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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



173 



ONOE IN A LIFETIME i 



is often enough to do Komo thiiiKra if done 

 properly in tlie first place. To build a ICey- 

 stono I'euce \a aoiup tho thlnj? right in tlip 

 beginning. 25 to SS int'hes hiprh. For tho 

 farju, lavni, ^lark and cemetery. Our 



catalo{|iie contains convincing nrj^ument^ 



KEYSTONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 



No. ;> Kiisli St., Peoria. lU. 



•5> MONEY Saved is Money Gained. -S- 



THE ROYAL UiMON 



Life lusiiraiice Company 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Iowa Policy 



Is one that dcfluitely promises lo keep an 

 accurate account with j-ou ; credit your 

 premiums and Interest, charge the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remaluinfr funds subject to your order. 

 AsEeiilH AVaiilpd. 



JOHN B. KING, General Aqent, 

 Suite 513 First Nafl Bank Bld>, 

 20Atf CHICAGO, ILb. 



RIR MONEY IK POULTRY 



llPt^t SiOL-k and Incubators if conducted 

 i.ncordint; lo "The Chautauqua 

 f Guide to Big Profits" jusi out and 



I sent pOHlpaid with our IbOT Catalot-ue 

 for4c to help I'.'iy postage, etc. Best eirKft 

 nnd stock cost no more if fiurchased of 

 tj'-. you can then sell your product to 

 Lu-;.Tnd I lii-oi^andtt others for hii:Ii fancy prices. 

 ,:\Ve uwn :iiXi ncree most eleL-imtly adaoted to 

 -poultry. CHAUTAUQUA POULTRY & 

 PET STOCK FARM, Box i: KE?-JNEDY,N.Y 

 7 Al 3 Meiition the American Bee Journal, 



Our '97 Cataloff 



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Apiarian Supplies, Bees, Etc. 



Is yours for the asking. 



It Is full of Information. f^~ Write for It. 



I. J. STRIKOHA3I, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK, N.T. 



Apiary— Glen Cove. L. I. 



Our Prices 



ARE WORTH 

 LOOKING AT 



NEW CHAMPION CHAFF HIVE 



especially. All other Supplies accordingly. 

 Send for Catalog and Price-Liat. Address, 



R. H. SCHMIDT & CO., 



48Atf Box IS", Shkbdygak. Wis. 



Mention the A.mcrlciin liceJoui'iiaU 



yi^! Beeswax 



For all the Good, Pure Yello-w 



BeeS'wax delivered to our office till 

 further notice, we will pay -i cents per 

 pound, CASH ; or 2S cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee .Journal, 

 Honey, Books or Seed, that we offer. If 

 ;ou want cash, promptly, for your 

 Beeswax, send it on at once. Impure 

 wax not taken at any price. Address as 

 follows, very plainly, 



GEO. W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan st. , CHICAGO, LLL. 



honey, and explained my guarantee of 

 ])urity, etc., 1 don't have to do so any 

 more. And as u natural consequence. I 

 cannot produce enough to supply my trade. 



On page 98, Mr. R C. Aikiu corupares the 

 cost of comb and extracted honey, and he 

 says; " Root li!,ls uncapping knives at TO 

 cents, uncapping cans at $7. and extractors 

 at various prices; also buckets, strainers," 

 etc. Well. I am inclined to think that he 

 could have said: 'To commence produc- 

 ing extracted honey it will cost thus and 

 so," for it takes just the same utensils to 

 produce .50 gallons of extracted honey as 

 iiOO gallons, but of course more storage is 

 needed, and more is required to harvest the 

 larger amount. 



But what I mean is this; All the heaviest 

 cost of producing extracted honey falls on 

 the first lot, be it .">o or 500 gallons. And 

 comb honey costs just the same, year after 

 year, unless the price of supplies should 

 vary. 



So, .I'ust taking Mr. Aikin's statement as 

 correct in the other details (which I admit), 

 it must be considered as an extra good 

 article, well worth attention. 



I am very sorry the two Unions did not 

 unite, as I am in line with the new Union's 

 work of prosecuting adulterators. 



J. A. Bearden. 



Lincoln Co., Tenn., March 1. 



Apparently in Good Condition. 



1 bought a colony of bees in April. S'Jj. 

 and now I have seven, all but one appar- 

 ently in good condition. I packt them last 

 fall on the summer stands for winter, and 

 without any advice or special knowledge. 

 I think I have them pretty secure, as a few 

 days ago all but one showed up nicely while 

 flying around the hives. I have three 

 I.angstroth hives, and ithe others are in the 

 Hubbard hive. D. W. Will. 



Somerset Co., Pa.. Feb. 27. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I would not lose one copy of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. I depend upon it a great 

 deal. 



My bees are in good condition, and I ex- 

 pect a good crop this year. 



ROBT. WrLLIAMSOS. 



Choctaw :\.. Ind. Ter., March i. 



Wintering Well So Far. 



My bees are wintering well, so far. I 

 have lost one colony out of 103 here at 

 home. I have not visited the other yards. 

 The American Bee Journal is a welcome 

 visitor. Geo. P. Taylor. 



Wyoming Co., Pa.. March 6. 



Report for 1896. 



I put 39 colonies into the cellar last fall, 

 and in 1896 took about 000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted and 4tX< pounds of comb honey from 

 18 colonies, spring count. I like the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal verj- much, and would not 

 like to be without it. J. H. Miller. 



Ramsey Co., Minn., March 8. 



Taking Bees Out of Trees. 



First, prepare a carrying box of light 

 wood, that will hold four or five frames. It 

 should be deeper than the hive to which 

 they belong, to give room for the bees. 

 Allow two inches for each frame. Instead 

 of rabbets for the fiames to rest on, nail 

 strips across the ends, with notches cut in for 

 the frames to rest in ; nail one strip across 

 the center below, notcht. for the frames to 

 rest in. to preventtheirsagging orswinging 

 about. Notch a strip to lit down on the 

 frames, to be held in place by the lid when 

 screwed down. 



There must be a false bottom-piece to 

 each frame with strips of tin tackt onto 

 each side at the end. projecting forward '4 

 inch, so that it can slide up and down, and 

 not swing from side to side. It must have 



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