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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 13, 1900. 



Ai the Paris Exposition 



here, as usual, oiir exhiliit attriicteii iii'ne jittentinn than almost 

 an.vtliinir el^t- . we thouijrht we were minuig stran^'ers. (So we were, 

 but wf were simply surprised at the Iarg:e number of people from 

 all over Europe who called on us and said they were usintr Sella- 

 ble Iiictil'utors ami I!ro*nIer«. All were satisfied and confrratulatory and it made 

 us feel ijuite at home. Tlitre is but one explanation— merit, iiierit« merit. Our 20th 

 Century Poultry B»wU niaUes it all plain. Sent for Ideas Ionu;as they last. ^^ ' 



Reliable Incubatop St Bpoodef Co., Box 8-2 ,QuSncy,lllm >,^^;' 



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Tbe Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 



a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this "Emerson" no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



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 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, 1^0. Send for quota- 

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 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 

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• g> Pouder's Honey-Jars and every- ^. 



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



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This foundation is made by an absolutely 

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 the odor and color of beeswax, and is free from 

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Working wax into foundation for cash, a 

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A full line of Supplies at the very lowest 

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STUDENTS RETURNING HOME 



For holiday vacations can, upon pre- 

 sentation of proper credentials, obtain 

 tickets via Nickel Plate Road, to all 

 points in Central Passenger Associa- 

 tion territory, at a fare and a third for 

 the round trip. Tickets will be sold on 

 day of closing school and on day im- 

 mediately preceding closing date ; 

 good returning until date school re- 

 convenes, but not later than January 

 8, 1901. 



For information as to train service 

 to Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Fostoria, 

 Erie and other points, call on or ad- 

 dress John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 

 111 Adams St. Chicago Passenger 

 Station, Van Buren St. and Pacific 

 Ave., on the Elevated Loop. (43) 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New York.— Bee-Keepers' Institutes will be 

 held as follows: Batavia, Dec. 12th; Canandai- 

 gua, Dec. 13th and 14ih: Romulus, Dec. 15th; 

 Auburn, Dqc. I7th; and Johnstown, Dec. 18th. 

 Bee-Keepers living in the vicinity of these In- 

 stitutes are urged to attend and take an active 

 part in the proceedings. 



New York.— The 36th semi-annual meeting of 

 the Seneca County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the Bevier House, Romulus, 

 N. v., Saturday, Dec. 15, IOik). W. Z. Hutchiu- 

 son, editor of the Bee-Keepers' Review, will be 

 present and address the meeting, and also con- 

 duct the question-hox. Meals will be served at 

 the Bevier House, special rates having been se- 

 cured. C. B. Howard, Sec. 



Romulus, N. y. 



Michigan.— The next annual meeting of the 

 Michigan State Bee Keepers' Association will 

 be held in the Grange Hall, Traverse City, Dec. 

 26 and 27, 1900, commencing at 2 p.m. This will 

 without doubt be the largest attended meeting 

 in the State for many years. We are to be hon- 

 ored with the presence of Mr. A. I. Root, whose 

 name has become almost a household word, not 

 only thruout the United States, but the world, 

 wherever bees are kept. Tbe program will be 

 in the form of an open parliament, and those 

 topics will be discust that are nearest to bee- 

 keepers' interests. A beautiful and novel badge 

 has been adopted by the officers of the associa- 

 tion, and will be sold at cost, 25 cents, and the 

 annual dues will be 25 cents more. This will 

 constitute expenses, except railroad and hotel 

 bills. Reduced rates on all railroads, and the 

 following hotels have made reduced rates to 

 bee-keepers: Pari Place Hotel, $1.50; Hotel 

 Whiting, $1.(.X) to $1.50; Hotel Plankborn, $1.00: 

 Hotel Shilsom, $1.00; and Columbia Hotel, $l.t»0 

 to $1.25. Certainly all should be suited with the 

 above rates to choose from. 



Fremont. Mich. Geo. E. Hilton, Pres. 



Take Off the Horns. 



iqiiii.'kesl, t-asiest mni sni'xit hest way, is 



jms.-ihif only bv rli..- use >'\ I he 



CONVEX DISHORNER 



and the Itocker Stock Holder. I sUchH^t a 



" calf dishomer and allsppi lances for eaf'V dis- 



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Inland Poultrv .Inunml Cii., Indianapolis. Ind. 



ncqsT us $a,000 ^ZTtSc 



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sph-nt :f4.0(i0 on our new book, 



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llnfubntors." Ittellsitall. LeadinEpoultry 



nen have written special articles fur it. 19*2 



I pat'fg, 8x11 in. Illustrated. It's as pood as 



fCyfshers incubator 



— and it's the best. Out iintrb any othw 

 mai hiiie. 16 pape circular irre, si.-nd 15 eta. 

 in nt;tnips for |4.000 book N.). 50 



Address nearest office. CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. 



