Sept. 27, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



621 



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 thirefore are in a posi- 

 tion to furnish vou with the very tinest 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., ludianap- 

 olis, Ind. 



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

 apolis, Minn 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons O^den, Utah. 



E. T. Abbott, Si. Joseph, Missouri. 

 Sisecial Souili western Afjent. 



CALIFORNIA 



BELGIAN 

 HARE 



ASSOCIATION. 



i lNi-nm'(.K.VThl>. ) 



We Are Importers and Breeders 



of Belfxiau Hares. C)urstuil is led by W;mtaf?e Fox, (score !"3) ; 

 Champion Duke of Cheshire, (winiiei- 13 First and Gold 

 medal) ; Buttercup (score ^t.>) . We have an unusually pood 

 lot of vountrstei-s. For pi-ices. etc., ;iililr<*ss our Cliicago ofllice. 



CALIFORNIA BELGIAN HARE ASSOCIATION, 



Breeding Farm. Alameda, California, 340 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ills, 



jriease mention iiee Journiti wnen wriuug. 



"The Prohibition Hand-Booi( 



and Voter's Mannal," 



Size, 5x7 Inches ; 50 Pages. 



It contains Platform, Sketches, Pictures and Letters of Acceptance of Candidates and much valu- 

 able Statistical matter. Full of Facts. Ac Argrument Settler. Pass them around. Price, 10c 

 per copy, postpaid; $1.0() per dozen, postpaid, tend your order at once to 



ALONZO E WILSON, Room 823—153 La Salle St„ Chicago, 111. 



TOM VO ^/l nCMJi^^tU Hornless cows give more milk. 



f#1 rO f C/ C/C#TC/flfWs Hornless steers make better beef. 



|;re"and''.;a;.C'a't'„'r.r,t'u;e Ifeystorte Del»orff/«fir#f«ife 



C'uts-on four sides at once, without t-ni-hinu-' it Imii^mi:, l-.mlnrsed bv b--.iiMnL' '■■'llf-i-es- 



Aardat world's fair. Send for circular^. ffi^ j_ PHILLIPS, Pomeroy, Pa., iSuccessor to A. C. CROSIUS) 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writiir?'- 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side — Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEEi 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[Xjiis Cut is the Full Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is itideed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 ■shown here. 



The Material entering- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened (ierman silver wire; the linings are plate brass: 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife Is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the " Xovelty " is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for 

 tunate as to have one of the " Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is tor a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a sou» a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this beautiful knife, as the " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.~We send it postpaid for Si 1^, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us \ rfKKE new subsckibers to the Bee Journal (withSS.CK).)" We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for Sl.W. 



GEORGE W, YORK L CO,, 118 Mich, St„ Chicago, 111, 



flES^Please allow about two weeks for your knife order to be filled. 



the hottest ever known in this State, 

 and it scorcht much of the bloom and 

 dried up the irrigation water ; and, as 

 it is said misfortunes seldom come 

 single-handed, so then came the grass- 

 hoppers. Why, for about three weeks 

 around one of my apiaries it was but a 

 dry aching void of everything green. 

 As far as looks were concerned, you 

 could'nt tell an alfalfa field from a barn- 

 yard, or an apple tree from a plum 

 tree; and some days, just before sun- 

 down, the grasshoppers would gather 

 up to roost on the bee-hives so thick 

 that you could scarcely tell a white 

 hive from a black one ; and while they 

 bit and killed a few bees, they did 

 leave the hives ; but I felt mean 

 enough to wish them all in the lake or 

 some other good place. 



There is another old adage, that 

 things are never so bad but they might 

 be worse, so one morning I went out 

 to the bees, and I don't know which 

 feeling predominated, discouragement 

 or disgust, and what should I find but 

 those blessed gulls from off the islands 

 in the Salt Lake, devouring the "hop- 

 pers" by the wholesale, and while I 

 got about the biggest dose they are 

 mostly gone now, but thy left no bloom 

 except some Rocky Mountain honey- 

 plant which they would not eat, and 

 the bees have gathered some honey 

 from fields farther away, so thej' will 

 average a surplus of about 35 to 40 

 pounds, which is my first flat failure 

 in IS years. 



The above is not exaggerated at all, 

 as it was really a sickening sight to 

 see those "hoppers" gather up to 

 roost in the evening on the bee-hives, 

 the sweet clover stems, the fences and 

 trees. A near neighbor, who has IS 

 acres of orchard, had many of his trees 



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 Wnnted, 



Hlease mention Bee Journal when writtTJj?, 



QUEENS 



Smokera, Sections, 



Comb Foundation 

 And all Api&ri«B Suppllft* 

 eb«»p. 8rn<] for 

 FREE CatftlosQS. K> T. FUJlieANt BeUsTiUa^ Ot- 



Please 'n^^mtion Bee Journal when writing. 



BEES FOR SALE 



Full colonies of good stock shipt in 8-frame 

 hive, complete, $4.lX»: in ln-frame hive, f4,50. 

 B. A. A.LDKICH, Smithland, Woodbury Co. Iowa. 



3TAtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Best on Earth 



What .' Our New Champion Winter- 

 Cases. And to introduce them thruout 

 the United States and Canada we 

 will sell them at a liberal discount 

 until Oct 15, 1900. Send for quota- 

 tions. We are also headquarters for 

 the No-Drip Shipping-Cases. 

 R. H. SCHMIDT & CO 



Sheboygan. Wisconsin. 

 Please mention Bee Journal ■wUp- •writing. 



