1 Breedei which I have bred from aud 

 found to be the best 4.00 



1 Frame Nuclei with Queen 1.75 



2 " " ■• 2.25 



3 " " " 2.75 



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n\ RirriJierv iUail,, 



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F. A. CHOWEIil., Orauser, Minn. 

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