1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



525 



SSl'b LASDS 



Tor Sale at I>ow I*i-ices and 

 on Ka»<iy Xeriiis. 



The Illinois Central Hailroad Company offers 

 for sale on oasj- terms and at low prices. 150- 

 000 acres of choice fruit, gardening, farm and 

 f^razing lands located In 



mwm iLLiiis. 



They are also largely interested In, and call 

 especial attention to the 600.000 acres of land 

 in the famous 



YAZOO VALLEY 



OF MISSISSIPPI 



lying along and owned by the Yazoo »& Miss- 

 issippi Valley Railroad Company, and which 

 that company offers .at low prices and on long 

 terms. Special inducements and facilities 

 offered to go and examine these lands, both 

 in Southern Illinois and in the " Yaz jo Val- 

 ley," Miss. For further description, map, and 

 any information, address or call upon E. P. 

 SKENE, Land Commissioner, No. 1 Park 

 Row, Chicago, 111. 33D6t 



Menttccrt. the American Bee Jorv/rnal, 



IleeSiipplies 



Largest Stock 

 ind Greatest 

 Variety in the 

 West. 'BI<:>T 



Goode^at Low- 

 est prices. Cat. 

 ..rsu pases FREE. 



E. KRETCMER, RED OAK, IOWA. 



Mtntlon the American Bee Jimrnal. 23 D9t 



HARDY-&- PROLIFIC 



QUEENS 



^^Gray Cariiiolaus or (-olden Italians 



bred in separate apiaries— One Untested 

 Queen, Hoc; six for $3.50. Tested, $1 .25. 

 belect Tested, $•^.25. Best Imported, $4.00 



Never saw fonl brood or bee-paralysis. 



^&~ S.\TISFA0TION GU.\RASTEED. „^^ 



Descriptive Price-Llst Free. 



F. A. LOCKHART & CO., 



27Dtf L..\KR GfeOKOE, N. Y. 



Me)uk/i\. aw AiliertjCi'i , Bee jsij/r'i^x-^- 



10 per ct. Off to Reduce Stock 



on all liinds of SXJPFIjIEiS, except 



—COMB FOUNDATION - 



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

 follows: Medium, 35cts.; Light, 36 cts.; Thin 

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

 Queens— Warr.anted, 50c.: Tested, 75c. 



:5 W. J. mm, Jr., ^''•"ri^'il?^''" 



Meiitlmi the Amcrfain Uw Jmimal- 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



OFFICERS FOR 1S96. 



President— A. 1. Root Medina, Ohio. 



VicePres.— Wm. McKvoy Woodburn. Ont. 



Sec— Dr. A. B. Mason.... Sta. B. Toledo. (Jhlo 



Treas.— W. Z. Hutchinson Klint, Mich 



Convention at Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 7 & 8. 



lost all of them with diarrhea; but I 

 purchased some more last spring. The 

 hives I use are the S-Irame Langstroth 

 and box-hive. I find the Langstroth the 

 best and most convenient. My bees are 

 golden Italians and Carniolan mixed 

 with one colony of blacks. There is an 

 abundance of honey-plants here this 

 season, although nearly half the weather 

 is rainy or foggy, and has been so for 

 four or five weeks. The bees will store 

 from three to five supers of nice honey, 

 of 2S sections each. J. M. Hakding. 

 Burkeltville, Maine, Aug. 2. 



Have Not Done Well. 



Our bees have not done very well this 

 year. In fact, it is the general com- 

 plaint in this vicinity. We began the 

 season with 38 colonies, and had eight 

 swarms ; and have taken off a little over 

 300 pounds of surplus honey (mostly 

 basswood) at this date. 



Catherine R. Smith. 



Canandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 8. 



Bees Doing Well in Nebraska. 



Bees are doing well on alfalfa. Sweet 

 clover is making its appearance in many 

 localities all over the country. Last 

 night's heavy rain gives us promise of 

 an abundant honey crop. Irrigation is 

 making rapid progress in the Loup and 

 Platte valleys, which will make this 

 region, in the near future, the paradise 

 of the world for the honey-bee. 



I. C. NiBMOLLEK. 



Tarnov, Nebr., July 28. 



