1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



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walls one-half inch deep will be an abom- 

 ination. Unless I am greatly mistaken it 

 will be as great a blow to the sale of comb 

 honey as as has adulteration to the ex 

 tracted honey market. At least, let us 

 try this thing most cautioudy. I fear, too. 

 that unscrupulous men would use this 

 product even if it did injure comb honey. 

 Let us be careful what we do in this line. 

 I would not assert that artificial comb 

 could not be made having walls as thin 

 as those of natural comb, but they would 

 still be of wax: and comb honej' having 

 such a product as its base would be little 

 else than honey "done up" in tough, 

 leathery, " gobby " wax — not comb honej' 

 with its delicious, fragile, toothsome, 

 flaky comb. 



Mr. Root claims, however, that Mr. 

 Hutchinson's fears are groundless, as 

 the base of the cells is ver}- thin, and 

 that the side walls are drawn out so 

 thin by the bees that the wax can not 

 be detected when eating the honey. 



"How to Manage Bees " is a 50c 

 book for beginners in bee keeping. 

 We will send it postpaid for 25c. 



One of the meanest things that any 

 one can do is to buy goods of a firm 

 on credit, and when they have reach- 

 ed that point where they will be 

 trusted no longer, to put off paying 

 their account, and buy their goods 

 for cash elsewhere. This sort of 

 thing is done to a considerable extent 

 even among bee keepers, and we have 

 in preparation a list of some who 

 have served us in this way. 



"Successful Bee Keeping," just 

 written by W. Z. Hutchinson, will be 

 sent to anyone who requests it and 

 will enclose 5 cents in stamps. It is 

 intended especially for beginners and 

 contains much valuable information 

 to the novice. 



The scheme to amalgamate the 

 United States Bee Keepers' Associa- 

 tion and the Bee Keepers' Union, 

 which was recently put to vote, was 

 defeated by a very large majority. 

 We are pleased to note that General 

 Manager Newman was re-elected. 



Wm Grerrish, Bast Nottingham, N 

 H., keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight by ordering from him. 



If you have not received one of our 

 large illustrated catalogues and price 

 lists send us your name on a postal 

 card and we will mail you one. 



The editor of the American Bee 

 Journal has- adopted a short method 

 of spelling; for instance, "stopt" in- 

 stead of stopped, "stix" instead of 

 sticks, etc. This is a " fad " that is 

 resurrected once every generation, 

 and the sooner friend York recovers 

 from the present attack the more 

 thankful will be his subscribers. 



Read our offers to subscribers, — 

 and send in your remittances. 



Prices of Sections. 

 Prices of sections for the season of 

 1897 will remain as follows: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 1. No. 2. 



Per 100-S .50. $ .40. Per 1000 @ 13,00 $2.50. 



" 250— .S5. .75. " 2000 @ 2.85 2.35. 



" 500- 1.50. 1.25. " 3000 @ 2.75 2.25 

 5000 @ S2.50 per M. 



Large quantities will be quoted on 

 application. 



The above prices are the same as 

 will be charged by all manufacturers 

 of and dealers in first class sections. 

 Further changes of prices of supplies 

 will be found in our 1897 catalog 

 which is now ready, and will be mail- 

 ed free to anyone asking for it. 



