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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



365 



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IS A GOOD AND PERFECT FENCE. ' ' 



That is tlie verdict of those who use it and are 

 henco tlie most competent to judge of its qual- 

 ities. 26 to 63 inches high— turns everything. 

 All about it in our free book on fence con- 

 struction. 



KEYSTONE WOVEN ,WjRE FENCE CO., 



No. a Rush street. Peoria, 111. 



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Bees'wax delivered to our office till 

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 pound, CASH ; or 27 cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee Journal, 

 Honey, Books or Seed, that we offer. If 

 you want casta< 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, ILL. 



QUEENS 



Smokers. Sections . 



Comb Foundation, 

 And all AplalrBD Suppllea 

 cheap. Send Tor 

 KKER Atalo^oe. E. T. FLANAUAN, BelleTllle, III. 



];iAl.'U Please mentlou the Uee .Journal. 



Invested In a poetal card 

 will get my larg-e Ciita- 

 log of All Hoot's Goods. 

 Send list of what you 

 want, and pet, price. 

 [TI. II. HUNT* Bell Brnixli. Tlii li. 



Vme:* AnswEHitG THIS Advertisement, Mentiof. -mts jourm^>. 



One Cent 



DEC t^CCDCDQ I Let me send 5'ou my 64- 

 DLL'^LL^L^O ■ page Cutulo^ lor 18MT. 

 J. .11. Jenkins, Wetiimpka, Ala. 



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OKOERS fllled by return umil or freisiit lor 

 A. I. KiiiiT Co 's SI'PPI.IKS. O.ir cbDiee 

 SI riilu Italiau Qutens: 1, 2 & 3 Ir. ucjclel 

 ititiahurrv lor Supplies. s<'uii us your 

 orders. .'iO-;ja£.-e Catfi/oo* Kree. 

 Jno. Ncbel &.>«uu, lliiyili Mill, Itlu. 

 Mfntion Htf. Ainericini Bte Journal 4. Ml 



For Sale, Bees & Queens 



I'.ccs hy Ibe Pound. $1.00. (.lueens SI 0(1. 

 Nuclei. 2 tr;inie w.ih Queen. $ ...oO; itrMnie. 

 j'> UO A so. Burred <v Wliiie Hlynioiiiii 

 Kot'kK. »iid >ilver-l<need Wya.iaiulleK 



Bag* iitJl.OO perBittingot 15. Address, 



Mrs. A. A. SI9IPSOIV, 



10Ai:i SWARIS. Gkkkne Co., Pa. 



A Conscientious Farmer. 



He lives in IimImti:!. Alter some ""me h:.\<.\ per- 

 suaded biui to huy juiullicr coiled tsprin^: luiice. h6 

 satistted liiuisi'lf Ibai it infringed on Uie Pajte 

 CompaDy's patents. Then he wrote askinc us to 

 name a reasonable ro>alt y.on payment of wtilch he 

 mlKiit he iillowod to iis.- it, and hereafter he wlU 

 buv of the rik'li'fiii owners. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 

 'Aerjinan crie American Bee Jcua^nai. 



further increase of bees. Honey is com- 

 ing in slowly but steadily. My proximity 

 to the lake Is a great help (especially In 

 a dry season) to my bees, as many honey- 

 yielding plants flourish around the mar- 

 gin of the water wtieii It is too dry for 

 the higher grounds to yield a supply. 



Our location is a good one for bees, as 

 the mountains stretch away to the 

 north, east, and south, for many miles. 

 In the early spring, say February and 

 March, the whole country, uoland and 

 lowland, is purple with altilarilla. Then 

 comes the mountain alfalfa, white sage, 

 buckwheat, sage and sumac, with which 

 the mountains are in many places liter- 

 ally covered. Then on the west, within 

 reach of our bees, are numerous orange 

 and lemon orchards, and eucalyptus 

 groves, all of which furnish excellent 

 bee-forage. 



The past winter was considered quite 

 favorable for the bee-business ; the rains, 

 both in quantity and manner of falling, 

 were considered favorable. But for 

 some reason the large crop hoped for 

 does not seem to be forth-coming; so 

 bee-men begin to think the crop, in this 

 part of the country, will not be a heavy 

 one. 



