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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



May 24, 1900 



tie C mVC t' F DF DQ ■ ^' •^°" waat jour supplies to arrive at your railroad station 

 D&& rXCtr &riW« in neat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damage 



ordinarily resultius; Iruiu railroad handling; and if you want your orders filled promptly with 



the very finest goods in the market, send to 



G.BlewlsGojaiertownJls. 



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 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 



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AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Ogdeu, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Ag'ent. 



BUGGIES, 



Surreys. Stanhopes, Phaetons. Driving Wagons and 

 Spring Wagons, Light and Heavy Harness, Sold Direct 

 to the User by the Maker at Wholesale Prices. 



Perfect in every detail of material, workmanship and finish. Any style 

 "ill*yr=r^ ■ I fiS/m'^^ vehicle sent anywhere for examination before purchase. Wherever you 

 '^ ■■• ''^''■/■^i^^'^ ^^^^ y^^ ^^^ ^^^y ^^ ^^ ^^^ save money. We make all the vehicles we 

 l":il^jf^"^t ---^— -""^ advnrl i.'^e. Tjartje free book tells our pliin in detail. Send for it. 



EDWARD W. WALKER CARRIAGE CO., 50 Eighth St., Goshen Jnd. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when -wrriting. 



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.] 



Your Name on the Knife.—Wheti ordering-, be sure to saj 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 g-lass. 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 Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material enterin}*- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forg-ed out of the very finest Eng-Hsh razor-steel, and we war- 

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

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the liuinys 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 pood 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 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 identifier; and in 

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



How appropriate this knife is tor 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 for $1.10, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us thkei-; new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $3.00.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the liee Journal for one year, both fur Sl-''0. 



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



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



Harshfleld MaDnfactiiring 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- 

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



HARSHFIELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfield, Wis. 



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Advertisers. 



April. I also found something else 

 that I never saw before, and would like 

 to know if any one can tell the cause 

 of it : 



On opening one hive I saw hundreds 

 of slick, shiny, young bees that could 

 not fly, on top of the frames, as I have 

 seen them dragging out of the hive in 

 the spring when taken out of the cel- 

 lar. On examination I found that they 

 were queenless, with nothing but a lit- 

 tle drone-brood in the hive. Oh, 3'es, I 

 know Mr. Doolittle says it does not 

 pay to re-queen, as nine times out of 

 ten the queen will be superseded before 

 she becomes unprofitable. That must 

 be another case of location, as in this 

 part of the country nine times out of 

 ten she will >wf. H. J. Chapman. 



Dallas Co., Iowa, May 2. 



Bad Weather for Bees. 



The weather is bad. The tempera- 

 ture was at 74 degrees for a few hours 

 on May 9 ; inside of an hour it fell 23 

 degrees, and the nest morning the 

 ground froze hard. This was the first 

 warm spell in May. This weather has 

 kept colonies reduced, as the bees 

 would go out for pollen and never re- 

 turn. Hknry Alley. 



Essex Co., Mass., May 11. 



Common Parsnip. 



I send a plant which, in some years, 

 furnishes quite a little honey. Some 

 of my neighbors claim the plant is 

 poisonous. What is its name ? Is it 

 poisonous to animal life ? 



Essex Co., N. J., K. MOR. 



Prof. C. L. Walton, of the Lake View 

 High School, Chicago, reports as fol- 

 lows on the above : 



The plant in question is the common 

 parsnip, Pastinaca sativa, and belongs 

 to the poisonous parsley family. To 

 this family belong the very poisonous 

 cowbane, fool's parsley, poison hem- 

 lock, etc. The beautiful harbinger-of- 

 spring and the aromatic rooted sweet 



JHJRUMEW 



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ITRACTION /^m^^- 



ENGINES 



Should you be seeldner the best tlnnt? in trac- 

 tion, portable ant* scnii-pcrtable en^inos, we 

 ha%e what you want They are Ideul for 

 tlireshlnCfdrlMIiiK weH«», cutliittr under iid- 

 liifCl'ced, runntniTHiiw mil In. piiiiipinc: wuier 

 — (inythiiip: requiring puwcr. We have them 



From 8 to 20 H- P. 



of 00,000 1--^-......- o..^..t, ^^~ r - 



boxes surrounded with water. 5IaUo also 

 Threshers, HorAc Powers and Sun Mlll^ 



1 All fullv descrihed in ourillustrated catalogue. 



\ Ask for it. Mailed free. 



] M. RUMELY CO., ? A PORTE, IND. 



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