Aug. 9, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



509 



bees. I placed some broken combs on 

 a newspaper, and there being- consider- 

 able honey left on it after removing 

 the combs to another place, I concluded 

 to let the bees eat the honey rather 

 than waste it. They soon devoured the 

 nectar, but lo ! and behold, when all 

 the honey was gone, some bees were 

 left— quite a few of them dead as a 

 doornail ! Now, what killed them so 

 quickly if not the printer's ink with 

 which the newspaper was printed ? 



Enlargbd Tonsils, especially if 

 they have been diseased for a year or 

 rnore, should be removed. No possible 

 harm can occur if properly excised, and 

 great permanent good is certain to re- 

 sult. The fear of pain is the cause of 

 greatest objection, but in reality the 

 danger or suffering is not as great as 

 that of having a tooth extracted, if 

 done by an experienced surgeon. 



Running of the Ears is not the 

 harmless occurrence that some people 

 think, but quite unfortunate in re- 

 sults. It is usually due to .suppuration 

 and destruction of the contents of the 

 internal, or middle ear, involving the 

 drum and three little bones that con- 

 nect with the drum to produce sound. 

 Scarlet fever, measles and whooping- 

 cough are the three greatest factors of 

 this condition. Continued neglect of 

 this discharge is absolutely certain to 

 result in permanent deafness. 



Why Is It the breath becomes shorter 

 as we ascend high altitudes ? Because 

 but an insufficient amount of oxygen 

 can be inhaled. The carbonic acid 

 generated from our waste tissues re- 

 mains to maintain the blood sluggish, 

 thus impairing the circulation. It is 

 this state of affairs that causes what 

 we experience as shortness of breath. 

 If this condition is continued the car- 

 bonic acid retained in the system trans- 

 forms the muscles into fat to an ex- 

 tent sufficient to prevent their natural 

 elasticit3', and the result is a form of 

 affiiction termed " mountain rheuma- 

 tism." The muscles of the heart, also, 

 become sandwicht, as it were — "fatty 

 infiltration," doctors term it — produc- 

 ing insufficient force of the heart to 

 pump the blood thruout the body. The 

 lungs are, therefore, not promptly re- 

 lieved, and the short breathing en- 

 sues. In time the heart enlarges by 

 dilation, because of its own weak 

 action, and finally the end comes. 



Dr. Peiro. 



Workers Laying Eggs at Will. — 



There has been much discussion as to 

 whether worker-bees could lay eggs at 

 will, or whether they were enabled to 

 perform this act from the kind or quan- 

 tity of food furnisht them while in the 

 larval state. To aid in the solution of 

 this problem, Mr. Arthur C. Miller, of 

 Rhode Island, made the following ex- 

 periment : He formed a nucleus of 

 bees sutlicient to cover four Langstroth 

 combs. Three of these combs were dry, 

 empty combs, while the fourth con- 

 tained honey and pollen alione. Ths 



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. 



LEWIS WHITE-POLISHT SECTIONS 



Are perfect in workmanship and color. 



Orders shipt immediately upon receipt. A complete line of everything 

 needed in the apiary. Five different styles of Bee-Hives. 



Lewis Foundation Fastener simplest and best machine for the purpose. 

 Price, ONE DOLLAR, without Lamp. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Watertown,Wis., U.S.A. 



BRANCHES: 



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

 olis, Ind. 



G. B. Lewis Co., 51S First Ave., N. E., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn r__ 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writme- 



AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulgkr & Sons 0(fden, Utah. 



E. T. Ahbott, St. Joseph, Missouri. 

 Special Southwestern A^ent. 



Four Celluloid Queen = Buttons Free 



AS A PREMIUM. 



For sending us ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER to the 



Bee Journal for the balance of this year, with 50 

 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 manv a conversation thus started would wind up with the sale of more or less honey: 

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

 gard to honey and bees." 



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

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



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



QUEENS! 



Untested Queens, Italian, 60 cents. Tested, SI. 00. 



From honey-gathering stock. 



We keep in stock a full line of popular Apiarian Supplies. Catalog free. 



Apiaries-Glencove, L.I. . J. STRIN&HAI, 105 YWl PlaCG, NGW YOfk, N, Y. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writinp 



Second- Hand UO-ponnd Tin Cans Clieap! 



We have a stock of second-hand 60-pound Tin Cans, put 

 up two in a box, which are practically as good as new, each 

 can having been carefully inspected by an expert honey- 

 man before boxing them. While they last, we can furnish 

 them at these low prices — just about one-half the cost of 

 new cans : 

 5 boxes (or 10 cans) 50 cents per box; 20 boxes or over, 



45 cents per box; 100 boxes or over, 40 cents per box. 

 Address, cash with order, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



lis Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Queens 



21Atf Address, E. ■"■ 



UNTESTED ITAL- 

 IAN, SO cents each; 

 tested, $1 each. Queens 

 large, yellow and pro- 



^ litic. Circular free. 



W. HAAQ, Canton, Ohio. 



M. H. HUNT & SON, 



SELL ROOT'S GOODS at ROOT'S PRICES. 

 Our iuducemeuts are first-class g-oods, cheap 

 freig'ht rales, and prompt shipments. Send for 



cataiofT. Bell Branch. Mich, 



paid 



25 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



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low. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 

 wax. We are paying 

 25 cents a pound — 

 CASH— for best yel- 

 upon its receipt, or 28 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



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



