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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 4. 190S 



of bees. I think we will increase to 80 this 

 year. I am going to try to ship my bees when 

 I go away. W. H. Ellis. 



Calhoun Co., Iowa, March 25. 



Bees Doing Well— Good Market for 

 Honey 



I have 13 colonies of bees, all in the cellar, 

 which seem to be getting through the winter 

 all right. They had a flight Jan. 31, and 

 seemed to be very strong ; they tried to rob 

 each other. 



Last season I secured from 7 colonies 285 

 pounds of comb honey in 4i4x43ii'xl}3 plain 

 sections. I use the 8-frame kind with gable 

 covers. 



1 am in the heart of a town of 6000 inhabi- 

 tants, and you know hew long 285 pounds of 

 nice, white honey would last in such a place. 

 1 sell all my honey at 15 and 17 cents per sec- 

 tion, and I would sell very much more if I 

 had it the whole year around. I have 2 colo- 

 nies of pure Italians, the first I ever had. I 

 am completely "struck " on them, as they are 

 very prolific. 



There are about 50 colonies of bees in this 

 town, owned by 8 different bee-keepers, so 

 you see that we do not hurt each other's busi- 

 ness. There are only two of us who take the 

 " Old Reliable." I have loaned my Bee Jour- 

 nal to some of my neighbors, and think per- 

 haps I will he able to get them to subscribe. 

 S. W. Stalet. 



Franklin Co., Pa., Feb. 27. 



Bees Wintered Well— liome-Made 

 Bee-Supplies 



I started with 4 colonies of bees 3 years 

 ago, and they stored 30O pounds of surplus 

 honey the first year, but last year they did 

 very poorly. I had 10 colonies, and secured 

 only 70 pounds of surplus honey. The bees 

 wintered well, as I lost only one colony each 

 winter. I now have 14 colonies, which I took 

 out of the cellar two weeks ago, all in good 

 condition. 



I am a common laborer and have no capital 

 to start with, so I make my own hives in my 

 spare time. I think thebeesare a poor man's 

 friend, as they can be handled with small 

 means. I have made a bee-veil out of the 

 cover of a tobacco pail and a screen. I out 

 out the center of the cover just enough to let 

 the crown of my hat through and nailed the 

 screen all around it, and sowed a thin cloth 

 on the bottom. 



I also have a little trick for nailing brood- 

 frames. I take an inch board 20 inches long 

 and 83^ inches wide, make a slide on each 

 end of the board by nailing on a pair of cleats 

 and a piece of band-iron for a spring to hold 

 in place the end-pieces of the frame. Then I 

 nail the top-bar to the top of the board. I 

 next turn the board over and nail on the bot- 

 tom. This makes the frame stiff and true. A 

 little boy can nail frames together just as 

 well as a man. This plan may help some 

 novice. A. L. Oliver. 



Benton Co., Minn., March 9. 



The Big Song Success 



" Dreaming ol that Old Kentucky 

 Home." Tremendous hit with all who hear it. 

 In order to introduce will send a copy on re- 

 ceipt of 10 cents. This ofEer good for a short 

 time only. Cut rate in music. Send for cat- 

 alog. 



THE DftNIELSON CO., Jamestown, N. Y. 



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BABNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERT 



Read what J. I. Parent, of 

 ' Charlton, N. Y., says: " We 

 cut with one of your Com- 

 ' bined Machines, last winter- 

 50 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 ICM} honey racks, 500 brood, 

 frames, 2,000 honey boxes, and 

 a trreat deal of other work. 

 This winter we have double 

 the amount of bee-hives, etc., 

 . to make, and we expect to do 

 ^' it with this Saw. It will do all 

 TOO «ay it will.'* Catalog and price-list free. 

 Address, W. F. & John Barnes, 



995 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



Yorl^ Honey JiiSi-pll 



Co. 



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We have on hand a large stock of 



Lewis' Popular Bee-Supplies 



Consisting of Hives, Sections, Shipping°Cases — 



everything used by the practical, up-to-date bee- 

 keeper. 



OitHlog- and prices on Honey on application. 

 If you want Ciiood <j!oo<ls at Factory Prices and 



Prompt Shipment, send your orders, or call on us. 



BEESWAX WANTED— 28c cash, or 30c when taking- 

 Bee-Supplies in exchange — delivered here. 



Read This and do it (|iikk 



The Modern Farmer, 



Agricultural Epitomist, 



Green's Fruit Grower, 



The Mayflower, and 



Ten Beautiful Bulbs, 



All One Year, 50 cents. 



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 Address, 



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Otisvillk, 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 

 good enough for me. I thank the editor of Re- 

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

 duced me to get mine. Frbd Fodnbr. 



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VIRGINIA QUEENS Ifrc^Jtr.iryV^ri 



of careful selection from red-clover queens and 

 superior stock obtained from W. Z Hutchittson. 

 Untested queens, 7Sc; after June IS, 60c; tested 

 queens, $1.0fl; after June 15, "Sc; selected tested 

 queens, $1 25; after June IS, $1.00. Write postal 

 card for circular. CHAS. KOEPPEN, 

 n\2tit Fredericksburg, Va. 



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He will furnish at same prices as last year: 

 Tested, $1; Untested. "Sc; 6 for $3.25; 10 for 

 S6 ; 15 for $8.25 ; 25 for $12.50 ; 100 for $45. Ho 

 breeds Goldens, Carniolans and 3-Band Ital- 

 ians. Also 1, 2, and 3 frame Nuclei, and full 

 colonies. Prices given on application. Pharr 

 pays the freight, and guarantees satisfaction 

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