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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 9. 190S. 



Langstrothonthe 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Sach subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

 plained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helped on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $i .20, or club 

 it with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for $2.00 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 oc work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Sweet Clover Seed 



FOR SALE 



SO lbs. or over, at S cents per pound. Address, 

 5A9t JOSbPH SHAW, Strong City, Kans. 



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Otisville. Pa., Jan. 18, 1904. 

 Dear Sir:— I have tried almost everything in 

 the smoker line; 3 in the last 3 years. In short 

 if I want any more smokers your new style is 

 ^ood enough for me. I thank the editor of Re- 

 view for what he said of it. Those remarks in- 

 dnced me to get mine. Fred Fodner. 



EnSravinSsForSale 



■We are accumulating quite a stock of engrav- 

 ings that have been used in the American Bee 

 Journal. No doubt many of them could be used 

 again by bee-keepers in their local newspapers, 

 on their stationery, or in other ways. Also, if 

 we can sell some of them it would help ua to 

 pay for others that we are constantly having 

 made and using in our columns. If there is any 

 of our engravings that any one would like to 

 have, just let us know and we will quote a very 

 low price, postpaid. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Street, - CHICAGO, Ililt 



a new cellar 22x30 feet, under my dwelling- 

 house. C'.^^ C^ 



This is my first experience in cellar-winter- 

 ing. I had the heaviest loss last winter in my 

 25 years' experience. 



Bees are wintering well so far. They had a 

 flight Dec. 27, and also New Year's day. 



B. W. Pbck. 



Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Jan. 10. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Severe Wintep— That Bee-Calendar 



My bees are getting along first-rate in the 

 cellar, with the thermometer at 35 to 40 de- 

 grees above freezing point. They seem quiet, 

 and have lots of honey and also air enough, 

 as I raised the entrance one inch, and the 

 hives are nearly two inches lower at the en- 

 trance than at the back end. The blocks I 

 raise the hives with will nearly make the 

 hives level again, and the bottom-board will 

 have nearly two inches fall from the rear to 

 the entrance, which gives the dying bees a 

 good chance to roll out. 



This is a severe, cold winter so far, with 

 nearly two feet of snow in the timber, and 

 from 8 to 10 feet on the prairie in drifts. The 

 thermometer was from 20 to 30 degrees below 

 zero. The timber is frozen so hard that it is 

 impossible to get an ax that will stand it. 



I think all bees on the summer stands in 

 this locality will die for want of honey. Even 

 if they have lots of stores in the hive when 

 it is so cold they can not crawl from one 

 frame to another to get it. Where combs are 

 long enough and filled with honey there is no 

 danger of the bees starving to death. 



Tell that inventor of the bee-calendar to 

 hurry up a little. I want one. 



B. F. Schmidt. 



Clayton Co., Iowa, Jan. 26. 



Fastening Foundation in Sections. 



I wish to ask the comb-honey producers if 

 any one of them has had trouble in fastening 

 foundation to the sections. I had a good 

 deal of trouble the last two seasons. The 

 wood is very hard, and polished so highly that 

 I find it impossible to make all of them hold. 

 After the foundation is on two or three days 

 I have to go over the yard and replace quite a 

 large number. I use a Parker and a Clark 

 fastener, and have put some on with melted 

 wax. The melted wax holds the best, but is 

 too slow. 



The wood that the sections are made of is 

 very hard, and when finished is as smooth as 

 glass. I asked the manufacturer to leave the 

 inside without sandpapering, but he told me 

 that his machinery was made for polishing 

 both sides, and could not be changed for one 

 lot. 



Now, if other bee-keepers have had the same 

 trouble, why not join in asking to have them 

 polished only on the outside? I would like 

 to hear from others on the subject. 



P. D. JONBS. 



Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 16. 



Small Honey Crop— Encouraging 

 Outlook. 



