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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



April 



- Honey diluted with water is said to 

 have been administered with good ef- 

 fect to smallpox patients in Mexico. 



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. 



Florida bee keepers report active 

 business at present, with good pros- 

 pects for the season, while encourag- 

 ing accounts are coming from Cali- 

 fornia. 



"How to Manage Bees " is a 50c 

 book for beginners in bee keeping. 

 We will send it postpaid for 25c. 



It is a criminal offense in the states 

 of Michigan and Vermont to spray 

 fruit trees while in bloom. It ought 

 to be in every state. 



Read our offers to subscribers, — 

 and send in your remittances. 



LADIES BICYCLE - - - 



- - - VERY CHEAP. 



We have a Cleveland 1895 Ladies 

 Wheel in perfect condition. Used 

 but little. 26 in. wheels ; weight 

 24 lbs. , for $25.00 cash ; cost $100. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the American Bee-Keeper with 



the — PCB. PRCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journal, (51 00) 81 35 



Bee-Keeper's Review, (1 00) 1 35 



Canadian Bee.lournal, (1 00) 1 35 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, (1 00) 1 35 



Garden Seeds as Premium. 



We will send the American Bee 

 Keeper one year and a box of choice 

 garden seeds, retail value $1.60, for 

 only 60 cents. 



We take pleasure in showing to our 

 readers a photograph of Mr. Chas. H. 

 Thies, who has written for the Amer- 

 ican Bee Keeper regularly for the 

 past two years or more. Mr. Thies 

 was born in Steeleville, Randolph Co. , 

 III, in 1861, where he at present re- 

 rides. He attended the village school 

 until 22 years old and afterward took 

 a commercial course at St. Louis. 

 Mr. Thies has been for a long time 

 the junior member of the firm of John 

 H. Thies & Son, manufacturers of 

 woolen goods, until last Januar}^ 

 when Mr. J. H Thies, his father, 

 died, since then Charles has taken 

 entire charge of the business. He 

 has been township school treasurer 

 for the past 12 years. Is in religous 

 faith a Methodist. He began keep- 

 ing bees in 1880 and commenced 

 queen rearing soon after on a small 

 scale. In 1884 he began rearing 

 queens more extensively and during 

 the past three or four years has sold 

 from 800 to 1000 queens annually. 

 He breeds principally three and five- 

 banded Italians. 



