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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 29, 



Ex<*ur!!>ion to diaiitaii<iua I>ake 



via the Nickel E'l»te A up. Sad. at very low 

 rates. Avail yourself ot this opportunity to 

 vipil one of the most picturesque resorts In 

 ■western New Yorlt. Tiefeets (rood on any of 

 our through trains leaving Chicago dally at 

 lOr-l.T a m., 3:05 p.m.. and 10:15 p.m. 



Call on or address. J. V. Calj,.4HAn. Gen'l 

 Agent. Ill Adams St. H. Thorne. C. P & T. 

 A. Depot 12th and Clark Bis. 22 



Qej;)cral Iten^s^ 



Bees Had Done Well. 



1 have 90 colonies of bees, and they 

 did well until the last two weeks. The 

 first crop of alfalfa is all cut, and the 

 second crop is just beginning to bloom 

 now. I am well pleased with the Bee 

 Journal, and wouldn't be without it for 

 twice what it costs. S. P. Davis. 



Otero Co., Colo., July 12. 



Good White Clover Flow. 



1 have a colony of bees that has been 

 dying for four months. Some of them 

 die with their loads of honey on, and 

 they are working well. I have six colo- 

 nies now. There was a good flow of 

 honey from white clover and raspberries. 

 Basswood has just opened. 



Charles A. Breese. 



Rensselaer Co., N, Y., July 12. 



Have Not Done Very Well. 



Bees have not been doing very well 

 here this season. Some of my first 

 swarms are working in the supers, but 

 up to yesterday and to-day It was very 

 slow. There is some basswood bloom on 

 the highlands, and buckbush is heavy 

 with bloom, but the weather has been 

 unfavorable for bees to work lately. It 

 was too wet the forepart of the season — 

 cold and wet the latter part of May, and 

 the forepart of June 1 had to feed to 

 keep the bees from starving. 1 had the 

 first swarm June 1-i, and 1 usually get 

 the first swarms in May. 1 have had 

 them as early as May IT. 



The weather looks better now, and the 

 bees are working with a will, so I have 

 some hopes of securing some light honey 

 yet. S. LaMont. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., July IG. 



Feeding and Feeders. 



Walter S.Pouder, in his little book en- 

 titled, "Busy Bees and How to Manage 

 Them," gives the best method I have 

 ever heard of. It is as follows : At night 

 tilt the hive back and prop it up with a 

 board ; then pour the syrup on the bot- 

 tom-board, and the next morning the 

 hive can be let down again, as the syrup 

 will have been stored in the comb. Don't 

 be afraid of drowning the bees by pour- 

 ing the syrup in at the entrance, as they 

 will use the combs as ladders. To use 

 this method the hives must have been in 

 use long enough to be well propollzed, 

 otherwise there is some danger of the 

 syrup leaking out. In the fall, when it 

 is time to feed, I go through the apiary 

 at dusk and prop up all the hives that 

 require feed. I then go around with an 

 old cofTee-pnt of syrup and pour about a 

 gallon in each entrance. This I repeat 

 two or three evenings according to the 

 amount of feeding to be done. Feeding 

 used to be the the most disagreeable and 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish 'White Alfalfa Extracted Honey, in 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 73^ cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 7 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6J^ cents. The Cash must accotn- 

 pany each order. Fine Basswood Flavor Honey at same price ; also in 

 270-lb. barrels. 



US'" A sample of either honey will be niailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



New London, 



Wisconsin, 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They. have also one One of tlie L,arg^est Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the manufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and ■whitest 

 BasS'WOOd is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this firm to furnish the 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



Send for Circular and see the Prices on a Full Line of Supplies. 

 Please mentloQ the Ameiicaa Bee.TourDal. 7Atf 



BEE-KEEPERS 



"We make 



SUPPLIES 



The Very Finest Line of 

 in the Market, and sell 

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G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWN, WIS. 



Special Agent fo r the Southwest"^- ^- '^^^•^^^'joseph, mo. 



ITIr. Abbott iDells our Hives and Seelion§ at Factor}' Prices. 



That dueen-Clipping Device Free I 



Works Like a Cliarm. 



The Monette Queen-CUpplng Device woiiKS 

 LIKE A CHAKM. With It I have clipped 30 

 queens, all in one day. when e.xamliitng my 

 bees. Wm. Stoi.ley, Grand Islauii, Nebr. 



PLEASE READ THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 

 Send us ]nst mir mw natiir for the American Bee Journal a year (with $1.00), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Ulipping Device fhek of charge. Or, the Queeu-ClippinK Device 

 will be sent postpaid for 30 cts. But why not get it as a Premium by the above offer ? 

 You can't earn 'M cts. any easier. Almost every bee-keeper will want this Device. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 MichJgao St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Couldn't Do Without It. 



T have clipped 19 qvieens. and must say the 

 Monette Queen-Cllpplug Device Is by tar the 

 best invention ever made, aud will be wel- 

 come to many hee-kcopers as it was to me. 1 

 could not do without one now. 



Dr. Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind. 



