Aug. 30. 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



555 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sft lOft 25tte soft 



Sweet Clever (white) 60c $1.00 $2.25 $4.C0 



Crimson Clover 70c 1.20 2.75 S.CO 



AlsikeClover 80c 1.50 3.50 6.50 



White Clover Wc 1.70 3.75 6.50 



Alfalfa Clover SOc 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 

 Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freij^rht. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michig-an Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



I BEE-SUPPLIES! I 



t^ 4®"Root's Goods at Root's Prices'^* ^ 



•^ PoDDER^s Honey-Jars and every- ^^ 



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



•^fc Service— low freight rate. Catalog i^- 



^ free. WALTER S. POUDER, ^ 



;^ 512 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. ^* 



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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 made^ 



J. A. VAN DEVSEX, 



Sole Manufacturer- 

 Sprout Brook, Moiotgomery Co.. N.1'< 

 Please mention Bee Jotirnal -wlien -WTiting. 



RoGku Mountain Bee-Plant Seed! 



(CleoiHf integtifoha.) 



...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 



r 



fromtwo to three feet in hight and bears large, 

 clu-iters 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." i 



We have a few pounds of this Cleome seed, 

 and offer to mail a K-pound package as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW subscriber to 

 the American Bee Journal, with Sl.tKi; or J< 

 pound by mail for 40 cents. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



lis Michigan St. CHICAGO ILL. 



Bees Doing Well. 



I have ISO colon i.s of bees, and they 

 are doiiis^ well. I liave taken off 2,000 

 pounds of honey already. 



Alpha Ck.\nk. 



Oscoda Co., Mich.. Aug. 19. 



Poorest Season in Ten. 



I have kept bees for 10 years, and 

 this is the poorest season I have seen. 

 Everything- has failed, even buck- 

 veheat. I will have to feed my bees. 



C. G. ASCHA. 



Berkshire Co.. Mass., Aug. 21. 



Transplanting Sweet Clover. 



Having a piece of land sown to 

 sweet clover, and wishing to double 

 the sweet clover pasturage for my bees 

 by the addition of more land which 

 should be sown to sweet clover, but 

 not wishing to wait so long for bloom 

 from seed, I transplanted sweet clover 

 plants last November, and any of the 

 plants that winter-killed I replaced 

 last March ; at the same time sowing 

 sweet clover seed between the rows of 

 plants which were .5 feet apart each 

 way. I thus secured early bloom, not 

 having to wait a year for the bloom. 



I am well pleased with my venture 

 of setting out plants, and shall plant 

 more every year. Wm. H. EagerTv. 



Republic Co., Kan. 



Lost Swarms. 



I've just read the contribution of Mr. 

 Harry Lathrop, on page 486, on " How 

 a Swarm was Lost," etc. Now, here 

 is another, and stranger still : 



In the spring I helpt a neighbor clip 

 his queens, and said to him that there 

 would be little or no danger of losing 

 a swarm hereafter. Some time after, 

 while at dinner, a swarm came out of 

 a hive of a dipt queen, and left with- 

 out clustering. The owner arrived on 

 the scene just in time to hear them say 

 "Good-bye." He thought it very queer 

 with a clipt queen. Curiosity incited 

 htm to examine the inside of the hive, 

 where he found fhe clipt queen in 

 peaceable possession, but the majority 

 of the bees gone. I have a theory to 

 account for this anomalous condition, 

 but would like to hear if any others 

 have known like occurrences. 



Wm. M. Whitney. 



Kankakee Co., 111., Aug. 2. 



Death of Mr. R. L. hastin. 



Mj' dear husband. R. L. Hastin, de- 

 parted this life July 27, 1900. He had 

 been a sufferer from consumption for 

 over 10 years. At last he had a hemor- 

 rhage of the lungs and lived only about 

 five minutes. He was snatcht away so 

 quickly that he didn't have time to talk 

 to us, but gave me a hope of his being 

 saved, by clapping his hands. I also 

 have the witness of the spirit that all 

 is well with him. 



He read the American Bee Journal 

 with so much interest every week. He 



SharplesCream SeparatorsrProfitable Dairying 



If You Want Bees 



Th.il will just '•roll" in the honey, try floore's 

 5traln of Italian.^, the result of 21 years of care- 

 ful brcedinc- They have become noted for 

 honev-|{a"ieri"l,'. whiteness of cappinirs, etc., 

 thruout the Ciiited Slates and Canada. 



Warranted Oueens, 75c each; (> for $4 00; 12 

 for t7..=0. Select warranted, il.OO each; 6 for 

 $.=^.00; u for S''.<H». Strong- 3-fraine Nucleus with 

 warranted yueen, US). Safe arrival and satis- 

 faction (?uaranti;c-(i. Circular free. 



27Dtf J. P. noORE (lock box 1 Morgan, Ky. 



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Italian Queens! 



reared from thi- best 3-band hone.\ -tratlierers, by 

 the Doolittle method. Untested, 4.? cents each; 

 1 dozen, $4.50. 'J'ested, 75 cents each; 2-frame 

 Nucleus, with tested queen, $1.75 each. No dis- 

 ease. Safe arrival. 



W. J. FOREHAND, 



l'lD12t FORT DEPOSIT, ALA. 



ADELS HIGHEST GRADE ON EARTH 



Three Select Breeding Queens, $2.75, 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham Mass. 

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SUPERIOR HO^EY QUEENS. Bred from our 

 superior strain of Italian Queens. Untested, 

 each, 50 cents; \i dozen, $2.75; tested. 75 cents; 

 }^ dozen, $4.lW. LEININGER BROS., 



33Dtf Fort Jennings, Ohio. 



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H. G. Quirin, the Queen- Breeder, 



Is as usual apain on hand with his 

 improved strain of 



'GOLDEN" 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



The A. I. Root Co. tell us that our queens are 

 EXTRA FINE. We obtained thru special cor- 

 respondence a breeder from Doolittle.wbo says, 

 *' If there is aqueen in the U.S. worth $1 00, this 

 queen is." Queens bred from her, soon as they, 

 begin to lav, $1.00 each. 



Queens promptly by RETURN MAIL. We 

 g'uarantee safe delivery. 



Price of Queens after July i. 



Warranted 



Selected warranted 



Tested 



Selected tested 



Extra selected tested 



Bees from these Queens all 

 yellow to tip. ^_^ 



.50 



.75 



1.00 



1.50 



3.00 



$ 2.73$ S. 00 



12 



4.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 



7.00 

 9.00 



Address all orders to 

 H. 0. QUIRIN, Parkerstown, Erie County, Ohio. 



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THE WHEEL OF TIME 



k torall time is the 



Metal YVheel. 



make them in all sizes and vari- 

 eties. TO FIT AN Y AXLE. Any 



heiu'bt. any width of tire desired. 



;Our wheels ^'-V^^^p^TT^viirR 

 etappersptike. Can YY\ \OUK 

 W \0ON p-rfectlv withoul ibange. 



NO BREAKING DOWN. 



(rvin ' ."'"t. No tcsttlmgtirts. C'tieap 



■au^i- ihey endure. Send for cstv 



lo.,.Mt and j>riceB. Free upon reqaest. 



Electric Wheel Co. 



Box 16 QuIncYs Ills. 



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 you cannot afford to be withoul the best 

 Sheep Paper publisht in the United States. 



Wool JTIarkets aad Sheep 



has a hobby which is the sheep-breeder and 

 his industry, first, foremost and all the time. 

 Are you interested 7 Write to-day. 



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