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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 1, 1900. 



No. tJOtt— Canojiy-Top Surrey 



Dont Jake Any Chances 



onaninferior vehicle or harness. Your life and that of your family 

 depends upon their quality and nliahiiity. 'Vou cant tell very 

 much about the <|uality of a vchiflf liy t^imply lookirm- at it. The 

 paint and varnibh elTectually hidet* thf quality of mateiit 1. \'e- 

 hicl ^s must be bought largely on iaith— faith in the houesiy of the 

 manufacturer. 



YVE HAYE NO AGENTS 



but have been selling vehicles and harness 

 di rect to conyuiuei-s for twenty-seven yean*. 

 In fact we ore (ho. larceitt munufaetur* 

 crH of vehicles* iind hnrn«.-»8 In the world 

 Bi-lllni; to the eontaunier excluolvely* 

 These facts speak volumes for the quality of 



ieaders, lamps, Ftorm apron, sun shade and pole or ^j^j. goods and our method of doint; bust- 

 thaiib. Price,e63. As good aasellfl for *^more. ^gg^ You talce no chances; we ship our 



vehicles and harness anywhere for exami- 



No. 76— Single collar 

 and hame harness, with 



nation and cnarantee everything. Send for our larec lUustrated Cataloeue before nickel triroml»cf. Frice, 

 buy Inc. II '8 F K EE. f**-^^*'''**^ ^ usually stlls 



■' • for $20. 



ELXHART CARRIAGE & HARNESS MANUFACTURING CO., Elkhart, Indiana. 



Please mention Bee Journal when •writing. 



24 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 



to send in your Bees- 



• J ^ 1~^ _ _ 't^ ''<*■ wax. We are paying 



paid for Beeswax. * sisxsat 



low, upon its receipt. Now, if you want the money promptly, send us your bees- 

 wax. Impure wax not taken at any price. Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigaa St., CHICAGO. 





"Poultry Raising on the Farm" 



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 for J-ifftrs," "Kaislnj,' itroilers for Market," Successful Kgg 

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20IH CENTIRY POULTRY BOOK. 



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It is undeniably the best work of lis character everpubtished.Amon;; other thinga It treata of the latest 

 improvements Id the world famouB K^IIahle Incubators ant) Brooders which are used all over the 



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 Catalog FHEE. Poultrynian'a 

 Plans, lUc. Address; 



The W. T. Falconer 

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Ave.gS, JAMESTOWN, N.r, 



ase mention the Bee Journal. 



THE LAND OF BREAD AND BUTTER 



is the title of a new illustrated 

 pamphlet just issued by the Chicago, 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwaj-, relating 

 more especially to the land along the 

 new line it is now building thru 

 Bon Hoinme and Charles Mix counties 

 in South Dakota. It will be found very 

 interesting reading. A copy will be 

 mailed free on receipt of 2-cent stamp 

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Our 94,000 Book ]iJ::zX'oiiy 15 cis. 



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other machine, during three trials, bar none. lO-paKe circuJar free. 

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ISELF 



1 Moisture. 

 _ SELF- 

 REGULATING. „ 

 StLF-VENIlLATINGl 





feeJ 



IT HOLDS UP YOUR DAT 



Don't you remember li"\v your fatlier used 

 '~r^ to test his Krassaud srain in this way? A\ lien 

 it held up the hat it was always regarded as 

 beioK a satisfactory and prolltable "stand." 



■■■ I HISbbb 



> BROME GRASS 



Surpasses Tiiimi by In nutrition. Otitylekls Alfiiif;i, 

 Yields' four tuijM- t.on.s periicre. <ine sowlnu last.s r.i 

 years. Grows well in liRht soil, or wet swampy land, 

 flaw no equal for arid regions. Drouth will not kill it. Ani- 

 mals enjoy it grnen or dry. Gives as much food in one month 

 as Alfalfa does In three. Greatest boon ever ofTered asit thrives 

 ' ■;-,." In any climate, under any conditions and makes prodncttve what 



would otherwise he waste land. It Is doubtful if the supply of seeil 

 '' t!iin year will meet the demand, po preat Is the call already from Stofos 



where hav W the essential crop, rrler; 'irnde A— 1 lb.. ;!(»c; :i lbs.. 85c, picpnui. 

