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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 23. 1905. 



Headquarters for 



LEWIS' GOODS li CHICAGO. 



Best and Most Direct Shipping Point 

 in the World. 



H. M. Absd, Manager. 



Having decided to add Bee-Keepers' Supplies to our 

 honey-business, we have arranged with the well-known 

 Q. B. LEWIS CO. to handle their full line of Popular 

 Beeware in Chicago. We will sell at their regular prices. 



Catalog: and prices on Honey on application. If you want Cood Cioods 

 at Factory I^-ices and Prompt Shipment, send your orders to the 



YORK HONEY 



AND BEE 

 SUPPLY 



CO. 



(Not incorporated— Successors to The York Hone; Co.) 



H. M. ARND, Mgr. 141 & 143 Ontario Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



H^" Beeswax 28c cash, or 30c when taking Bee-Supplies in exchange — delivered here. 



GOOD DISCOUNTS ON EARLY ORDERS 



COMPLETE STOCK OF BEE SU PPLIES- . LE*I S CO.S AT FACTORY PRICES 



MUTH SPECIAL HIVE 



THE BEST DOVE TAIL MADE 



SEND FOR CATALOG. 



WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET TO BUY HONEY--SU BM I.T FRICE. 



THE FRED Vy. MUTH CO. 



51 WALNUT STREET, ' . ^ , ■J^^--.-i'^'''<." CI NC*lN N^StI, OHIO: 



Wisconsin Bassweod Sections 



And Prompt Shipments 



Is what we are making for our customers. 



— DOVETAILED HIVES AND SHIPPING-CASES — 



We carry a full line of SUPPLIES. Ask for Catalog. 

 THE riARSHFIELD riANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfleld, Wis. 

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Diumer's F oundaiion is m Best. 



Send for Catalog, Samples and Discounts, and judge for yourself. 1904 output, SO percent 

 increase over 1903. 



Full line of SUPPLIES, wholesale and retail. 



ng Wax into Fouadatioa for Cash a Specialty. 



DINGER & Co., Toronto, Out., Sole Agents in Canada for Diitmer's Foundation. 



GUS DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



-FOK. "X-OXJR.- 



BEE SUPPLIES, BERRY-BOXES % CRATES 



-SEND TO THE- 



Sheboygan Fruit-Box Co., Sheboygan, Wis. » 



LIBERAL DISCOUNTS on all orders tUlJan. 1,1905. lA13t A 



nease mention Bee jonm&l -when -wntmg 



less a good, warm colony of bees is in it, but 

 still it may be locality. For instance, we bee- 

 keepers just a little this side of the North 

 Pole never lose any bees in winter. If feed- 

 ing has to be done, we raise the front of ihe 

 hive with an entrance-block, pour in the feed 

 and call it the best feeder that ever was in- 

 vented. Farther south they use good feeders, 

 but lose bees in winter." 



" Well, Jack, you see they have an eye only 

 to surplus honey, while we in this poor bee- 

 country must have an eye to winter stores 

 first." 



" Well, boss, you see it's all locality." 



W. F. Fkitze. 



St. Louis Co , Minn., Feb. 3. 



Winter Losses May Be Heavy. 



Bee-keepers here never do any wintering 

 in the cellar, and are very careless about pack- 

 ing for winter. The bees generally come 

 through all right, but I'm getting a little (ear- 

 ful this time. It has been a snug winter since 

 Jan. 1, and we had another blizzard yesterday. 



I have 75 colonies on the summer stands, 

 and may lose 50 percent if this weather con- 

 tinues much longer. As our fall honey here 

 is very dark and heavy, it is not the best to 

 winter on with long confinement. 



H. A. BrsHBT. 



Republic Co., Kan., Feb. 12. 



Results for Last Season. 



I am wintering 40 colonies in 8-frame dove- 

 tailed hives in a cellar under the dining-room. 

 I wintered 32 colonies last winter, and sold 2 

 or 3 colonies during the past season, so you 

 will see that I was pretty successful in pre- 

 venting increase, (or which I have to thank 

 the Editor and writers of the American Bee 

 Journal. 



My last season's crop was 900 pounds of 

 comb and 300 pounds of extracted honey. 1 

 have disposed of most o( the crop at very sat- 

 is(actory prices in three towns near by. 



During our 21 years continued residence on 

 the (arm it has grown from 160 to 480 acres. 

 When we moved on it our family consisted of 

 my good wife, our baby boy ' months old, 

 and myself. Our "baby boy" is still at 

 home, although he is past 21 years of age, 

 and we also have a boy aged IS, and twin girls 

 aged 10, who are )otso( help to their mother 

 as well as to me, in helping to care for the 

 bees. W. H. Root. 



Wayne Co., Nebr., Jan. 31. 



Fastening Starters in Sections. 



I notice a good many have trouble in fast- 

 ening starters in seciions. A good way is to 

 put the starters on before folding with hot 

 wax. First fill a 2 or 3 gallon kettle with 

 water and beeswax to within about one inch 

 of the top. Heat it till it begins to foam, and 

 then set it off on a work-bench over a lamp. 

 While the wax is healing cut the starters, lay 

 the sections all one way, and inside up, close 

 to the kettle. Pick up a handful of sections 

 and lay them on the kettle over the hot wax. 

 Now pick up a handful of starters, dip the 

 edge of a starter in the wax and put it where 

 it belongs quickly. Hold it up 2 or 3 seconds 

 so it will not lop over. Lay the seciions on a 

 4-foot board, side by side, until all are ready. 

 Set them to one side and fold and super at 

 your leisure. Try it. It is not necessary to 

 have the lamp unless you have a good many 

 sections to fix up. Alvah Reynolds. 



Knox Co., 111. 



Loss of Bees— Rains in Southern 

 California. 



Judging from reports from bee-keepers in 

 Southern California, or lack of reports for the 

 past year, one would think this was not much 

 of a bee-country. But there are some bee- 

 keepers and a few bees left, though it has cost 

 considerable labor and some money to carry 

 the bees through a whole year by feeding. 

 The careless and faint-hearted, who keep bees 

 because they " board themselves " and allow 

 their owner to eat with them, have dropped 

 out because they have found that (such) bee- 

 keeping doesn't pay. I know of one man 

 who bad 65 colonies a year ago, and now he 