Bees in North Carolina. 



I believe this to be a good place for 

 bees. In some localities there are a 

 great many kept, but there are but few 

 improved hives in use. A great many 

 use the old log-hives that were in use in 

 the North 50 years ago. I never hear 

 of any disease of any kind here among 

 the bees, and it is equally as healthy for 

 people. We are 2,750 feet above sea- 

 level, and this is fast becoming one of 

 the great health resorts of the country. 



Asheville, N. C. J. W. Haymond. 



National Bee-Seepers' Union. 



President— Hon. K. L. Taylor. . Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Mqr.— T. G. Newman. ..Sau Diego, Cal. 



May Italianize Cyprians. 



I bought two colonies in the spring of 

 1895, called ■• Cyprian ■' bees. I have 

 five colonies now. 1 am not struck on 

 their fighting quality, but I have a 

 smoker that 1 use on them when they 

 get too cranky. I have just received a 

 gold-dust queen, and if her bees are any 

 easier to handle, I will "doctor"" all of 

 them. C. W. Hakris. 



Pawnee Co., Nebr., Aug. 3. 



Not a Good T^ear for Bees. 



I send a photograph of my honey- 

 extractor. 1 have not seen one that can 

 beat it in doing good work. It is capa- 

 able of taking out 1,000 pounds an 

 hour, and a boy 10 or 12 years old 

 could turn it all day. I have used mine 

 over 18 years, and it is good for as 

 many years more. 



This has not been a good year for 

 bees, but 1 am now taking out honey, as 

 the bees are beginning to do well on the 

 lima-bean blossoms. I have bees in dif- 

 ferent places; in one place I started last 

 spring with only 10 colonies, and now I 



No. 1 Sections— Cheap. 



We offer lor a few weeks, a surplus stock of 

 our one-piece No. 1 Cream SecLloas at the 

 loliowino: very low prices: 



1000 for $1.50. 



3000 for $4.00. 



5000 for $6.00. 



r These Sections are finely finished and No. 1 

 in all respects save color, being, as their name 

 indicates, of a cream color. 



The stoclv consists of a quantity each of the 

 following- sizes: 



414x2, open 2 sides 4>ixl 15-lG, open 2 sides 



4i.4.\l T-S, open 2 sides 

 4H-f 13i. open 2 sides 4!-4.\7-to-ft., open 2 sides 



WATEKTOWN, WIS. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Golden or Leatlier-Colored ! 



B¥ RETURN in[\IL,. 



Choice Untested. 50c.: Tested, 7oc. Full Col- 

 onies cheap. No disease. Remit by express 

 M. O. payable at Barnum, Wis. Many cus- 

 tomers send $1.00 a,nd $2.00 bills. 2c. stamps 

 talien for less than $1.00. Safe delivery and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. 



VAN ALLEN & WILEIAinS, 



BARNUM, WIS. 



29Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Paare & Lyon Mfa:. Co., 



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

 mills that cut, annually, eight million feet 

 of lumber, thus securing the best lumber 

 at the lowest price for the manufacture of 

 bee-keepers' supplies. They have also 

 j ast completed one of 



The Largest Factories, 



^►■aud have the latest and most improved 

 machinery lor 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. ?? 



^►For instance, it has :i job lot of 200.00t> 

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

 per 1,000; or 2,000 Snow-White aectlons 

 will be sold for $4.00. and larger quanti- 

 ties at still lower prices. Send tor Circu- 

 lar and see the prices on a lull line of 

 supplies. lOAtl 



Mention tlieAinencan Bee Jouniai. 



A Bara:ain-EARLY QUEENS. 



119 Colonies Italian Bees in Chaff Hives: two 

 acres land; good house; e.xcellent well. 



Early Qiiefiis— Tested. $1.00 ; Dutested, 

 50c. Sent by return luall. 



E. IL. CARKIKUTON, 

 lOAtf PE'rrtrs. BeeCo., TEX. 



Reference— 1st National Hank of Beevillo. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal 



Ilee-K«'<'jM'f!*' Pliolograpli.— We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 411 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 121 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, tor 30 cents each, 

 mailing from the 121 kind first; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 4!) kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces'' for their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



