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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 6, 



•^ Money Saved is Money Gained. •^ 



TEE ROYAL MM 



Life lusurauce Company 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Iowa Policy 



Is one that definitely promises to Iseep an 

 accurate account with you ; credit your 

 premiums and interest, charge the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remaininjr funds subject to your order. 

 AgentH IVaiited. 



JOHN B. KING. General agent. 

 Suite 513 First Nat'l Bank Bld'g, 

 SOAtf CHICAGO, ILL. 



Our New 4-|)age Catalog 



Contains testimonials from F. A. Gemmill, 

 Wm. McEvoy, Inspector of foul brood for 

 Canada ; also many others from those who 

 have tested the Adel bees. All testimonials 

 came in since June 1. 1896. I challenge any 

 queen-dealer in the world to produce such 

 larpe. fine Queens as I am nowsendinsr my 

 customers. *' We get the best queens from 

 YOn," so say a large ma.iority ol our patrons. 

 I cannot supply oOcent Queens— 1 do not rear 

 that kind. Everyone of ray Queens is worth 

 $5.00. But I sell one for .$1.00 ; :) for $ ;.50 ; 6 

 for $4.50; and 12 for SS. 00. No swarming, no 

 stinging, and no disease among the Adels. A. 

 I. Hoot Co. have si.x of as fine Adel Queens as 

 any man can boast of. Cau ship by return 

 mail Send for Catalog. 



HENRY A1.L.EV, Weiiliaiu, ITIasN. 

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BEGINNERS. 



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SPECIAL OFFER 



Warranted Queens, bred from best Impor- 

 ted or Homebred Queens at 55 cts. each ; V, 

 Uoz.. $3.00. Untested. 50 cts.; Y, do?... *2 9o. 

 Tested. 70 cts.; </., doz.. $3.70. 500 Queens 

 ready to ship. LEININGER BROS . 



SOEtr Ft. Jennings, OHIO. 



handle them, with the mercury 80° in 

 the shade. Although this would seem 

 late for swarming in the East, it doesn't 

 cut so much of a figure in this section 

 of the country, as the season continues 

 until September, usually, and I have 

 had a swarm come out in the middle of 

 August and gather enough to winter on, 

 but of course we do not depend entirely 

 upon white clover, as we have lots of 

 fireweed for the latter part of the sea- 

 son. F. M. Little. 

 Junction City, Wash., .July 21. 



Doing Fairly Well— Big Yield. 



Bees are doing fairly well here, but 

 not nearly so well as last season, when I 

 got 263 pounds of honey per colony, 

 spring count, two-thirds extracted and 

 one-third comb honey. A. J. West. 



Paxton, III.,July 20. 



Must Feed to Save the Bees. 



I shall have to feed from .5,000 to 

 10,000 pounds of sugar to save my bees 

 this year. I have already fed 2,000 

 pounds. I do not shed any tears, but re- 

 joice with those who have some honey, 

 that there will be a sale for it. 



Acton, Calif., July 20. F. J. Pabr. 



Not a Good Season. 



I don't expect much honey this year, 

 as we have had no honey season. April 

 and May were very dry — we had no rain 

 at all. June gave us rain nearly every 

 day, consequently there was an extreme 

 every time. There was plenty of locust 

 bloom, but owing to dry weather bees 

 did not work on it. There has not been 

 much swarming here, and our swarming- 

 season is over for this year. We are 

 having plenty of rain now, and I hope 

 we will get some honey yet, before the 

 summer ends. When I have gathered 

 my honey harvest, I will report again. 

 I cannot keep bees without the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. C. H. May. 



Grove Hill, Va., July 22. 



Good Prospects for a Large Crop. 



I had promised last fall to report 

 again this season how my bees were 

 doing. I had in my yard 3.~i colonies 

 last fall, in good condition ; some were 

 rather weak in bees on account of their 

 late swarming, the old bees mostly all 

 having gone with the swarms, and by 

 the time the young queens were ready 

 to lay the honey-flow was about over, 

 and very few young bees were reared, 

 which accounts for some of the winter 

 losses I had. All had enough honey and 

 some to spare. 



I had about half of the 5-banded 

 golden Italian stock, and the rest were 

 3-banded and hybrids. Of the 5-banded 

 kind I had the pleasure of finding one 

 colony alive this spring, and the queen 

 of that colony came from Canada, and 

 her cBances last fall were mighty slim 

 for successful wintering. Some of the 

 other 5-banders did not live to celebrate 

 Christmas, and one after the other 

 passed away until only one remained. 



Of the 3-banded kind, I found all 

 alive this spring but one colony, which 

 became queenless in December, and the 

 bees, hunting for the queen, flew out of 

 the hive and were chilled, never to get 

 back into the hive. 



The hybrids winter as well as the 3- 



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 ex 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order 



5ft> 10ft 25Ib 501b 



Alsike Clover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5,75 



Sweet Clover 75 1.40 .•?.25 6.00 



WhiteClover 1.25 2,00 4.50 8.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 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, tor cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Sweet Clover h Canada. 



At the following prices : 



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



$1.00 $1.60 $3.75 S7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatcliing;. BufE Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, & Light Brabmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN IflcARTHUR, 

 881 ronge Street, - TOKONTO, ONT, 

 1 5 A t f HUntion tlieA mericaji Bee journai. 



^Extracted Honey ^ 



Finest CtiiHlit}'. Basswood and 

 Clover. 



2 60-lb. cans in case. 8c. per pound. 1 

 60-lb. can In case, 9c. per pound. A 

 sample by mall. 10 cts. POIIDER'S 

 Houey-Jars and Complete lalne 

 of Supplies. Catalogue Free. 



WALTER S. POUOER, 



162 Mass. Avenue, ISDISJAPOIIS, ISD. 



Mentioii theAmcHcmi Bee Journal, 



We have No. 1 Alfalfa, also White 

 'illi I and Sweet Clover Honey we will sell 

 cheap. 



Honey and Beeswax Wanted. 



Uiivv hoA Ac^anA Warranted the best, si m- 

 IIU^S UCC-COtapij piest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 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 good faith. We are agreots for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive Fup'r'and'wi-e'ife'^ 



Gate Honey-Board, with the Escape. It Is the 

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I have some of the celebrated Van Deusen 

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Also IXALIAP; 



Gueens ! 

 Queens I 



Fine Untested Queens mailed 

 PROMPTLY at 55 cts. each, or 

 Six for $3.00. 



Safe delivery and satisfac- 

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LiuEHTYViLLE, Lake Co., III. 

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