1697. 



rHE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



317 



GOOD ilVIPROVEMENT 



b.-pins with good fencing. The Keystone 

 Fence will Inoreaso the value of your farm. 

 No damage to crops from stock depredation. 

 No loss of crops from smothering under snow 

 drifts. Can't blow down. Can't burn up. All 

 about it in our vukk book on fence building. 



KEYSTONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., 



No. 3 rxush Strfi't, Peoria, III. 



From Pure B P. lincks. Bla. k Minorcas. I.l»rht. 

 Bralimns-*l.-'n per McUiijr. Albii. will slulT 

 and uinuni Blrile ftTid Animals to order: pi ice. 

 lor suiall birds and animals (iOe and upward. 

 PIhiiIh lor fate clieap-Ked and Blatk 

 Raspberry, and Sirawberrj . 



Hilts. L. C A.\TEl.l., 



KoSEViLi.K, Warien Co., Tll. 



t?.^! Beeswax 



For all the Good, Pure Yello-w 



Beesvpax delivered to our ofBce till 

 further notice, we will pay 25 cents per 

 pound, CASU ; or 27 cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee Journal, 

 Honey, Books or Seed, that we offer. If 

 you 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, ILI.. 



QUEENS 



Smokers. Sections , 

 Comb Foundation, 



And nil AplalrUD Suppliei 

 ehfap. Send for 

 VHKE Btalogoe. E. T. FLA.NAUAN, Believllle. III. 



i:iA l.'it Plt'iise ment'ou tbe Bt'e Journal. 



50 I'oloiiits Bees f(tr Sale Cheap. 



2>rranie Kiicleuv, ivllli Queen, oiil)' ^2. 



B. P. Hocks, White lephoius, B. L,r(rt")rn=, 

 Black Minorca. Bbtf Toihln, Pait. Cochin. L. 

 Krahma, S. s. Ma uburg-E^gs trom all tbebe, 

 lo forli.OO. 



Also. Berkshire Pig's for sale Wri:e for 

 wbal you waul. Stock all icg:lsiered pedigree. 

 IN. 11. SItlllH, Lock K.ix «, 



18 A4t TlLDUUV, Unt., C.\N«I)A. 



Confidence Restored. 



Not l";iy:f riiiLii. n..- ih;ii wa-- !■■ v< i Insl Pales 

 lncre;i.sfd ev.-i> \tai l hrouuh I In* iaic ■ uispro -per- 

 OusiR'ss." N< w <<'ii ( s :, p»-r-c» nt incre:isf iir the 

 nuinthof April. 'I'his shuns that people like the 

 CoiU'd Mitrini; and like ro hiiy it of the o\4-nci*. 

 rarher than I huse who attempt lu appropriate it 

 without leave <^)r lieeiise. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO.. Adrian, Mich 



For Sale, Bees & Queens 



Bees by the Pouud. tl.OO. Queens -$1 00. 

 Nuclei, *2 frame, wiih Queen. $.'..^0; l-frnme. 

 t2.00. Also. Barred A: Wlilie Hlymoiilli 

 Kot'kN, and Mlver-Laced Wyaiidotlen 



Eggs at $1.00 per sitting of l.i. Address, 



Mrs. A. A. SI9IPSOBi, 



1CA13 SWARIS. CJUEE.NE Co., Pa. 



Mciitton Vie ^liiiencan Bcc JoumaL 



the board whenever the mercury reaches 

 .5.5 degrees. 



In the last days of April I examined 

 every colony and did what I could to aid 

 the bees in 'house-cleaning." I found 24 

 of the 25 colonies with plenty of bees and 

 abundant stores, so they have not got to 

 live •• from hand to mouth." I saw either 

 a queen or capt brood in every hive. 



The cause of my losing the one colony 

 was this: In uniting two colonies last fall 

 I killed one queeu. and the next day I 

 found a dead igueen at the entrance. I 

 markt the colony, •queen doubtful." My 

 doubts materialized. It was found queen- 

 less this spring. It is the first queen I ever 

 lost by uniting, and the first colony I have 

 lost in the last si.x winters. 



I enjoy very much the regular weekly 

 visits of the American Bee journal, and I 

 find its pages very iielpful and instructive. 

 1 am indebted to it for many pr,ulknl ideas. 



The " New Wood Binder." for holding a 

 year's numbers of tbe American Bee Jour- 

 nal, is a daisy. 1 find it very convenient. 



J. P. S.VITH. 



Sullivan Co., N. H., May 10. 



Good Prospects for Honey. 



My bees came out in better condition this 

 spring and with less loss than for several 

 years past. Out of 30 colonies I only lost 

 one. All six that I wintered in tbe cellar 

 came out in fine condition. Ttie rest were 

 wintered on the summer stands, covered 

 and packt with straw, and left open on the 

 south. They are now in the midst of a 

 beautiful crop of fruit and dandelion 

 bloom, from which they are storing honey 

 very fast. The next will be tbe white 

 clover, for which there is now a good pros- 

 pect. J. S. Sleeth. 



Livingston Co . 111., May 2. 



Moth-Bails in Hives, Etc. 