Ghlc-aeo, lU. Wayland. N. T. Uostoo« Mas*. 



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The ItailLuill liatcbta every hatthable ' 

 eeg, ."HW;.ri; Hize, $■'). tend ic for Cat, No. t- 

 Buckeye liicubutor Co., Springfield, U. 



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NEW PREMIER Incubator. 



liive it a thorough trial, when ealislu-d pay 

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lum at World's Vnir. Also sole makers of Simiiilpltj InruhaiorB. 



>ni<i ...-. p..staLe for iiluitfiited cataloe and **roultr j ||i-I|.h." 



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ok all aboiit It 4«'. Tells how to 

 \\ this crciit money milker. 



Mnruett>-da>. AMERICAN GINSENG GARDENS, Rose Hill. N. Y. 

 3.sKst Mention the American Bee Journal. 



IINSENG' 



for surplus honey. I think the most imijori- 

 ant of these flowers as a honey-yielder is the 

 horseniint. Next to the prairie flowers in ini- 

 ]>(irtance we have sumac, wJiich blooms in 

 .hily anil August. 



I have no desire to dispute Mr. Davies' 

 statement, tho I should not wonder if he has 

 given cotton a better name as a honey-plant 

 than it deserves ; but locality may make the 

 ditTerenee. H. M. Cahr. 



Bosque Co., Tex., Dec. 3. 



Poof Season— Rainy and Cold. 



We have had another poor season ; too much 

 rain and cool weather. with just enough honey 

 stored to keep up the swarming-fever. I hav& 

 extracted about 2000 pounds of Spanish-needle 

 honey, and took oil during the summer a few 

 himdred pounds of comb honey, much travel- 

 stained and of mixt quality. I increast from 

 104 to 144 colonies in two yards. 



Many thanks for the fine pictures we are 

 getting on the front page of the Bee Journal, 

 and particularly for the one of G. M. Doo- 

 little, on page 705. I have seen several pic- 

 tures of our beloved leader in apiculture, but 

 I have seen none with so much ■■life" in it. 

 T. H. Waale. 



Clarke Co., Wash.. Nov. 19. 



Cellar Wintering— Poop Season. 



1 promist to tell bow those M colonies of 

 bees wintered which I placed in the cellar Oct. 

 r, ISO!), and removed April 10, 1900. That was. 

 a pretty long time for them to be in the cel- 

 lar, and some will not believe it, but they all 

 came out strong in bees and began to gather 

 pollen the ttrst day. 



This has been another poor honey season on 

 account of the dry weather. I took off 500 

 pounds of comb honej', which is 200 pounds 

 more than a neighbor got who left his bees 

 outdoors until late. Neither of us secured 

 any increase as we were both working for 

 honey. 



I leave the supers on all winter, and fill 

 them with dry oats chaff. My bee-cellar is 

 under the kitchen, and has only walls of clay, 

 and after I put them in I do not disturb them 

 until I take them out. I put them in this year 

 Nov. 4th. Joseph Bethke. 



Sauk Co., Wis., Nov. 30. 



Not an Encourag-ing Report. 



The sugar to feed up the bees in the spring 

 and fall cost more than the honey crop was 

 worth this year. O. E. Clark. 



Calumet Co., Wis., Nov. 36. 



Feeding and Wintering Bees. 



Bees were gathering nectar and jiollen at a 

 great rate Nov. 20th and 21st, altho I do not 

 know from what they were gathering it unless 

 it was from chrysanthemums. All of my bees 

 have plenty of stores to carry them thru the 

 winter, but should they get short I should 

 supply them in the following way : 



Take the best sugar I could obtain — 3 pounds 

 of sugar to 3 pints of water per colony, per 

 month. Mix this well and add 2 pounds of 

 honey, letting it simmer down to 7 pounds. 

 Put the frame of comb in a tub or something 

 of tliat sort, then take the mixture when the 

 cliill is not more than apjiroaching and hold it 

 up about 2 feet above the comb, and ])our it 



