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Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



Ne^w London, 



Wisconsin, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of the Largest Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the mauufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and '\ivhitest 



BasS'WOOd is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Kasswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this firm to furnish the 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



Send for Circular and see the Prices on a Full Line of Supplies. 

 Please mention the Ameiicau Bee.Tournal. 7Atf 



FEED YOUR BEESI 



WITH EASWOOD. PROTECT THEM WITH EVERGRENS. ♦ 



100, 2 too feet SIO, loo Baswood. Seedlings, « I. DtUvered free. Other J 

 l-izL's ju.-t ns ehc.iT'. 50 * l.OO Uargains li.v mail. 51illion«i to select from. Also • 

 M'>uit Trees. Small Fruits. Vines, ete. Liberul <-iisIi (■..'inmi?sions for* 

 clubs. lUustrrttod eiitiiloKiie free. Guod loeat s^iU'.-iiun wanted. Address 4 



3. HILL, Evergreen Specialist, DUNDEE, ILL.| 



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Mention the A mcrican Bee JournaL 



Our Iew Catalogue ^^^ 



Send us your Name and Address, 



And we will take pleasure in mailing you a copy ll lIB IJ'Ij^ f 

 IT ILLUSTRATES AND DESCRIBES ALL THE 



Latest and Best Apiarian Supplies 



G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWN, WIS. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish 'Wbite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, in 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7}i cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 7 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, (iX cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. Fine Bass'wood Flavor Honey at same price ; also in 

 270-lb. barrels. 



E^" A sample of either honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for S 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



Now it seems to us here is a splendid chance for any bee-keeper to supply his 

 home demand after his own crop is all sold. Or, why not begin now to create a 

 local honey-trade ? Order one f50-pound can first, and start out among your neigh- 

 bors and friends, and see what you can do. You ought to get at least 12 cents per 

 pound in 5-pound lots, or 40 cents for 3 pounds. Some maybe able to do even 

 better than that, though we think that enough ought to be sold at these prices to 

 make a fairly paying business out of it. Give it a good trial. Push it. It may 

 grow into a nice winter's work for you. 



(lEORGE W. YOKK & CO., 118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Qerjeral licn)s^ 



Wild Parsnips. 



From a bed of parsnips planted in Iowa, 

 I used volunteers or Felf-sown parsnips for 

 more than '2il years, or until 1 removed to 

 Kansas, in lss7. and they were as good and 

 wholesome as any. Ja.mes H. Wis«. 



Hamilton Co.. Kans. 



Bees Doing' Well. 



My bees are doing well, carrying in pol- 

 len and some honey. All my colonies are 

 very strong, and have lots of stores. But 

 give me Italian bees and the American Bee 

 Journal, and I am at home. 



Howard Risuer. 



Ouachita Co.. La., March 1. 



Good Prospects for Next Season. 



Bees did a very poor business here last 

 season — very little surplus honey — but I 

 think they are wintering very well this 

 winter so far. I think the prospect is pretty 

 good for the coming season. Success to 

 the Bee Journal. S.vmlel Plory. 



Keokuk Co.. Iowa, March 1. 



Wintering Well. 



My 4.5 colonies are wintering well on the 

 summer stands. Not one colony is dead 

 yet. Bees had a flight nearly every week 

 this winter. We did not have inches of 

 snow at one time all winter. The weather 

 Is warm now, and the ground bare. 



P.iri. WUITEBREAD. 



Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb. 20. 



Everything' is Lovely. 



We have just had about 5 inches of rain 

 in as many days, making a total of about 

 1.5 inches this winter, and now everything 

 is lovely. We expect a good crop of honey, 

 and good prices through the Exchange. 



I must say that I think more of the '■ Old 

 Reliable ■■ every time I read it. I consider 

 it one of my best friends. I wish its editor 

 the greatest of success. B. S. Taylor. 



Riverside Co . Cal., Feb. 23. 



A Very Discouraging Report. 



I lost 60 colonies of bees the last three 

 years, I got some surplus the last season, 

 the first in three years, but that was only a 

 trifle. Hog cholera killed all my hogs — SO 

 odd head; then a cyclone last spring de- 

 molisht one of our farms, took all the 

 fences, etc.. and entirely destroyed the 

 house and out buildings. It took every- 

 thing I could raise to build and repair. 



I can't keep bees without the American 

 Bee Journal. L. WniTE. 



Caldwell Co.. Mo., Feb. 2G. 



The Proposed Spelling Reform. 



EniToR Yi>rk: — Is the extensive editorial 

 space in this week's (Feb. 4th) American 

 Bee Journal, devoted to the discussion of 

 the recent attempt to change the orthog- 

 raphy of the English language, a challenge 

 for a discussion of the subject in that j jor- 

 nal '. It appears to me that you need not 

 be greatly surprised if you. in the near 

 future, receive many applications for space 

 to air the peculiar and varied views of 

 many of your correspondents. 



While 1 would like to enter upon a dis- 

 cussion of the subject. I hold that a discus- 

 sion of such topics is foreign to the best in- 

 terests of the Bee Journal, especially at 

 this time, as the minds of many of our best 

 writers would be diverted from the main 

 issue, and much valuable space would be 

 filled with matter that would not help the 

 bee-keeper in his pursuit. 



Altbo I do not desire the change, why 



