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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 25. 190S 



York Honey ^I^pIly- Co. 



(Not incorporated— Successors to The York Honey Co.) 



141 & 143 



Ontario Street, 



CHICAGO, 

 ILL. 



5 short city blocks north 



of the C. &N.W. R.R. 



passenger station. 



H. M. Abnd, Manager. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



LEWIS' GOODS IN CHICAGO. 



Best and most direct Shipping Point 

 in the World. 



We have on hand a large stock of 



Lewis' Popular Bee-Snpplies 



Consisting of Hives, Sections, Shipping-Cases— 



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

 keeper. 



Catalog: and prices on Honey on application. 

 If you want 6oo<l Ooods at Factory Prices and 



Prompt Siiipnient, send your orders, or call on us. u 



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

 Bee-Supplies in exchange — delivered here. 



Langstroth on me 

 mm Honey-Bee 



Revised by Da dant— L atest 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 SOO 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. 

 Each 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 $] .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 T)earborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL 



MountUnionCoileoe 



Open to both sexes from the begin- 

 ning. Founded in 1846. Highest grade 

 scholarship. First-class repntation. 2S 

 Instructors. Alumni and students occu- 

 pying highest positions in Church and 

 State. Expenses lower than other col- 

 leges of equal grade. Any young person 

 with tact and energy can have an educa- 

 tion. We invite correspondence. Send 

 for catalog. 



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 AUiaace, Ohio. 



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 when writing Advertisers. 



QUEENS ITALIAN QUEENS 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



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

 banded Golden Queens — the best honey-gather- 

 erers in America. Untested, 75c each, or fS per 

 dozen; tested, $1, or $10 per dozen; select tested, 

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

 been breeding queens for 17 yearp, and I know 

 what a good queen is. No small queens sent 

 out. I guarantee safe delivery. Send your or- 

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



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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 

 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. Fred Fodner. 



THE ELGIN HIVE 



That's the hive which can be knocked 

 down and put up by any one in a few 

 minutes. No nails or dovetails needed. 

 Iron attachment holds the same to- 

 gether perfectly air tight, and keeps it 

 Irom warping. Send for Circular. Ad- 

 dress, a. H. KIENZLE. 

 E. end Kimball St. Bridge, Elgin, III. 



from any disease. This has been my expe- 

 rience tor 20 years. 



One year in Pierce Co., Wis., I lost my bees 

 in the cellar ; they were smothered to death. 

 In the winter of 1903-04 I lost over 100 colo- 

 nies from no disease, but from freezing and 

 starving, as I bought them alter they were 

 prepared for winter, and did not know they 

 had been robbed of stores. The past winter 

 I kept only 35 colonies. When 1 took them 

 out of the cellar they all seemed to be in tine 

 condition. After they had been out about a 

 week I noticed a lot of bees of one of the col- 

 onies were dead. I opened the hive and found 

 they had nothing to eat. I gave them honey, 

 which cured the disease in 5 minutes. I be- 

 lieve it is with bees as with other animals — 

 they must have good care and plenty of stores 

 to winler safely through the severe winters 

 we have in Minnesota. 



I know of a farmer that drove his cattle out 

 to a rotten straw-stack every day in the cold- 

 est weather. Late in the winter a lot of them 

 died, then he wrote to the State veterinarian 

 to find out what kind of disease they had, 

 when they actually starved to death 1 1 think 

 that is the trouble with some bee-keepers. 

 They write to find out what is the matter with 

 their bees when the only trouble is that they 

 are freezing or starving to death. 



Nels Christensen. 



Crow Wing Co., Minn., April 24. 



Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Severe Winter— Honey to Displace 

 Other Sweets 



The past winter was very severe here in 

 Southern Missouri. We had snow for two 

 months, and the season seems to be two weeks 

 later than usual. Bees gathered the first pol- 

 len on March 23, and last year it was March 

 7. We did not have much of a honey-flow 

 last year — the spring was too wet and rainy — 

 but as I belong to the Bee Journal school and 

 family, I secured from 12 colonies §25 worth 

 of section honey and S gallons of extracted 

 for family use. I don't know how the com- 

 ing summer will be, but I think it may not be 

 any worse. 



This is a timber country. I believe every 

 farmer could keep at least a few colonies of 

 bees for home use. That would teach them 

 to get used to honey instead of sorghum, 

 which most people use nowadays as a sweet. 

 To create a greater demand for honey I be- 

 lieve there should bea start made on the farm. 



In a country across the Ocean there are peo- 

 ple who use no other sweet than honey. It 

 is a small country in Bulgaria. Sugar is not 

 found in the stores anywhere. Farmers or 

 peasants bring honey to town and trade it for 

 what they need. Every farmer, teacher, and 

 preacher keeps from 15 colonies up, accord- 

 ing to the size of his farm. The people are 

 very much interested in bees, and raise sweet 

 clover, which produces the most honey there. 



I believe the farmers and bee-keepers in this 

 country would do well if they would try more 

 of the clovers like alsike, alfalfa, etc., which 

 will increase the honey-flow. 



I make my own hives, as the freight charges 

 are too high to have anything shipped. I buy 

 only sections. 



1 wish the American Bee Journal many new 

 subscribers. John Zieka. 



Texas Co., Mo., April 35. 



Queen-Clipping Device Free! 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clippiti_' 

 Device Is a fine thing for use ia 

 catching and clipping Queens' 

 wings. It is used by many bee- 

 keepers. Full printed directions 

 sent with each one. We mail it for 

 25 cents; or will send it FREE as 

 a premium for sending us One 

 , New subscriber to the Bee Journal 

 |for ayear at $1.00; or for ?1.10 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal one year 

 and the Clipping Device. Address, 

 aEORQB W. YORK & CO., 



- CHICAGO. ILL. 



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 when writing advertisers. 



