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Dec 20, 1906 



American Bee Journal 



Long, Goodftd vertisina 



27 years ago bee-keepers were sur- 

 prised by the first Patent 

 Bee-Smoker. 



Bingham's Patented 

 Smoker 



Improvements 



Are dated 1878, 1882, 1892 and 1903. 



6 percent Discount for October 



orders. 



Any number, any size, copper or tin, 

 delivered any time. 



T. F. BINGHAM 



Farwell, Hich. 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mall for 

 but 75 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.50. It 1* 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding is necei 

 sary. 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



334 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



ITALIAN QUEENS S. G. Bolt Orpingtons 



Too late to deliver them ? Yes ! Bat not too 

 late to begin to get ready for next 

 spring ! I give personal attention to cor- 

 respondence. My queens are guaranteed. 

 Write at once to 



ROBERT B. McCAIN, 



2Atf OSWEGO. ILL. RD. 1. 



Mention Bee Journal when writing. 



THE AMERICAN FOOD LABORATORY 



E. N. Eaton, M.Sc, Chemist. 

 4 years State Chemist, Minnesota. 



6 years State Analyst, Illinois. 

 1235-1248 Caxton Building. 



334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. 

 Samples of Honey analyzed. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. 



Wi Sell Root's Goods in Michigan 

 Let us quote you prices on Sections, Hives, 

 Foundation, etc., as we can save yon time and 

 freight. Beeswax Wanted lor Cash. 



M. H. HUNT 4 SON. 



Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich 



Mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Do Not Burn «s *s 



Send it to me. and get vour cash. 

 r ARCMIE L. COaQSBALL. Oroton, N.Y. 



51A4t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



I have been breeding Buff Orpingtons for 

 several years, and have striven to improvs 

 the stock every year. Have now some fine 

 Cockerels which I will sell for $1.50 each. 

 EDWIN BEVINS 



SlAtf LEON, IOWA. 



Mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Bcir§dinS in Second-hand 



Machinery # Tanks 



1 Steam Pump. 



1 Large Butter-Mixer. 



1 100-gal. Churn. 

 1 16-ft. bbl. Skids. 



2 Wooden Vats— S to 16-ft. long, each. 

 50ft. Heavy 1-iD. Hose. 



METAL TANKS 

 75-gal.. 300-gal. (metal with wood-jacket), 

 400-gal. and 500-gal. 

 For particulars, address, 



H. M. ARND, 



191 Superior St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing; advertisers. 



WANTED TO BUY AT TOP PRICES 



WHITE CLOVER HONEY, both Comb and Extracted. 



If you have any write at once, saying how much you have, how it is put up, and your 

 lowest price, and all about it, in first letter. 



C. M. Scott & Co., Bee-Keepers' Supplies, Incubators, Brooders, Etc. 



29Atf 



Catalog Free 



1004 East Wash. Street, niHA^'APOUK, IIM». 



'In every country the successful aflyertiser is tie continuous ateta. 



The Bee-Hive Clock 



With the 



A $4.00 CLOCK FOR $2.50 

 American Bee Journal L^or Only $3.00 



We have originated and had made specially 

 for our readers, a bronzed-metal Clock, called 

 " The Bee-Hive Clock." It is lOJf inches 

 wide at the base, 9% inches high, and deep 

 enough at the base to 6tand firmly on a man- 

 tel or elsewhere. It is a beautiful piece of 

 work, and would be both ornamental and 

 very useful in any house, and particularly in 

 a bee-keeper's home. 



The Clock part itself is warranted for 3 

 years to keep good time. So it is no play- 

 thing, but a beautiful and needful article for 

 everyday use. 



Clocks like " The Bee-Hive Clock " usually 

 sell in the stores at from $4.00 to $5.00 each, 

 but having them made for us in quantities 

 enables us to offer them at $2.50 each by ex- 

 press, or with the American Bee Journal a 

 year— both for only $3 00. Either Clock or 

 Journal would make an ideal gift. 



How to get "The Bee-Hive Clock" 

 FREE 



Send us 5 New Subscribers to the 



Weekly American Bee Journal for one year, 

 at $1.00 each, and we will fend vou this beau- 

 tiful " Bee-Hive Clock" FREE (excepliDg 

 express charges). Or, send us 4 New Sub. 

 scribers (at $1.00 each) and 50 cents— $4 50 

 in all. Or, 3 New Subscribers (at $1.00 

 each) and $1.00—14.00 in all. Or, 3 New 

 Subscribers (at $1.00 each) and $1.50— 

 $3.50 id all. 





Only $2.50. f.o.b. Chicago, by Express. 



Weight, with packing, about 4 pounds. 



What Dr. Miller Thinks of the 

 Bee Hive Clock 



Busily ticking away, in the room where I 

 am sitting, stands a genuine bee-keeper's 

 clock (please understand that the word " gen- 

 uine " belongs to the clock and not to the 

 bee-keeper) .or, as the legend upon the clock 

 has it, "The Ben-Hive Clock." I don't know 



whether the idea of getting up such a clock 

 was conceived in the brain of the Editor of 

 the American Bee Journal, or whether he got 

 it elsewhere, but the wonder is that such a 

 thing was not thought of long before. 



Setting aside all idea of its association with, 

 the business of a bee-keeper, there is a pecu- 

 liar appropriateness in having the minutes 

 a jd the hours " told off " in a case represent- 

 ing the home of the busy little workers. The 

 glance at the clock, with its ceaseless tick, 

 tick, tick, tick, can not fail to remind one 

 that the flying moments must be improved 

 now or be forever lost, and that suggestion is 

 reinforced by the thought of the never ceas- 

 ing activity of the little denizens of the bive, 

 always busy, busy, busy, working from morn 

 till night and from night till morn, working 

 unselfishly for the generations to come, and 

 literally dying in the harness. 



Let us be thankful that the form of theold- 

 fashioc ed straw hive or skep was adopted, and 

 not that of any modern affair, patented or 

 unpatented. The latter smacks of commer- 

 cialism, but the former of solid comfort, for 

 no other form of hive has ever been devised 

 that contributes so fully to the comfort and 

 welfare of a colony of bees as does the old- 

 fashioned straw-hive. It appeals, too, to one's 

 artistic sense as can no angular affair of more 

 modern times. A6 an emblem of industry, 

 artists have always used— probably always 

 will use — the old straw skep. 



Thanks, Mr. Editor, for furnishing us a. 

 time-keeper so appropriate for all, and espe- 

 cially for bee-keepers. C. C. Miller. 



Address aii orders to GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



