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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dec. 27, lyOO. 



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: 



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

 olis, Ind. 



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

 apolis, Minn 



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AGENCIES: 



L. C. Woodman Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulger & Sons Ogden, Utah. 



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

 Special Southwestern Agent. 



Best on Earth 



What ? Our New Champion Winter- 

 Ca^es. And to introduce them thruout 

 the United States and Canada we 

 will sell them at a liberal discount 

 until Oct. IS, WOO. Send for quota- 

 tions. We are also headquarters for 

 the No-Drip Shipping-Cases. 

 R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 



Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 



FOR SALE ! 



Best Extracted flltalta Honeu 



Guaranteed absolutely Pure Bees' Honey. 



Packt in 5-gallon tin cans, of about 60 pounds 

 each, two cans to the case, 7li cents per pound, 

 cash with order. But direct from the home of 

 Alfalfa. We can please jou. Headquarters 

 for ALFALFA and SWEET CLOVER SEED. 

 Write for prices. Vogeler-Wiedemann Co., 

 60-62 W. First So. St., Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 43Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



TO LAST TEN YEARS 



witlinut re)i;iirs. Wt- win tjitl t <.ui 

 t'yphvre Iiiftibntorf* to ,h, thai ami 

 (Ii.arantfe ihetn as tul lows — to require nosup- 

 piled moisture; to be self-ventilating and reg- 

 ulatin'z ; 'o operate with less oil andexpense; 

 to be tire priiof ; easiest to operate ; to produce 

 stronf!;er chicttB; to out-hntrh any other nia* 

 chin -or money refunded. Circulare and prices 

 free. 192 pafje book, "Profitable I'ouHry 



w^ _ KeeiilDtt," 2110 new iliiihlrations for 10c sLanips. 



5af-VtNIlLATJKCi Askf. rbook :>0 Address nearest office. 



Cyphers Incb. Co. , Chicago, Ills., Wayland, N. Y.,Boston, Mas3. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when -wTitine: 



20G-Egg Incubator 



for S!i2pOO 



Perfect in construction and I 



actit'ii. Hatches every fertile I 



i-izii. Writi- for cataiocue to-day. r 



GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy, III. 



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B66-H1V6S and Honey-Boxes 



in car lots, wholesale or retail. Now is the time to get prices. 

 We are the people who manufacture strictly first-class goods 

 and sell them at prices that defy competition. Write us to-day. 



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Inter-State Box and Manufacturing Company, 



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TOUR OF ALL HEXICO 



in Pullman's finest Compartment 

 Drawing Room, Library, Observation 

 and Dining- Cars— all Vestibuled— -with 

 the celebrated 



OPEN-TOP CAR "CHILIIITLI" 

 for Observation in the Mountains and 

 Canons, and Dining- Car in the Tropics. 



A delightful trip of 38 days with 

 Three Circle Tours in the Tropics of 

 the South of Mexico and a Visit to the 

 Ruined Cities. 



All exclusive features of these itiner- 

 aries of leisurely travel and long stops 

 —The Special Train starts Tuesday, 

 Jan. 22, from Chicago. 



TOUR OF PUERTO RICO. 



Special Pri.i,M..\N Cars leave Chi- 

 cago Thursday, Jan. 17, and Thurs= 

 day, Feb. 14, at 9:30 a.m., connecting 

 with the splendid new steamships 

 Ponce and San Juan, sailing from New 

 York the second day following. Indi- 

 vidual tickets sold for other sailing 

 dates, alternate Saturdays. 

 TICKETS INCLUDE All EXPENSES EVERYWHERE 



These select limited parties will be 

 under the special escort and manage- 

 ment of The American Tourist As- 

 sociation, Reau Campbell, General 

 Manager, 1423 Marquette Building, 

 Chicago. 



Itineraries, Maps and Tickets can be 

 had on application to Agents of the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. 



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MAKE IMCIBATORS 



that hatch stroiik'. healthy chicks 

 f them. Our faith in theso 

 s such that wo sfml you our ',|lS^ 



new' PREMIER' 'o"NrR?ln 



Youputtheefirirdinit and make a hatch t^^ 



for yourself. When you have cried it thornnirbly 



and are aailstied, yoiipay us for it. Isn' t that the Pensit.Ie way to buy 



and sell incuDators? Send 5c Stamp forCafnlog &. 'Toultry Helps." 



