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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 14, 1900. 



FORiALE! 



50 Dovetailed bee-bives, 8-frarae, 1^-story, of 

 the G. B. Lewis make; 10 in flat, 5 in woven 

 boxes that were uever opened — just as they 

 came from the factory; 10 set up and painted 

 two coats of white, but not used; 30 set up and 

 painted white and used one year only, and 

 partly filled with comb; supers filled with sec- 

 tions' and foundation starters. I will sell as 

 many as any one wants, for 80 cents each, f.o.b. 

 at Roseland, Nebr. For particulars write to 



GUS. BOURG, Roseland, Nebr. 



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BeiQlan Hares 



A Few 

 BAB1E3 

 at $3.00 

 per pair. 



.4Ait O. L. REIDER, Rome, N. Y. 



Lone Star Queens 



For June, from im^jorted mothers, or Cioldens, 

 65 cents for Untested; SI 00 for Tested, 



G. K DAVIDSON & SONS, 

 24Aif Fairview, Wilson Co., Tex. 



«®-|F YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That coTers the wnole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than anv other publisht, send $1.25 

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



B66-K66p6rs' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to tlie 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. 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



r^ 4®^Root's Goods at Root's Prices=S* ^^ 



'^ Pooder's Honey-Jars and every- ^^ 



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



■^ Service — low freight rate. Catalog ^- 



^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



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



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CHEAP r^,?^ 



Located on the Illinois Central K.R. in 



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And also located on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley R.R. in the famous 



YAZOO VALLEY 



of Mississippi— specially adapted to the 

 raisintr of 



CORN AND HOGS, 



Soil RlGHesi ,'h". World. 



Write for Pamphlets and Maps. 



E. P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, 



111. Cent. R.R. Co., Park Row, Room 41.5, 

 24A24t CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Bee-Industry Extensive There. 



Bees in this vicinity wintered with 

 but little loss, but are in light condi- 

 tion as to stores, and have been slow 

 in breeding up. Those who have not 

 fed enough to stimulate breeding still 

 have light colonies, but they will build 

 up very rapidly as alfalfa is now blos- 

 soming, and promises a good flow of 

 honey. The bee-industry is quite ex- 

 tensive in this valley, and, as a rule, 

 very profitable. F. E. Benedict. 



Otero Co., Colo., June 4. 



Honey Crop Almost a Failure. 



I am in a mountainous section of 

 country — one of the best locations in 

 this part of the State, 



We had a fine, open winter, and the 

 hills were green all thru it. The early 

 rains began in October, 1899, and lasted 

 until May, 1900. As much as 22 inches 

 of rain must have fallen, but the honey- 

 crop will be almost a failure, as we 

 have had very little honey so far, and 

 there was a frost on May 25th. All of 

 the flowers (principally sage) bloomed 

 during the fine weather early in the 

 season. We have ball sage and blue 

 sage, but no white. There is some 

 black sage about 8 or 9 miles from my 

 apiary. 



There is very little fruit around 

 here — possibly about five acres — but 

 my bees got honey from blossoms 

 somewhere. They would have to go 

 five or six miles to get it, proving that 

 bees will go that far for honey. The 

 honey is of a fine flavor, but is not 

 clear. 



We expected a good season, but it is 

 a failure so far. We may get some 

 honey later on, as bees work here off 

 and on until October, I have been in 

 the bee-business for 20 j'ears, and 

 never yet failed to get some honej'. 

 T. Keating. 

 Santa Clara Co.. Calif., May 28. 



A Happy Bee-Fever Patient. 



If Blunk ever catches Dr. Miller and 

 George York — well, they would better 

 try to get that gun from Doolittle, 

 Why ? Well, it was those chaps who 

 inoculated me with a terrible dose of 

 bee-fever over two years ago, and when 

 they had the patient where he could 

 not rest easy for a moment, then along 

 came Gleanings in Bee-Culture and 

 also began to prescribe. Will the pa- 

 tient ever be cured ? I think not, but 

 he must take their remedies the rest of 

 his days. One good thing for the pa- 

 tient is that he appears to relish their 

 medicines. 



The good book says, " Charity cover- 

 eth a multitude of sins." It is my 

 opinion that charity can be applied in 

 various ways. Now, I won't say that 

 those men are sinners, but if tliey are, 

 I think their act in inoculating me with 

 the fever has created a happiness with- 

 in which I enjoy (a mild way of put- 

 ting it), and their act was a charitable 

 one, as I look at it. 



In 1899 I increast from S colonies to 

 12, and got 500 pounds of comb honey. 

 We had eaten it all by the holidays. 



Th6Qu66n6ranl( 



Is before the readers of this Journal with a peti- 

 tion for orders for as fine Queens as he has ever 

 been able to rear. They are being, and have 

 been for some weeks, reared in triple-decker 10- 

 fraine hives, from choice Golden and Three- 

 Band Mothers, in a Golden yard. The Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, of Flint, Mich., for May 

 (which is a special queen-rearing number) tells 

 how it is done. Ask for a copy. Tested, $1.00; 

 untested, 75 cents. Monev order oflQce, Warren- 

 ton, N. c. W. H. PRIDGEN, 

 24Atf Creek, Warren Co., N.C. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



This foundation is made by an absolutely 

 non-dipping- process, thereby producing a per- 

 fectly clear and pliable foundation 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 large, illustrated 

 catalotr. ^^ 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



Beeswax Wanted, 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sa^ iu 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 DEUSEN, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Yi 



Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WE HAVE IT AT LAST 1 



We have finally succeeded in g-etting- a small 

 quantity of the seed of the 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 feet iu hight. It is as 

 much visited by the bees as the white, and usu- 

 allv comes into bloom ahead of white clover 

 and basswood. We offer the seed as a premium 



A QUARTER POUND FOR SENDING 

 ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION. 



So lon^ as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

 pound of the seed to a legular paid-up subscri- 

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1.00; or K 

 pound by mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in getting it. It is 

 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. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan St., - CHICAGO, ILL,. 



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 WdlllUrillct t Fruits, Flowers, Climate 

 or Resources, send for a sample copy of Cali- 

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The Pacific Rural Press, 



The leading Horticultural and Agricultural 

 paper of the Pacific Coast. Publisht weekly, 

 handsomely illustrated, $2.00 per annum. Sam- 

 ple copy free. 



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 330 Market Street, - San Francisco, Cal. 

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