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AMERICAN BEE 



June 7, 1900. 



Northern 

 Italian Queens! 



Reared bv the best methods from nij- GREAT 

 HONEY-GATHERERS. Price. $1 each. Orders 

 for queens to be filled iu rotation beg-mning- 

 June 1st. Ready to book orders NOW. 

 ADA L. PICKARD, 



Richland Center, Wis. 

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with onr new patent 



TKerosene Sprayers*' 



ISBimple ititiecil. Ker-'sene emulsion 

 I made while pumping. 13 varieties 

 I Bprayere, Bordeaux and Vermorel 

 ' Nozzles, the "World's Rest." 



THE DEMINQ CO.. SALEM. 0. 



Western AgenW, HeiiiOnA HubbelL 

 ' Ctuc«£0. Catalogae and fonnaUs free. 



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■writing. 



Italian Queens 



^ ■ ■ ■ ■ reared from the best honey- 

 \^ \^ ^L^ g"athering' strains ia America, 

 under the most favorable conditions, by. the 

 Doolittle method. No in-breeding^. Untested, 

 50 cents each; half dozen, $3.00; one dozen, $5.75. 



W. J. FOREHAND, 



l-JDlf FORT DEPOSIT. ALA. 



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The American Poultry Journal 



325 Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 



Alr¥llt*n;i1 ^^^^.t is over a quarter of a 

 »J KJUl ll<ll century old and is still grow- 

 ing' must possess intrinsic merit of its own, and 

 its field must be a valuable one. Such is the 



Amepiean Poultry Journal. 



60 cents a Year. Mention the Bee Journal. 



BARNES' FOOT POWER JHACBINERY 



Read what J. I. I*AKENT,of 

 ' Charlton, N. Y., says; " We 

 ^ cut with one of your Com- 

 'bined Machines, last winter, 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 100 honey racks, 500 brood- 

 frames, 2,000 honey boxes, and 

 a trreat deal of other work. 

 This winter we have double 

 ihe amount of bee-hives, etc., 

 to make, and we expect to do 

 it with this Saw. It will do all 

 you say it will." Catalog- and price-list free. 



Address, W. F. & John Barnes, 

 SCtf 995 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



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The Rural Californian 



Tells all about Bees in California. The yields 

 and Price of Honey; the Pasturag-e and Nectar- 

 Producing Plants; the Bee-Ranches and how 

 they are conducted. In fact the entire field is 

 fully covered by an expert bee-man. Besides 

 this the paper also tells you all about California 

 Agriculture and Horticulture. $1.00 per 3'ear; 6 

 months, 50 cents. Sample copies, 10 ceuts. 



THE RURAL CALIFORNIAN, 



218 North Main Street, - Los Angeles, Cal. 

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THE MODERN FARMER & BUSY BEE, 



EMERSON TAYLOR ABBOTT, Editor. 



A live, up-to-date Farm Journal with 

 a General Farm Department, Dairy, 

 Horticulture, Livestock, Poultry, Bee's, 

 Veterinary, Home and General News. 

 Edited by one who has had practical 

 experience in every department of 

 farm work. To introduce the paper 

 to new readers, it will be sent for a 

 short time to New Subscribers, one year 

 for 25 cents. Sample copies free. Best 

 Advertising Medium in the Central 

 West. Address, 



MODERN FARMER, 



9Ctf ST. JOSEPH, MO. 



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^JH^^g»gSss^^saggvgi ijg^g>;^^ 



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Wintered Nicely— Early Swarming. 



Bees wintered nicely and are in good 

 condition, but clover is not. Swarm- 

 ing comrneuced May 11— the earliest in 

 my experience of 25 years. 



Frank McN.w. 



Columbia Co., Wis., May 28. 



A Woman's Excellent Report. 



I have 22 colonies, and last year I 

 got over 1,000 pounds of honey' from 

 them. From 3 colonies I secured 144 

 pounds each. I had 6 supers on each 

 one of them, and my friends here say. 

 that if they hadn't seen it with their 

 own eyes they never would have be- 

 lieved it. I sold it at IS cents per 

 pound, and it was nearly all white 

 honey, mostly from sweet clover. All 

 of my last year's crop is sold except a 

 few boxes of amber — perhaps 10 or 12 

 pounds. 



