June 14, 19)0. 



AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL, 



381 



Q C*Cr I^C ETDCTDO ■ ^^ ^■'*" want your supplies ttmnivc at 3-our railroad station 

 DEI C'l^Cl CI t^m r«0 ■ in neat and perfect condition, free from dirt and damatre 



ordinarily resulting"- from railroad luindlin^jr; and if you want your orders filled promptly with 



the very finest jjoods in the market, send to 



G.B.L6Wis6oJal6rtown.Wls. 



XJ. S. A.. 



THOUSANDS OF BEE-HIVES, MILLIONS OF SECTIONS READY FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT. 



Lewis Foundation Fasteners are selling- like hot-cakes. Customers who have received one of these 



new machines pronounce it the tiuest, and write us that it is worth more than our 



price, which is onlyONE DOLLAR, without lamp. 



BRANCHES: 



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

 olis, Ind. 



G. B. Le-wis Co., 515 First Ave., N. E., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



please mention Bee Journal ^phen writing 



AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Of^deu, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Agent. 



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Disease. 

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Dl /^^P\ TABLETS FOR THIN PEOPLE. 

 ^)^V,/^/|^ Nervousness, Rheumatism, Female 

 3 week^' iicannent free for in cents postage, 

 for our ad on this pag'e next week. 



18E2t AlfisoTJio Hiiildin^, IJtiS Moines, Jowrj. 



Please mention Bee journal -when -writing. 



Harshfield Mannfactnring Company. 



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- 

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



HARSHFIELD nANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfield, Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal -wheJi -writm)?. 



ALuINU yUttnb prolific Queens— If y°ou 

 ■want the gentlest Bees — If you want the best 

 honej-g^alherers vou ever saw — try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens' in April, Jl.W; 'Tes'ted, $1.50. 



UAZhi J. D. GIVENS. Lisbon. Tex. 



Queens 



2lAtf Address, E. W, 



UNTESTED ITAL- 

 IAN, 70 cents each; 

 tested.Sl each. Oueens 

 larjjfe, yellow and pro- 

 lific. Circular free. 

 HAAG, Canton, Ohio. 



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 Nam^ on the Knife.— When ordering-, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you wish put oa the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of iadestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as Lflass. 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, aud Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering- into this celebrated knife Is of the very best qualitj-; 

 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 ? I»case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the " Novelty " is lost, having name aud 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 .\ou meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the "Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; aud in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lastinsr memento could a mother 

 give to a sou, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the kuife having 

 the 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 thrf.e new subsckibers to the Uee Journal (with $3.00. j We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for Sl.oo. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Mich, St., Chicago, 111. 



*5^Please allow about two weeks for your knife order to be filled- 



Please Mention the Bee Journal 



"When writing 

 Advertisers. 



pollen entering the very structure of 

 the bee, as well as sapping- the vitality 

 of the larva, is giving us a bee that 

 can not .stand protracted cold weather. 

 I put in 120 colonies, and have lost and 

 doubled up until now I have 70 left. 

 These will be built up by giving 

 cleansed combs as fast as needed. 



C. G. Ferris. 

 Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 1. 



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iipiTBEEPOM bOlLW 



Producing Honey Without Any 

 Swarming.— Mr. B. F. Blakely, Jr., of 

 Kansas, writes how he manages in 

 producing both comb and extracted 

 honey, and at the same time avoids 

 swarming. When the hive is full of 

 bees, honey and brood, and the honey- 

 flow begins, he removes all of the 

 brood-combs except about four that 

 contain the greatest amount of brood. 

 These are alternated with frames con- 

 taining strips of foundation for start- 

 ers, and the super put on the hive. No 

 bees are taken from the hive, they 

 being shaken off the combs that are re- 

 moved. A colony treated in this way 

 works and acts very much like a swarm. 

 The removed combs are given to the 

 colonies that are workt for extracted 

 honey, these colonies sometimes being 

 piled up four stories high. In short, 

 this is a peculiar system of division, 

 if such it may be called, in which the 

 comb-honey colonies are robbed of so 

 much of their brood, at exactly the 

 right time, that swarming is pre- 

 vented; while the brood is placed in 

 colonies so workt for extracted honey 

 that they do not swarm. It is a pecu- 

 liar system, and one that requires the 

 production of both comb and extracted 

 honey. — Bee-Keepers' Review. 



Rendering Beeswax by Steam. — 



The process is thus given in detail by 

 the editorof Gleanings in Bee-Culture : 

 About rendering by steam, we find 

 no trouble along that line. We run a 

 jet down into our tank, and let it snap 

 for half an hour. But there is perhaps 

 one thing that we do that Mr. H. does 

 not, and therein lies the trouble. I 

 would advise him to place about two 

 pailfuls of water into a barrel holding 

 about 31 gallons. If it is of the 50- 

 gallon size, then use three pailfuls. 

 Into the water pour from one-half to 

 one pound of commercial sulphuric 

 acid, such as can be bought at any 

 drug-store — that is, providing the wax 

 is very dark. If the wax is of a leather 

 color, aud it is desired to bring it to a 

 lemon color, put in only about 4 ounces 

 of the acid. Turn a jet of steam down 

 into the water, using a common half- 

 inch steam-pipe. Let it snap until the 

 water is hot, and then add the chunks 

 of wax gradually until the barrel is 

 nearly full of melted was and water. 

 Allow it to snap for a few minutes, 

 seeing that the water, acid and wax 

 are thoroly mixt. Remove the steam- 

 pipe, put the lid on the barrel, aud 

 cover the whole with old blankets, old 

 carpets, or any old thing that will help 

 to confine the heat in the barrel, keep- 

 ing the wax in a liquid condition as 

 long as possible. At the end of three 



