Aug. 16, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



525 



Here, orang-e and alfalfa bloom carry 

 them over. H. M. Jameson. 



Riverside Co., Calif., July 28. 



Prospect for a Fall Crop. 



There is not much white clover honey 

 here. It was cut short by drouth. Bass- 

 wood was ruined by hot weather. 

 There is a splendid prospect for a fall 

 flow, now commencing. 



I expect to attend the Chicago con- 

 vention. F. M. BOWDISH. 



Ingham Co., Mich. 



Keeping Things in Place. — I have in- 

 vestigated quite thoroly, and find that 

 it is a very rare thing for any man or 

 woman who " has a place for every- 

 thing and everything in its place," to 

 make a failure in anything they turn 

 their hand to. And in nothing is this 

 more applicable than in bee-keeping. 

 Many times have I been to the places 

 of those who told me " bee-keeping did 

 not pay," only to find the greatest dis- 

 order. When askt for the smoker to 

 use in looking at a colony of bees, the 

 proprietor did not know just where he 

 left it last, and after a search it was 

 found just where he had dropt it af- 

 ter using it the last time. Hives were 

 leaning in every direction, grass un- 

 cut, combs thrown about, being de- 

 stroyed by the moth, and tools and 

 utensils lying out in the weather going 

 to decay. Ah, no wonder there is no 

 money in such bee-keeping. — G. M. 

 Doolittle, in Progressive Bee-Keeper. 



SPECIAL NOTICE I 



Best Snioker=Fuel — How Used.— All 

 things considered, I have come to the 

 opinion that planer-shavings or hand- 

 hole sawdust — a stringy kind of excel- 

 sior made by means of a wabbling 

 saw — makes the best kind of smoker- 

 fuel — the most lasting and the densest 

 smoke ; but in order to get good results 

 one must throw in but a very little of 

 the shavings, light a match, and work 

 the bellows until the fuel is reduced to 

 live embers. Throw in some more, 

 and tre^t them in the same way. It is 

 then possible to cram in the planer- 

 .shavings, pushing them down hard. 

 Next fill the nozzle, in the same way, 

 snap it back into place, and we are 

 ready for an hour or two hours' work. 

 If the smoker is kept full there is no 

 blowing of sparks into the hive. This 

 treatment is especially adapted to the 

 Crane smoker, for it has a powerful di- 

 rect blast. It may also be used for the 

 Bingham and Cornell ; but with either 

 of these less cramming of the fuel is 

 advisable.— Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



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 furnisli vou 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 diff'erent stj'les 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. 



Points in Peddling Honey.— Mr. J. 



C. Stewart, of Missouri, has had quite 

 a little experience in peddling honey. 

 In a letter he gives a fe%v interesting 

 points, some of which are as follows : 



When he goes to a town he goes pre- 

 pared to stay two weeks, if necessary ; 

 taking along a change of clothing. In- 

 stead of stopping at a hotel, he hunts 

 up some boarding-house where he can 

 get board at about $3.00 a week, and 

 pay for the same in honey. In canvass- 



BRANCHES: 



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

 olis, Ind. 



G. B. Lewis Co., 515 First Ave., N. E., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn 



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AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Oifden, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Agent. 



Four Celluloid Queen= Buttons Free 



AS A PREIVIIUIVl. 



For sending us ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER to the 



Bee Journal for the balance of this 3'ear, 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 good idea 

 for every bee-lieeper 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 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, 5 cts. each. (Stamps taken.) Address, 



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rival 



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What? Our New Champion Winter- 

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Sheboygan. Wisconsin. 



Second-Hand OO-pound 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 boxj 20 boxes or over, 

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



Address, cash with order, 



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