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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



ana). We know nothing of its honey- 

 producing value more than what Mr. 

 Shelton states. It could not, in all prob- 

 bability, be grown in the North as it is 

 too " warm blooded." Do our readers 

 know anything more of it? 



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E^° Since our last issue, we have spent 

 a few days with the Apiarists of Kane 

 county, Ills. We found them in good 

 spirits, with favorable prospects for large 

 increase and heavy yields of surplus. To 

 our friends, George Thompson, of Geneva, 

 and J. M. Marvin, of St. Charles, we are 

 indebted for an excellently arranged pro- 

 gramme well carried out, by which we (the 

 trio) visited nearly all the bee-keepers of 

 that county, and inspected their apiaries. 

 With Eugene Otis, of Batavia, and J. Oat- 

 man & Co., of Dundee, we spent a very 

 pleasant time. At St. Charles we met 

 friend Wheeler, editor of the St. Charles 

 Leader. As a county newspaper the Leader 

 is a PRODIGY — and shows what earnest men 

 can do in that line — though but few ever 

 reach one-fourth of its proud success ! 



|[t^"A bee-keeper of Northern Illinois 

 says that king birds do not eat bees — that 

 he has watched them, and has often seen 

 them catch the bees, suck out their honey, 

 and then spit out the bee itself He avers 

 that it is the honey only that they are after. 

 Let others who have watched them send 

 us the result of their observations. 



Hill's Winter Hive is on exhibition 

 at our office ; so arranged that the cap or 

 cover in winter may set down entirely over 

 the hive, thus making a double walled 

 hive for out-door wintering. In the sec- 

 tion boxes for surplus is a neat device for 

 starters. The upper bar of the frame or 

 section has a slit about three inches in 

 length cut through by a very fine circular 

 saw, and a thin plate of wax is let down 

 into this, and the upper part melted down 

 to hold it in place. Also 



Hill's Honey Extractor. The frame 

 is made of gas pipe, so the entire machine 

 weighs only 12 pounds. It has only three 

 legs, so will not rock on uneven ground. 



Pearody's Extractor stands in our 

 office, and we have had one of these in use 

 for years. For anything we can see, the 

 one we have is just as good as the day we 

 got it. It is easily cleaned, as the wire 

 cloth frame lifts out, and the rest is as 

 easily cleaned as a wash boiler. The price 

 has been reduced to $10.00. 



Secure a Choice Queen. 



We will hereafter send a choice tested 

 Italian queen as a premium, to any one 

 who will send us five subscribers to the 

 American Bee Journal, with $10.00. 

 This premium, which gives a $5.00 queen 

 for five subscribers, will pay any one for 

 taking some trouble to extend the circula- 

 tion of the American Bee Journal. 

 Premium queens will in every case be 

 warranted. 



To Poultry Men. — For two subscrib- 

 ers and $4, in advance, we will send post- 

 paid, a copy of A. J. Hill's work on 

 "Chicken Cholera," as a premium. See 

 his advertisement in this number. Those 

 wishing this premium must mention it 

 when sending their subscriptions. 



pW Those having anything of interest 

 to bee-keepers are invited to send a sam- 

 ple for exhibition in our office. Send de- 

 scription and directions for using, and also 

 give us prices. 



Hives. — We have made arrangements 

 so that we can supply Hives of any kind, 

 and in any quantity, on the shortest no- 

 tice — either complete or ready to nail to- 

 gether. 



Comb Foundation for sale at this office, 

 as well as hives, extractors, and other 

 apiarian supplies, at the regular market 

 prices. 



When your time runs out, if you do 

 not wish to have the American Bee 

 Journal continue its visits, just di'op us 

 a Postal Card, and say so — and we will 

 stop it instanter. If you do not do this, 

 you may rest assured that it will be sent 

 on regularly. Let all " take due notice 

 and govern themselves accordingly." 



Send Postage Stamps: — As silver 

 takes the place of fractional currency, 

 and something convenient to enclose in 

 letters for small amounts is needed, we 

 suggest postage stamps of 1 cent and 3 

 cent denominations. If folded carefully 

 to about the size of the envelope, they 

 will come even more securely than cur- 

 rency, and our business demanding large 

 amounts of stamps, will render them as 

 acceptable to us as fractional currency. 



