1896. 



THE AMERICAPf BEE JOURNAL. 



491 



•^ Money Saved is Money Gained. •> 



THE ROYAL MM 



Life liisiirance Compiiny 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Iowa Policy 



Is one that definitely promises to keep an 

 accurate account with you ; credit your 

 preuiiums and interest, chargre the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remaining funds subject to your order. 



Agents Wanted. 



JOHN B. KING, General Agent, 



Suite 513 First Nat'l Bank BId'g-, 

 SOAtf CHICAGO, II,!,. 



Menxirm ti\E A.raencan Bee jour'"o,i 



The Onl^ Buffalo Fence. 



The late Austin Corbin firmly believed it to be the 

 Page. He used it freely on his great park in New 

 Hampshire, and when he donated half his herd of 

 Buffalo to the city of New York, he attended person- 

 ally to having our fence enclose them. Not every 

 farmer owns buffalo, but no one objects to a strong 

 fence. 



PAGE WOVEN WmE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



WHEN ANSWERING thiA AQUERTISEMENT, MENTIOK -^HIS JOURNAw 



^" IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Apleultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

 11.25 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont. Caiif., 



for bis 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 





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 Climate or Resources, send for a Sample Copy 

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 Sample Copy Free. 



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TEXAS QUEENS. 



If you are in need of Queens, let me haye 

 your order. Price-List Free. 

 8A26t J. D. GIVENS, Lisbon. Tex. 



BEGINNERS. 



Beginners should have a copy of the 

 Amateur tiee-Keeper, a 70-page book by 

 Prof. J. W. Rouse. Price 25 cents; if 

 sent bymail. 28e. The little book and 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper (a live, pro- 

 gressive 28-page monthly journal) one 

 year, (J5c. Address any first-class dealer, 

 or 

 IiEAHT MFG. CO., Higginsville, Mo. 



IVftUU Iliint'V I^"'' Sale.— I have a very choice 

 llCn IlUiltJ lot of Basswood Extracted Hon- 

 ey in barrels, net 260 lbs., worth on cars here 

 6HC. Also some honey in kits, net 50 lbs , at 

 6Uo. This honey is the product of my bees, 

 and Is strictly pure. Will send sample on ap- 

 plication. A. (i. WILSJJ, Kitkapoii, Venidii Co., Wis. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



bee-keepers, wish to avail themselves of 

 the benefits to be derived from member- 

 ship, let them walk up, etc.'' He should 

 be a little more careful in quoting, aud 

 use the same words, so as not to get 

 things twisted. 



I meaut just what I said in regard to 

 expensive meetings. The ob.ject of the 

 Uiiiou was most thoroughly accom- 

 plished without the expense of those 

 meetings, and for those who in many in- 

 stances cotild never attend said meet- 

 ings, and still needed the protection for 

 which it (the Union) was organized. It 

 protected, fonght the fight, and is still 

 on a good financial footing. And if we 

 can unite on a plan for enlarging its 

 usefulness, I am with it, and think if a 

 good working plan for an enlarged 

 National organization can be presented, 

 it will find backing by bee-keepers of 

 the United States. 



Canada can do likewise; we can work 

 together and be of mutual btnefit, but I 

 am in for the United States first. 



Dr. G. a. Millakd. 



Los Angeles, Calif. 



Quite a Spell. 



There is a farmer who Is YT 



Enough to take his EE, 

 And study Nature with his II 



And thinli of what be CC. 

 He hears the chatter of the .TJ 



As they each otherTT, 

 And sees that when a tree DKK 



It makes a home for BB. 



—Toronto Empire. 



Why Do I Keep Bees? 



First, I never yet had all the honey I 

 wanted to eat. I well remember one 

 effort I made when a boy, back in the 

 Empire State, to get what honey I could 

 eat, and my failure. My mother kept a 

 few bees, but honey was too rich for our 

 blood— just about right for company; 

 Out if we were good children we were re- 

 warded with what the company left, 

 which was not enough to make us sick, 

 for usually their appetite got the better 

 of their manners, and we felt like the 

 boy when he saw the last mouthful of 

 pie go — " There, mother, goes manners 

 and all." 



