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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



525 



l!.l^il Beeswax 



For all the Good, Pure V'ello'vr 



Beeswax 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 cash, 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. 



CARLOADS 



Ol Hee-Hives. Sections, Shlp- 

 pinjf-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 and Everythiii": used in the 

 Bee-Iudu8try. 



We want the name and ad- 

 , dress of every Bee- Keeper in 

 • America. We supply Deal- 

 ers as well as consumers. We 

 have J>ry Kiln. Improved Machinery, 40.000 

 feet of floor space, and all modern appliances. 

 We make prompt shipment. 

 Write fur Catalogs, Quotations, etc. 



Inter-State Maniifacturlni Co, 



Ul :i>*«OIV, St. rroix Co., WIS. 



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B 



in MONEY IN POULTRY 



Eggs of 1 St PRIZE WINNERS 

 $1.00 PER SETTING to the 



readers (if this paper oulYif you order 



now, of 30 leading varieties. Send 15c 



fc^ for the largest and most complete Poultry 



NGuideever JOHN BAUSCHER, Jr. 



i.t'iiublished. Box 94, Freeport, Ills. 



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Beautiful Honey-Cases 



Made by the A. I. Root Co.. at their prices. 



HecHwax Wauled. 



M. H. HUNT, Bell Branrli, micb. 



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PCC ^CCDCDQ ? Let me send you my 64- 

 DLL-MLLILno i pajre Catalog lor 18>I7. 

 J. .11. Jenkins, Wetiimpka, Ala. 



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Full Colonies for Sale 



—FINE IT.tLIAN.HVBKIDS- 



30 miles northwest of Chicago. In 9rrame 

 Langstroth hives. Bees In good condition. 

 Only a lew colonies. Too warm to ship long 

 distance. Prices— *.').00 oercolonv; 5 colonies. 

 at $4.75 each : or 10 colonies at S4..50 each. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAbO, ILLS. 



xiiK a.mi:ri< a:^' jmiuici- i.i.^k 



CIII«'.14W<» .4.>I> K» l'rAI.O,.-\.V. 



is the Nickel Plate Road. Tickets will 

 be on_ sale Aug. 21st. 22nd and 23rd at 

 SlO.oO for the round trip account G. A. 

 R. Encampment. Returning either via 

 rail or water. Arrangements have been 

 made for the comfort of our patrons. 

 Extension of time will be granted until 

 Sept. 20th, if tickets are deposited with 

 the Joint Agent in Buffalo, between 

 Aug. 2;5rd and 27th. Mr. J. Y. Cala- 

 han, Gen'l. Agent, 111 Adams St., Chi- 

 cago, III., will be pleased to furnish in- 

 formation in regard to train service, etc. 

 H. Thorne, C. P & T. A. 29 



which Is just coming Into bloom. I love 

 to see them at work and study their 

 nature. I keep from 8 to 10 colonics in 

 the city, and the balance about eight 

 miles away, where I intend to build up 

 an apiary as it is a good location. I 

 keep the common blacks and the hybrids 

 at this place, and intend to Italianize 

 them for they are the best, and I can 

 handle them better. 



We are having a great deal of rain 

 now, and had it all summer, so it was 

 hard work for the bees to gather much 

 honey. W. H. Heim. 



Lycoming Co., Pa., Aug. 5. 



Preventing^ After-Swarms. 



I don'tknow but what I am rather late, 

 but here is the best plan for preventing 

 after-swarms : 



Have all the bees that can fly go with 

 the swarm, by having all colonies strong 

 by feeding or doubling up, or the best 

 way you know, so that they will swarm 

 at the beginning of the honey-flow. 

 When they swarm, hive the prime 

 swarm on the old stand, removing the 

 super, if any, to the new swarm ; with a 

 queen and drone excluding zinc between 

 them. Set the old hive on top of the 

 prime swarm, allowing it to remain there 

 two or three days. By that time all the 

 younger bees that have ever been out of 

 the hive will unite with the younger 

 swarm below. 



The afternoon of the second day, the 

 old colony will become so depleted of 

 bees (if the weather has been favorable) 

 that they will give up swarming any 

 more, and will begin to carry out drone- 

 brood. Then carry them to a new stand. 

