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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 22, 



i!£ri! Beeswax 



For all the Cood, Pure Vellow 



Bees-wax delivered to our office till 

 further notice, we will pay 24 cents per 

 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. 



One Cent 



Invested In a postal card 

 will Ket my large CHta- 

 IngolAll Koofs Gouiie. 

 [*end list of what you 

 want, and gel price. 

 M. H. HUNT, Bell Brancli, I»llili. 



WHEN ANSWERING THIS ADVERTISEMENT. (Mention ^mis jOuriw.. 



DEC /CCPPRC I Let me send you mv 64- 

 ULl- IVLLrLnO ■ patre Catalog: lor isn". 

 J. m. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Ala. 



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OKDKRS ailed by return mall for the 

 choicest Untested Italian Queeus at BOo 

 eaih. Can furnish i, 3 and 3 tr. Nuclei. 

 A. I. K(iotCo.'.s Supplies. Send for 

 .i6-pa;re Caialog. 

 Jno. Nebel A; Son, Hiuli Hill, Bio. 

 Mention the A meriran Bee Journal 4 A tf 



A Fence Not Made By Hand. 



Theavc-raBO farmer can not aflord toindulee In 

 Band made fence, nor hand painted pictures. Even 

 ".he>duS'* "'"""'■'' hiiiibi-lf. a ••botch--aDCl a "dauti 

 wiJlUkely be the result, wliiln the time ci)n>.uuiecl 

 ir properly applied in his rcKukir llusinl.^.^ wi.nki 

 provide meaos lor beautiful iihotOLTuuMs cunrav- 

 mus, elc. aad lots ol the ■■eld, reliable ■ l-age fence 



PAZi aCV^M VV!R£ FErjCH CO., Adrian. Mich 



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Wc have a few id thcHc lOmer.son stltf cloth- 

 board lilndors for the American Bee Jniiriial. 

 They make a splendid permanent Idndlntr. 

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

 was 75 cl»., postpaid, liiil. we will mall you one 

 for only 60 <-1m , or with the Bee Journal for 

 one year— both together for $1.30. 



GEOKGE W. -iORK & CO.. 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



overflowing with bees, but prefer a 

 crowded home to empty pantries. 



On page 596, J. L. Gandy, of Nebras- 

 ka, writes, dated .lune ] 3 : "The yel- 

 low sweet clover has now been out four 

 weeks, and the white is not out yet." It 

 is now June 25, and the white sweet clo- 

 ver only shows a very few white racemes, 

 and the plant is very luxuriant, and 

 abundant in all parts of the city, on the 

 bluffs, ravines and gutters. The yellow 

 has been in bloom since early in May — a 

 waving field of golden hue. The bloom 

 is from the ground upward, and very 

 thick, showing very little green. It is 

 not half as tall as the white, and the 

 stalks are very small. 



Peoria Co., 111. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Good Prospects for Fall Honey. 



The bee-fever broke out here in a mild 

 form, caused by an excellent honey-flow 

 last fall. Bees wintered well, and were 

 already strong in bees and honey when 

 spring came; tho it was cool enough 

 through maple and fruit bloom, they got 

 almost the full benefit of it. My 1st 

 swarm came out April 11; 2nd swarm, 

 April 22 ; 3rd swarm. May 2 ; -ith, May 

 8 ; and then from 1 to S per day until I 

 was tired of it. The prospect for fall 

 honey is good. W. A. McGee. 



Bates Co., Mo., July 7. 



Will Bee-Keeping Pay ? 



This is a question that often comes to 

 my mind. The love of honey led me to 

 engage in bee-keeping years ago, and I 

 have become so interested in it that I in- 

 tend to keep bees as long as I am able to 

 take care of them. I am in the insur- 

 ance business, and am also Justice of the 

 Peace, in our city. If a messenger is 

 sent to my ofiflce to tell me that my bees 

 are swarming, I drop everything and go 

 home to attend to them. The work has 

 been trying to me this summer, as I have 

 been suffering with lumbago and was so 

 badly crippled that I could hardly walk 

 with a cane, and the lifting of the hives 

 and bending over them was poor medi- 

 cine, but I worried through it. 