The price of honey in this country is 

 not extravagantly high — comb bringing 

 to 8 cents per pound in small lots, and 

 extracted 3 to -I cents. Bee-men will 

 not soon be burdened with their millions 

 in this region, unless some rich uncle 

 dies and leaves it to them. But " Hope" 

 keeps her wings bright. 



Ii. J. Templin. 



San Diego Co., Cal., May 17 



Good Prospects for Honey. 



Prospects for honey this season are 

 good. Clover is more abundant than it 

 usually is, and is just coming into bloom, 

 tho there is not enough here to amount 

 to much; we depend upon Spanish- 

 needle and heart's-ease for our honey. 

 R. P. Mahon. 



Effingham Co., III., June 1. 



Good White Clover Prospects. 



I have taken the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for the past lU years, and shall as 

 long as I keep bees. 



We are having cold, wet weather, with 

 several frosty nights in this part of 

 Michigan. But the bees seem to be 

 building up slowly. There are good 

 prospects for white clover, which is just 

 beginning to bloom. C. A. Wright. 



Cass Co., Mich., May 29. 



Bees Doing Well— Keeping Honey. 



Bees are doing well this season so far, 

 and prospects are good for th^ whole 

 season. I have several colonies that 

 have filled one full-sized 8-frame upper 

 story, and a number that have filled 

 ordinary supers. 1 run for extracted 

 honey, and never saw any that had 

 deteriorated any because of its age. If 

 properly put up, I think it would keep 

 forever. (Rev.) Alson W. Steers. 



Kings Co., Wash., May 27. 



Albino Bees — Sweet Clover. 



Bees are doing better this spring than 

 for three years. All indications are good 

 for a fine honey season and farm pro- 

 ducts. Our main honey-flow is just now 

 commencing. I have In my front yard 



r AEISE 



T^O 8A V to the readers 

 X or the 



BEE JOURNAL that 



DOOLITTLE 



-BEH8 and QUBKN8- 

 In their season, durlno 

 1 897, at thefollowini 

 prices : " 



One Colony of Italians 

 °o 9 Oallup frames, in 

 'WntBhlpplnK-boi $6(X) 

 rive Colonies. 



2.'i00 

 45 00 

 100 

 550 

 10 00 

 liSO 

 3 50 



Ten Colonies.! 



1 untested queen, 

 12 '.', Queens 

 1 tested Queen... 

 * " Queens, ouu 

 1 select tested queen 2 uo 

 — 8 " " Queens 4 00 



Select tested queen, previous season's rearing 4 00 

 Bxtra Selected for breedlnK, the vbry best 500 

 About a Pound of BBB8 In a Two-frame Nn'oleM 

 with an; Queen, ta.oo extra. 



m" circular free, giving full partlonlars regard- 

 ng the Bees and each class of Queens. 

 Address 



G. M. DOOLITTLE, 



llA^Bt BORODINO. Onon. Co., N. Y 



'AeavMn :hs A.-nwHeam Bee Jcwrruii, 



Iclei and Qneens ! 



On 2, 3 and 4 frames, at 40 cents per frame 



without Queen. Queens 40 cents each; good 



tesi ed Queens, 75 cents each. Address, 



23A2t Artliar Stanley, Olxou, III. 



Mention tlie American Bee Jmimat. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! 



I«ee - SuppllcD ! Root's 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Ponder's Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat. 

 tree. Walter S. Ponder, 

 162 Mass. Ave., 

 iNDi.iNAPOLis. Indiana. 



■VveH ANSweRlriG imS AOveOTISEMEftr. MEriTION TM!S JOURMU^ 



^3P~ IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

 11.25 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., 

 forhla 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 

 Mention tlie A.inertAxin Tiee Jmvrihol. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FODHDATIOH 



A Haa No Sag In Brood-Frame* 



Inv Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



TI2u flas So Fisbbone Id Ibe Sarplus HoB«f . 



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Helnu the oleaneat la asnallr worked 

 tbe qoickest of any Foandatlon made 



J. A. VAN BBCJSEN, 



Bole Manaf aotnrar, 

 apront Brook Monwomery Co., N, Y, 



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 Efficient and experienced Instructors. Day 

 and Night sessions. Send Tor Catalog. 

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