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BEST BEESTO WINTEB. 



From One of the Largest Bee-Keepers 

 In 



j^ im: E PI I o j^. 



DeKalb Junction, N. Y. 

 " The three Queens you sent me two years 

 ago were 



EXTRA GOOD ONES, 



exceedingly active, and the 



BEST WINTERING BEES I HAVE. 



I don't care for Beauty, yet I never saw a 

 Queen you sent out that was not a Beauty. 

 iKA Barber." 



300 QUEENS 



of the Best Honey-Gatliering Strain we 



ever had in 30 Years' Experience with 

 THE ITALIANS, 



RSAD*? TO MAZZ. 



between Sept. 12 and 20. 



^g~ Prices: Tested. SI. 50: Select Tested, 

 $3.00: Warranted, $1.00. 



All are Warranted Pure, and Safe Arrival 

 Guaranteed. Address, 



HENRY ALLEY, 



37A2t WENHAM, Essex Co., MASS. 

 Mention the American Bee Jouriuil. 



FOK SALiE Italian Bees, $5.00 per Col- 

 ony. Tested and Untested Italian Queens 

 and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 

 Address, OTTO KtEINOW, 



150 Military Ave., (opposite Fort Wayne), 



37A2t DETROIT, MICH. 



Mention the American Bee Journal. 



FOLDING PAPER BOXES ! 



THEV hold a Section of Comb Honey each, 

 and are made so as to take the 4i4xi^i or 

 5J4x6>4 Sections. Just the thing for retail 

 dealers I Prices : $1 per 100 Boxes, or $8.50 

 per 1,000. 5^~ The bee-keeper's name and 

 address, and the kind of honey, printed on 

 1,000 or less, for 75 cents extra. 



THOS. G. NEWMAN & SON, 



823 & 925 W. Madison St., - CHICAGO, ILLS. 



TAKE NOTICE! 



BEFORE placing yourOrders for SUPPI.IE8, 

 write for prices on ((ne-Piece Basswood Sections 

 Bee - Hives, bhipping - Crates, Frames, Foundation, 

 Smokers, etc. Address, 



K. H. SCHMIDT Ji CO., 

 25A2et NEW LONDON, Waupaca Co., WIS. 



Me)itlon the American Bee Jonimal. 



Moth's Honey Extractor, 



Perfection Cold-Blast Smokers, 

 SQUARE 6LASS HONEY-JARS, etc. 



For Circulars, apply to 



CIIARL,E8 F. MrrTB <f2 SON. 



Cor. Freeman & Central Ayes., CINCINNATI, O. 

 P. 8.— Send IOC. for Practical Hints to Bee-Keeper« 



Voice of Masonry! Family Magazine. 

 Tlirec* yt-arh'a Paiier anil twenty-five i Ma;:a- 

 ziue. Now unexcelled. CoutainBflne Portraits 

 and Illustrations, and a great variety of ariiclee, 

 Btoriee and poems for Freemaeone and their fam- 

 ilies; also tastcrn Star, ftlAKonlc fileaninifs and 

 Editorial Departments. Price per year, $3.00. 

 JOHN W. BROWN, Editor and Publisher, 

 182 & 1S4 S. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinoie. 



Useful Scales 



The rnion or Family Scale. 



This Scale has steel lieariDKB, and it weighs 

 from '/2-ounee to S40 pounds. Price, with a 

 Single Brass Beam, as shown in the illustra- 

 tion, $3.00. With Double Beam for taking the 

 tare, $3.50. 



The Little Detective Scale. 



This little Scale is made with steel hearings, 

 and a brass Beam, and will weigh accurately 

 ;4-ounce to 25 pounds. It supplies the great 

 demand for a Housekeeper's Scale. Prices : 



Single beam, no scoop $2.00. 



" tin ■' 2.50. 



Double " no scoop 3.00. 



tin " 3.50. 



t^~ All orders filled promptly. 



THOS. G. NETtOOAN ic SON, 



923 & 925 W. Madison St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



BEE KEEPER S^BEVIEW 



A 50 - CENT MONTHliY that gives the 

 "^ cream of Apicultural Literature; points 

 out errors and fallacious ideas ; and it gives, 

 each month, the views of leading bee-keepers 

 upon some special topic. Tlrree Samples 

 Free. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 

 26Etf 613 Wood St.. FLINT, MICHIGAN. 



