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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Marc.i 22, 1900. 



FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY 



■^ youallthis by selling you direct from 

 our tactoiy at wholesale prices. 

 ire are the largest »""•";/"'•- 



vehicles niirt harness to the 

 consumer ejrelusivelij. 



T\e make 178 styles ot veUclea and 65 

 styles o( harness. We ship anywhere 

 for examination and guarantee sal< He 

 livery Send your name on a posi.ii 

 ,.,„.., .., %'ree Illtistrateil CatttJog'te. -—""_• " 



tmHARrCARRiAGE AND HARm'^SS MAMFG. CO., ELKHART. IHOIAMA. 



Flease mention Bee Journal when writins 



No 816— Two-sTinnp Cairia-e, with side cortains 

 rtoVm arron, su. shade, bmi-, f.od.r^ pole or ahafta, 

 Price, 4C5 : i^me as Pe! )«; for t^- .-> to t M 



No. lOO— Double Btin.^ 

 Harness. Pnce. full nidiel 

 tnmmed, «18,75- as good as 



rlailaforgSS. 



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Farmer's Home Journal, LouisvillcDKy, 



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QUEENS 



Smofeers, Sections, 



Comb Foundation 

 And all Aplarlao Suppliet 

 ^ ehcRp. Send for 

 ' |?irEiU:.tii^«*. B. T. FLANAGAN, Bell.TUIe. IW- 



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year. 



M. H. HUNT & SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES. 

 Shippine-Cases and Danz. Cartons are what 

 you need to display and ship your honey in. 

 Send for Catalog. BELL BRANCH, MlCH. 

 Vlease mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Here we are to tlie front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comfortable home for the bees in 

 summef and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



f\(l6lB66SDi(llll 



S.\N Lris, CoLO., March 2, 1900. 

 Last spring [\»i'\] I ordered queens from five 

 different queen-breeders and among them one 

 queen from you. The bees from your (Adel) 

 nueen gathered more honey than all the others 

 put tog-ether. (Signed) S. N. Smith, M.D. 

 Send for price-list. 



12E2t HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side-Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the Full Size of the Knife.] 

 Your Name on the Knife.-When ordering, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 



shown here. , ^ i-* . 



The Material entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality, 

 the bTi'deffre'hLn'd-forge^d out of the very finest Englis^i razor-steel, and we^w 



ro?Jod%'"^T'hl^?i'^-et?,^^e'hlrde^ned^\1e™in°liVvTw^^^ 



^^bacic springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 



above. It willlast a last-time, with proper usage. 



Whv Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 



case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



give .?^^onrni^ t^a'^il^^ t ^^^.^ ^l^d^^if 1=^ ^ ^i?e S^l^ 

 th(* name of the recipient on one side? . , 



Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.00. 



GEORGE W. YORK L CO,, 118 Mich, St„ Chicago, IlL 



»B-Please allow about two weeks for vour knife order to be filled 



Don't fail to mention the Bee Jonrnal when writing advertisers. 



latter part of the summer, after swa rm 

 ing was over. I quit them. 



Next I tried an Iowa dealer. He was 

 about as slow on the first order, so I 

 gave him up aS hopeless. Oh, yes ; I 

 got some queens of him. I got a good 

 queen, the last one, but it was a month 

 or six weeks in coming. 



I gave another large Wisconsin firm 

 a few orders which were filled reasona- 

 bly quick, so I have no kick on them. 



But the worst deal; of all is the one 

 now on hand. About S years ago next 

 spring I began to deal some with a 

 third Wisconsin firm. The first order 

 for comb foundation was filled the next 

 day after its receipt, and as his foun- 

 dation is fine, I thought I had found it 

 at last. He was pretty prompt for a 

 year or two, but gradually got slower. 

 But I was so well pleased otherwise 

 that I thought I would try him again. 

 Now, understand, I have always or- 

 dered my hives, sections, etc., early, 

 generally in January or before, except 

 of course, some years I might require 

 more than calculated on, and so be 

 compelled to send for a small supple- 

 mental order later on. 



So last September I wrote for quota- 

 tions on 30 pounds of foundation and 

 2,000 sections. I was quoted a satis- 

 factory price, and I sent the order a 

 little after, or about the middle of 

 October, with the request to ship the 

 foundation immediately, as I was 

 afraid of breakage in cold weather. 

 Hearing nothing for a couple of weeks, 

 and not knowing whether the order 

 had been received, I wrote, asking 

 about it, and again urging to ship the 

 foundation before cold weather should 

 set in. So the foundation was shipt 

 Nov. 9, and I was told the sections 

 ■would follow later on. 



Wanting to fix up the supers, I wrote 

 again Jan. 26. asking for the sections. 

 The reply came that they would be 

 sent in a 'zveek or lo days. About Feb- 

 15 I sent an order for $3.50 worth of 

 nails, wire, smoker, bee-escapes, etc., 

 and again urged sending on the sec- 

 tions, and now, at this date (March 5) 

 I have heard no more of the order. 



Do you wonder that I can't read that 

 advice to "order early" with patience 

 any more ? Surely all winter is more 

 time than justice requires to fill or- 

 ders for stuff that should always be in 

 stock "> They do a cash business, they 

 wouldn't trust me for a dollar ; then 

 whv shouldn't they send goods prompt- 

 ly '" Let them keep more help if the 

 business is rushing— surely the laborer 

 is worthy of his hire. 



I suppose nothing can be done, but 

 I thought I would write about it any 

 way Perhaps we will be spared on the 

 subject of ordering early hereafter, 

 even if the editor c^n't see his way to 

 touching up the dealers on filling 

 orders the same winter they are re- 

 ceived. . . ,, 

 The bees seem to be wintering well 

 so far. We have had a pretty fair 

 winter to date. E. S. Miles. 

 Crawford Co., Iowa. 

 [We trust every one of our bee- sup- 

 ply advertisers will read the foregoing, 

 and particularly those referred to as 

 evidently having been born slow. The 

 trouble with Mr. Miles was, he didn't 

 happen to send his orders to the right 

 dealers to get prompt service. We 

 could tell him of several places where 



