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AMERICAN BEE JCbT<NAL 



July 12, 1900. 



H. G. Quirin, the Queen -Breeder, 



Is as usual a«-ain ou hand with his 

 improved strain of 



^"GOLDEN 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Our larpest orders come from old customers, 

 which proves that our stock g-ives satisfaction. 

 We have 12 years' experience 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. 



Address all orders to 

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



(Money Order Oflice, Bellevue, O.) 

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•S-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, Claremout, Calif., for his 



B66-K66P6rs' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Best on Earth 



What ? OurNew Champion Winter= 

 Case. And to introduce it ihruout 

 the United States and Canada we 

 will sell them at a liberal discount 

 until Oct- 15, 1900. Send for quota- 

 tions. We are also headquarters for 

 the No-Drip Shipping-Cases. 

 R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 



Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

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I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



t^ -^"Root's Goods at Root's Price8"©& ^; 



;^ PouDER's Honey-Jars and every- ^• 



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



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



•^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^. 



l^^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. <^. 



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LliCAr LANDS 



Located on the Illinois Central R.R. in 



>t;>v SOUTHERN .,,^ 

 ^^ ILLINOIS ^^^ 



And also located on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley R.R. ia the famous 



YAZOO VALLEY 



ssissippi— specially adapted t 



raising of 



CORN AND HOGS, 



of Mississippi— specially adapted to the 

 raising of 



Soil RiGHest & World. 



Write for Pamphlets and Maps. 



E. P. SKENE, Land Commissioner, 



111. Cent. R.R. Co., Park Row, Room 413, 

 24A24t CHICAQO, ILL. 



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Bees Booming. 



Bees are booming-. I have but four 

 colonies in condition to store surplus, 

 but they are working- on the third 

 super. U. L. Pkakson. 



Ford Co., 111., July 3. 



White and Yellow Sweet Clover. 



I saw a few stems of white sweet 

 clover in bloom here June 22d. The 

 yellow variety had then been in bloom 

 just 3 weeks. My plat of the yellow is 

 now in full bloom, and some of the 

 seed is in the dough state. I have 

 plants of the white sweet clover 4;i 

 inches high from seed planted by me 

 just a month ago. It is no trouble to 

 make the seed grow all right if planted 

 right. M. M. Bai.dridgk. 



Kane Co., 111., June 26. 



A Notable Bee-Keepep. 



Years ago I reared Italian qtieens. 

 About the year 1862 I paid Mr. Par- 

 sons, of L,oug Island, $50 for an Italian 

 queen. I was living in California, and 

 imported, in 1860, 66 colonies of bees 

 from New York, by water, and sold to 

 a Mr. Hay, 175 colonies for the same 

 purpose. Of the 66 colonies, 60 arrived 

 safely. 



I knew Mr. Quinby quite well. I had 

 in New York about 500 colonies of 

 bees. 



I commenced using the Langstroth 

 hive in about 185V or 1858, and I am 

 using it still. I like it better than any 

 other that I have ever tried. I take 4 

 bee-papers. P. V. Vekdbk. 



Yolo, Co., Calif., June 25. 



Introducing Queens— Cockroaches. 



About May ISth I transferred an old 

 colony from an old-fashioned hive to a 

 new 9-frame hive. I could see no 

 young brood and no sign of a queen or 

 queen-cells ; nothing- but a little brood 

 from laying workers. 



I decided that there was no queen go 

 I ordered one, which came all right. I 

 examined the colony before introduc- 

 ing the queen and I found the bees all 

 working, and lots of young brood on 

 several frames doing well. 



I had one more old colony which I 

 transferred into two new hives, and 

 put the new queen in one colony and 

 the old queen in the other. They all 

 went in with the new queen. Now 

 comes the queer part of it : 



Twelve daj's after they left the hive 

 and brood a swarm issued and I put 

 them in the same hive ; three daj's 

 after I took the sticks off the old brood 

 was hatching out. Where was the 

 queen in the first hive when I divided ? 

 Will brood live 12 daj's without any 

 bees to keep it warm ? 



I saw an article on page 385 of this 

 journal about enameled cloth. I bought 

 two colonies that had enameled cloth 

 for covering-, and the underside of the 

 cloth was just ajive with cockroaches. 

 I took the cloth off, did not put on any 

 honej'-board, and let them freeze out. 



Sharpies Cream Separators:Profitable Dairying 



B6lQianW6S! 



IMPORTED 



Pedigreed Stock ! 



Does bred to imported Bucks, $25.00 

 and up. Young from imported, $6.00 

 and up. 



J. FAMSPERGER, 

 758 Bryn Mawr Ave,, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



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, 



Beeswax Wanted* 



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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 madce 



J. A. va:n deushx, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.T« 

 Please mention Bee Journal -when, writing. 



Bees tor Sale 



prices. ""^ H, Lathf op, Browntown, Wis, 



PRIME 

 STOCK. 

 N O DIS- 

 EASE. 



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M. H. HUNT & SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES. 



Our inducements are first-class goods, cheap 

 freight rates, and prompt shipments. Send for 



catalog. Bell Branch. Mich. 



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The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth, 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year — both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this *' Emerson" no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



GEORGE W YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



We are Headquarters for 



Seed & Plants. 



Valuable bonk ab>iut it, teiliDS how togrow thous.iiidsof 

 liiollarsworlh.whatused forandHh(>i3fjrowingit,SeDt forlOc 



AMERICAN QINSE^U GARDENS, ROSE BILL, New York. 



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