I run exclusively for comb honej', 

 and I have never shipt one pound. I 

 have customers who take 300 or 400 

 pounds in a season, to retail. 



Mrs. Colin Baird. 



McHenry Co., 111., May 20. 



Wintered in Good Condition. 



Our bees came thru the winter in 

 very good condition, altho I had taken 

 almost too much honey from them last 

 fall. I will try not to do that again, 

 for it made me feel badly and seemed 

 like something was saying to me, " I 

 have been hungry and j'ou have not 

 fed me." I have not lost a single col- 

 ony out of ly. They commenced 

 swarming about a week ago, and had a 

 good time on fruit-bloom. So far we 

 have had one of the finest springtimes 

 in 25 years. Wheat looks very fine. 

 F. B. Wedel. 



McPherson Co.. Kan., May 17. 



Colonies Building Up Finely. 



Bees are building up finely this 

 spring, some swarming as early as 

 April 10. My winter loss was about 2 

 percent, while it was 60 percent here- 

 abouts. White clover is beginning to 

 bloom in extra-sheltered localities. 



The Bee Journal is all right. How 

 a bee-keeper can carry a dollar and do 

 without it, passes my dull comprehen- 

 sion. C. E. Morris. 



Carroll Co., Iowa, May 26. 



Willow-Herb Honey— Foul Brood. 



As a result of so many fires in this 

 State I expect a good yield of willow- 

 herb honey. There has been a varia- 

 tion as to the wintering of bees here. 

 Some bee-keepers have lost all of their 

 bees, while others only a part. 



My brother started a year ago this 

 spring with 15 colonies, two being 

 queenless. He increast them to 36 and 

 took 1,490 pounds of honey during the 

 season. All came thru the past winter, 

 but he detects that dread scourge of 

 foul brood, and is taking extreme 



Sharpies Cream Separators: Profitable Dairying 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



This foundation is made by an absolutely 

 nou-dippiag- process, thereby producing- a per- 

 fectly clear and pliable fonndation that retains 

 the odor and color of beeswax, and is free from 

 dirt. 



Working- wax into foundation for cash, a 

 specialty. Write for samples and prices. 



A full line of Supplies at the very lowest 

 prices, and in any quantity. Best quality and 

 prompt shipment. Send for larg-e, illustrated 

 catalog-. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



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HATCH CHICKENS 



BY STEAM-'^ith tht 



- Bimple, perfect, Belf-regulatiog 



EXCELSIOR I NCUB/iTOR 



[ - II I Thousauda ia succeBsful oiierniion, 



I Clrcuiara free. I I Lowest priced Ist-class httcher made 



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II'"- <^atalog i 114toiaa s.6th Pt,.Qiilnoy,IIT. 



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BEE-SDPPLIESr 



■W-pag-e Catalog 

 FREE. Goods are 

 the BEST. Prices 

 are rig^ht. We can 

 save vou some on freig-ht. Enquire of us. 

 7Dtf' JOHN NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Ho. 

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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being- the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEITSEN, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y« 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



^^ .e®°Root's Goods at Root's Prices"©^ ^; 



;^ Pouder's Hoxey-Jars and every- ^^ 



• ^ thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^fl 



• ;g» Service — low freight rate. Catalog <^' 

 ^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



•^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^^ 



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GOOD WHEELS 



MAKE A COOD WAGON. 



L'lilessa wapon has good wheels it la 



"the electric wheels 



are pond wheelsandthey make a wai^-on 

 last ir.definitely. They are made hitrh or 

 low. any width' of tire, to fit any skein. 

 They t-nn't iret loo^e, rot or breek 

 down. They lustalwajs-Catalogfree. 



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^"IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other publisht, send $1.25 

 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



B66-K66D6rs' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comfortable home for the bees in 

 summei and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

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