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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Marc.i 29, 1900 



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 you money. Weshipourvehieleg 



Tw« iQA n„ M. R„m™ ^"^ harness anywhere for ex- , -^o. * It— Canopy-Top Sorrey, with double- fen- 

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Revised by Dadant — 1899 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

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 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being revised by those 

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can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

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 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

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This is a splendid chance to get a 

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GEORGE W. YORK A CO. 

 118 Michiean Street, • CHICAGO, ILL. 



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San Luis, Colo., March 2, 1900. 

 Last spring- (18^*J) I ordered queeas from five 

 different queen-breeders and amon^ them one 

 queen from you. The bees from your (Adel) 

 queen g-athered more honey than all the others 

 put together. (Signed) S. N. Smith, M.D. 

 Send for price-list. 



nE2t HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag- in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEVSEX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y- 



ALBINO QUEENS ^^.I^^J^i^o!. 



want the gentlest Bees — If you want the best 

 honev-gatherers vou ever saw — try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens" in April, fl.lKl; Tested, $l.£a 

 12A26t J. D. GIVENS, LISBON, Tex. 



Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comfortable home for the bees in 

 summer and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

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The leading Horticultural and Agricultural 



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 330 Market Street, - San Fkancisco, Cal. 



in the cellar conserves all the forces 

 and feed of the bees until spring, with 

 which to outstrip those that have been 

 breeding. S. T. Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada, March 23. 



Report for Last Season. 



My bees have wintered in fine shape, 

 and are working nicely. Last year I 

 lost one-half of my bees on the sum- 

 mer stands without any protection. I 

 had 16 left, and they averaged 66% 

 pounds of comb honey, and increast to 

 20, so I now have 36, and everything 

 looks encouraging. I made by hand 

 150 hives with supers complete. I think 

 that pretty good for a man 62 years 

 old. ' W. T. Wright. 



Nez Perces Co., Idaho, March 17. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



Bees have wintered well here. We 

 had a good crop of honey in 1899. I 

 increast from 6 colonies to 15, and got 

 380 pounds of comb honey. I have lost 

 two colonies this winter. 



W. P. Branson. 



Decatur Co., Kan., March 16. 



A Beginner's Report. 



I came thru the winter of 1898 with 1 

 colony out of 4 ; in the harvest of 1899 

 I took off 70 one-pound sections of 

 honey, and had no increase. I have 

 now 3 colonies, having bought 2 at 

 $2.50 each. H. C. Springer. 



Story Co., Iowa, March 21. 



Mild Winter— Beautiful Weather. 



We have had a mild winter, and the 

 weather is beautiful at present. The 

 bees are tlying strong, and are bring- 

 ing in pollen ; they also appear to be 

 getting a little honey. I have had 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; for we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.44). It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this "Emerson" no further binding is neces- 



"""^ GEORGE W YORK & CO. 



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