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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 20, 



•^ MONEY Saved is Money Gained. •{• 



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The Iowa Policy 



la one that definitely promises to keep an 

 accurate account with you; credit your 

 premiums and interest, charge the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and bold the 

 remaining: funds subject to your order. 

 Ag;eiits Wauted. 



JOHN B. KING. General Agent. 



Suite 513 First Nat'l Bank niA'g, 

 20Atf CHICAGO, ILL. 



Onr New 4-page 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 

 qupen-ilealer in the world to produce such 

 large, fine Queens as I am now sendine- my 

 customers. " We get the best qceens fhum 

 YOU." so say a lart-e majority ol our patrons. 

 I cannoi supply 50-cent Qupens— 1 do not rear 

 that kind. Every one ol' my Queens is worth 

 $5.00 But 1 sell oneforSl.OO; .3 for$;.50; 6 

 for $+.50; and 12 for $S. 00. No swarming, no 

 stinging, and no disease among the A dels. A. 

 I. Boot Co. have six of as fine Adel Queens as 

 any man can boa-t of Cau ship by return 

 mail. Send for Catalog. 



HENRV AliLEV, Weiiliam, Iflass. 

 32Atf Mtntion the American Bee Journal. 



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 Bend lOe for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



CARLOADS 



Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

 ping-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 and Everytlilng used in the 

 Hte-Industry. 



I want the name and address 

 of every Bee-Keeper in Amer- 

 ica. No reason why you can- 

 n>jtdo business with me. I have 

 Cheap Lumber and Experienced Workmen : 

 a good Water-Power Factory and hnow how 

 to run it. I am supplying Dealers as well as 

 consumers. Why not you? Send for Cata- 

 logues, Quotations, etc. W. II. PUTNAM, 

 IE RivEa Falls. Pierce Co., Wis. 



MeniUm the ^mer-Uxm Bee Jcwma^- 



proof of foul brood in bees five or six 

 weeks before this brown, stlnlilug, 

 sticky, coffee-colored appearance would 

 develop in the hive. 



Sometimes through ignorance, and 

 often from an over-desire to save all the 

 nice-looking brood till it hatches out, 

 the disease is nursed along by some bee- 

 keepers till the whole becomes a rotten 

 mass. Is it any wonder that the disease 

 spreads under such conditions? If this 

 matter was written up more byjour bee- 

 papers, and if it was more a subject of 

 discussion in our bee meetings or con- 

 ventions, it would have a tendency to 

 educate our bee-keepers in the matter, 

 and it would also assist materially in 

 checking and obliterating the disease 

 from among.the bees. We find it is very 

 hard to get a good law on foul brood, 

 because yon cannot get" the legislators 

 to view the matter in the light that the 

 bee-keepers do, therefore a law of edu- 

 cation is absolutely necessary. 



E. S. LOVESY. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2. 



[The specimen of foul brood was re- 

 ceived all right. We showed it to an old 

 bee-keeper who has had^experience with 

 foul brood of the worst kind, and he was 

 Inclined to think that the sample was 

 not so very bad. Yes, there cannot be 

 too much information scattered around 

 concerning the disease. — Editor.] 



Keeps Bees in Xexico. 



At the present time I am 450 miles 

 from a railroad. I have .5 colonies of 

 bees. I captured a fine swarm over two 

 years ago, and with little or no attention 

 I have honey the year through. 



James G. Sample, 



Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Marketing Honey. 



Referring to the editorial in the Bee 

 Journal of July 2, on the marketing of 

 honey, I would say that I make the most 

 by selling to the consumers. I put up 

 the honey in 2}.^, 5, and 10 pound buck- 

 ets, and get S}i to 10 cents a pound for 

 all my honey. W. H. Nall. 



Motz, Ark. 



Some Hens Eat No Bees. 



Mr. S_. A. Deacon, on page 500, asks 

 If bees cfo catch bees. I would say no, 

 as I have kept from 100 to 150 pure- 

 bred Leghorns, and from 20 to 160 col- 

 onies of bees side by side, and for the 

 last eight years, and never have seen a 

 hen or chick eat a worker-bee. They 

 once in a while will pick up one, but 

 shake their heads and drop it again ; 

 but they do eat drones, and will pick up 

 brood which the bees throw out from 

 the entrance. C. F. Lang. 



La Crosse, Wis. 



Figwort and Sweet Clover. 



Please inform me where I can get a 

 few seeds of the honey-plant " tigwort." 

 I see that we must raise bee-forage here 

 before we can succeed with bees. I ob- 

 tained some sweet clover seed two years 

 ago, which I scattered out along the 

 roads in several directions for a mile or 

 more ; last fall I did the same, but I 

 have never seen a sprig of it, except a 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrantrements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by I'reight or ex 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order 



oft lOfc 25ft> oOS) 



AlsikeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5 76 



SweetClover 75 1.40 .^.25 6.00 



WhlteClover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8 00 



Alialfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover bo .00 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 by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CPICAGO, ILLS. 



Sweet Clover n Canada. 



At the following prices : 



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



$1.00 $1.60 $3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatching. Bufl Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, & Light Urabmas. Ch ice Birds. 

 A breeder for :i0 years. Prices on application 



JOHN McARTHtlR, 

 881 Yonge Street. - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 15Atf Usntimi the American Bee Journeh.. 



^ Extracted Honev ^ 



Finest Qiialil)'. Bassivood and 

 Clover. 



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



I 60-lb. cau In case, Oc. per poumi. A 



sample bv mail, 10 ets. P"«llOER'S 



I Honcy-JarM and Complete Iilue 



I of SSiippiifs. Catalogue Free. 



WALTER S. POUt»FB, 

 I 162 Mass. Avenue. ISDIJNJPOUS, ISD. 



Mention the A.merican Bee Journal,, 



We have No. 1 Alfalfa, also White 

 and Sweet Clover Honey we will sell 



Honey and Beeswax Wanted. 



Daoo haa umptna Warranted the best, sim- 

 DUSB Mr,C"tJota|lc plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 30 cts. It can bo returned at our expense 

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

 Ksoape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it In good faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive ^.l^rerrd'w.-c'k'e'^ 



Gate Honey. Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle tor the pro- 

 duction of comb or extrncted honey. 



E. S. LOVESV & CO., 

 355 6th East St.. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 

 MetuianimsArneryianBsfJoiima. 9Atf 



VauDeiisen Foundation! 



I have some of the celebrated Van Deusen 

 Thin Foundation in SS-pound bo.\es, that I 

 will put on board ears for -$12.50 per box. 



Also ITALIAN 



Queens ! 

 '^ Glueens ! 



Fine Untested Queens mailed 

 PROMPTLY at 55 cts. each, or 

 Six for $15.00. 



Safe delivery and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Address. 



F. OR4BBE, 



LiBERTYViLLE, Lake Co., 111. 

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