July S, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



429 



edges, without any unnecessary over- 

 flow or waving-. The tube is about 

 three feet long-. It is of lead, about 

 one-fourth inch outside diameter, with 

 the lower end drawn to a point, and 

 the upper end provided with a brass 

 fitting- that attaches to a faucet in a 

 five-gallon can. If I were rigging up 

 such a thing, I -ivould try a five-foot 

 length of rubber tubing, set a bucket 

 of water on a shelf, tie a stone to one 

 end of the tube to keep it at the bot- 

 tom, and try the siphon principle — not 

 that it would be any better, but folks 

 who don't understand soldering might 

 compass it better. Then to get the 

 fine orifice at the lower end I would 

 try Dr. Miller's tapered and grooved 

 wooden plug, or possibly a piece of a 

 lead-pencil with the lead removed and 

 the two halves tied together again — 

 tho that might make the stream a lit- 

 tle too large." 



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Good Prospect for Honey. 



We have every prospect for a large 

 honey harvest. 'White and alsike 

 clover are in full bloom. Altho linden 

 has been cut to a great extent here, 

 there is much left, and it will bloom 

 abundantly this year. 



I. A. Travis. 



Wood Co., Wis., June 22. 



In Tulare Co., Calif.— Overstocking. 



It may not be uninteresting to know 

 how the winter served the bee-keepers 

 here. Last winter came on me with 40 

 colonies of bees. The same number 

 came thru in fine condition. There 

 were but few days at a time when the 

 bees could not be out and gather honey 

 if there was any. 



Orchard bloom began to come the 

 latter part of February, which gave the 

 bees a fine start, and the latter part of 

 March there was every prospect of a 

 prosperous bee -season, when the 

 weather turned cool and dry. The bees 

 at once began to show the effects of 

 the change, working slower than they 

 had been doing, and in April they 

 swarmed lightly — 6 swarms, and 4 

 saved. 



Now (June 20) the drones all, or 

 nearly all, are killed, and bees in many 

 hives are gathering barely enough 

 honey to live on from day to day. I 

 have fed some. Alfalfa is beginning 

 to bloom, and in a few days it is hoped 

 we win be in a fine honey-flow. All 

 colonies that wintered are supplied 

 with bees ready for the honey-flow 

 when it comes. Appearances are good, 

 only late in the season. 



Last week a gentleman purchast a 

 small piece of land within a mile and a 

 half of me, and has moved 150 colonies 

 of bees on to it. What the efi'ect is 

 going to be is more than we can calcu- 

 late. If it will be to the disadvantage 

 of any one the gentleman evidently 

 thinks he has the best of the situation. 



We are tolerably thickly settled in 

 this vicinity, and nearly everybody 

 has from one to a dozen colonies of 

 bees, which makes our range quite well 

 stockt, without the new comer. We ex- 



SPECIAL NOTICE! 



Last winter's cut of basswood is the whitest it has been for many seasons. 

 We are now making sections out of this new stock and therefore are in a posi- 

 tion to furnish you with the very finest quality in the market. 



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Are perfect in workmanship and color. 



Orders shipt immediately upon receipt. A complete line of everything 

 needed in the apiary. Five difl'erent styles of Bee-Hives. 



Lewis Foundation Fastener simplest and best machine for the purpose. 

 Price, ONE DOLLAR, without Lamp. 



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

 Special Southwestern Agent. 



Four Celluloid Queen = Buttons Free 



AS A PREIVIIUIVI. 



For sending us ONB NEW SUBSCRIBER to the 

 Bee Journal for the balance of this year, with SO 

 cents, we will mail you FOUR of these pretty but- 

 tons for wearing on the coat-lapel. (You can wear 

 one and give the others to the children.) The queen 

 has a golden tinge. This offer is made only to our present regular subscribers. 



NOTE. — One reader writes; " I have every reason to believe that it would be a very (^ood idea 

 for every bee keeper to wear one [of the buttons] as it will cause people to ask questions about the 

 busy bee, and many a conversation thus started would wind up with the sale of more or less honey; 

 at any rale, it would give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to enlighten many a person in re- 

 gard lo honej' and bees." 



Prices of Buttons alone, postpaid : One button, 8 cts.; 2 buttons, 6 cts. each ; 

 5 or more, 5 cts. each. (Stamps taken.) Address, 



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



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Untested Oueens, Italian, 60 cents. Tested, $1.00. 



From honey-gathering stock. 



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 one year — both for $2.00. 



Every Manufacturer. Miller. Carpenter. 

 Cabinet Maker. Machinist. Wheelwright and 

 Quarryman, Farmer, or any one using- a grind- 

 stone, should have one of these Tool-Holders. 

 One boy can do the work of two persons, and 

 grind much faster, easier and with perfect 

 accuracy. Will hold any kind of tool, from 

 the smallest chisel to a draw shave or ax. 

 Extra attachment for sharpening- scythe 

 blades included hi the above price. The work 

 Is done without wetting the liands or soiling 

 the clothes, as the water flows from the opera- 

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 baud or steam power, is always ready for use, 

 nothing to get out of order, and is absolutely 

 worth 100 times its cost. 



No farm is well-equipped un- 

 less it has a Tool-Holder. Pays 

 'or itself in a short time. 



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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 band, the 

 left rests on an steadies the 

 Holder ; the Tool is moyed to 

 the right or left across the 

 stone, or examined while grind- 

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 way as If held iu lh-» bands. 



Forgrindinfi Kound . Edge 

 Tools, the holes In the stand- 

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Address, GEORGE W. YORK & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 



