May 10, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



301 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



This foundation is made by an absolutely 

 non-dippiug' process, thereby producing a per- 

 fectly clear and pliable fouifdation that retains 

 the odor and color of beeswax, and is free from 

 dirt. 



Working' wax into foundation for cash, a 

 specialty. Write for samples and prices. 



A full line of Supplies at the very lowest 

 prices, aud in any quantity. Best quality and 

 prompt shipment. Send for larye, illustrated 



"'''"gUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



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HATCH CHICKEHS 



BY STEAM-witut!.« 



^ Bimple, perfect, eeir-repulitiDtj 



EXCELSIOR iNCUBATOE 



Th(jiJ9ind3 in RiiocOBsfiil operntiiTii. 

 Lowf'.t priced lst-cla'^8 hatcher luadc. 

 (;K0. JI. STAIIi,» 

 114 to l'-i'2 S. 6th St., Qiilney. TM. 



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p An experienced man 

 to take full charj^e of 

 I; an apiary of 2i>0 colo- 

 ji nies of bees, for wag"es 

 ^ _ '- or on shares. Address 

 18A3t E. C. FEATHERS. Royalton. Wis. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOS 



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 DBITSHX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y* 

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I BEESIPPLIES! I 



C^ ^»"Root*s Goods at Root's Prices°=©8L ^; 



;^ PouDER's Honey-Jars and every- ,^. 



•^ thing- used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^fl 



•^^ Service — low freig"ht rate. Catalog- ^> 



•^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



;^^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. i^. 



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That cofers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than anv other publisht, send $1.25 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



B66-K66p6rs' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comfortable home for the bees in 

 summei and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

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EQQS 



From Barred PLYMOUTH 

 ROCKS Thorobred, Fine 

 Plumag'ed Fowls. Farm 

 Raised^75c per dozen. 



MRS, L, C, AXTELL, RoseviUe, 111, 



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vance acro-ss the border to one of Uncle 

 Sam's " boys !" Why, we " boys " are 

 always ready, no matter what conies 1 

 You just come on, and if we can knock 

 you out (with kindness), we'll send for 

 " Georgie " Dewey and his little shoot- 

 ing-boats. Then you'll wish you'd 

 been willing to surrender. Now, will 

 you be good ? — Editor.] 



Apiarian Conditions in Utah. 



Some time a;,'o I made a tour of Salt 

 Lake, Davis, Weber, Morgan and Sum- 

 mit Counties, and send a few notes 

 gathered by the wayside. I found as a 

 rule that all bees that went into winter 

 quarters moderately stroiag appeared 

 to be in pretty good condition, altho 

 some of the bees were dead, and a few 

 were still weak from the effects of 

 smelter-smoke, or other causes. 



The weather in the month of May is 

 considered the key to the situation 

 here as far as the bee-industry is con- 

 cerned, for when the weather is fine in 

 May the bees build up fast, and a pros- 

 perous, successful season is the result. 

 I/ast j-ear the weather thru that month 

 was more like March, the bees died off 

 instead of building up, and the result 

 was a failure for some of our bee- 

 keepers. 



While we are aware that Salt Lake 

 County has a great number of careless, 

 uninterested bee-keepers, we find that 

 there are also a great many in the sur- 

 rounding counties. Progressive, fairlj' 

 up-to-date bee-keepers can be counted 

 bj' the hundred in this county, Utah, 

 Davis, Weber and other counties, who 

 take sufficient interest in their bees so 

 that as a rule the results are a success; 

 but in some localities, I think if a test 

 were made, we would find that the care- 

 less, indifferent bee-keepers would 

 probably be in the majority, as many 

 of them leave everything to chance. 

 Often they do not give the bees room 

 in any form, and they seldom, if ever, 

 supplj' them with combs, foundation, 

 etc. Their universal excuse is that 

 they haven't the time to attend to 

 them, and yet if we investigate we find 

 that three out of four of them spend 

 their time on something- that does not 

 net them over SO percent, and some- 

 times not even 25 percent, of what they 

 would realize from their bees if they 

 were properly cared for. One thing 

 that imprest me forcibly in traveling 

 around among the bee-keepers, was 

 that every subscriber to the American 

 Bee Journal was a first-class bee- 

 keeper, and such, as a rule, make a suc- 

 cess with their bees. 



While I found several bee-keepers at 

 nearly every place whose bees did 

 fairly well last season, only a very few 

 reported that their bees did first-rate, 

 the greater portion reporting from ]i 

 to - 3 of a crop, while some who gave 

 little attention to their bees reported a 

 partial or total failure. 



A few of our prominent bee-keepers 

 purchast a quantity of bees in box- 

 hives, and some of them died, while 

 others lingered along and did little or 

 nothing all summer. But those who 

 had their bees on straight frames, with 

 a supply of extra combs and founda- 

 tion, when the season did become 

 favorable, had the satisfaction of see- 

 ing their bees build up strong, and the 

 results were gratifying. The lack of 



JM ta^ ^QQ per mouth will pay for medi- 

 ^k fr^ ' '^ <^al treatment for any reader 

 ^^ '' *% of the American Bee Journal. This 

 n^ I offer is irood for 3 months ONLY— 

 *V ^-^ from May 1 to Auif. 1. Dr. Peiro 

 makes liiis 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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If you are interested in Sheep in anj way 

 you cannot afford to be without the best 

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has a hobby which is the sheep-breeder and 

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WOOL MARKETS AND SHEEP, CHICAGO. ILL. 



FOR SALE -$2,000 



The BEST FAMILY TRADE in Houev 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,OCtO 

 other residence 'phones. 



Personal introduction given to about 2,000 

 patrons. 



Refer to Editor of American Bee Journal. 



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This Emerson stig-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

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

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. 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- 

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