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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 4. 1900. 



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: _ AGENCIES 



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

 olis, Ind. 



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

 apolis, Minn 



L. C. WooDM.iN Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Og-den, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Affent. 

 SEND FOR CATALOG. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



CALIFORNIA 



BELGIAN 

 HARE 



ASSOCIATION. 



We Are Importers and Breeders 



of Bflffiau Hares. ( >ur stiul is lt>il by A\aTitage Fox, (score 116) ; 

 Champion Duke of Cheshire, (winner 13 Fiist and Gold 

 medal) ; Buttercup (score 96) . We have an unusually good 

 lot of youngsters. For prices, etc., address our Chicago office. 



CALIFORNIA BHGIAN HARE ASSOCIATION, 



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



"The Prohibition Hand-Booli 

 and Voter's Mannal," ^'"'' =-""'■"' ='"'•''" 



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

 able Statistical matter. Full of Facts. An Argument Settler. Pass them around. Price, 10c 

 per copy, postpaid; $1.00 per dozen, postpaid, fceud your order at once to 



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



Please mention Bee Journal ■ttrhen writinff. 



Tlie Novelty Pocl<et=Knife. 



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



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is the Fdll 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 indeed 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 German 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 "Novelty" 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," vour 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 for a present ! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, 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 Yaluable Knife.— We send it postpaid forfl in, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us •- hrkk nkw subsckibers to the Bee Journal iwith$3.0ij./ We will club the Noveltv 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for il.'iO. 



GEORGE W. YORK £ CO,, 118 Mich, St„ Chicago, 111, 



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



Please meutiou the Bee Jourual iJl^rtTJe'ri" 



as bees are in this condition. If your 

 bees sliow sig-ns of swarming- during- 

 the time you are hatching chickens in 

 the hives, use the extractor freely— it 

 will stop swarming, and not lower the 

 temperature. 



I consider any material similar to 

 oats chaff just as good, tho I have used 

 oats chaff mostly. J. G. Norton. 



It is WUlOw-Hepb. 



Is the enclosed plant willow-herb ? I 

 have been told that it is. I saw hun- 

 dreds of acres of it in full bloom a 

 month ago, about 75 miles from here, 

 and if it is the willow-herb I shall 

 make arrangements to have my bees 

 there next year. John Atkinson. 



Crow Wing Co., Minn., Aug. 29. 



Pleurisy-Root or Milkweed. 



I enclose a plant I would like to have 

 named. .It yields a good deal of pollen. 

 Does it yield any honey ? 



Cook Co., 111. John Roorda. 



Prof. Walton replies as follows : 



The plant is the butterfly-weed, or 

 pleurisy-root, Asclepias tuberosa, and 

 belongs to the milkweed family. 

 Nearly all milkweeds have an abun- 

 dance of pollen in waxy masses sus- 

 pended from the stigma. They furnish 

 considerable nectar, and the bees going- 

 in quest of it carry the pollen from 

 flower to flower, and thus aid in cross- 

 fertilization. In the "Bee-Keepers'' 

 Guide ■' milkweed is mentioned as a 

 good honey-plant. — C. L. Walton. 



Almost a Total Failure. 



The honey crop is an almost total 

 failure in this part of Minnesota. In 

 one or two places a little surplus was- 

 secured, but with most bee-keepers it 

 was not. 



Bees have plenty for winter, mostly 

 from sweet clover and wild buckwheat, 

 which took a second growth after the 

 heavy rains in August. How it will 

 do for wintering is a question. 



J. M. DOUDNA. 



Douglas Co., Minn., Sept. 20. J 



Pinweed. 



Prof. Walton, reporting on a plant 

 specimen sent to us and mentioned a 

 few weeks ago, by E. B. Kauffman, of 

 Lebanon Co., Pa., says this: 



" The specimen sent for identifica- 

 tion is pinweed, lechea minor. It is 

 quite common in dry, sandy soil, and 

 lilossoms from June to September. It 

 is an indifferent honey -producing- 

 plant." 



Bees Away Up North. 



The precious colony I wrote about 

 last fall is my precious colony still, 

 tho it is divided into three thriving- 

 little communities now. It came out 

 strong in the spring, and found its 

 way to the sugar-bush, where we had 

 some maple trees cut down. The 

 stumps were running over with sap, 

 which delighted the bees till they got 

 the pussy-willows and dandelions. But 

 when fruit-bloom came they fairly 

 took possession of the garden. The 

 noise they made was wonderful, and 

 they lookt so strong we were afraid 



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