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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 22, 



PLOW TO THE Lswn:. 



W'iW clo.f c'.n you \■.'<^\s^ t>> ii Li;.!.-*-? Cr lo 

 matter a rail fence or a barb wire fence f Did y« i* 

 ever stop to count lip your annual lots from iii '. 

 beinf^alyle to cultivate tliat strip of landf Yt^'i 

 can p!owri:rht up to tlie po>:tsof the Keyst'lK^ 

 I'Vnoe. There i^ no waste land wlien it is ii »■<!. 

 V.'.' s'-nil iri'irircT-; a. T-i-e In.o'con f«'Ticplniil''iiv-, 



KEYSTOKE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 



N'o a Kn-^h St.. r<'ori:i. III. 



•^ Money Saved is Money Gained. •^ 



THE ROYAL WM 



life Insurance Company 



DES MOINES, IOWA. 



The Iowa Policy 



Is one that deflnitely promises to keep an 

 accurate account with you ; credit your 

 premiums and Interest, charge the actual 

 expense and mortuary cost, and hold the 

 remaining funds subject to your order. 

 AeeiitM Wanted. 



RIG MONEY IN POULTRY 



(tVt Stock and Incubalm> if (.-un ducted 

 .ncordintj to "The Chautauqua 

 Guide to Big Profits " jusi oui mid 

 sent postpjaid with our lh97 Cwtiiloyue 

 for4c to htjlp I'ay postaee.etc. Best et.'t{B 

 and stock cost no more if purchased of 

 us. you can then sell your [iroduct to 

 u-* and th'^usands others for high fancy prices. 

 We own 300 acres most eletiantly adapted to 

 -=pooltry. CHAUTAUQUA POULTRY & 

 PET STOCK FARM, Box 17 KENNEDY, N.Y 

 7--\i;i MeiUion the A.merican IJnc Jout^icU, 



seotio5ts~! 



We have a lot of Sections 4!ix4i4x7 to-foot, 

 which are off in color. We wish t't close them 

 outQCiCK.so offer them at $1.50 a M. They 

 are not seconds, but are off In color— open on 

 two and three sides. 

 Cat. of Bees uird Supplies Free. 



I. J. STRIiXGIIAM, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK. N. t 



Apiary— Glen Cove. L. 1. 



QUEENS 



Smokers. Sections . 

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Aod ail A))l»Ir.in Hii|i|>li<.*K 

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with DovKTAii.Eri Boiiv ANo Sui'Eiis espe- 

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 Send for Catalog and Price- Li-.t. Address. 



B. H. SCHMIDT & CO., 



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TWO VALUES FOR ONE PRICE. 



ICvery user of I'uvri' ri'iirf (.'ct^. I nil v;i 1 iiu i n I lio 

 Wiiv (if pnilccl ion for CI 'ips and slock, Ttu-ii I In- it! 

 Is the Milt ii«l':tvt ion in haviiiK the Uvmt nrt iclt* i Iutu 

 is Ttiaile. soinothini; durable, somuihltii: that ai-iii- 

 ally adds value lo the premises. Better Ihink of 

 this. VV rile US and Invest l^iile. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



bee ahead of any in this Northern climate. 

 My last year's crop yielded me 4.5110 pounds, 

 and my bees have wintered well, and are 

 just put on the summer stands. It is the 

 first time they had a chance to fly. They 

 went to their winter quarters on Dec. 0, 

 and never had a Hip;ht until March iil, or 

 had no privilege to fly. We had two or 

 three feet of snow on the level here, and 

 they came out just us strong as if it was 

 May 1. Here are bees living in the open 

 lot just as well as it housed up. 



I bave cleaned the bottom-boards of my 

 colonies after the winter, and have not 

 found a cup of dead bees on any board. 

 Can you winter bees with any better re- 

 sults in a cellar ? ^ 7 ■' 



Will moth-balls keep away moths without 

 injury to the bees ? Thomas Collins. 



Berkshire Co., Mass., April 0. 



Sheeting Wax for Foundation. 



In reply to Dr. Miller's query in "Stray 

 Straws" of Gleanings for April 1, 1896, 

 as to why I kept so still about my process 

 for making continuous sheets of wax for 

 foundation, 1 will now say that my silence 

 has been due to the fact that a patent had 

 not been obtained on my apparatus for 

 making the sheets until recently. It is now 

 patented, and, so far as I can find, the con- 

 tinuous sheet produced by me with my 

 machine differs widely in method of mak- 

 ing and in product from any other. It is a 

 rapid worker, producing the sheet con- 

 tinuously from the melted wax. There is 

 no lapping or welding done in this process. 

 The machine is simple in construction, 

 easily operated, either by band or steam 

 power, and the price is within the reach of 

 any supply dealer. 



I have about 200 colonies of bees in the 

 cellar at present. The loss of bees in this 

 vicinity has been quite heavy, owing to a 

 shortage of stores last season. 



Tnos. Evans. 



Allamakee Co., Iowa, April 1. 



Tennessee Bee-Keeping'. 



It is a very good thing that one man 

 doesn't know it ail. I find on page 204, an 

 article entitled " Tennessee Bee-Keeping," 

 telling how bees are kept along the 

 Smoky mountains. I remember well an 

 article I wrote to the Bee Journal about 

 getting the bee-keepers of East Tennessee 

 to organize into an association ; and lo, 

 when I wrote it, in a short time I found out 

 that I was about two years behind the 

 times. I found out that the East Tennessee 

 Bee-Keepers' Association was organized, 

 and was holding annual meetings. So you 

 see I did not know it all, and I was about 

 two years behind time. 



Now the article referred to seems to in- 

 sinuate that their is not a practical bee- 

 keeper along the Smoky mountains. I have 

 been keeping liee.^ in those mountains about 

 seven years, and I am not the first. Sam 

 Wilson commenced keeping bees here in 

 1S7S, and they were not in log nor plank 

 gums — they were in movable-frame hives, 

 and he made a success of it, producing tons 

 of honey, tho he is out of the business now. 



I have some Italian bees, too, and they 

 are in as good a hive as there is made, and 

 in as good condition for a honey crop, if it 

 comes. How many practical bee-men there 

 are along the Smoky mountains I am not 

 able to say. 



I have at present about 80 colonies of 

 bees. The time is now at hand when I 

 have to begin my work for the summer. 

 Fruit is blooming, in a few days huckle- 

 berry will be in bloom, and before it is over 

 the main boney-flow will be on from the 

 poplar, which is now getting green. Then 

 we have the basswood next, which comes 

 in June, and about the first of July we 

 have the sourwood, which continues to 

 bloom about three weeks. 



I see occasionally some one says some- 

 thing about poisonous honey. While some 

 think there is no such honey, there are 

 ethers that know there is honey that is 

 poisonous; and they know it comes from 



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44 A^6t Mention the American Dee Joumal> 



TO REDUCE STOCK ! 



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On all Kinds of Supplies 



TILL APRIL 15tli. 



f^" Ortlere amoiinllnir to $5 or uiote will be 

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