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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



May 31, 1900 



ISCT rr IXC C DC DC ■ I* y°" want jour supplies to arrive at your railroad station 

 [5 1^ t^~|\E tr C l»0 ■ in neat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damage 



ordinarily resulting from railroad handling; and if j'ou want your orders filled promptly with 



the very "finest goods in the market, send to 



G.B.L6Wls6oJal)6rlownJis. 



XT. S. -A. 



THOUSANDS OF BEE-HIVES, MILLIONS OF SECTIONS REAOY 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: AGENCIES: 



G. B. Lewis Co, 19 So. Alabama St., Indianap- 

 olis, Ind. „ , . 



G. B. Lewis Co., SIS First Ave., N. E., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



Please mention Bee Journal ■when -writmE. 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Ogden, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Agent. 



FEEE 



r\'^ Dl /^/^r^ TABLETS FOR THIN PEOPLE. 



\J ,^. Ei^\J\J^J Nervousness, Rheumatism, Female 

 Disease. 3 weeks' treatment free for 10 cents postage. 

 Look for our ad on this page next week. 



\V. A. IIBISTDERSOIS^ CO , 

 lSE2t Mnsanic BuUding, lit s Aloines, Tovva. 



Please mention Bee journal when "writing. 



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.— When ordering, be sure to say just what name and 

 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 glass. 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 entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English 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 linings 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 good 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 tor- 

 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 for a present I What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a sonfa wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 tlie 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 three new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $3.00.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for Jl.W. 



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



*5rPlease allow about two weeks for your knife order to be filled. 



ALBINO QUEENS proUfi'c QSeens-nTou 

 want the gentlest Kees— If you want the best 

 honej--gatherers vou ever saw— try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens' in April, fl.OO; Tested, $1.£0. 

 12A26t J. D. GIVENS, LISBON. Tex. 



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UNTESTED ITAL- 

 IAN, 70 cents each; 

 tested, $1 each. Queens 

 large, yellow and pro- 

 lific. Circulai free. 

 vV. HAAQ, Canton, Ohio. 



but this winter has been the worst for 

 bees ever known here. 



The bees did not have a flight all 

 winter. Two or three bee-keepers here 

 lost every colony they had. 



I hardly know what to do with my 

 frames of comb and honey to keep 

 them from the moths. I could proba- 

 bly take 200 or 300 pounds of honey 

 from the frames and melt up the rest 

 into wax. I would like to ask what 

 would be the best to do with them ? 

 Perhaps some one will give good ad- 

 vice thru the American Bee Journal, 

 and if any one can do so I would like 

 to have him say why there should be 

 such a loss, with so much stores of 

 honey left in the hives. Some or most 

 of the hives had a large amount of bees 

 in them, but no brood in the combs. 



The spring has been very backward 

 and cold, but for the last two days it 

 has been up into the 90's. Apple-trees 

 are just beginning to bloom. I have 

 a few frames with honey outside 

 for the few bees that I have left, to 

 work on, but they don't seem to care 

 much for them. I have been examin- 

 ing them and they have a nice lot of 

 brood, and seem to be building up 

 quite fast. 



I see good reports from some locali- 

 ties as to bees wintering well. I am 

 glad, for I love the honey-bee. I like 

 to see them work. 



The American Bee Journal meets me 

 at the post-office every Friday night, 

 and it is received with much pleasure ; 

 and I hope by its help to get started in 

 the bee-business again. 



Geo. H. Adkins. 



Essex Co., N. Y., May 17. 



Marshlield Manufacturing Conipauy. 



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- 

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



HARSHFIELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfleld, Wis. 



Please Mention the Bee Jwirual XJl?rSS^^"« t. 



Wintering Reduced to a Science. 



Never since I have been a bee-keeper 

 have my bees wintered so well as the 

 past winter. They came thru without 

 the loss of a single colony. Every col- 

 ony is boiling over with bees. I surely 

 have reduced the wintering of bees to 

 a science. I have not lost 5 colonies 

 during the winter since I have been a 

 bee-keeper. B. T. STONE. 



Preston Co., W. Va. 



A Notable Early Report. 



Bees came thru the winter in excel- 

 lent condition. On the third of March 

 one-half depth supers containing some 

 drone-brood were put on the colonies 

 having the best queens; and then the 

 winter packing was replaced. The ob- 

 ject of putting them on at this date 

 was to get drones early in the season. 

 By the first of May these colonies were 

 well stockt with drones. 



On May 5th the winter packing was 

 removed, and on examination the su- 

 pers put on in March were well filled 

 with honey collected from the maple, 

 and especially the poplar, which 

 bloomed about April 25th. Four colo- 

 nies were so crowded with bees that it 

 was thought best to take their brood 

 from them. The brood-nests contain- 

 ing 16 full-depth frames were removed 

 and others of the same dimensions 

 were given them, with the filled super 

 and a second one for the fruit-bloom. 

 So the artificial swarms had 16 full- 

 depth- frames and 16 half-depth. 



On May 16th we commenced to ex- 

 tract the spring harvest. The supers 

 on the four above-mentioned hives 

 weighed respectively 52, 46, 48 and 47 



