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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 3, 1900 



nr~P l^CCDBTDO • if you want your supplies to arrive at your railroad station 

 [jj 1 1 "I^C t r C- ■» © B in neat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damage 



ordinarily resulting^ from railroad handling; and if you want your orders filled promptly with 



the very finest goods in the market, send to 



G.B.LGWisGoJaierlownJis. 



XJ. S. A. 



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



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



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



price, which is onlyONE 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 Foulgek & Sons Ogden, Utah. 



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

 Special Southu-estern Agent. 



IT'S WORTH YOUR WHILE.... 



to investigate tho difference between our prices and those ot agents 

 and dealers for the same ^rrade of ^ork. 



...WE DO NOT SELL... 



thmujh aprents or dealers, therefore we do 

 nt't have tliem to prote^-'t, and in making 

 our prices are enabled to flpiire tbemaslow 

 astheeradeof work we manufai-'ture can 

 be sold. We snve you the profltn that 

 are iitldod between the inanufaeturer 

 end the consumer, by 8elltne direct to 

 you from our fut-tory. This has been our 

 method of selling fnrthe past twenty-seven 

 years, and we are today tne larfjest manu- 

 factun-rs of vehicles and harnesa la the world Belitnp 

 direct to the user exclusively. We makf- 178Btvleaof 

 vehicles and fi.'i atylea of harness and ship anywhera 

 for ezaminntinn, euaranteeing safe atriv.il. Send for 

 free catalogue showing all of our different etylee. — ^ — 



ELKHART CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURING CO., ELKHART, INDIANA. 



Please mention Bee journal "when ■writing. 



No. 47^^— Sinpte Strap 



Harness. Pri e with niikel 

 trtmna)ntTB,*9.50. Asp'^^'as 

 kUs for SG.OU more. 



No. 191— Bne^, with leathtr quarter top. PrlM 

 with shafts, 8.'>3.00, Guaranteed as good aa others 

 sell for fot 825 rnoro than our price. 



M. H. HUNT & SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES. 

 Our ioducemeats are first-class troods, cheap 

 freight rates, and prompt shipments. Send for 

 catalo(r. BELL BRANCH, MICH. 



FOR SALE 



Italian, Hybrid, 

 and Black Bees. 

 in pood Hives, 

 all in g"ood condition. Prices reasonable. 

 D. C. BUCKSTAFF. 

 loA3t 149 South Main St., Oshkosh, Wis. 



SECTIONS. 



By an error in ordering-, vie have a large stock of oJgxSxllj in. plain sections. 

 We will sell these at a discount, until stock is reduced. 



Catalog of Apiarian Supplies free. Untested Italian Queens 75 cts. 



Apiaries-Giencove, L.I. I. J. STRINGHAM. 105 YiA YUi, M XmI N. Y. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



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Three Celluloid Queen= Buttons Free 



AS A PREMIUIVI. 



For sending us ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER to the 



Bee Journal for the balance of this year, with 50 

 cents, we will mail you THREE of these prettybut- 

 tons for wearing on the coat-lapel. (You can wear 

 one and give the others to the children.) The queen 

 has a golden tinge. This offer is made only to our present regular subscribers. 

 NOTE.— One reader writes: " I ha^e every reason to believe that it would be a very jrood idea 

 for every bee-keeper to wear one [of the buttons] as it will cause people to ask questions about the 

 busy bee, and many a conversation thus started would wind up with the sale of more or less honey; 

 at anv rate, it would give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to enlighten many a person in re- 

 gard to honey and bees." 



Prices of Buttons alone, postpaid : One button, 8 cts.; 3 buttons, 6 cts. each ; 

 S or more, S cts. each. (Stamps taken.) Address, 



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



Mai'slilield llaniifactHriDg Company. 



Our specialty is making SECTIONS and they are the best in the market. 

 Wisconsin BASSWOOD is the right kind for them. We have a full line of BEE- 

 SUPPIvIES. Write for free illustrated catalog and price-list. 