 They will swarm no more, but will build 

 up to a good strong colony by fall, and 

 may store some fall honey. 



In this way we get extra strong colo- 

 nies that will store more honey than 

 from the two together if the queen-cells 

 were cutout. Crowd the brood-chamber 

 with bees instead of contracting it. 



H. W. Savage. 



Sauk Co., Wis., Aug. 5. 



Too Much Rain. 



We are having a good deal of rain- 

 too much, in fact. Henby Alley. 

 Essex Co., Mass., Aug. 5. 



Selling in the Home Market. 



The white honey harvest is now gone, 

 and on footing up I find that I have over 

 1,000 pounds of the very finest honey I 

 ever produced. I have sold some in 

 the home market, as I find that more 

 profitable than to ship. I go to the 

 groceries and ask them If they would 

 like some nice honey. Their first reply 

 is, " How do you sell it ?" I give them 

 the price and conditions I sell on, and 

 they generally take a case to try, and 

 once started they are willing to take 

 more. So I bring in more as fast as 

 they have sold out, and in that way keep 

 my honey in all the leading stores, and 

 get a fair price for it. So far I have 

 gotten 1.5 cents per pound, and I allow 

 the grocery keeper 2 cents per pound 

 out of this for handling my honey. 



But this year honey is brought in from 

 all kinds of bee-keepers that have a few 

 colonies, and do not attend to them. 

 Their sections are dirty, and not fit to 

 be seen, but still they will come to town 

 and sell for whatever they are offered, 



Foundation — Sections — Hives 

 or any Other Supplies. 



If you are in a riinli, send me your order. I 

 sell (lie bent only, and fill orders promptly 

 at i.owK.sT PiiicK. BecHAVax wanted In 

 exi'liaii^e. 



Working Wax '^^M'itm A Specialty. 



KS*" Write for (Catalog and I'rice-Llst, with 

 Samples of Foundation and Sections. 



GUS DITTMER, 



A('«;i XTA, WIS. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! . 



Bee - SiippiioH ! Root's 



Goods at Uoot's Prices. 

 Pouder'M Honey - Jars^ 



and every ihiriR- used by 

 bee-keepers, Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat 

 tree. Walter S Ponder, 

 162 Mass. Ave.. 

 Indianapolis. Indiana 

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I»" IF YOU WANT THE 



'Wfltt.'^PoVOtlfifl/ 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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

 for his 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FODHDATIOH 



Ha» No Sag in Brood-Frame* 



Tliin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



H&8 Vo Fisbbooe in the Sorplas Hone;. 



Belnc the cleanest Is usaally worked 

 the quickest of any Foundation made 



J. A. VAN DEUSEN, 



Bole Manutactarer, 

 Spront Brook Monteomery Co.. N. T. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



If Vou Keep but Oue KeiiiPdy 



'"^'"'"JiTouidbe YELLOWZONES 



They Combine the Virtues of a Medicine 

 Chest. 



The Very Best general-service Remedy to be 

 had AT ANV PKICE. 



l^.y'^r.'Ll Zoaet Cathartics 's^ now 



100 In a Box, $1,00—17 In a Box, 25c. 



W. B. House, Drawer 1, Detour, Mich. 



15 Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



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ONE MAN WITH THE 

 UNION "^O^I^-JATION 



Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools. In 

 Ripping-, Cuttlng-off, Mi- 

 tring. Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff 

 etc. Full Llneof Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery 

 Sold on Trial. Calalosne Free. 

 SE>E<"A FALLS ITIFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENECA FALLS. N. T 



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Italian Queens "' 5i^T" 



Untested. 50c.; Tested, $1.00. 

 Nuclei, 2 frame, $2.00, Includiuf,' a good Queen 



Bees by the Pound. 

 E. I.. CARKIXi'ION, 

 22Atf We Fiiiiiak SprinsK, Fla. 



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Van Deuseii Tliiu Fdii. 



A few 25-pound boxes of VanDeusen Thin Su- 

 per Comb I'oundatlon at $11.00 per box. Be 

 quick if you want a box of it. Address. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., 



118 Michigan St. - Chicago, III. 