TVe are ni so sole makers of SimpUcit}! Inciilmtor. 

 COLUMBIA INCUBATOR CO.. 5 Water St., Delaware City. Del. 

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The Best Dishorner. 



WThe eaaieslon U>lb oj^rator ain) mw. Ik-i ause il niakut 

 the pm.iothest, quirkt-st .ut Ls ihe 



CONVEX DISHORNER. 



My Bucker Slock Holder snil cftlfdbhoiners are 

 equally cooii. All diahorning ari'l'an.eu. 



iiiiiBrat«d "'^^xGeo.Webster, Box123,Christiana,Pa. 



*^ W(2»teiii IriiJe eUf-i-licd Irom Cliic;igu. 



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INCUBATORS ^u^FARM 



DiUMt lie HlmplK in operation, ^_ 

 iure In results. That's the d^f^ 



SURE HATCH INCUBATOR. ^^ 



anybody can run rt, becaufce it 

 ruQsitselL Send for oor free 

 catalog and see foryooTBelf how 

 Very succesflful it has been on 

 the farm. It alao describee our 

 Common Sense Folillni; 

 Frooder. We Pay th^ Fr^u-h'. „ . , 



SURE MATCH INCUBATOR CO.. Clay Center, Nebraska. 



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FIRST 



PREMIUMS 



SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE. 



Prolrle State locobator Co. 



^ Homer city. I*s. 



ness was ruined. I kept f-melling an awful 

 stencb aroimd certain hives, liut thought it was 

 a dead rat. It became so bad that finally in 

 vestigated, and upon taking off the super and 

 cover I found one colony almost rotten. I at 

 once destroyed enerythinij, and sent a sample 

 of the eomti to a very prominent bee-keeper 

 and publisher, asking his advice, and what it 

 was. His reply wa very unsatisfactory . He 

 said it was not foul brood, he didn't think it 

 was black brood, but it was- probably pickled 

 brood, and I would better send a sample .to 

 Dr. Howard. I can't help thinking he knew 

 what it was, as it certainly was a decided case 

 of some disease, and liow could I send to Dr. 

 Howard when I had burned everything ? 



R. N. Croftos. 

 Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ter., Dec. 3. 



Bees Did Well— Prospects Good. 



My bees have done well this year; I have 

 taken off 1,2()0 pounds of surplus honey, and 

 the prospect for their wintering well is good. 



Navajo Co., Ariz.. Dec. 3. J. A. Lewis. 



Light in Winter Stores. 



1 got .M) pounds of comb honey the past 

 season from 16 colonies, spring count, and iu- 

 creast to 'M. They are in the cellar in good 

 condition. Bee-men in this county complain 

 that their bees are going into winter quarters 

 very light. <IoHN Clise. 



Lafavette Co.. Wis. 



A Poor Year for Honey. 



This was a poor year for honey, altho my 

 bees did better than my neighbors'. I secured 

 •2,000 pounds of honey, 400 of which was ex- 

 tracted. I have fl3 colonies in winter quar- 

 ters, in good condition. 



I am much pleased with the Danzenbaker 

 hive, as I have had less unlinisht sections 

 withjt than with the others, and only one 

 swarin. 1 think it the best hive for comb 

 honey. <>■ W. Bell. 



Clearfield Co., Pa., Dec. 7. 



Report for the Past Season. 



I started last spring with 20 colonies, in- 

 creast to 34, and secured SUO pounds of comb- 

 honey, which I sold at 13 cents per pound. 



The Bee .Journal is all right. 



Anbt Scrimger. 



Flovd Co., Iowa, Dec. S. 



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Not Half a Honey Crop. 



Bees did very poorly in this part of Ontai'lo- 

 last season, not half a crop being secured. 

 There was no basswood flow, which is very 

 often our mainstay. 



I think so much ot the " Old Relia,ble " that 

 it is a pleasure for me to introduce it; I could 

 not get along without its weekly visits. 



Ontario, Canada, Dec. 11. Wm. Aikex. 



A Change in the Atmosphere. 



1 have •2(i colonies packt well ou the summer 

 .stands. The dry weather last May killed the 

 white clover, and that was our main source 

 for honey. The fall crop of heartsease in the 

 bottomlands was good for winter stores. The 

 bees in the uplands are mostly in a starving 

 condition. 



It seems that there is a decided change in 



