May i, 19(MJ. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



285 



•■ a^ nn per month will pay for iiiedi- 

 U I— ^ y^f^ cal treatment for any reader 

 ^^ r^^ of the American Uee Journal. This 

 ■■* I offer is good for 3 mouths ONLY— 

 WlrV^ from May 1 to Aug. 1. Dr. Peiro 

 makes this special offer to test the virtue of 

 small price for best medical services. Reply 



AT ONCE. . 



DR. PEIRO. 

 34 Central Music Hall, CHICAQO. 



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Queen-Clipping 

 Device Free.... 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clipping 

 Device is a fine thin^ for use in 

 catching and clipping Queens 

 wing-s. We mail it for 25 cents; 

 or will send it FREE as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW 

 subscriber to the Bee Journal for 

 a year at $1.00; or for$1.10 we will 

 mail the Bee Journal one year 

 and the Clipping Device. Address, 



QEOROB W. YORK & COiWPANV, 



118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



FOR SALE -$2,000 



The BEST FAMILY TRADE in Honey and 

 Maple Syrup in U. S. A. 



Best Clover and Basswood Honey was sold 

 for 25 cents a pound past winter. 



Residence telephone connecting with 5,0UO 

 other residence 'phones. 



Personal introduction given to about 2,«K) 

 patrons. Easy terms. 



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Northern 

 Italian Queens! 



Reared by the best methods from my GREAT 

 HONEY -GATHERERS. Price, $1 each. Orders 

 for queens to be filled in rotation beginning 

 June 1st. Ready to book orders NOW. 



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RicHL.\ND Center, Wis. 



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T Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Ken- J 



tucky, and the South. % 



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Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WE HAVE IT AT LAST ! 

 We have finally succeeded in getting a small 

 quantity of the seed of the yellow variety of 

 sweet clover. This kind blooms from two to 

 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

 variety of sweet clover. It also grows much 

 shorter, only about two feet in hight. It is as 

 much visited by the bees as the white, and usu- 

 ally comes into bloom ahead of white clover 

 and basswood. We offer the seed as a premium 



A QUARTER POUND FOR SENDING 

 ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION. 



So long as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

 pound of the seed to a tegular paid-up subscri- 

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1.00; or % 

 pound by mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in getting it. It is 

 new seed, gathered last season by an old per- 

 sonal friend of ours, so we know it is all right. 

 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

 out we will mention it. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



the others, so they were suspicioned as the 

 ones making the trouble. As a test, the 

 entrance of the oolony being robbed was 

 screened with wire-oloth, and in 15 or 20 

 minutes it was removed again. The rob- 

 bers in the hive having filled themselves, 

 and anxious to leave, came out like the be- 

 ginning of a swarm. It was easy to note 

 that they went to those two colonies in 

 question. 



I now tried the sawdust project, even to 

 extreme measures, closing the entrance of 

 the robbers' hives almost entirely. But in 

 less than .5 minutes they would be at their 

 more important business again. 



In the evening the colony was moved to 

 another place. The next morning the rob- 

 bers were out again. Then came their 

 downfall. Their hives were turned halt 

 way round, which completely contused 

 them nearly all day. The next morning 

 they were turned back, and slightly con- 

 fused again. If necessary I meant to re- 

 peat the turning but have not been bothered 

 since. 



Conclusion : Try to locate the robbers. It 

 found, don't fail to completely disturb 

 them in some way. E. S. Roe. 



Todd Co., Minn., April 19. 



Backward Spping. 



Spring is backward, and hard on bees. It 

 is not so cold, but it rains a great deal. 

 Apples are just blooming. 



J. O. Grimsley. 



Overton Co., Tenn., April 34. 



Photography and Bees. 



There is a man in Rogers Park who is an 

 enthusiast in bee-culture. He has achieved 

 a measure of success, and supplies his im- 



" Jiear Elemtiun — Cross Section." 



mediate neighbors with a superior quality 

 of honey at a normal price. So he is nat- 

 urally proud of his hives. 



One of his neighbors is equally enthusi- 

 astic over photography, and so it came 

 about that the bee-man invited the camera- 

 man to take a picture of the hives. So the 

 photographer came and planted his tripod, 

 while the honey-man posed beside the hives. 



While adjusting his camera, with the 

 cloth over his head, the picture-maker be- 

 came aware of a loud buzzing inside the 

 cloth. Supposing it came from an ordi- 

 nary fly, he shook the cloth impatiently. 

 The buzzing became more angry, and he be- 

 gan to move his arms and flop the cloth. 

 That spoiled the picture, for two or three 

 bees jabbed their stingers into him simul- 

 taneously, and he jumpt into the air, up- 

 setting the camera and uttering loud cries. 



" What do you do that for?" said the 

 bee-man; '• just keep quiet and they won't 

 hurt you." 



" Won't hurt me, you lunatic," responded 

 the camera-man. gathering up the wreck 



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U A TP U w'*-^ t^^ perf Ht;t. Ki-1 f 

 llM I wn regalating, 1 u w e k l 

 pric«.'d first class hatcher— Ibf 



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Hatches the larppwt per cent, of 

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-.An experienced man 

 to take full charg'e of 

 an apiary of 2IX) colo- 

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_ _ 'or on shares. Address 



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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 DEVSEI9, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y. 

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Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comt'ortabie home for the bees in 

 summei and winter. We alsocarrv 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

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 Sheboyg^an, Wisconsin. 

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