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AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL 



May 17, 1900 



^pip IXCCDtTDO ■ If voii want jour supplies to arrive at your railroad station 

 t3 t t"l\t Er C1I»0 ■ ill "eat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damaye 



ordinarily resultiu^' from railroad bandlingr; and if you want your orders filled promptly with 



the very iinest goods in the market, send to 



G.B.L6wis6oJamown.wis. 



XJ. S. A.. 



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



Lewis FounilatioTi Kastfutrs are selliTit,' like liot-cal(es. 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: , AGENCIES: 



G B Lewis Co, 19 So. Alabama St., Indianap- L. C. Woodman Grand Kapids, Mich. 



' o'lis Ind Fred FouLGEK & Sons Ouden, Utah. 



G B Lfwis Co., "JIS First Ave., N. E., Minne- E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, iVIissouri. 



a'liolis Minn Special Southwestern Agent. 



^ ' SEND FOR CATALOG. 



Mai'siilield Mannfaduring 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- 

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



HARSHFIELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfield, Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal wlien writinf 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



Full colony Italian Bees, $5.50. 



Tested Ita'lian Oueens, $1.25. 



You will soon need Sections and Foundation. We will have them waiting 

 for you, and the prices are right. 



Silk-faced Veils, 35 cents, postpaid. 



Untested Italian Queens, 70 cents. 



Catalog, illustrating a bee-keeper's needs, FREE. 

 Apiaries, Glen Cove, L. I. I. 'J. STRINQHAH, log Park Place, New Vork, N. Y. 



Please mention Bee Journal when -writing. 



Dl #^OI^ TABLETS FOR THIN PEOPLE. 



^^LmV^^^^^ Nervousness, Rheumatism, Female 

 3 weeks" treatment free for It) cents postagre. 

 for our ad on this pape next week. 



\\: A. iJKNniiKSOX CO , 



ISEJt Masonic BuiUliit^, lies Alolnes, Joivn. 



Please mention Bee journal when writing. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



FREE 



OX- 



Disease. 

 LuoU 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the Full Size of the Knife.] 



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

 address you wish i)Ut on the Knife. 



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

 rn.tde beautifullv of imh-structible celluloid, which is as transparent as irlass. 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 IJueen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering- into this celebr.ated knife is of the very best quality, 

 the blades are hand-fore-ed out of the very finest Enjjlish razor-steel, and we war- 

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

 corrode. The rivets are hardened (".erman silver wire; the linin-rs are pl.ate brass; 

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

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



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a pood knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owjier will never recovi-r 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 tlie knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the " Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifler; and m 

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



How appropriate this knife is tor a present! -What more la.sting 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 accompanviug 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 toOet this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1,10, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending ns tiikhk new sunscKlliliKS to the Bee Journal (with W.lin.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for SI.'"'. 



we secured about 1,560 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honej', and moved our bees 

 about hO miles on a wagon without los- 

 ing any. This year promises to be a 

 poorer year than any since I have been 

 in the bee-business. 



In 1898 I bought 7 colonies of bees, 

 and when looking them over in June I 

 found that one had lots of dead brood 

 which was brown and ropy andsmelled 

 bad. I burned it, fearing it might be 

 foul brood. At that time I did not read 

 a bee-paper and did not know anything 

 about foul brood. This season I have 

 found one ca.se of the same disease and 

 have given it the same treatment. In 

 both cases the extracting-super was 

 full of capt honey, but as my motto is 

 " Practice what you preach," that was 

 burned also. Was this foul brood or 

 black brood ? I think my treatment a 

 sure cure in either case. 



In regard to painting apiarian tools 

 (see page 211) — no insinuation meant — 

 it looks to me as tho the man who 

 has not time enough to keep the grass 

 cut out of his bee-yard has not time 

 enough to attend to bees at all, espe- 

 cially when the season is as dry as 

 ours. Subscriber. 



San Diego Co., Calif., April 14. 



Bees Strong and Will Soon Swarm. 



Our rose-bushes are full of buds, and 

 will soon be in bloom. Our fruit-bloom 

 is about over, and the bees will have 

 to take to the willows and wild flowers. 

 Bees are very strong, and will be 

 swarming soon. I wish I could keep 

 them from swarming, but these "da- 

 gos " that I have will swarm, and I 

 guess I will have to let them. 



Sampson Stout. 



Cowley Co., Kans., April 30. 



No Spring Dwindling. 



Bees in this country wintered gener- 

 ally very well, and are in a great deal 

 better shape than last year. There has 

 been no spring dwindling. 



GusTAVE Gross. 



Vernon Co., Wis., May 3. 



GEORGE W, YORK L CO., 118 Mich, St, Chicago, 111, 



#B"Pleasc allow about two weeks for your knife order to be filled. 



Easy Method of Transferring. 



We have had a very mild winter in 

 this part of our State and the bees 

 .seem to be all right. We have had but 

 few losses, most colonies are strong, 

 and bee-keepers are looking for a good 

 vear. 



As I have noticed nothing in the Bee 

 Journal that approacht my method of 

 transferring I will give it, altho it may 

 be an old one. I have always disliked 

 the work, but when I had an opportu- 

 nity to buy bees at $1 or $2 per colony 

 I would buy them and transfer. 



Three years ago I purchast quite a 

 number of colonies, and when the time 

 came I began the work of putting them 

 into new hives, but after working 

 about one day I became tired of the 

 job and tried to devise some way of 

 doing the work easier. After thinking 

 the matter over I came to the conclu- 

 sion that it was natural for bees to 

 store honey above the brood-nest, and 

 I would try an experiment. I therefore 

 took a hive with frames and starters 

 and put it under the one I wisht to 

 transfer ; in short, I tiered up, and left 

 the bees to their own sweet will, and 

 as a result at the end of the honey- 

 flow I found my bees transferred and 



