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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 9, 1900. 



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 white 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 legular paid-up subscri- 



Yellow Sweet Clover in Bloom. 



ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one vear, with $1.00; or % 

 pound bj- 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, 



Belg ian H ares 



Pedigreed and Unpedigreed Hares, any 

 age, for sale. 



J. 5. MESSICK, 



LIBER-T^Sr, - IWtlSSOXJK,!. 



2'iA4t Please meution the IJee Journal. 



If You Want Bees 



That will just "roll" in the honey, try Hoore's 

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

 ful breeding. They have become noted for 

 honey-ifatheriug-, whiteness of cappiua-s, etc., 

 thruout the United States and Canada. 



Warranted Queens, 75c each; 6 for $4.00; 12 

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

 $5.00; 11 for $').00. .Stronif 3-frame Nucleus with 

 warranted Queen, $2.50. Safe arrival and satis- 

 faction g-uarauteed. Circular free. 



27Dtf J. P. noORE (lock bo.t I) Morgan, Ky. 



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A Swarm of B's. 



B hopeful, B happy, B cheerful, B kind 



B busy of body, B modest of mind, 



B earnest, B truthful, B firm and B fair. 



Of all Miss B Haviour B sure to B ware! 



B think ere you stumble for what may B fall 



B true to yourself and B faithful to all; ' 



B brave to B ware of the sins that B set 



B sure that one sin will another B get. ' 



B watchful, B ready, B open, B frank! 



B nianly to all men, whate'er B their rank; 



B iust and B g-euerous, B honest, B wise, 



B mindful of time and B certain it flies. 



B prudent, B liberal, of order B fond, 



B uy less than you need B foreB uying Byond- 



B careful, but yet B the first to B stow, 



B temperate, B steadfast, to anger B slow. 



B thoughtful, B thankful, whate'er may B tide 



B just and B joyful, B cleanly B side; 



B pleasant, B patient, B fervent to all, 



B best if you can, but B humble withal. 



B prompt and B dutiful, and still B polite; 



B reverent, B quiet, B sure to be right; 



B calm be retiring, B ne'er led astray, 



B grateful, B cautious of those who B trav. 



B tender, B loving, B good and B nign, 



B loved thou shalt B, and all else B thine. 



—Truth. 



Bees Doing Fairly Well. 



Bees are doing only fairly well. I 

 expect something better later. What 

 a hopeful set of old cranks bee-keepers 

 are, are'nt thev ? Wm. M. Whitney. 



Kankakee Co., 111. 



Poorest Season for Years. 



This has been the poorest season 

 known in this locality for years for 

 white honey, and the prospects are not 

 very flattering for buckwheat. 



C. B. Howard. 



Seneca Co., N. Y., July 28. 



Very Light Honey Crop. 



The honey crop is very light at points 

 from which I have received a report. 

 M. B. Holmes. 

 Ontario, Canada, July 25. 



There Are Others. 



Editor York :— I note your editorial 

 on "Trials of a Bee-Supply Dealer," 

 on page 361. Of course, you meet 

 cranks, and some souls smaller than a 

 grain of mustard seed. Long ago I 

 gave up the belief that every individ- 

 ual has a soul. I frequently meet men 

 who have none — not even a trace of a 

 soul. Don't you? But I want to fur- 

 nish a counterpart to your article — to 

 note some of the trials of a purchaser 

 of supplies. 



The beginning of every transaction 

 is in part wrong. I part with the price 

 of the supplies in clean cash, without 

 opportunity to see them, or count them. 

 I don't like this, but we can't do better. 

 It is a pleasure to me to pay for an ar- 

 ticle on delivery. But to pay days, or 

 weeks, beforehand, and then be at the 

 mercy of the shop-boy to count, to 

 pack, to address, etc., I do not like. 



I am now using 1,000 brood-frames 

 cut half an inch too short in the top- 

 bar. The frames, and the brood-cham- 

 bers I am using them in, came from the 

 same manufacturer, in the same ship- 

 ment. There is no reasonable excuse 

 for such blundering. 



In 1897 I remitted cash with order for 

 2,000 sections of special size in the 

 month of July, stating I needed them 



DITTMER'S 

 FOUNDATION 



Wholesale 

 and Retail 



This foundation is made by an absolutely 

 non-dipping process, thereby producing- a per- 

 fectly clear and pliable founda^tion that retains 

 the odor and color of beeswax, and is free from 

 dirt. 



Workingr 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 larg-e, illustrated 

 catalog-. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



Beeswax Wanted. 



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 Grade 



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One-Corab Nucleus 1.00 



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rival, 



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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 Michig-an street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