PRICES REDUCED. 



UNTESTED QUEENS, 65 cents 10 for 

 $6.00. Select Tested, $1.50. One and 2 

 cent Stamps taken when Money Orders can- 

 not be had. Make Money Orders payable at 

 Nicholasville. Can send by Return Mail. 



July 1st, 1889. J. T. •\VIl.SON, 



LITTLE mCKMAN, Jessamine Co., Kr 

 28A2t-.WEtf 



Patent Flat-Bottom Comb Foundation 



High Side Walls, 4 to 14 square 



feet to the pound. Wholesale and 



Retail. Circulars and Samples free 



J. VAN DEVSEN Sc SONS, 



(80LB MANtnrACTtJREBS), 



lAtf SPROUT BROOK, Mont. Co., N. T. 



RERUM COGNOSCERE CAUSAS, 



To know tbe Causes of Things is the 

 key to Success in any Industry. If you 

 wish to succeed in the Bee-Business, you 

 must read and become acquainted with the 

 most Successful Methods of Bee-Management 

 and Honey-Production. 



LANGSTROTH'S WORK, 



REVISED BY DADAIVT, 



Contains the resultof practical experience 



with Bees. It gives the Physiology of the 

 Bee, with numerous Quotations from the 

 latest Scientific Writers, the Description of 

 the best Hives, Directions for the Proper 

 Management and Handlinpr of Bees : the most 

 Practical ITIethods of Queen-Kearing, 

 Swarming (Natural and Artificial), with con- 

 trolling methods ; instructions on Establish- 

 ing Apiaries, Transferring, Shipping, Mailing, 

 Feeding, Wintering : the best methods of pro- 

 ducing Comb and Extracted Honey, the 

 Handling an Harvestiug of Honey, the Mak- 

 ing of Comb Foundation, &c., &o. 



The instructions for the Rendering ol 

 Beeswax are alone worth the price of tbe 

 Book, to many bee-keepers who waste a part 

 of their Wax in Rendering it. 



This Book, "the most complete ever pub- 

 lished," is shortly to be published in the 

 French, Italian and German Languages, by 

 Practical European Apiarists. It is highly 

 recommended by all publishers of Bee-Liter- 

 ature in the Old World as well as in the New. 



Clotb Binding, 550 Pages, 199 Engrav- 

 ings, 19 Full-Page Plates. Gilt front and back. 

 This book is an Ornament to any Library. 



Price: By Express, $1.85. By Mail, pre- 

 paid, $2.00. Special prices to Dealers who 

 wish to advertise it in their Circulars. 



^P~ We also offer for Sale, 



40,000 Lbs. of Honey 



of our Crop of 1889 ; 



25 Tons of Comb Foundation 



Smokers, Bee-Veils of Imported Material, &c. 

 Send for Circular. Address, 



CHAS. DAD ANT & SON, 



HAMILTON, Hancock Co., ILLS. 



SECTIONS! SECTIONS! SECTIONS! 



WE are now offering our No. 1 V-Groove 

 Sections in lots of 500, at $3 per 1,000 ; 

 No. 2 Sections at $2 per 1,000. For prices on 

 Foundation, Hives, Shipping-Crates, &c., &c., 

 send for Prlce-List. Address, 



J. STAUFFER A: SONS, 



(Successors to B. J. Miller & Co.J) 

 31Atf NAPPANEE, DID. 



50 Hybrid Queens, 



REARED under the Swarming Impulse— 

 for Sale at 50 cents each. 

 pm~ 12-lb. Sliipplng-Cases, in the flat, no 

 glass— 10 for 75 cents.: $6 per 100.; 24-pound 

 Shipping-Cases, 10 for $1.35 ; $12 per 100. 

 Address, J. M. KIKZIE, 

 20Aly ROCHESTER, Oakland Co., MICH. 



lAly 



BEE KEEPERS 



Should send for my circu- 

 lar. It describes the best 

 Hives, the best Cases, the 

 best Feeders and the best 

 Methods. Address, 



J. M. SHUcK, 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



British. Bee Journal 



AND BEE-KEEPEES' ADVISER, 



IS published every week, at Ss. 6d. per 

 annum. It contains the very best practical 

 information for the apiarist. It is edited by 

 Thomas Wm. Cowan, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., etc., and 

 published by John Huckle, King's Langley 

 Berts, England. 



