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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 4. 190S 





Dittiner's Fojiiii is the m,. 



Send for Catalog, Samples and Dlsconnts, and judge for yoarself. 1904 ontput, 50 percent 

 increase over 1903. 



Full line of SUPPLIES, wholesale and retail. 



Working Wax Into Foundation for Cash a Specialty. 



E. Grainger & Co., Toronto, Ont., Sole Agents in Canada for Dittmer's Foundation. 



GUS DITTMER> Augusta^ Wis. 



B66-SUDDli6S! 



Discount for Early Orders 



We carry a larg^e stock and 

 greatest variety of everything 

 needed in the Apiary, assur- 

 ing B EST goods at the LOW- 

 EST prices, and prompt ship- 

 ments. We want every bee- 

 keeper to have our Frbe IL- 



LtlSTHATED CATALOG, and 



read description of Alterna- 

 ting Hives, Massle Hives, etc. 



WRITE AT ONCE FOR CATALOG 



AQENCIES.— Trester Supply Co., Lincoln,NeD.: Shugart & Oureu, Council Bluffs, Iowa; 

 Fulton & Ford, Garden City, Kan.; I. H. Myers, Lamar. Colo.; Southwestern Bee Co., 438 

 W. Houston St., San Antonio, Tex. KRETCMMER MFQ. CO., Red Oak, lowa. 



H'ORMASiror^ 



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lANTA MFG. CO., LI60NIER, INDIANA. FraiCatatOEll 

 Please mention Bee Journal when -wriung 



Enyart's Comb-Foundation Gauge 



Gauges 18 different shapes of starters. Easy 

 to cut 100 starters per minute. Illustrated cir- 

 cular free. J. E. ENYART & SON, 



16A4t McFall, Mo. 



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Wisconsin Basswood Sections 



And Prompt Shipments 



Is what we are making for our customers. 



DOVETAILED HIVES AND SHIPPIING-CASES — 



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

 THE nARSHFIELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., Harshfield, Wis. 



Ciciiao xUaXiLUU. Hoo .jollTIa^la 



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NORRIS & ANSPAGH 

 LEWIS' GO ODS IN KE NTON, OHIO 



We handle a most complete line of G. B. Lewis 

 Go's e'oods at their regular factory prices. Dove- 

 tailed HIVES. SECTIONS 'all kinds), 

 SMOKERS. VEILS-in fact everything for 

 the bee-keeper. Send 10 cents for B-Pranks. 

 an amusing and instructive little pamphlet, or, 

 it will be sent free for the names and addresses 

 of 6 bee keepers. 



Lewis Makes the Finest Supplies — 

 We Sell Them. 



Wholesale and Retail. Send for Catalog. 

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HEADQUARTERS FOR 



G. B. Lewis Go's B-WARE, 

 Dadant's Foundation. 



We can serve you quick and save you 

 freight and express charg-es. Send us 

 your BEESWAX tu exchange for other 

 goods. Send for our Catalog*. 



LOUIS HANSSEN'S SONS. 



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alsike clover produces as much honey as any 

 plant grown in this region, and the honey is 

 of the same quality as that of white clover. It 

 is a fine pasture grass, and produces about 

 twice the forage both for stock and bees as 

 does the white clover. It is very hardy, does 

 not easily winterkill, will produce a good 

 crop of hay on wet or medium land, and may 

 be sown at any time when the land can be 

 worked. It produces lots of seed, and con- 

 sequently the seed is cheap. It is of a dark 

 green color, and is very small. 



As compared to alfalfa, it produces all the 

 time, whereas alfalfa has seasons. Sweet 

 clover is slow in starting, and after it blos- 

 soms is not good for hay. Buckwheat has a 

 short season, and the honey is of a poor 

 quality. Basswood has a short season, and in 

 a prairie country is almost out of the ques- 

 tion. So I might say that white clover is the 

 only plant which may be compared with 

 alsike, but while it is equal in some respects 

 it will produce only about one-half as much 

 honey per acre, and not one-third as much 

 hay. Therefore, I would give alsike clover 

 first place as an all-around grass for honey, 

 hay and pasture. R. A. Morqan. 



Clay Co., So. Dak. 



Prospects for a Good Season 



Bees have wintered splendidly here with 

 very little loss. Prospects are good all along 

 the line. The weather is fine; everything in 

 the fruit and vegetable line is growing and 

 blooming, and if the weather continues good 

 we will have the best and earliest spring in 

 years I look for a good season for honey, as 

 white clover is coming on fine. I have 160 

 colonies to start with. W. S. Feeback. 



Nicholas Co., Ky., April 3. 



Bees Wintered Well— Dry Weather 



My bees wintered well. I have 30 colonies 

 that are good and strong, and one that is 

 somewhat weak, but I thinlf it will pull 

 through. I lost one during the winter. 

 Fruil-blossoms will be out in a few days, bar- 

 ring cold weather. The bees have been gath- 

 ering pollen for about 3 weeks from elm, box- 

 elder, and cotton-wood, with occasionally a 

 day they could not fly because of the cold. It 

 is quite cold to-day with north wind. Ice is 

 on water in tanks or pails out-doors this 

 morning. 



Bees in this locality came through the win- 

 ter in pretty good condition with not more 



HONE Y= JARS. 



For a limited time we offer No.2S Honey-Jars, 

 porcelain cover, metal screw cap, holding one 

 pound of honey net, one gross in case complete 

 in 5 gross lots, $4.00 per gross; less quantities, 

 $4 50 per gross, fo.b. New York. If jou waul 

 to secure some, let us know at once. 



HILDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



265 &. 267 GREENWICH ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. 



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QUEENS ITALIAN QUEENS 



BY RETURN MAIL.: " 



Try Taylor's 3 banded leatfaer-colored and 5- 

 banded Golden Queens — the best honej-^ather- 

 e rers in America. Untested, 75c each, or }8 per 

 d' zen; tested, $1, or $10 per dozen; select tested, 

 $1.50 each; breeders, the best, $3 each. I have 

 been breeding queens it r 17 yearp, and I know 

 what a good queen is. No small qneens sent 

 out. I guarantee safe delivery. Send your or- 

 ders to J. W. TAYLOR, Ozan, Ark. 



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E.E. LAWRENCE, DONIPHAN, MO 



(box 28), breeder of 



Fine Italian Queen Bees 



Orders booked now and filled 

 in rotation. Send for price-list. 



Queens, Bee - Supplies, 



Honey, etc., in exchange 



for Flower and Garden 



Machine, Rifle and Cart- 



Wanted 



Seeds, Books, Gas 



ridges. Silverware, Bicycle, Microscope, etc. 

 ISAlt C. W. UNQER. Taftvllle, Conn. 



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