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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



February 



Grand Offer to Subscribers. 



We will send the Bee-Keeper 6 

 months, and a box of seeds contain- 

 ing 12 different packages of garden 

 seeds and 3 papers of Flower 

 seeds (value $1.40) for onl}^ 60c post- 

 paid or the Bee-Keeper one year and 

 all the seeds for 75c. Or we will 

 send the Bee-Keeper 6 months and a 

 copy of How to Manage Bees (price 

 50c) for 50c. The Bee-Keeper 1 year 

 and the book for 60c. Remit in 

 postage stamps. 



The Porter Spring Escape. 



There is a prevailing idea that if a 

 sample copy of a newspaper or maga- 

 zine is taken from the postoffice it 

 makes the person receiving it liable 

 for the subscription price of same. 

 This is entirely erroneous. Any one 

 receiving a periodical after the term 

 of subscription has expired cannot be 

 compelled to pay for it, but should of 

 course notify the publisher that the 

 paper was no longer wanted. 



Read the great offer on the red sup- 

 plement. The Celebrated Falcon 

 Sections almost give away. 



We have several copies of the 

 pamphlet " Giant Bees of India" by 

 Frank Benton, and will mail a copy 

 to any one for 5 cents. 



A great many sample copies of 

 this number will be sent to former 

 subscribers, customers and friends 

 and we hope that many who receive 

 them will send in their subscription. 



We will send the American Bee- 

 Keeper one year with the Cosmopol- 

 itan for .$1.25. The Cosmopolitan is 

 a monthly magazine containing an 

 average of over 100 pages and 80 il- 

 lustrations each month. 



The above illustration shows the 

 new Porter Spring Escape for honey 

 room windows. It is a modification of 

 the well known Porter Bee Escape, 

 which is now universally used by bee- 

 keepers, The top or oval part is perfor- 

 ated along the edges so that it can be 

 readily tacked to the casing or window 

 frame. The body is made of perforat- 

 ed tin to admit light and its open end 

 is extended into a cone to prevent 

 robbers from crawling into the sides 

 of the springs and interferriug witli 

 the bees passing out, which would oc- 

 cur if it were left open the full width. 



The interior part is reversed in po- 

 sition from the regular Bee Escape. 

 The springs used are somewhat broad- 

 er and are set slightly more open. 



To apply these escapes to the win- 

 dow, merely make J or |- inch holes 

 through the screen wire at the upper 

 corners, or if you do not wish to injure 

 the wire cloth remove the tacks from 

 the corners and turn the cloth down 

 until triangular holes of corresponding 

 size are found, and then tack the es- 

 capes in a virtical position over these 

 openings so the bees can pass through 

 them into the escapes. 



In case the window is provided with 

 an escape made by extending the wire 

 cloth above, close the bee escape with 

 a strip flush with the top of the win- 

 dow and proceed as before. 



A thorough trial of these escapes 

 has proven that they meet all require- 

 ments and that they are a perfect 

 device for the purpose. 



