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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL 



Oct. i":, 1900. 



SPECIAL NOTICE! 



Last winter's cut of bass\\..xxi is the whitest it has bcou for many seasons. 

 We an." now makinvr sections out v^f this new stock ami therefore are in a posi- 

 tion to furnish vo;; with the vorv tinost ijvuilitv in the ni.uket. 



LEWIS WHITE-POLISHT SECTIONS 



Are jK'rfect in workmanship ami color. 



Orders shipt immeiliately uik>i\ receipt. A eomv>lete line of everythinjr 

 neetleil in the .(tn.irv. Five vlitTerent styles of l^ee-Hivos. 



Lewis Foundation Fastener simplest anil best machine for the purpose. 

 Price. t^NK POLLAK. without Lamp. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Wateitown.Wis., U.S.A. 



BK.\NCUES: 

 G. B, I-KWts CV>, l" Svv .\tatvtma St., Indianap- 



olis. lod. 

 G,*B. Lkwis Co., 515 Vvrst .\vr.. N.K.. M-nn^- 



A|X^Us, Minn 



SEND FOR CATALOG 



F;e;4St> lutfiitiou Bt"e .touru.^1 wheu wrUiuj. 



.^aKSClKS: 



t., C. WixiPMAX Grand Rapidi. Mich. 



Vrki^ Vovi-iiKK ."t Sons Osr^iea. Utah. 



K. T. AsBOTT, St. Josopb. Missonri. 

 Svvcial Sv^oihvnesiern .\vreut. 



26 cents Cash 



This is a jrcKxl time 

 to semi in vour Bees- 



paid for Bees>>'ax. "* »"...^:r;=:i 



r t. .Vti'H — tor best yel- 



low, uivti its rcce-.pt. or .^S coins m traoe. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly. 



GEORUK W. YORK J^ CO.. IIS MichJsan St.. CHICAGO. 



CALIFORNIA 



BELGIAN 

 HARE 



ASSOCIATION. 



We Are Importers and Breeders 



ot V^'lcU" Har*-^ >,^ur s^nui i:>. Itv. b>' W^intAOf Vox. v^vrt^ -^^ ; 

 ^."b.anuiuMi l^r.ko of Ohoshirt\ iW-uner 1^ V'irst and i^rv'-ld 



lo: v>; VvH'.ncsters- >Vr ^rUvs., oto-. s^iilri?^* our cfi'lc-wv^ offl^^e. 



e&llFORNU BEieiAN HARE ASSOeiATION!^ 

 i; -J -r- 1 i-ci ."i •.- ! -■*." :!■i•^,— j' , C" ap. Ills. 



:-.t;o:-. B^c= 



FREE FOR .\ .MO>TH.... 



It Vv'a a:i? :r.;f ;T?>;cNi ;a Shetfp lU AOT WJJ 



Tv^a cAr.r.v-'t Afforv'. :o t* \ritb^>«t the best 

 §heev rAi>fr 5>oM.*hi ia the UojteJ State«- 



%V<H>I narkei!» and !iih«H^p 



h,\s A ho^^y wb.cV. < :he she^-i^-^reevier And 

 h.# .r.v;e>try. ^:^:.:oneTi'.^N$; ar.^i a'.', the ;:m& 

 Attc vo= .r.:ere>:e^i .' Write tv^-d.-vv. 



WOOL lARICTS AND SHEEP. CHICAGO. ILL 



The Euiersou Binder 



This Emerson siiff-K^ani B;ndi?r with cli-^h 

 biick for ihe American Bee JoanoA; wie mail tor 

 bnt 60 cents; or we w-;v. send ii with the Bee 



Jo«r«al!VT v; .^-.i for only SX.*.'!. It is 



a fine th;i;i ;. , : = i<'"e -.ae copies of ilw Jo«t- 

 nil as :as: as ■.hev are nKeired. If too taaT« 

 lh!> " EmeT'?..'* " no farther tModinir is i 



**" QEORQE \N N ORK & CO. 



IS Michifao Slreeu 



WANTED. 



Ligrht Amber Comb Houey. Please 

 mention quantity you have, how put 

 up. from what flowers g^atherevl. and 

 what price yo-.t ask f.o.b.'Chicajro. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 

 llj! Michigan St.. - CHICAGO. ILL. 



The .larilU Incubator Co —We call attentiv>n 

 •.o the adrer.isemeat ot the Marilla Incnbator 

 Cv. which .\pj-*ears elsewhere in this issue. 

 M.icY ot oar ne.\cers know and have used this 

 machine which has had a m,\st successful rec- 

 ord extending ,^ver more than li seasons. Dar- 

 ing the last je,\r the cv'>mpany has remoTed to 

 R^ise Hill. X. Y., has boilt a lar^ and cv^ra- 

 j>letely equipt factory, and is out "for business 

 in earnest. Mr. U. H Blackman. the inventor, 

 is associated with the present companr, oi 

 which Mr. W. E- »VilUs is secretarv. Write 

 the Marilla Incub.«or Co., at Rose fiill, X.T., 

 tor cataloar before bayiair aa iacabator. Please 

 mention the Bee .loamal when writing. 



