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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 31, 1900. 



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Every Manufacturer, Miller, Carpenter, 

 Cabinet Maker, Machinist. Wheelwright and 

 Quarryman. Farmer, or any one using a grind- 

 stone, should have one o( these Tool-Holders. 

 Oneboy cando tUe-workof two persons, and 

 grind much faster, easier and with perfect 

 accuracy. Will bold any kind of tool, from 

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 Extra attach:i.eui lor sharpening scythe 

 blades includi d iu tlie above price. The work 

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 hand or steam power, is always ready for use, 

 nothiniT to pet out of order, and is absolutely 

 worth 100 limes IIS cost. 



No farm is well-equipped un- 

 less it has a Tool-Holder. Pays 

 *or itself in a short time. 



How to Use the Holder. 



Directions.— The Tool is fas- 

 tened securely In the Holder by 

 a set-screw and can be ground 

 to any desired bevel by insert- 

 ing the arm of the Holder into 

 a higher or lower notch of the 

 standard. While turning the 

 crank with the right hand, the 

 left rests on an steadies the 

 Holder : the Tool is moved to 

 the right or left across the 

 stone, or examined while grind- 

 ing, as readily and in the same 

 way as if held in th-> hands. 



Forgrinding Konnd - Edge 

 Tools, the holes in the stand- 

 ard are used instead of the 

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Address. GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



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NOTE.— One reader writes: " I have every reason to believe that it would be a very good idea 

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO. 



18, only 3 or 4 being queenless. All 

 came out very strong, and gathered 

 more honey in April than I ever knew 

 them to do before in all my bee-keep- 

 ing experience. Willow and bos-elder 

 yielded more honey than I ever saw. 

 Bees gained as high as 4 pounds a day 

 on willow in April. They are in very 

 fine shape now, ready to swarm. The 

 first swarm I heard of in May was on 

 May 12. The prospects are fine now 

 for a crop this year. We had a fine 

 rain last night. N. Staininger. 



Cedar Co., Iowa, May 19. 



Good Prospects. 



My bees wintered well and are doing 



nicely in building up. The prospect 



for honey iti this locality is very good, 



and I hope we will not be disappointed. 



Herman L. Gloege. 



Greene Co., Wis., May 20. 



Good Honey Prospects— Honey-Dew. 



The prospects for a good honey crop 

 are very fine here in North Alabama. 

 For the past 20 days there has been 

 one continuous flow from poplar. This 

 poplar honey is well tasted, but rather 

 .dark. June brings us the nice honey — 

 basswood, sumac, etc. — almost white, 

 and very mild. 



I had 43 colonies, spring count, and 

 have increast by natural swarming to 

 66. I will get a ton of comb honey. 

 That amount always satisfies me, as it 

 brings S2S0 at the apiary, and I hardly 

 miss the time from the store attending 

 to them. 



We are not as adverse to honey-dew 

 as some of our friends in the North. 

 We are always glad when it comes. 

 There is a good deal more "rabbit" 

 about it all being "bug-juice" than 

 you heard there was. Most of those 

 insects seen on the leaves are there on 

 the same mission the bees are. 



R. V. Goss. 



Walker Co., Ala., May 12. 



Bees Quite Strong— Swarming. 



I wintered 147 colonies of bees in the 

 cellar, and lost only two ; but after I 

 took them out of the cellar I doubled 

 them down to 115. They are in better 

 shape than I ever had them before. 



Here is something that I wish some 

 of the bee-keepers would try : 



When a colony swarms hive them on 

 the old stand, according to the Heddon 

 method ; leave the supers on the old 

 hive, and after the young queen 

 hatches out and kills all her sisters, 

 change hives again. That is, move 



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