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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July S, 1900. 



H. G. Quirin, the Queen -Breeder, 



Is as usual aqrain on baud with his 

 improved strain of 



^•GOLDEN'^ 

 ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Our larfrest orders come from old customers, 

 which proves that our stock gives satisfaction. 

 We have 12 years' e.xperience in rearing queens, 

 and if there'is any one thing we pride ourselves 

 in, it is in sending all queens promptly BY 

 RETURN MAIL. We guarantee safe delivery. 



Price of Queens after July i. 



Warranted 



Selected warranted 



Tested 



Selected tested 



Extra selected tested, 1 he best 

 that money can bu3" 



.50 



.75 



1.011 



l.SO 



3 00 



12 



$ 2.75$ 5.00 

 4.00 7.00 

 5.00 0.00 

 8.00 



Address all orders to 

 H. G. QUIRIN, Parkerstown, Erie County, Ohio. 



(Money Order Office. Bellevue, O.) 



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Please mention the Bee Journal. 



«-|F YOU WANT THE 



— BEE-BOOK 



That covers the wdole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than auv other publisht, send $1.2S 

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



B66-K6eD6rs' Guide. 



(..Iberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Mere we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a cnitifortable home for the bees in 

 sumniei and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalntr free. R. H SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

 Please mention Bee.Iournai when wriTin^ 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



r^ j^^Roofs Goods at Root's Prlces=S» §^ 



•^ PoUDER's Honey-Jars and every- t^- 



' ^ thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^f". 



•^^ Service — low freight rate. Catalog ^ • 



^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



;^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. i^- 



Please mentiou Bee Journal when "writins; 



\..IICttr LANDS 



Located on the Illinois Central R.R. in 



^^ SOUTHERN ^^^ 

 ^^ ILLINOIS ^^ 



And also located on the Vazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley K K. in the fanunis 



YAZOO VALLEY 



ssissippi— specially adapted t 

 raisin-r of 



CORN AND HOGS, 



of Mississippi— specially adapted to the 

 raisin-r of 



Soil RicDest .'h\ World. 



Write for Pamphlets and Maps. 



E. P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, 



111. Cent. R.R. Co., I'ark Ki,\v, Room 41.1, 

 24A24t CHICAQO, ILL. 



Please mention Bee Joxirnal when WTifinp> 



Improvement of Stock is something- 

 tViat almost any bee-keeper, almost 

 anywhere, can work for with fair hopes 

 of success. Much has been said re- 

 garding the improvements that have 

 been brought about in cattle, sheep, 

 poultry, plants, etc.; it must not be 

 forgotten, however, that many of these 

 improvements have come about as the 

 result of care, food and shelter. The 

 long horns and sinewy muscles of the 

 ox are no longer needed in defending 

 himself against the attacks of wild 

 beasts. Care, and shelter, and food, 

 eventually make an animal or plant 

 less able to battle for life with the 

 forces of nature. At the same time 

 these changes in the animal or plant 

 make it more desirable for man. The 

 battle with nature made the animal or 

 plant less desirable for man's use. 

 Battling with nature has brought out 

 and developt in the bee those very 

 characteristics, hardiness and honey- 

 gathering, that are the most valuable 

 toman. Chaff hives and warm cellars, 

 and the like — this "coddling," so to 

 speak — has not improved the bee. At 

 the same time there is no disputing 

 that there is a difference in bees, and 

 that by crossing and selection, and 

 breeding in the riglit direction, we can 

 improve them ; but we must under- 

 stand what we are working for, and 

 work intelligently. — Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view. 



Reformed Spelling seems to be at- 

 tracting attention on the other side of 

 the globe. In the Australasian Bee- 

 Keeper, Hitter having spoken dispar- 

 agingly of it, G. R. Harrison comes to 

 the rescue in this vigorous fashion : 



ThatHiUite Hitter falls foul of the 

 Yanks who are trying to get rid of a 

 little confusion in our methods of mak- 

 ing lang-uage visible, and are adopting 

 reformed methods of spelling. We use 

 in writing the language some 49 

 sounds, which we represent in a hazy 

 sort of way by 26 signs or letters, two 

 of which cat! be eliminated, as other 

 signs are also used for the same sounds, 

 one of which (c) is used for two differ- 

 ent sounds (k and s), and we are there- 

 fore always gloriously uncertain which 

 sound it is intended to stand for. 



Over 20 of the 49 are vowel sounds, 

 and are represented by five s'gns, tho 

 a couple more are occasionalh' bor- 

 rowed (a e i o u and sometimes w and 

 y), and these five signs are used on no 

 special principle, thus, not only are 

 there somehalfdozen " a " sounds, but 

 the "a" sign stands occasionally for 

 "e, i, o and u," which makes our rules 

 for writing language clear as mud, 

 doesn't it ? 



We have excellent and easily learnt 

 rules for the use of these signs, but it 

 takes a lifetime to learn the exceptions 

 to these rules, so we don't spell by 

 rules, but have to make the spelling of 

 each word a special effort of memory. 

 We canU pronounce a word as it is 

 spelt, because there are no rules frovcrn- 



Sharples Cream Separators: Profitable Dairying 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



TrteQueenCranK 



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- 

 franie hives, from choice Golden and Three- 

 Baud Mothers, in a (iolden 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. Mouev order office, Warren- 

 ton, N. c. W. H. PRIDQEN, 

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

 Please mention Bee Journal ^wlicin writine 



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 

 catalog. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



Bees wn x H'a n torf. 



Hlease mention Bee Journal -when ■writing. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Fiat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honev. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEI7SEX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y. 



Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WE HAVE IT AT LAST ! 

 We have finally succeeded in getting 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 in hight. It is as 

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

 ally comes into bloom ahead of while clover 

 and basswood. We offer the seed as a premium 



A QUARTER POUND FOR SENDING 

 ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION. 



So long as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

 pound of the seed to a i egular paid-up subscri- 

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1.00; or Y^ 

 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,. 



If You Want Bees 



That will ju'^i "roll" in the lionet', try noore's 

 Strain of Italians, ihe result of 21 years of care- 

 ful breeding. They have become noted for 

 hunev-gathering, whiteness of cappings, etc., 

 thruout the United Stales and Canada. 



Warranted Queens, 75c each; (. for J4 CO; 12 

 for $7.50. Select warranted, $1.00 each; 6 for 

 $5.00; 12 for S'J.OO. Sirnug 3-frame Nucleus with 

 warranted Queen, S2.5 ». Safe arrival and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Circular free. 



27Dtf J. P. nOORE lock box 1 Morgan, Ky. 



Please mention Bee Journa' ■wheD w^riting 



For Sale! Z^t 



of Italian Bees, in Langstroih Movable-Frame 



Hives. H. Sauter, Schwab Davidson Co.. Tenn. 



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