1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



509 



No. 1 Sections— Cheap. 



We offer tor 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. 



r Th.'^e Sections are finely finished ;ind No. 1 

 in .1 1 i espects save color, being, as their name 

 Indicates, of a cream color. 



The stock consists of a quantity each of the 

 following sizes: 



4J4X2, open 2 sides 4>4xl 15-16, open 2 sides 



4)ixl 7-8, open 2 sides 

 4Jixl?i. open 2 sides 4i4x7-to-ft.. open 2 sides 



WATERTOWN, "WIS. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Golden or Leattaer-Colored ! 



BY RETURN M/ilL. 



Fine tJntested. 60c. each; two, Jfl.OO. Select 

 Untested, 7oc. Tested, .$1.00 Full Colonies 

 cheap. No disease. Remit by express money 

 order, payable at Barnum, Wis. Many cus- 

 tomers send $1.00 and $2.00 bills. 20. stamps 

 taken for less than $1.00. Safe delivery and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. 



P. S.— .57 choice 2-yr.-old Queens, 2oc. each 

 while they last. 



VAK ALLEN 8l WILLIA]MS, 



BARNUM, WIS. 



29Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Pasre & Lyon Mfsr. Co., 



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

 mills that cut, annually, eig^ht million feet 

 of lumber, thus securing the 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. 

 For Sections, the 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 



^►For instance. It has a job lot of SOO.OOtr 

 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. 16Atf 



WOVEN WiBI FENCE 



OverSOStylesVTbe bestonEarth. Hursehitch,! 

 ~-*EuU strong, Fife' and Chicken I 

 tleht. You can make from 40 I 

 to 60 rods per day lor frijm I 



14 to 22c. a Rod.f 



Illustrated (.'ntnln^'uc Free. 



KITSCLMAN BROS., 

 Ridgeville, - Indiana. 



48Etf Mention the A:verican Bet JDumcti 



10 per ct. Off to Reduce 



on all kinds of SUFPIjIBS, except 



—COMB FOrNDATIOX - 



which will be sold in lots of 10 lbs. or more as 

 follows: Medium, 35 cts.; Light, .'iS cts.; Thin 

 Surplus, 40 cts.; Extra Thin, 4.5 cts. 

 Queens— Warranted, 50c. : Tested, 7oc. , 



:5 W. J. FIi\CH, Jr., ^'•«\lil!^''» 



BEE-SDPPIIES! 



We have the best equipped Fac- 

 tory in the West. Capacity— one 

 carload a day ; and carry the largest 

 stocii and greatest variety of every 

 thing- needed in the apiary, assur- 

 ing- BEST goods at the LOWEST 

 prices, and prompt shipment. 



Illustrated Catalog. 80 pages, Free. 



2E8t 



Address, 



E. KRETGHMER, Red Oak, Iowa. 



banded, but are too cross ; I can't handle 

 them — must Italianize them. 



White clover was very scarce here this 

 year, but uiy bees bad several fields of 

 alsike which yielded well. Basswood is 

 scarce, but it yielded very much honey ; 

 also the chestnut did well. Now comes 

 buckwheat, and the prospects are good 

 for a large crop of hnney. I now have 

 in my yard 37 colonies, ready for busi- 

 ness. I wiuter them out-doors. Last 

 winter was an extra hard one, killing 

 nearly all the clover and wheat in this 

 section. Paul Whitebrbad. 



Hobble, Pa , July 24. 



Good Fall Crop Expected. 



The prospects are good for a fall crop 

 of honey. Sweet clover is in full bloom, 

 and bees are working ou it in good 

 shape. White clover was quite plenti- 

 ful this year, but yielded very little 

 honey — just enough to get bees iu good 

 condition for sweet clover and golden- 

 rod. R. E. Quick. 



Clare, Iowa, July 24. 



Adulteration — Foul Brood. 



