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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 5, 



ARE VOL' SF.i:Ki:V<ii RI08'r 



A.'>i» iti:4'Ki:Ariu:v 



during the summer months ? If so. send for 

 Summer Outings along- the line of the Nickel 

 Plate Koad, from which you will be able to 

 select quiet and picturesque resorts wtih fa- 

 cilities for Kood flshinjf and bathing. Elegant- 

 ly equipt coaches : luxurious sleeping cars 

 and unexcelled Dining Car Service. Three 

 through trains dally between Chicago and the 

 East. 



Address, J. T. C.\IjL.\han, Gen'l Agent, 111 

 Adams St.. Chicago, 111. 



Qerjeral Iten^s* 



Never Did So Well. 



I have kept bees for the last five years, 

 but they never did so well as this season. 

 August Buchhagen. 

 Jefferson Co., Ohio, July 26. 



Bees Doing Fine. 



I have about 60 colonies of bees, and 

 can't get aloos without the American 

 Bee Journal. My bees are doing fine this 

 year. I live close to the Scioto Valley, 

 and they are now working on sweet 

 clover and catnip naostly. I have some 

 as fine Italian bees as there are in the 

 State. Joel Pendekgrass. 



Pike Co., Ohio, July •2,1. 



Marketing- Honey. 



Years ago I made up my mind that the 

 best package to put e.^ttracted honey in 

 was the Mason quart jar. As they rep- 

 resent so much cash, if one does not want 

 to out up fruit or jelly in them they are 

 always worth so much money. When I 

 commenced producing extracted honey 

 here in 1876 I got 12 to 15 cts. per lb. 

 for it. The price gradually decreast 

 until, when the hard times of 18'.)o 

 struck us, I found that, if I wanted to 

 sell my honey. 1st or 2nd grade, I had 

 to put the price so that it was not a lux- 

 ury, but necessary— so low that it was 

 nearly the price of syrup ; so that now 

 I keep in all the groceries of this place 

 of 2i»00 inhabitants, quart Mason jars 

 of 2nd grade, with a neat label on, which 

 they retail at 20 cents. ; and I let the 

 stores have them for IS cts., and lake it 

 in trade. I know that I do not buy any- 

 thing these hard times unless I need it 

 and it is cheap ; so it is with others. We 

 must reduce the price or keep our honey. 

 —Dr. S. S. Butler, of California, in 

 Gleanings. 



Honeyed Kisses, Etc. 



Talk about honey ! you just ought to 

 have seen the new crop. First, I put 

 one super on that middle hive, and soon 

 after put on another, just to have it 

 there. That was three weeks ago, be- 

 fore an ounce of honey could be seen in 

 either super. 



Well, last evening I concluded I'd 

 change the supers about, put the lower 

 one on top, and the top one below. Say ! 

 It was all I could do to lift It, and when 

 I had gotten the bees smoked o(f its sur- 

 face there were revealed to mo :i2 sec- 

 tions of as solid clover honey as you ever 

 laid eyes on ! Remember that fine sam- 

 ple of honey yau took to the Toronto 

 convention ? Well, this looks fully as 

 attractive. 



The second super is being rapidly 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish liVllite Altalfa 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, %'^i cents. The Cash must accom- 

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

 270-lb. barrels. 



^W A sample of either honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

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



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



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. ^^^°?^^?bonsin, 



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 the Largfest 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 -wtiitest 

 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 mention the Ame- icj.a Bee .TournHl. 7Atf 



BEE-KEEPERS 



SUPPLIES 



"We make 

 The Very Finest Line of 

 in tlie Market, and sell 

 them at Low Prices. 



!^encl for Free IlliislratccI Calalo;; and l>ricc-Lii»t. 



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



Special AgHit for the Southwest"^- ^- ^^^%^ Joseph, mo. 



Iflr. Ahboit sells our Hives and Sections at Fat-lory Prices. 



That dueen-Clipping Device Free I 



Works Like a Ciiarm. 



The Monette Queen-Cilpplne: Device wouks 

 MKE A CHARM. With It I have clipped 30 

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

 bees. Wm. SToi.i.Ey, Grand Island, Nebr. 



rotildii't Do Without It. 



I have clipped 19 ijueuns. and must say the 

 Monette Queen-Clipping Device Is by far the 

 best Invention ever made, and will be wel- 

 come to many bee-keepers as it was to me. 1 

 could not do without t)ne now. 



Dk, Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind, 



PLEASE READ THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 



Send us pisl aiir iieii> nainr for the American Bee Journal a year (with $1.00), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Clipping Devii-e fkee of charge. Or, the Queen-Clipping Device 

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

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



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



