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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



283 



Qer^cral Ugjt^s. 



Good Outlook— Fly-Paper. 



I have "16 colouies of bees in very Rood 

 condition. 1 had (iO in the fall, but some 

 were not very strong, and I have been 

 doubling up. 'i'bey comiueufed to bring in 

 pollen Feb. ITi. The outlook for a honey 

 harvest is good. 



Was there a reoipe publisht in the Bee 

 Journal telling how to make flypaper ; I 

 have lookt all day through the back num- 

 bers, and have failed to find it. I want tly- 

 paper to catch roaches and wasps. They 

 are very numerous here and troublesome. 

 (Hev.) James G. Tetek. 



McMin Co., Tenu., April 1. 



[In 1S'.)4, we publisht the following direc- 

 tions for making fly-paper, which first ap- 

 peared in the Progressive Bee-Keeper, from 

 the pen of the late Mrs. A. L. Hallenbeck ;— 

 Editor.] 



Take one pint castor-oil; ^^ pint of honey, 

 and I'o pounds of resin. Heat the oil and 

 honey together; when hot. add the resin; 

 stir till all is dissolved and thoroughly 

 mixt. Spread on paper, and place where 

 flies congregate. It makes no mess, and all 

 flies stick fast. Two sheets of paper may 

 be placed together, and when wanted, 

 pulled apart by warming a little by the fire. 

 It will not dry up for a long time. Enough 

 may be prepared at a time to last all the 

 season. The preparation can be kept in 

 any covered dish, and used when wanted. 



Experience in Shipping- Honey. 



Years ago I shipt 1.000 pounds of honey 

 by freight to a commission house. A few 

 days after 1 received a letter that the honey 

 was received, but in a dreadfully bad 

 shape, broken and leaking, and all smeared 

 over with honey ; they would have an 

 awfultime to fix it up for sale, but would 

 do the very best they could for me; they 

 were sorry for me, as the railway hands 

 are so carele.»s in handling freight. Well, I 

 had a brother in-law living in the same 

 city, so I wrote him thus; 



" Dear Brother:— Go to the commission 

 house of Messrs. So-and-so. and take their 

 letter and the order I send you. and take all 

 the broken honey and use it in your family. 

 If there is more than you can use, give the 

 balance to the rest of our friends," etc. 



He wrote me thus; "I went to see the 

 parties; there were a few cases of honey on 

 the ground floor. I was looking at it when 

 one of the firm came to me and askt me it 

 I wanted honey. I told him I was only 

 looking at it. It was very nice. ' Ho you 

 deal largely in honey V 1 askt." 



•• Yes. sir; we get it by the carload from 

 California. Come upstairs and 111 show 

 you a fine lot we got in a few days ago." 



"Well, isn't that a fine lot?" "Yes, sir." 



"Where did you get that from ?" 



'■ We got that from a man named J. T., 

 in the southeastern part of Minnesota." 



"Don't it get broken up very badly ship- 

 ping it so far ? " 



"No, sir; there was not a single crate in 

 the whole lot broken." 



My brother-in-law put bis hand in his 

 pocket, took out their letter, and said ; 

 " Please read this." 



Judge of his surprise. " Well," be said, 

 " I don't understand this. Let us go down 

 below." 



His partner was sitting at the desk ; he 

 handed him the letter, and said, "How is 

 this?" 



" O that miserable clerk made the mis- 

 take. It was another man's honey that 

 was broken ! ' 



They were to hold this honey at 12' j 

 cents per pound. When I went to see them 

 they had sold all the white honey, and it 

 netted me '.) cents, so they beat me after all. 



I shipt 5U0 pounds to another commission 

 man in the same place. After he bad the 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



Wis consin. 



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 Largfest Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the manufacture 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 'whitest 

 Bass-wood is used, and they are pollshl on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equlpt 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. 

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LIKE A CH.\nM. With it I have clipped 30 best invention ever made, and will be wel- 



,, . ^ , , , come to many bee-keepers as it was tome. 1 



queens, all in one day, when examining- my could not do without one now. 



bees. Wm. Stoi.i.ey, Grand Island, Nebr. Dr. Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind, 



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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



BEE-KEEPEES we make 



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The Very Finest Line of 

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Special Ag Hit for the Southwest -^- ^- ''^^%^'joseph,.Mo. 



Mr. Abboll sells onr lllvcs and Sections al Factory Prices. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



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

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

 In one case, 7 cents ; 4 cans (2 eases) or more, 6)^ cents. The Cash most accom- 

 pany each order. Fine Bass^OOd Flavor Honey at same price; also Id 

 270-lb. barrels. 



E^" A sample of either honey will be mailed to an Intending purchaser, for 8 

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



GEOKGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Nieliigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