I have read with much interest the 

 program of the North American conven- 

 tion, especially that part relating to 

 amalgamation and the adulteration of 

 honey. This is one of the great ques- 

 tions, in fact, I might say, the principal 

 one, that is agitating the minds of many 

 bee-keepers. Supply and demand cut 

 very little figure as long as this fraud of 

 adulteration is allowed to be practiced 

 on the bee-keepers, or the producers, 

 and the consumers. I have received re- 

 liable information that it is continually 

 practiced; it runs down the price of pure 

 honey out of sight for the producer. 

 Then when the glucose mixer gets in his 

 work, who can tigure out to us the total 

 collected from the consumers ? Is there 

 no end to this abuse? Must we always 

 grin and bear it? If so, why could not, 

 and should not, every State have a law 

 for the protection of the bee industry and 

 public '? I am pleased to see this part of 

 the program in good hands, and I hope 

 to see our grand old American Bee Jour- 

 nal keep up this light until the rascals 

 are crowded out, and honest people get 

 their just due. 



There are two very important sub- 

 jects which I fail to see on the program, 

 namely. Foul Brood and the Spraying of 

 'Fruit-Trees. Both of these have been, 

 and are, causing much loss to bee-keep- 

 ers. 1 have had much experience on 

 these questions in the past four or five 

 years. While there have been many 

 foul brood laws framed, I believe that 

 more good can be accomplished in the 

 matter by educating bee-keepers. Too 



many bee-keepers do not know what 

 foul brood Is. I have known bee-keepers 

 actually to divide foul brood colonies ! 

 Others will let the ants destroy their 

 bees, and not know of it until It is too 

 late. It is also the same with fruit-tree 

 spraying. They only realize it when the 

 hives are empty. Among the many ex- 

 periments that I have been trying for 

 foul brood Is one that I hope to prove a 

 success. It is a mixture of salt and 

 other ingredients. While I do not care 

 to get laughed at, if I prove anything 

 reliable in this matter, I will be pleased 

 to give the information. 



E. S. LOVESY. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



The Hive Discussion. 



It seems to me that as interesting and 

 valuable topic as could be desired is the 

 bee-hive, its size and shape of brood- 

 chamber, etc. While this topic received 

 a great deal of attention from most of 

 the prominent apiarists of the country, 

 I, for one, shall consider the discussion 

 incomplete so long as the standard Lang- 

 stroth frame remains standard. I have 

 experimented enough with this frame 

 and hive to know whereof I speak, and 

 my experiments are confirmed by hun- 

 dreds of practical and observing apiarists 

 all over the land. 



There are many who think that locality 

 has so much to do with the hive used. 

 This is, to quite an extent, a mistake, it 

 a good hive Is adopted. For instance, 

 where did the Dadant hive ever fall ? I 

 could also refer to a couple others equally 

 good, but there name is not " standard 

 Langstroth." The manufacturers and 

 our authors are the ones that raised the 

 Langstroth hive and frame to such a 

 high standard, but most of these people 

 received quite an unexpected shock the 

 past season, and many are beginning to 

 realize their mistakes, but they do not 

 seem In haste to speak out. There is 

 one, however, for whom i have always 

 had great respect, and who, I believe, is 

 still riding the fence-rail. He Is also 

 well known to the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, or any other journal 

 pertaining to apiculture. He is Dr. C. 

 0. Miller. 



Right here I want to say that I heart- 

 ily endorse the first paragraph of Mr. C. 

 P. Dadant's article, on page 433, con- 

 cerning the Doctor's motto, etc. Now, 

 who can tell what made the Doctor ask 

 Messrs. Dadant & Son the questions he 

 there asks, if he is not losing some faith 

 in his hive? And also notice how the 

 Doctor answered the 4th question of W. 

 S., on pages 470-71. 



It Is to the editor's Interest, to the 

 manufacturers' interest, and to the in- 

 terest of all who wish to see our frater- 



