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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



June 10, 



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Our '97 Cataloff 



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Apiarian f^iipplies, Bees, Etc. 



la yours for the asking. 



it is full of Information. t^~ Write for It. 



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Apiary— Glen Cove, L. 1. 



A GENUINE 



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That will keep Hen's Eges perfectly through 

 warm weather, just as good as fresh ones tor 

 cooking and frosting. One man paid 10 cents 

 a dozen for the eggs he preserved, and then 

 later sold them for 25 cents a dozen. You can 

 preserve them for about 1 cent per dozen* 

 Now is the time to do It. while eggs are cheap. 



Address for Circular giving further Infor- 

 mation— 



Dr. A. B. inASON, 



3."j12 Monroe Street, - Toledo. Ohio. 



We have a few of these Emerson still' cloth- 

 board binders for the American Bee Journal. 

 They make a splendid permanent binding, 

 and hold a full year's numbers. The old price 

 was 75 cts., postpaid, but we will mall you one 

 for only 60 cts., or with the Bee Journal for 

 one year- both together lor 41.60. 



about six sqiiare rods of red clover that 

 has been in bloom for the past two 

 weeks ; my Albino bees worlv freely on 

 it, but not one bee of any other strain 

 have I seen on it. I think they must 

 have a longer tongue. The Albinos and 

 their crosses are taking the lead in my 

 yard this season. 



I notice some say stock won't eat sweet 

 clover. All my stock eat it. I have 

 been trying to seed a woodland pasture 

 to it, but the stock won't let it grow. 



J. D. GiVENS. 



Dallas Co., Tex., May 25. 



Hoping for 'Warm 'Weather. 



Bees wintered well, only one being 

 queenless out of 14, and it had a slight 

 attack of bee-paralysis. I got a queen 

 from the South, which seemed to put 

 new life into the colony. They are 

 doing well, considering the weather. It 

 is very cool at present. I hope it will 

 get warmer. My best yield of section 

 honey from one colony was 136 one- 

 pound sections, and it had about 50 

 pounds for winter, as nearly as I could 

 judge. I have all the home trade for it 

 that I can supply. I have been keeping 

 bees since I was a small boy. 



C. C. Yost. 



Berks Co., Pa., May 29. 



Cold and Wet Spring. 



Bees wintered well, but the spring has 

 been very cold and wet. Colonies have 

 built up well, and showed signs of 

 swarming, but now they seem discour- 

 aged, and have killed and dragged some 

 drone-brood out of the hives. We hope 

 for better weather before white clover 

 blooms. We are prepared to handle all 

 the swarms and all the honey our bees 

 can store this year, and live in hope that 

 we may secure a good crop. 



F. C. McClain. 



Mason Co.. Mich., May 31. 



Waiting for WMte Clover. 



Bees are waiting for white clover; 

 some are all ready to swarm. I opened 

 a hive last Saturday and found qusen- 

 cells with eggs in them. The colony 

 was very strong, and had brood in all 

 10 frames. It is dry and cold. A warm 

 rain and warm weather will give good 

 prospects. Wm. Rennk. 



Boone Co., III., May 31. 



A Rainy Spring. 



I do not know what to think of the 

 season. It has rained about three days 

 out of every four since I have been here 

 (from Illinois). On this account I have 

 had to feed my strongest colonies. The 

 bee-keepers around here say we shall 

 have a poor season. There Is any 

 amount of white clover around here that 

 will be in blossom in a few days; but 

 this rain— they say it is not going to 

 stop. The bees were out for their first 

 flight in five days to-day, and now it Is 

 raining this evening. Before I came 

 here I hoped we would have a wet 

 spring, but my hopes are more than re- 

 ilzed. I have 2-1 colonies and (i nuclei. 

 E. W. Brown. 



Erie Co., N. Y., May 30. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 'M. 



BeeswaxWanted for Cash 



Or In Exchange for 



Foundation— Sections — Hives 

 or any Other Supplies. 



Working Wax ICfSrS A Specialty. 



t^~ Write for Catalog and Prloe-Llst, with 

 Samples of Foundation and Sections. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AUGUSTA, WIS. 



ir Yon Keep but One Keniedy 



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They Combine the 'Virtues of a Medicine 

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 mall. 



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 Nuclei, '2 frame, $'3.00, including a good Queen. 



Bees by the Pound. 

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 -22Atf Oe Fuulak Sprinsa, Fla. 



A Special Booklet Bargain ! 



For a limited time we wish to make our 

 readers a special oflTer on booklets on Bees, 

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 dozen: 



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3. Turkeys for Market and Profit 25c 



4. Our Ponltry Doctor 30o 



5. Capons and Caponizing 30o 



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7. Kendall's Horse-Book 25c 



8. Rural Life 25c 



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12. Bienen-Kultur, by Newman 40c 



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Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

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 and Everything used in the 

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I want the name and address 

 of every Bee-Keeper In Amer- 

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 as consumers. Send for cata- 

 logs, quotations, etc. W. H. PUTNAM, 

 River Falls. Pierce Co., Wis, 



When answering this Advertisement, mention this Journal. 



Bee-Keepors' Pliotogra-pli. — We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 49 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 131 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, for 30 cts. a card, 

 mailing from the 121 kind first ; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces " for their money. Bend orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