I started in with 28 colonies, and in- 

 creast to 41 by natural swarming. This 

 is the best honey season we have had for 

 12 years ; still it will not be a full crop 

 as the spring was backward and cold, 

 and the bees were not ready for the 

 honey-flow when it came. I did not have 

 a second swarm : never had but two in 

 my life, and I have been keeping bees 

 for 18 years, and atone time had SO col- 

 onies. I manage them in this way: I 

 take the colony that throws out the 

 swarm, take out two brood frames, put 

 in a new hive, fill up with starters in the 

 sections, carry the balance of the young 

 bees and old hive to a new stand, and 

 throw the new swarm and the field-work- 

 ers all into one hive; it makes a good, 

 strong colony, and in less than three 

 days they are at work in the sections. 

 The old colony is too weak to swarm. In 

 that way I have taken 27 pounds of 

 honey from a new swarm. 



This year the swarming was done the 

 last of May and tho first of June. I nev- 

 er could understand why some people 

 prefer a strain of l)oesthat won'tswarm. 

 To prove that those that swarm are the 

 best I will give my experience : I had 

 2S colonies spring count, had VA new 

 swarms and have the sections all off of 

 them ; so I have 26 colonies for fall be- 



Fouudatlou —Sections— Hives 

 or any Other Supplies. 



Jf you are in a riif.li, send me your order. I 

 sell the best only, and fill orders promptly 

 at liOWEST PKiCE. BeesAvax wanted In 

 exclianj^e. 



Working Wax l^o'SfSrc'sn A Specialty. 



V^' Write for Catalog and Price-Llst, with 

 Samples of Foundation and Sections. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AUGIiSTA, WIS, 



SEE THAT WINK ! 



Bee - Snpplleit ! Root's 



Goods at Boot's Prices. 

 Pouder's Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-beepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat. 

 free. Walter S. Pouder, 

 \Q'l Mass. Ave., 

 Indian.ipolis. Indiana. 



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'■'Ev ANSwtian 



ISEMEM Mi^.N 



-^19 -ICLJPKW-, 



IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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

 for bis 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



PATE8T WIRED COMB FODNDATIOH 



Ha« No Sag In Brood-Frames 



Tliiu Flat-Kottom Fuundation 



Has Ko PistiboD6 in the Sarplas Booey. 



aelDK tne cleanesi la iiauaUy worked 

 the quickeBt of any Koundatton made 



J. A. VAN OEIISKN. 



Sole Manutftctnrer, 

 riproui Brook Mnntiromery < o.. N. Y. 



IflToii Keep but One Kfinody 



'""^^rrouidhe YELLOWZONES 



They Combine the Virtues of a Medicine 

 Chest. 



The Very Best general-service Remedy to be 

 had AT ANY PKICE. 



^i.h.rtl'.'Ll Zonet Cathartics %-o. 



100 in a Box, *1.00— 17 In a Box, 25c. 

 W. B. House, Dra^wer 1, Detour, Mich. 



15Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 

 \f-f:r'\twn the American Bee Jci-fmy., 



ONE MAN WITH THE 

 UNION ^^'^l^^^^^''^ 



All do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, in 

 tiipping. Cutttn^-otf, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting", Groov- 

 ing. Gaining, Dadoing 

 Edging-up. Jointing Stuff 

 etc. t uU Llueof Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery 

 Sold on Trinl. llaliilo:;ue Free. 

 SKMS^A FALl^S ITIFf;. CO., 

 46 Water St SENKCA FALLS. N. T 



lAly '^deniut.. the Amerirmi Dee Joumat 



By Kctiirii 

 [TIail. 



Italian Queens 



Untested, .jOc; Tested, $1.00. 

 Nuclei.:.: lraine.$'2.00,inuhidinjrajfoodQueen 



Bees l)y the Pound. 

 E. L.. CAUKIIVC; ■■ON, 

 'J'JAtt I>e Funlak Springs, Fla. 



'Mentyyn tlie American Bee Jouma". 



Bee- Hives, Peciions. Shlpplnj?- 

 ('ases— everything used by bee- 

 keepers. Orders tilled promptl.y. 

 Send tor catalog M1.\»'KS0TA BEE- 

 KEEfERS' StPftV JlFli. CO., Nicollet 

 Ibland, Minneapolis. Minn. 



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