542 



AMERICAN BEE JOUKNAL, 



Aug. 23, 1900. 



SWEET GLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so tliat we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sn> 10ft 2Sft 50ft 



Sweet Clever (white) 70c $1.20 $2.75 $5.00 



Crimson Clover 70c 1.20 2.75 5.00 



Alsike Clover 80c 1.50 3.50 6.S0 



White Clover 90c 1.70 3.75 6.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80c 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan Street, • CHICAGO, ILL. 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



^^ -^"Root's Goods at Root's Prices'^* ^: 



;^ PouDER^s Honev-Jars End every- ^^ 



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



•^ Service — low freight rate. Catalog t^- 



9 free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



;^ S12 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^^ 



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writine 



PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATIOR 



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 made. 



J. A. VAN DEVSEN, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N."^- 



CHEAP fl^SS. 



Located on the Illinois Central R.R. in 



^^ SOUTHERN ^^ 

 ^^ ILLINOIS ^^ 



And also located on the Yazoo & Mississippi 

 Valley R.R. in the famous 



YAZOO VALLEY 



of Mississippi— specially adapted to the 

 raising of 



CORN AND HOGS, 



Soil RlcDesi i'h\ World. 



Write for Pamphlets and Maps. 



E. P. SKENE, Land Cominissioner, 



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

 24A24t CHICAQO, ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal ■when tttitit"- 



Rocku Mountain Bee-Plant Seed! 



{Cleot/u- inUgrifolia.) 



...FREE AS A PREMIUM... 



The ABC of Bee-Culture says of it: "This 

 is a beautiful plant for the flower-garden, to 

 say nothing of the honey it produces. It grows 

 fromtwo to three feet in hight and bears large, 

 clusters of bright pink flowers. It grows natur- 

 ally on the Rocky Mountains, and in Colorado, 

 where it is said to furnish large quantities of 

 honey." 



We have a few pounds of this Cleome seed, 

 and offer to mail a J^-pound package as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW subscriber to 

 the American Bee Journal, with $1.00; or \i 

 pound by mail for 40 cents. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan St. CHICAGO ILI,. 



young brood will be in the hives in the 

 fall, and so there will be a scarcity of 

 young- bees in winter. I would not 

 feed salt to bees very late in the sea- 

 son. Wm. H. EagkrTy. 

 Republic Co., Kan. 



No Honey— Too Dry. 



I see that some of the bee-keepers 

 have honey, but we have none in this 

 section. If we do not get some rain 

 soon our buckwheat crop of honey will 

 be short, and we may have to feed our 

 bees. I never knew but one season as 

 poor as this up to this time. 



D. H. COGGSHALL. 



Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 6. 



No Surplus Honey. 



I have 22 colonies of bees in movable 

 frame hives. We have been flooded 

 with rains all year. I have not gotten 

 any surplus honey this season. Last 

 year I extracted 500 pounds of fine 

 basswood honey. W. H. Moork. 



Trinity Co., Tex., Aug. 9. 



Not Doing Well. 



Bees are not doing well here this 

 summer — too much rain. D. BakBR. 

 Citrus Co., Fla., Aug. 8. 



Fair Surplus Crop. 



I have 66 colonies of bees in good 

 condition. The surplus crop is fair. 

 G. W. McGuiRB. 

 M^atauga Co., N. C, Aug. 8. 



Bees Stored Some Honey. 



Bees have stored some honey. They 

 wintered well, but have workt very lit- 

 tle in the past two weeks ; it has been 

 so dry that the honey-plants haven't 

 done very well. But we have had two 

 big rains lately, so I think there will 

 be some honey stored during August. 

 There will be some buckwheat honey 

 late this fall. The white clover is 

 rather thin, but doing very well. My 

 land runs to within 40 rods of the 

 Green River. C. W. Anderson. 



Bureau Co., Ky., July 28. 



Introducing Queens— Bee-Disease. 



