May 31, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



349 



THe B6e-K66D6r'S 



* Guide* 



Or, Manual of the Apiary, 



BY 



PROR A. J. COOK. 



460 Pages-ietli (1899) Edition-18th Thou- 

 sand— Sl-25 postpaid. 



A description of the book here is quite imuec- 

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 and practical bee-book publisht to-day. Fully 

 illustrated, and all written in the most fascinat- 

 ing st3*le. The author is also too well-known to 

 the whole bee-world to requireany introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is luUv equipt, or his library 

 complete, without The Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 mag"nificent book of 460 pag"es, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding-, we propose toGiVE away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of g-et- 

 ting- NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

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 the two NEW subscribers— simply the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one j-ear: 



Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with $2.00), and we will mail you a copy 

 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1.25, or we club 

 it with the Bee Journal for a year— both for only 

 $1.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 NEW subscribers to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. Let every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one ?j 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



HONEY MONEY 



t results from the beat caru ot the 

 bees. Thatresultsfromthe use of 

 the bsHt Apiary appliitnceB. 



THE DOVE-TAILED HIVE 



Btiownnfre isonecf sptciiil mtrit. 

 Equipped with Supcrltrood 

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 "carry in stock a full line of bee 

 •unnlfetC~'^ao enpplv every want. Illustrated cataloKiie FREK 



lOTERSTATE AUNFQ. CO., Box 10, HUDSON. WIS. 



pounds, and tlio supers of the second- 

 class colonies varied from about 26 to 

 31 pounds. 



On account of the cold northeast 

 winds ill the liitter part of April and 

 the ftrst part of May, this season was 

 not so favorable for storing honey as 

 the precediiij^f one had been. 



In makiiif,'^ the artificial, or divided 

 swarms, it was necessary to lift out all 

 the frames of one hive to find the 

 queen, when it was observed that she 

 had 14 frames of brood and eggs, which 

 was thought something unusual before 

 fruit-bloom ; but the queen that had 

 the strongest tield-force and stored the 

 most honey is one that I bought in the 

 southern part of Indiana, in August, 

 1896. The one from whom I bought 

 her remarkt in his letter that she was 

 a "fine specimen, worth 5 times SO 

 cents. She is one year old." She ruled 

 her colony prosperousl)' tifl last fall, 

 when I took her out and gave her to an 

 after-swarm that had lost their queen. 

 She is dipt, and is also a notable 

 queen, so I cannot be mistaken either 

 in her age or identity. Such excellent 

 returns from a 5-year-old queen is 

 thought to be notable. 



To-day bees are working on rasp- 

 berry and sundry other blooms. 



Man may labor, but God gives the 

 increase. B. J. Chrvsostom. 



St. Joseph Co., Ind., May 20. 



Good Report for Last Season. 



My report for 1899 is as follows : I 

 started in the spring with about 200 

 colonies in fair condition. There was 

 no honey-flow till the latter part of 

 July, when heartsease commenced to 

 yield nectar. August and part of Sep- 

 tember were fine. My honey crop was 

 about 6,000 pounds of comb honey and 

 3,500 of extracted. All was sold long 

 ago, and I got about $11.00 for it. 



Nov. 22, 1899. I put in 225 colonies, 

 and took out 225 all alive, April 15 to 



Jft fg^ QQ per month will pay for niedi- 

 ffl^ I ' c:il treatment for any reader 



^^ *'^^ of ihe American Uee Journal. ThiH 

 ■■^ I .iffer iH (food for 3 months ONLY — 

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 34 Central Music Hall, CHICAQO. 



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We have finally succeeded in g-elting' a small 

 quantity of the seed of tlie 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 feel in hight. It is as 

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We have been trying' for years to secure this 

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 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. 



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FOR SALE -$2,000 



The BEST FAMILY TRADE in Honey and 

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Best Clover and Basswood Honey was sold 

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