 18 lbs. (^en-'iiu'h for one acre* t-'i.fiO; iffl) lbs.. (ilH.Ofl. Scnti f'lr mammoth descriptive 

 catalogue with treatise on cultivation and comparative tiiod values nf Kmnie 



f;rn.>s and Timothy. Addro3H, I, I, MAY & CO,, Seed Growers, ST. PAUL, MINK. 





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Warm January Shipping-Cases. 



The past season was a poor one for honey 

 with me — not more than half an average 

 crop, I think there are too many bees for 

 the pasturage in this vicinity. I am some- 

 what fearful that this winter will be a hard 

 cue on my bees, on their summer stands, 

 tho in chaff hives. They came thru the 

 severe cold of a year ago finely; indeed,! 

 have not in six successive winters lost a 

 single colony by winter-killing. But I fear 

 the effect of this warm and sloppy January. 

 However, I must wait and hope for the best. 



I notice that some one recommends nail- 

 ing in the cross slats in no drip honey-cases. 

 1 prefer to fasten them with bits of wax 

 under them, well prest down ; thus stayed, 

 they will not slip. Albert Baxter. 



Muskegon Co., Mich,, Jan. 10, 



Wintering Bees in a Close Room. 



It will be interesting, after so many years 

 of pro and con ventilation, to know that in 

 an atmosphere of 50" so charged with gas 

 and so destitute of oxygen that a lamp 

 would go out in a second, bees live for 

 weeks, quiet and contented, with no greater 

 death-rate than in an atmosphere in no re- 

 spect differing from the one we breathe for 

 the same length of time, T. F, Bingham. 



Clare Co., Mich. 



Fixing for a Big Crop. 



Kansas is fixing for a big crop of honey 

 this year. There is an abundance of moist- 

 ure and but little cold. Bees have an out- 

 ing every week or so. A number of people 

 are buying bees and sowing alfalfa, X in- 

 creast from 12 to 32 colonies in lSfl9, and 

 secured .500 pounds of comb honey. 



Mr. Doolittle's plan of superseding a 

 black queen with a queen-cell above an ex- 

 cluder, as per his book, failed for me ; but I 

 think it was my fault. 



Success to the Bee Journal, 



Silas Harter, 



McPherson Co., Kan., Jan. 17. 



Two Dry Years in California. 



It is raining to-day, and I feel good in an- 

 ticipation of the future sweets, if this rain 

 continues long enough (and the prospect is 

 favorable), and i£ others follow. Of course, 

 those who have kept informed are fully 

 aware that Southern California has suffered 

 two dry seasons in succession, and as a re- 

 sult an almost total failure of the honey 

 crop. The loss of bees in 1S98 was very 

 heavy; I believe, judging from my own 

 vicinity, that at least GO percent of the bees 

 died. I was one who had great faith in 

 l.s'.l'.l, so purchast IS.'i colonies, which added 

 to what I had before, gave me 173, The 

 year ISil'J proved about as bad as 1898, and 

 all beekeepers whom I met, of any promi- 

 nence, said that our only hope of going thru 

 successfully would be by requeening every- 

 thing. With that object in view, I read 

 and studied Doolittle's " Scientific Queen- 

 Kearing," and began experimenting. I am 

 glad to say I met with most satisfactory re- 

 sults, and reared young queens for all my 

 colonies but six. J. W. George. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., Jan. 3. 



A Beginner's Experience. 



While on a visit to my brother in Mary- 

 land, last February, I found a large num- 

 ber of colonies housed in modern hives of dif- 

 ferent sizes, and it was thru his enthusiasm 

 that I caught "the fever." On my return 

 home I talkt the matter over with a doctor 

 (a friend of mine), and we bought four box- 

 hives of bees, and a supply of SframeLang- 

 stroth hives. The " tug of war " came when 



