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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



April 26, 1900 



fiCCmVCC PDCTDC ■ If y°" want jour supplies to arrive at your railroad station 

 C# b & r\ C & I & 11 ^9 > in neat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damage 



ordinarily resultiiiL' ir<nii railroad handling; and if you want your orders filled promptly with 



the ver3' finest ^^oods iu the market, send to 



G.B.L6Wis6oJat)6rl)Own.Wis. 



XJ. s. j^. 



THOUSANDS OF BEE-HIVES, MILLIONS OF SECTIONS READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT. 



Lewis Foundation Fasteners are selling- like hot-cakes. Customers who have received one of these 



new machines pronounce it the finest, and write us that it is worth more than our 



price, which is only^ONE DOLLAR, without lamp. 



BRANCHES: 



G. B. Lewis Co, 19 So. Alabama St., Indianap- 

 olis, Ind. 



G. B. Lewis Co., 515 First Ave., N. E., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn 



SEND FOR CATALOG 



AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich.' 



Fred Foulger & Sons Ogden, Utah. 



E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Missouri. 

 Special Soulh\vestern Agent. 



B!flJ?Hflfly 

 argains. 



Because we sell Vehicles and Harness at 

 less than wholesale prices we are in a posi- 

 tion to offer vou the biprgest bargains pro- 

 curable in our" line. To make you perfectly 



'^'' WE GUARANTEE 

 ...Everything We Sell... 



and ship onr prnods anywhere sub.iect to purchaser's inspection. If entirely satis- 

 factory and exactly as represented, you keep the poods and send us the money. 

 If not, you return the froods at our expense. Have Carriages, Surreys, 

 Phaetons, Traps, Buggies, Road Wagons, Spring Wagons, etc., and all fcliylea 



ne°lI^ca?a1Sgue^f?eI." Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness Co., Box 53,Kalamazw.«lch. 



t^^^^^ \Uii^ 



M. H. HUNT & SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES. 

 Our inducements are first-class gfoods, cheap 

 freight rates, and prompt shipments. Send for 



catalog. Bell Branch, Mich. 



FOR SALE 



all in good condition. Prices reasonable. 

 D. C. BUCKSTAFF, 



lbA3t UO South Main St., Oshkosh, Wis. 



Italian, Hybrid, 

 and JJlack Bees, 

 good Hives, 



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.] 



Vour Name on the Knife. — When ordering, be sure to say just what name aud 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



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

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a (jueen. Drone, aud Worker, as 

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are haud-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of (rerman silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; 

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

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



Why Own the 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 ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and \ ou meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the ■■' Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

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



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this beautiful knife, as the " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid forSllO, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us thkee new subsckibeks to the Hee Journal (with $3.00.)' We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for Sl.oo. 



GEORGE W, YOFK £ CO., 118 Mich. St., Chicago, 111. 



■fiS^Please allow about two weeks for your knife order to be filled. 



Please mention the Bee Journal lJl?rtTJJr?^ 



back of the hive is movable, so that I 

 can take all the frames from the back 

 of the hive and not lift them out. I can 

 also take out the back and clean the 

 vrhole hive without interfering much 

 with the bees. 



I hope we will have a good season^ 

 this year. Wm. J. Healy. 



Iowa. Co., Wis., April 16. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



My bees are in fine condition except 

 that they are not breeding- very strong 

 on account of the cool, late spring. It 

 is about two weeks late and we had no 

 growing weather until yesterday. We 

 have about 25 or 30 acres of alsike clo- 

 ver for the bees this summer, and we 

 sowed about that much this spring. 

 The last week in Januar3' I purchast a 

 few of the Danzenbaker hives in the 

 flat, and had them nailed and painted 

 and bees put into them. I went to a 

 public sale and purchast some bees in 

 large box-hives. The colonies were 

 very strong and had lots of honey. I 

 paid only 90 cents apiece for them. 

 After I got them home I took them into 

 the shop and transferred them into the 

 Danzenbaker hives. 



L. A. Hammond. 



W^ashington Co., Md., April 16. 



Good Honey- Year Expected. 



Our bees came thru the past winter 

 in exceptionally good condition. Of 

 210 coloniesonly one became queenless, 

 and the rest are strong in numbers. 

 We look for a good honey-flow the com- 

 ing season. 



In our native countrj' they have a 

 saying : 



'* Candlemas Day bright and clear. 

 Is a sig-n of a f^ood honey-year." 



It was a good, clear day in this sec- 

 tion of the country, and we will see 

 how near the saying will hit the mark. 

 B. W. Hayck. 



Adams Co., 111., April 16. 



Queens the Whole Secret. 



I have been amusedat times for more 

 than 25 years in reading different views 

 on the production of the best queens v 

 and all this time I have been experi- 

 menting how to produce queens that 

 would produce long-lived workers. 

 About 10 years ago I found just how- 

 to succeed, and since then I have kept 

 mj' colonies supplied with queens that 

 produce large, hardy, and long-lived 

 workers. I have tested the longevity 

 of many colonies, by taking from them, 

 their queens in September, and find 

 the next June, by giving them queens 

 again, they will become very strong, 

 and after July will do as much honey- 

 gathering as any colonies I have. The 

 whole secret is in the manner queens 

 are reared. 



When one has colonies of long-lived 

 workers, the risk of wintering and 

 spring dwindling is almost overcome. 

 By supplying each colony with 40 or 

 more Langstroth combs, they will store 

 large quantities of honey when there 

 comes a flow. Let any person examine, 

 and where he finds strong colonies he 

 will find long-lived workers, and just 

 the reverse in weak colonies. 



Large, rugged, and prolific queens 

 will also produce the best drones, 

 which I prize very highly. Always in 

 September I remove a few of the 



