1697. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



397 



t??]! Beeswax 



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BeesMrax delivered to our oflice till 

 further notice, we will pay 2-1 cents per 

 pound, CASH ; or 27 cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee Journal, 

 Honev, Books or Seed, that we ofTer. If 

 you want casli, promptly, for your 

 Beeswax, send it on at once. Impure 

 wax not taken at any price. Address as 

 follows, very plainly, 



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118 Michigran st. , CHICAGO, ILL. 



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QUEENS 



Smokers. Sections . 

 Comb Foundation, 



And all A|ii(iir»a Sii|^>pllet 

 cheap. Send for 

 KK£K atalosue. K. T. VLAMUA.N, BellerUle, 111. 



1.3A13t IMeuse mention the Bee .JournJiL 



One Cent 



Invested in a postal card 

 will get my large Cata- 

 log oC All Koot's Goods. 

 Send list of what you 

 want, and get price. 

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HVMEN ANSWERMQ TMIB AOVERTISEUEtT, MENTION TVI* JOUffiW.^ 



QCC VCCDCDQ I Let me send you my 64- 

 DLL'^LL^ LtiO 1 page Catalog- for 1897. 

 J. in. Jeuklus, Wetumpka, Ala. 



MepXicn i}>^ American See .'curvMl, 



ORDERS filled by return mall for the 

 cholex-st Untested Italian Queens at 60e 

 each. Can furnish 1, 3 and .3 Er. Nuclei. 

 A. I. KooT Co.'S ScpPLiK.s. Send for 

 :i6-page Catalog. 

 J no. ISebel & Son, Hlgli Hill, mo. 



Mention the American UeeJiy^imal 4.\tf 



Harvtsi rour Wheat For A Cent An ficrii. 



Th=8 amount invested in a ^ain cradle, with 

 p.eDiv of t>m , iiuy O.d time will dO.) win unahlo 

 the :a'-iiior to harvest his crop wi b less outlay 

 tdr.n a.iy oihrT nj'.'thoU. The ma-bine should t>0 

 pa.nt«d a b ^ht r-cl. and oruaiDt-nted wiib erilt 

 stripe^. a:so bive an attractive name Alter cut- 

 tiDu b;^ owD be can cod ojonev by cutting wheat 

 and buiidiDK tence for bis nt*it;hbors. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian. Mich. 



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PACIFIC RURAL PRESS, 



220 Market St.. - SAN FKANCISCO. GAL. 

 Mention 'Me American ISee JouniaJL 



Tested Italian Queens, .$'1.00 



Unlestcd, .50 cts. — :i or .'» ban<]ed. I have 

 500 Nuclei. Can send Queens by return 

 mail. n.VMbl, WI RTH, 



22A4t Falmocth, Ku=n Co., Indiana. 



MeiMUyr. me Avtierlcain Bue Jcs/ima,'., 



gave one comb to each swartn so that 

 the queen can without any delay pro- 

 ceed to laying. 



The prospect for honey is quite good, 

 as there will be at; abundance of white 

 clover. The spring, however, has been 

 very cold and unfavorable, so that the 

 bees have not been able to build up very 

 fast. The last two nights in May it 

 froze ice M of an inch thick, and nearly 

 ruined the fruit. I have about 8 acres 

 in small fruit, and it killed all of the 

 fruit-buds and new vines of the grapes ; 

 blackberries wore well budded, but I can 

 scarcely find a bud but what is black ; 

 raspberries were not as badly damaged, 

 and the prospect for them is fair, and 

 when they get in bloom the bees will 

 have a fine time. I raked the mulching 

 of straw back on part of my strawber- 

 ries, and so saved part of them, but 

 where they were not covered they were 

 nearly ruined, as they were in full 

 bloom. J. Ridley. 



Winneshiek Co., Iowa, June 7. 



Weather Too Cool. 



The season in this section of the coun- 

 try opened with a bright prospect for a 

 honey crop ; bees came through the 

 winter in excellent condition, and began 

 swarming in April. I had one swarm in 

 April, and seven in May. I began the 

 season with 15 colonies, and now have 

 22, but the weather for the past two 

 weeks has been so cool that bees have 

 done nothing but just make a living. 