Cliicapck — The ri^^ralar seni'...anaaal meetinir 

 of the Chica.^'* Bee-Keepers' Associatioa. will 

 be held in Wellinc^.on Hall, "0 X- Clark Street. 

 Satariay. Nov. ,^ i^xi. frx^ra 2 to 5 in the atter- 

 n,x>a. and T to "^ o'clvVk in the evening'. Pr. C. 

 C, Miller wi". probably be present. The resru- 

 lar annaal electu^n of otfioers will occur. The 

 general sabiect for discussion will be reports 

 on the seasoa's work. All bee-keepers are re- 

 quested to send i;aestions by mail to the Presi- 

 dent, Mr. lle^■'^i:e W. York, who will assign 

 them to vnher-s :o be answered. Ladies are es- 

 j-ec:ally invited to be present. 



i;kox,-.e W. York, i r.^..—.-,— 

 Mss. N. L. Stow. -^±^;??'r5. 



ilhnote.— The l.'th annnal convention of the 

 .-.s State Bee- Keepers* Association will be 

 =e.c at the Sta-.e Hoase at Springfield, on 

 Taes>iay and Wednesday, Xov. iJ and n. l*.\\ 

 Railroad rates will be an open fare and a third 

 wtth,^at certiccates. Notice will be ^vea later 

 if a better rate :s secnred. A irvx^ pns^ram is 

 e^cpected. Those who wish the fall benefit of 

 the meeting will have to be ia attesdaace. 



J AS. A. St>oxe. Sec. 



CHICAGO, lU.. 1 R. R. Xo. 4, SprinsrSeld, III. 



winter all rijrht. The otily objectioti I 

 have to that system is that they don't 

 come alonj; in the spring- as well as 

 those that winter out-doors. At the 

 same time this is not a fair compari- 

 son, because I always put the lig-ht col- 

 onies in the cellar. 



Mr. Hall What time do you put them 

 otit iti the spriiiij •' 



Mr. Evans Last spring: I did not 

 put them out until alxiut .\pril 1st. the 

 year before al>out thetniddle of March. 



Mr. Hall If you have time, put them 

 out on the 1st of March. 



Mr. Xewton — I am an out-door win- 

 terer, and I tixt mine up about one 

 month ajro. Bees that are wintered 

 out-doors should be tixt up just as early 

 as those that g\) into the cellar, and I 

 think the sooner we tret done with 

 them and leave them to settle down 

 quietly for the winter the better. If 

 we keep disturbinsr them in the fall I 

 think we will not have such a success- 

 ful winter. Then. too. I winter them 

 in separate cases. I used to winter 

 four in a case, and I think it is a very 

 good way atid cheaper than single. I 

 like either in angles or in four, but I 

 do not care for clamps. 



Mr. Armstrong — How much packing 

 diH's Mr. Xewton use ? 



Mr. Xewton — Four inches on the 

 side, and about 10 on top. 



Mr. Armstrong— Is it necessary for 

 10 inches on top ? 



Mr. Xewton — I won't say it is neces- 

 sary to have 10 inches on top, but I 

 like it. 



Mr. McEvoy — What is that on top 

 composed of ? 



Mr. Xewton — Composed of forest 

 leaves : I do not think there is any- 

 thing to equal forest leaves unless it is 

 cork sawdust. 



Mr. Post — Do you pack them solid ? 



Mr. Newton- I don't make any solid 

 work of it ; I just throw them in. I do 

 not think the solid packing is as good 

 as loose packing : the frost goes thru 

 solid packing sooner. 



Mr. McEvoy — What is your packing 

 composed of. Mr. Shaver ? 



Mr. Shaver — Wheat-straw, usually, 

 but sometimes I use a little oat. 



Mr. McEvoy — Have you seen any 

 other packing than for«st leaves used, 

 Mr. Xewton ? 



Mr. Xewton — Yes : I've seen planer- 

 shavings, sawdust, flas-leaves and cut 

 straw, and I saw one place where they 

 used rough papers torn up and 

 thrown in. 



Chocolate. Rolls, and Honey. 



I have just returned from a Euro- 

 pean trip of o months. While it no 

 doubt is not news to you. it was to me 

 that the staple and universal breakfast 

 meal thmout the Continent, with no 

 exception, from Holland to Belgium, 

 France. Switzerland. Italy. Austria, 

 liermany, and even in the hotels of 

 London, consisted of the regular break- 

 fast of chocolate, coffee, rolls, and 

 honey. Sometimes a marmalade would 

 be substituted for honey. Xo meat is 

 ever served for breakfast unless spe- 

 cially ordered. 



with this breakfast our party, con- 

 sisting of -M people, thrived exceed- 

 ingly, doing steady hard work travel- 

 ing for 5 months, no one missing a 

 meal, whic'n seemed to me remarkable, 

 as it convinced me that there must be 

 more nourishment in honey than is 

 commonly supposed. It was all ex- 



