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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Junes 1905 



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Discount for Earlu Orders 



We carry a larg-e stock and 

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 read description of Alterna- 

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AGENCIES.— Trester Sapply Co.» Lincoln,NeD.; Shugart & Ouren, Council Bluffs, Iowa; 

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



w. Houston St., San Antonio, Tex. KRETCHMER MFG. CO., Red Oak, lowa. 



DiuniBr's F ounflaiion is tii6 Best. 



Send for Catalog, Samples and Disconnts, and judge for yourself. 1904 output, 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 Dutmer's Foundation. 



GUS DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



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of Lewis' B-Ware come to our city for distri- 

 bution. We carry a large stoclt which enables 

 us to make immediate deliveries. We invite 

 your inquiries for prices, Catalog, etc. 



Louis Hanssen's Sons 



Davenport, lowa. 



The Rietsche Press 



Made of artificial stone. Practically inde- 

 structible, and giving entirely satisfactory re- 

 sults. Comb foundation made easily and 

 quickly at less than half the cost of buying 

 from the dealers. Price of Press, $1.50— cash 

 with order. Address, 



ADRIAN GETAZ, 



44Atf KNOXVII/LE, TENN. 



t^"J.G. Goodner, of this State, writes me that 

 he "prefers to pay $25 for a Rietsche Press than 

 do without it."— A. G. 

 Please mention See Journal "when ■wrriting. 



r Wisconsin Basswood Sections 

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 THE nARSHFIELD HANUFACTURINQ CO., riarshfleld, Wis. 



G. B. Lewis Co's Goods at Factory Prices 



We carry a most complete line of BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. Send for catalog. It's 

 free. Foundation Cutter free with each order, if you state where you saw this ad. 



i3Atf NORRIS & ANSPACH, Kenton, Ohio. 



to see if any one has tried it. I have used it 

 3 seasons now and it worlcs well with me. It 

 saves lots of worls, and, with variations that 

 will occur to any one, does the job of shook 

 swarming without shaiting. The essential of 

 the plan is using the bee-escape board to get 

 all the field-bees into the old colony, and as 

 many young ones as may be desired. 



Turner Buswell. 

 Somerset Co., Maine, May 22. 



Bees Working in Decoy Hives 



That afterthought on page 376 has made me 

 do quite a bit of thinking. At first blush I 

 was inclined to think that the chance to do 

 something at cleaning out a decoy hive would 

 make the bees more willing to accept it ; but 

 the more 1 think about it the less inclination 

 I have in that direction. The sentimental 

 fancy that bees are attached to a place be- 

 cause of their remembrance of hard work 

 done there is somewhat attractive, Mr. Hasty, 

 but it hasn't good wearing qualities. Of 

 course they can't '■ go and work day after day 

 in a hive where there is no work to do;" but 

 that doesn't prove that they prefer a place 

 where there is much worlc to do. If they 

 were after work, they would prefer an empty 

 hive to one filled with combs, and I have had 

 evidence that they have no such preference. 



I have had abundant opportunity to see 

 scouts at work, and it you will drop in al- 

 most any day throughout the season I'll show 

 you scouts working at hives containing empty 



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"Columbia Brand" 



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 Quality and Manufacture. 



Prices on application. 



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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. 

 flease mention Bee joumaa wliea writtny 