The honey crop the past season was the 

 smallest in many years, especially when the 

 matter of the enormous nectar contents of 

 the blossoms is taken into consideration. The 

 cause of the small yield was the great loss of 

 colonies a year ago, or rather last spring. 



Owing to the long-continued cold winter 

 which prevented the bees from having a flight, 

 and many of them from reaching the honey, 

 (even though there was an abundance in the 

 hive), some of the colonies starved to death, 

 but the most of them died from disease. Col- 

 onies that apparently came through last win- 

 ter in good condition, failed to build up to 

 strong colonies before fall. 



I lost all of my bees, and it served me right, 

 for I failed to pack them — other work which 

 I thought more important, preventing. Of 

 course I was waiting for that "good day" 

 which never came. Had I packed them, even 

 though they could not have taken a flight af- 

 terwards until spring, I think I would have 

 saved some of them, for up to this time in an 

 experience of 20 years I never lost one colony 

 that I had properly cared for. But I did not 



Michigan.— The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 Feb. 23d and 24th, at the Eagle Hotel in Grand 

 Rapids. The Eagle Hotel is located at 65 to 71 

 Market St., cor. of Lewis St., one block sonth 

 of Monroe St. It will give a rate of $1.50 per 

 day, and furnish a room free for holding the 

 convention. The Michigan State Dairymen's 

 Convention will meet in Grand Rapids at the 

 same time, and advantage may be taken of this 

 fact to secure reduced rates on the railroads. 

 When buying your ticket, ask for a certificate 

 on account of tlie Dairymen's Convention. The 

 secretary of the Dairymen s Association will 

 sign this certiSeate which will then enable the 

 holder to buy a return ticket for one-third fare. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Pres. 



Honey- Jars ^ Honey-Vinegar 



We can ship at once on 

 receipt of order, 1-lb. and 

 K-lb. Tip-Top Honey-Jars, 



(octagon shape) at these 

 prices, f.o.b. Chicago: 

 1-lbs. per 12-doz. crate, $5.00; 



3 crates, $13.50. 

 Ji-lbs.per 14 doz.crate,$5.2S; 



3 crates, 14.00. 



YORK'S 



HONEY-VINEGAR 



This is a aew thing, made 

 by The York Honej Co., 

 and shonld be used hy all 

 who also bay and use honey 

 Furnish it to your home 

 trade. Sample, postpaid, 10 cents, to pay post- 

 age and package. A lOgal. keg for $3.00, f.o.b. 

 Chicago. 

 Cash with order in all cases. Address, 



The York Honey Co. 



Henry M. Arnd, Mgr. 

 101 E. KiNziE Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



NO DIRTLEET 



In clothes washed with the 

 ,^ BUSY BEE WASHER" 



100 pieces in one hour and 

 uo hard work done. That's 

 the record. Amenta 

 Wanted. * EicluEivo 

 sale. Write for tenmi, 

 BUSY BEE WASHER CO. Bqv E^'^'^- PA , 



B66-K66D6r§' SUDDlieS. 



Send for Catalog. 



Leahu MfQ. Go., East St. Louis, Ills. 



2A16t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



MountUilonGoiieoe 



open to both sexes from the begin- 

 ning. Fonnded in 1846. Highest grade 

 scholarship. First-class repntation. 25 

 instructors. Alumni and students occn- 

 pying- highest positions in Church and 

 State. Expenses lower thaa other col- 

 leges of equal grade. Any yoong person 

 with tact and energy can have an educa- 

 tion. We invite correspondence. Send 

 for catalog. 



MOUNT UNION COLiIiEGE, 

 Alliance, Ohio. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a \o,y 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller to 

 wear on his coat-lapel. It of- 

 /en serves to introduce ^ the 

 subject of honey, and ''re- 

 qnently leads to a saile. r 



The picture shown herewita 

 Is a reproduction of a mottO' 

 *PU' V^ \t^/ qneen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. Ithaa 

 a pin on the underside to 

 fasten it. Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10c; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 

 "f the Ameri can Bee Journal. 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers.' 