HARSHFIELD nANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfield, Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ^vritinf? 



FEEE 



OX-BLOOD 



TABLETS FOR THIN PEOPLE. 



_ Nervousness, Rheumatism, Female 



Disease. 3 weeks' treatment free for lu cents postage. 

 Look for our ad on this page ne.xt week. 



I found the tested queen gone, and the bees 

 rearing drones in worker-comb. From the 

 amount of brood, and the drones already 

 hatcht, I judged that they were at work in 

 good earnest. These faulty drones were 

 beautiful in color — the yellowest I ever saw. 

 A new idea struck me, and I concluded I 

 would rear some queens and have them fer- 

 tilized by these yellow drones before there 

 were any drones from the other colonies. 

 I reared 3 queens, and they were laying by 

 April 1.5, before there were any drones from 

 the other colonies. As soon as these bees 

 began to emerge from the cells, I selected 

 the queen that produced the best markt 

 bees to rear queens from. 



After rearing several queens from her, 

 and introducing them into my best colo- 

 nies, I began to congratulate myself upon 

 what a wonderful piece of machinery man 

 was that he could dive so deep into Nature 

 and bring out the bidden mysteries, when, 

 to my surprise and sorrow, these laet-reared 

 queens produced bees that had bee-paraly- 

 sis. This may be a matter of locality, but 

 I find that queens produce bees that are 

 much better honey-gatherers when they 

 mate with drones from the best honey- 

 gathering colonies. H. B. Lambert. 



Simpson Co., Ky. 



No Loss in Wintering. 



This is a nice, warm week, the peach-trees 

 are blooming, and the bees are making use 

 of the bloom. I wintered iny bees on the 

 summer stands with the loss of none out of 

 t;8 colonies. L. A. Hammonii. 



Washington Co., Md., April 21. 



Wintered Especially Well. 



Bees have wintered especially well in this 

 locality (eastern Ontario) and prospects 

 are good for the season. G. G. Shirreff. 



Ontario, Canada, April 18. 



Combining Bees with Other Things. 



I have 30 colonies of bees in good shape, 

 with plenty of sweets and lots of brood. I 

 have had a severe case of bee-fever for 

 about 3 years, and I can't see that it is 

 abating any ; rather I am sure I've had a 

 relapse, and at this writing the fever is 

 very high, and I rather think it will termi- 

 nate in the higher stage of the fever — 

 that of general bee-keeping. Of course, I 

 don't mean by this that I will make the one 

 pursuit of bee-keeping my only and entire 

 business, for I mean to keep several good 

 milk cows and patronize the creamery, and 

 will rear thorobred O. I. C. hogs and barred 

 Plymouth chickens. But with all this I am 

 to keep at least 25 or 30 colonies of bees. 



I propose to plant such forage as will pro- 

 duce both nectar for bees and feed for cattle 

 and horses, thereby getting the extra crop 

 of honey which I would lose if I had no 

 bees. In these days people ought to plan 

 to make all they can, and save all they 

 make. See ? Wm. Hitchcock. 



Lonoke Co., Ark., April 21. 



lSE2t 



W, A, HENDERSON, Clarinda, Iowa, 



Robber Bees and Their Treatment. 



Some of the incidents of my experience 

 with a certain case of robbers may be sug- 

 gestive as a help to other amateur bee- 

 keepers. 



Soon after placing my bees (20 colonies) 

 out of the cellar, the unwelcome sound of 

 prowling robbers was beard. Fighting was 

 noticed at the entrances of 6 or 8 colonies, 

 but finally nearly the whole force concen- 

 trated at one place. I tried to help the col- 

 ony by contracting the entrance so that 

 only about a space of one inch remained 

 open. In front of this a little block was 

 placed, which is a great help as a protection 

 for the defense. In ordinary cases this ar- 

 rangement is effective. This time the siege 

 was continued and in a few days the rob- 

 bers overpowered. 



They now began to go in and out the 

 small entrance quite freely. 



Two of the colonies were noticed to be 

 flying stronger and with more intent than 