My father's family was large, and the 

 pocket-book correspondingly small, and 

 we boys usually got 50 cents to spend at 

 the County Fair : it took 2-5 of that to 

 get in, and 25 cents won"t buy every- 

 thing a healthy boy can see on the fair 

 ground. 



One day, on our way to the fair, we 

 overtook a wealthy neighbor and his 

 boys with some cattle, sheep and colts, 

 and he asked ns to fall in and help drive 

 the stock. We thought it was a little 

 cheeky, and we hated to lose so much 

 (to us) valuable time, but our mother 

 had taught tis to be obliging, so we fol- 

 lowed along, but could not see why it 

 needed so many boys to drive so few 

 cattle and sheep, but when we got to 

 the gate he called out to the gateman 

 that these were all his boys, and told us 

 to follow right along in, and, when once 

 in, told us to go where we had a mind 

 to and enjoy ourselves. (If old Mr. 

 Slocum, of Little Valley, N. Y., should 

 see this, he will no doubt remember the 

 circumstance.) 



The first thing that attracted my eye 

 was a man and woman making and sell- 

 ing warm biscuit and honey (making the 

 biscuit, not the he my, for that was be- 

 fore man learned to make "genuine bee- 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ej 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order 



oB lOIb 25B) SOB 



AlslkeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



SweetClover 75 1.40 .3.25 6.00 



WhiteClover 1.25 2.00 4.60 8 00 



Alialfa Clover 63 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .20 .35 ,90 1.25 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted b.y freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEOBGE W. YOKK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 

 5 lbs. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 



SI, 00 $1.00 $3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 

 seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatching. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, tJc Light Brahmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN McAKTHUK, 

 881 Yonge Street. - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 15 Att (M'.Ktfcm tlie .American Bee Journoi^ 



Extracted Honey ^ 



Finest Quality. Bas«ivuod and 

 Clover. 



2 601b. cans in case. 8c. per pound. 1 



1 60-lb. can In case, 9c. per poun'1. A 



I sample by mall, 10 cts. Pi>UDE«'S 



»»i(| Honey-Jars and f'oiuplete Line 



*«)| of Supplies. Catalogue Free. 



%V.^L,TER S. POIJOFR, 



! 162 Mass. Avenue, ISDIAMPOIIS, IXB. 



Mention the American Bee Journal, 



We have No. 1 Alfalfa, also White 

 and Sweet Clover Honey we will sell 



iloiK^Y and Keeswax Wanted. 



I^Auti liflfl nu/«nna Warranted tbe best, sim- 

 DU»S UCt-(:McipC piest and quickest Escape 

 OQ the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 lor 30 cts, it can be returned at our expense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Escape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing" to 

 test it in jfOf)d faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive ^V>p'er'and"w>"ckt^ 



Gate Honey-Koard. with the Escape. It Is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb or extracted honey. 



K. S. I^OVESV A: < O., 

 355 6th East St.. SAJ.T LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 inetu.'i/Mii ifte. ^men^^Ain Bof jouma. 9Atf 



Van Deiiseii Foiiudatioii ! 



I have sonic of the celebrated Van Deusen 

 Thin Foundation in 25-pound boxes, that I 

 will put on board cars for $12.50 per box. 



Also ITALIAN 



cheap. 



26Atf 



Queens ! 

 dueens I 



Fine Untested Queens mailed 

 I'Ho.MPTi.Y at 55 cts. each,t>r 

 Six for $3.00. 



Safe delivery and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Address. 



F. ORABBE, 



LiBEUTWiLLE, Lake Co., III. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal 



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 write to any of our 

 advertisers, eitlicr In 

 ordering, or asking about tbe Goods 

 offered, will please state that tbey saW 

 tbe AdTertisement In tbis paper. 