In the American Bee Journal of recent 

 date some one asks •• if the mothballs hurt 

 the bees "—a question suggested, I pre- 

 sume, by what I wrote a few weeks ago. In 

 answer I will say that the bees rolled the 

 ball to the entrance, and there it remained 

 until small enough to be pusht out. 1 think 

 that the bees didn't take kindly to it, but I 

 could not see that it hurt them. 



I put large balls in three of my hives 

 about March 1, and they are strong colo- 

 nies now. so I am confident that the bees 

 were not hurt. 



If I had only known in time how to have 

 handled my bees 1 should have had "worlds 

 of honey " this spring, but being a novice 

 in the business. 1 have lost much. 'Tis said 

 that experience is a dear teacher, but I hope 

 to be able to overcome my ignorance lay 

 another j ear, and have a balance to my 

 credit in the liank 



I think I have one of the finest places for 

 bees — there is such an abundance, as well 

 as variety, of bee pasturage. At present 

 the famous horsemint is blooming, corn is 

 beginning to tassel, soon the cotton will 

 bloom, besides an occasional shower keeps 

 many shrubs blooming during the summer 

 and fall. 



Bees began to swarm the first of March, 

 and have been booming ever since. 



(MUS.) M. M. DUNNEGAK. 



San Patricio Co., Tex., April •i~. 



Poor Season in 1896. 



liast year wa* a poor one in this county 

 for honey-gathering, on account of the long 

 drouth in tbe fall of 1SU5. which killed most 

 of the clovers and other honey-yielding 

 plants of our section of the country. My 

 bees did not gather one pound of white 

 honey last year— what I call salable honey. 

 I took from them a few pounds of brown 

 honey to make some cough syrup — I sup- 

 pose about 1.5 pounds — and that was the 

 whole crop for tliat year. It was the poor- 

 est year I ever had for the bees, and 1 have 

 a long row of well-painted hives, and a 

 good bouse over them, open on the south 



t )r la Exchange for 



FoundatloQ — Sectious — Hives 

 or any Other Supplies. 



Working \Va.\ T. ^^ A Specialty. 



t^^ Write for Catalog and Price-Llst. with 

 SLimples of Fouudatlon and Sections. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AlIlill^TA, WIS. 



SIIOKEIIS and 



FOUIATM 



We do not catalog theQulabyor Hill Smo- 

 kers this year, but there raa> be some who 

 prefer the^H Sly les. We still have a few. an.| 

 oITer them at these special prices to close out: 



The Quinby— 'Much barrel, single-blast, 3,5c.; 



postpaid, .50c. 2>4-luch, doubie blast, 60c.: 



postpaid. Too. 

 The Hill— 3-iQch barrel. 40c.; postpaid, 60c. 



Vaiilleusen Thin Flat-llottom Fdn. 



In 25 pound boxes, at only $10.50 per box. 

 while it lasts. Address, 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



118 Michigan St. - Chicago, It-L. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION co'^i;,'^^*^""' 



Can do the work of four 

 men using baud tools, in 

 Ripping, Cuttlng-oCf, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadolna. 

 Edging-up. Jointing Sturt. 

 etc. Full LiUBOf Foot and 

 Hand Power Machiner;. 

 Sold on Trial. CaUloirue Free. 

 !«E:Mi<'A FALIiS .'*IFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENECA FALLS, N. V. 



lAly 'Wcntio. th^AmtrirnnBeeJov.maL 



A GENUINE 



Egg Preservative 



Tbat will keep Hen's E^i?s perfectly tlirous-h 

 warm wcaihc". just as pood a3 fresh ones for 

 cooking- and I'rostlDg-. One man paid 10 cents 

 a doz-'ii for the epg-s he preserved, and then 

 later sold them for 'Zh cents a dozen. You cau 

 preserve them lor about 1 cent i>er dozen. 

 Now is the time lo do It, while egrgs are cheap. 



Address for Circular giving further infor- 

 mation— 



Dr. A, B. m.lSON, 



3.">12 Monroe Street, - Toledo. Ohio. 



etnru 

 iUafl. 



Italian Queens ^^ " 



- flntested, 50c.; Tested, II. 00. 

 Nuclei. 'J Irame. $2.00, including a good Queen. 



Bees by ti.e Pound. 

 K. L. (MKKIf\<;iOi>, 

 5A17t I>e Fuiilak Nprliiss, Fla. 



Golden | Texas Queens ! 



Anel I'r- Gallup says they are the best be 

 III ■ A ''"^ '° '"'* yard. 

 AinillO I J. u. OIVSNS, Lisbon, Tex. 



Mention the Bee Journal. 9A-'6t. 



OiinF.KS filled by relurn mail or freisriit f.ir 

 A. T. Root Co 's Supplie.s. Ourchoice 

 strain Italian Queens; 1, 2& ;i fr. nuclei 

 if in a hurrv lor Supplies, send us vour 

 orders. .'JO-paye Catnia"- free. 

 Jno. .\ebel A: Son, Hi^h Hill, Mo. 

 Mention the Attierican Bee Journal, 4Atf 



BEE - KEEPERS, PRICES CUT 



On FOUNDATION CO.MB to introduce 



Forrest i\ew Method of Sheeting Wax 

 by Automatic Machinery. 



Write for descriptive Circular Price-List and 

 Samples. N. B. FOKHEKT, 

 loAtt Adburn, N, Y. 



