THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



May 



Chas. Dadaut says in April Review, 

 that the cleaning of beeswax by the 

 use of Sulphuric acid is entirely wrong 

 as it ruins all good flavor and essen- 

 tial oils, and rendering the wax more 

 brittle and less acceptable to the bees. 

 He also mentions that as soon as some- 

 one invents a machine that will make 

 foundation more regularly, satisfactory 

 than the mills he is using he will 

 agree to furnish foundation made on 

 that machine. Mr. Weed's machine 

 mentioned above will do this, and we 

 have sole control of their product. 



The weather at this writing is equal 

 to that of early June. April was un- 

 usually cold and wet during the early 

 part, in fact we were visited by several 

 heavy snow storms, but it has alto- 

 gether been very favorable for bees 

 and the outlook for another good 

 honey season is good. Notwithstand- 

 ing the dull times and scarcity of 

 money, our supply trade has been 

 fully equal to that of last season, but 

 has been made up of more foreign 

 orders than usual. 



Owing to the large amount of ad- 

 vertising received this mouth we are 

 compelled to add four extra pages, 

 which we do in the form of a supple- 

 ment. We are glad to note that ad- 

 vertisers are appreciating the value of 

 the Bee-Keeper as an advertising 

 medium. Of course there is an oc- 

 casional complaint that "it dosen't 

 pay," but usually in such cases the 

 fault is with the advertiser. Some ads 

 wont pay anywhere. 



During a part of the past mouth we 

 have found it necessary to run our 

 factory 22 hours daily, our force a 



large part of the time being consider- 

 ably over 100 men, including about 

 15 women and girls. Times are "hard" 

 and while our home trade does not 

 quite equal that of last season at this 

 time, our foreign orders have been 

 large and numerous. 



We are in receipt from the author, 

 Dr. Win. R. Howard, of a copy of his 

 treatise on Foul Brood. It is written 

 in a plain and concise manner, and 

 shows a considerable amount of re- 

 search and experimenting on the part 

 of the author. The book is published 

 by Geo. W. York & Co., Chicago. 



We send out a lar^e number of 

 sample copies this month. If you re- 

 ceive one and are not now a subscriber, 

 you can consider it an urgent invitat- 

 ion to send us 50c for a year's sub- 

 scription. 



Wm. M. Gerrish, East Nottingham, 

 N. H., will keep in stock a supply of 

 our goods this season. Our customers 

 in his part of the country will find it 

 convenient to get their supplies of him. 



We hope every bee-keeper will send 

 for a sample of our new process comb 

 foundation (ready for shipment after 

 May 15.) It is superior to any ever 

 produced heretofore. 



Since the Canadian Bee Journal 

 changed hands it has continually im- 

 proved. It is now one of the best 

 publications that we receive. 



The price of the Bingham Honey 

 Knife has been reduced to the follow- 

 ing prices : one by mail 80c, two for 

 $1.50, six for $3.50. 