 There is more white clover bloom than 

 there has been here in six years, but if 

 we don't have some warm weather pretty 

 soon the bees will get no good from it 

 at all. 



I have taken off one case of honey, 

 gathered mostly from the oak leaves, 

 which are covered with honey-dew. It 

 is rather dark, buthas a very fair flavor, 

 some of it being candied before it is 

 capt over. I took 400 pounds of Span- 

 ish-needle honey last fall from 12 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and found ready sale 

 for it at 12S, and 15 cents per pound. 

 I didn't take a pound of honey last sea- 

 son until Sept. 2-5, the forepart of the 

 season being too wet and cool. 



I like the American Bee Journal well, 

 and will take it as long as I keep bees. 

 W. E. Whittixgton. 



Franklin Co., Ills., June 8. 



A Spring Report— Sundry Items. 



My 45 colonies wintered very well on 

 the summer stands in single-wall 8- 

 frame dovetailed hives. Two of them 

 were queenless in the spring, and were 

 united with others having queens. All 

 the rest came through in good condition. 

 We had a very fine spring for bees ; 

 they were gathering natural pollen 

 March 23, and before that date I fed 

 my bees about 1 '.f bushels of corn and 

 rye chop. The rye was, however, pre- 

 ferred by the bees, and they would 

 swarm on it the same as if one would 

 place combs of honey out for them to 

 clean up. They would clean up a peck 

 in two hours on a warm day. Bees were 

 getting ready to swarm, and two of mine 

 had swarmed May 18 and 19, after 

 which it got cold, and a rough wind, 

 rain and hail kept them in for nearly 

 two weeks — in fact, some were very 

 near starving, when it became warmer, 

 and the white clover and Alslke (both of 

 which are in great abundance — more 



For Sale, BEES and ((UEEKS 



Queens, 50 cts. Nuclei, three frames with 

 Queen, $2 00; Two frames, $1.30; One frame, 

 $1.00. Full Colonies, $4.00. 



Mrs. A. A. SIMPSOX, 



16A13 SWAETS. Greene Co., Pa. 



SEE THAT WINK ! 



Bee - SupplieR! Root's 



Goons at Koot's Prices. 

 Pouder^M Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

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 tree. 'Walter S Ponder, 

 162 Mass. Ave.. 

 Indianapolis. Indiana. 



.OVER-t,E«FM WENT ON TJ,*S JCURJ-JU, 



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That covers the whole Aptcultural Field more 

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Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 

 Mention the American Bee Jonnml. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOH 



Has No Sa£ In Brood-Frame* 



TIliu Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has 5o Fiijbbone io tbe Sorplos BoBey. 



Betns tbe cleaneBt ts nsnally worked 

 tbe qalckeBt of any Fonndation made 



J. A. VAN BEUSEN, 



Sole Mannfactarer, 

 Sprout Brook MootKomerr Co., N. T. 



Beeswax Wanted for Cash 



Oi' In E.vchange for 



Foundation — Sections — Hives 

 or any Other Supplies. 



Workin.s! Wax [Tn^t2?n^ A Specialty. 



er" Write for Catalog and Price-Llst. with 

 Samples of Foundation and Sections. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AIGISTA, WI«. 



ir Vou Keep but One Remedy 



'"''"'^It-rouMbe YELLOWZONES 



They Combine the Virtues of a Medicine 

 Chest. 



The Very Best general-service Remedy to be 

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A supply of Zonet Cathartics 's °ow 



added to each cox. 



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1 j Att Please mention the Bee Journal. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION «°'-|;i*^'°'' 



Can do the work of four 

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 Sold on Trial. Catalosrne Free. 

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lAly Meniio.. the Amenran Bee j'otima^ 



Italian Queens "' Sl\?."' 



Intcsted. 50c.: Tested, Jl.OO. 

 Nuclei, 2 Irame. $2.00, including a good Queen. 



Bees by the Pound. 

 E. I.. €AKKII\OTON, 

 22Atr Ue Fuulak Sprlnsa, Fla. 