I have a Dr. Miller queen safely in- 

 troduced, and of course I am proud of 

 her. This is the way I did : Antici- 

 pating a new queen I placed a hive- 

 body on top of a certain colony, dividing 

 the brood and empty frames about 

 equally in each. When the new queen 

 came I left the old queen in the bot- 

 tom brood-chamber, and took the top 

 chamber with most of the sealed brood 

 and adhering bees, and made another 

 colony, changing the location of both 

 somewhat. In about seven hours I 

 placed the cage with the new queen on 

 top of the frames. In two days she 

 was out, but the bees that were with 

 her died, or were killed. The fourth 

 day I opened the hive, and found the 

 new queen all right, and showing them 

 how they keep house in Illinois. 



My foul brood is all gone now, and 

 one colony that had it has since stored 

 about 60 pounds of fine surplus honey. 

 They must have had either foul or 

 black brood. One of my neighbor's 

 bees have the same disease. There is 

 no bad smell, but it has every other 



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, 



Flease mention Bee Journal -when ■wTitiT:i& 



ELECTRIC HANDY WAGONS 



excel ID qnaltty. atrenglh, durabilily. taxry 4IX>0 Ib«. 

 iTbe; areLuw priced 

 Rbut not cheap, 

 lElectric Steel 



fW heelf*— Btralght ■ 



'or stajjt^red oval _ 



Bpokea. Any height, XiJ^ 



any width ot tire toot any waeon. Catalognt FREE, 

 ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., Box 16. Qulnor, JUb, 

 flease ineuuou Bee Jonriicti wiieu writint 



Italian Queens. 



13 6 



Untested Queens $0.90 $2.50 $4.50 



Select Untested Queens 1.25. 3.25 6.00 



Tested Queens 1.25 3.50 7.00 



Select Tested Queens 2.00 5.00 9.00 



These Queens are reared from, honey-gather- 

 ers. Orders filled in rotation. Nothing sent 

 out but beautiful Queens. 



27A9t D. J. BLOCHER/.Pearl City, 111. 



Please mention Beo journal -when ■writingr 



That "Peculiar" Wire 



used in Page Fences is all drawn at our mills. 

 PAiJE WOVKN WlUE FENCKCO., AI>UIAN, MICH. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing. 



by return 

 mail. Un- 

 tested, 75 

 cts.; war- 



fliDino.Queens 



ranted, 11.00; tested, fl.3S. 



i2A26t J. D. GIVENS. Lisbon. Tex. 



NO EXCESS FARES ON THE 

 NICKEL PLATE ROAD. 



Our trains are composed of the best 

 equipment, consisting of three vesti- 

 buled sleeping-car trains in both di- 

 rections between Chicago, Buffalo, 

 New York and Boston, with unexcelled 

 dining-car service, to which are added 

 assurances of safety, speed and com- 

 fort, forming a peerless trio of advan- 

 tages. 



Train No. 2, leaving Chicago at 10:35 

 a.m., with thru cars for Boston, New 

 York and intermediate points. 



Train No. 4, leaving Chicago at 2:30 

 p.m., with thru cars for Buffalo, New 

 York and intermediate points on the 

 Lackawanna Koad ; also on the West 

 Shore Road, making direct connections 

 at Buffalo with the New York Central 

 and Lehigh Valley Roads ; also making 

 direct connections at Brocton for 

 Chautauqua Lake points. 



Train No. 6, leaving Chicago at 10:30 

 p.m., with thru cars for Buffalo, New 

 York and intermediate points ; also at 

 Brocton for Chautauqua Lake points. 



Individual club meals ranging in 

 price from 35 cents toonedollar, served 

 on all our dining-cars. Rates always 

 lowest. Write, wire, 'phone or call on 

 nearest ticket agent, or Mr. J. Y. Cala- 

 han. General Agent, 111 Adams St., 

 Chicago, 111. (No. 20) 



