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off ; they were destroyed by the bushel. 

 Out of 36 nice, heavy colonies I had but 

 18 left, and they were all weak. I tried 

 to reason with that man, but to no pur- 

 pose. He left his wife; then was in jail 

 for burning a barn. The last I heard of 

 him he claimed to be converted, and was 

 trying to preach to the mountaineers ! 



The second drawback was that heavy 

 freeze two years ago. It struck us the 

 last of March. The bees commenced to 

 bring in pollen on Feb. IS. When the 

 cold wave struck us, the trees were 

 hanging full of fruit. After the cold 

 passed, the woods looked as if a fire had 

 run through them. Our bees did not re- 

 cover from that shock that year. 



Last year the honey was very scarce, 

 and of a poor quality. I extracted 250 

 pounds from 25 colonies. This year I 

 have taken 600 pounds of extracted 

 honey from 40 colonies, and they have 

 increased from 40 to 61. They had 25 

 good honey days in October, and at pres- 

 ent they are very heavy in honey and 

 bees. (Rev.) James G. Teter. 



McMinn Co., Teon., Nov. 12. 



Queens and <tiieen-Rearins'. — 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 safely inlroduce any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; aU about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 etc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing " — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book : 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1.00 ; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year— both 

 for only $1.75 ; or given free as a premium 

 for sending us three new subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal for a year at $1.00 each. 



tl?:! Beeswax 



For all the Good, Pure Yello-w 



Bees'wax delivered to our office till 

 further notice, we will pay 24 cents per 

 pound, CASH ; or 27 cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee Journal, 

 Honey, Books or Seed, that we offer. If 

 you want casll, promptly, for your 

 Beeswax, send it on at once. Impure 

 wax not taken at any price. Address as 

 follows, very plainly, 



GEO. W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan st. , CHICAGO, ILL. 



For a kniie that will cut a horn without fl 

 crushiug, because it cuts from four 2 

 . ■ ■"• si<les at once gp.t — z— - -. A 



^«THE KEYSTONE i 

 -— DEHORNER—I 



I It is humane, rapiil and durable. Fully J 

 f, warranted. Highest award at Worlds 9 

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40Ei3t Mention the Artufrican Bee JoumaU 



THE "NOVELTY" POCKET-KNIFE I 



GEO. W. YORK, 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Yonr Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say Just what Kame aii£ 



Address you wish put on the Knife. 



The NovELTV Knife Is Indeed a novelty. The novelty lies In the handle. It le made 

 beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Underneath the 

 oelluloid, on one 8lde of the handle Is placed an American Bee Journal reminder, and on the 

 other side, name and residence of the Subscriber. 



The material entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; the blades 

 ate handforged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we warrant every blade. The 

 holsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or corrode. The rivets are hardened 

 German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; the hack springs of Sheffield spring steel, and 

 the finish of handle as described above. It will last a lifetime, with proper usage. 



^Vbjr purchase tbe Novelty Knife? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are, 

 the owner will never recover it; but if the Novelty is lost, having name and address of owner, 

 the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and a<ldrc'se, would destroy the 

 knife. If tra\'eling. and you meet with a serious accident, and are so fortunate as to have one 

 of the Novelties, your pocket knife will serve as as an Identifier; and in case of death, youi 

 relatives will at once be apprised of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a Christmas. New Yearor birthday present I What 

 more lusting memento could a mother give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, 

 a lady to a gentleman, or vice versa, a son to a mother, a husband to a wife, a brother to aslstei 

 M' a gentleman to a lady — the knife having the name of the recipient on one side ? 



The accompanying cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representa- 

 tion of this beautiful knife, us the " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife — We send itpostpalil. for$l. , or give It as a 

 Premium to the one sending us three neiv Subscribers to the Bee JotTRNAL (with 83.00), 

 and we will also send to each new name a copy of the Premium Edition of the book '■ Bees ana 

 Hone' " We club the Novelty Knife with the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.90. 



ha) IKame and Address Put on the Knife. 



GEORGE W. 



YORK & CO., 

 CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Allow about tvro 'weeks for your order to be filled. 



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Mention the American Bee JoutivcI. 



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PROF. A. J. COOK'S BOOK FREE 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



This 15th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent book of 400 pages, in neat and 

 substantial cloth binding, we propose to give 

 away to our present subscribers, for the worls 

 of getting NEW subscribers for the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A description of the book here is quite un- 

 necessary — it is simply the most complete sci- 

 entific and practical bee-book published to- 

 day. Fully illustrated, and all written in the 

 most fascinating style. The author is also 

 too well-known to the whole bee-world to re- 

 quire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 fully equipped, or his library complete, with- 

 out " The Bee-Keeper's Gdide." 



Given For 2 New Sub§cribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given 

 to the two new subscrlbers-simply the Bee 

 Journal for one year : 



Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with S2.U0i, iuid we will mail YOn a 

 copy of Prof. Cook's book free as a premi- 

 um. Prof. Cook's III. ok alone sent forjl.tio, 

 or we club it with the Bee Journal for a year 

 —both together for only $1.75. But surely 

 anybody can get only "2 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 bool as a premium. Let everybody try for It. 

 Will you have one' 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



