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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 9. 



Qcjperal Itertps^ 



Best Season for Years. 



This has been the best honey season 

 for years, and bees are in splendid con- 

 dition. I will get nearly 1 5UU pounds 

 of nice section hotiey from ob colonies, 

 spring count ; and tiicreast to TO. My 

 bees were in very poor condition in the 

 spring. W. S. Feeback. 



Nicholas Co., Ky., Aug. b(.i. 



A Glorious Honey Season. 



We have had a glorious honey season 

 this time, and the end is not yet. It is 

 very dry at present. If. we should have 

 a good rain in 10 days, we will get the 

 finest honey from now until frost, from 

 a boneset relative. We have but little 

 white clover here. J. C. Hick.s. 



Calloway Co., Ky., Aug. 21. 



Bees in an Abnormal Condition. 



My bees were very busy the past 

 week. They stored some honey in the 

 supers, against my wishes, and against 

 their will, becaUi^e they were obliged to 

 ■do so on account of the brood cham- 

 ber being nearly all tilled with brood, 

 and the honey-flow may be past after it 

 is haicht out, thus leaving them without 

 much winter stores. Some colonies are 

 still swarming. I never saw my bees in 

 suih an abnormal condition as they are 

 and have been nearly all summer. 



C. Theilmann. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., Aug. 31. 



About Half a Crop. 



The honey-flow in this section is very 

 light, amounting to but about half a 

 crop. Basswood did not yield, and on 

 that we place our main reliance. Sweet 

 clover made a poor yield, while white 

 clover did remarltably well ; in fact, bet- 

 ter than for many years. We louk for a 

 fair yield from fall flowers, having had 

 good rains. We have had but one swarm 

 this year. 



Don't forget the Trans-Mississippi In- 

 ternational Exposition in 181)8, to be 

 held at Omaha. There will be a mag- 

 nllicent display of honey and bee appli- 

 ances there. I.ouis R. Liouton. 



Douglas Co., Nebr., Aug. 26. 



Crooked Commission Men — Results. 



I have been a shipper of small fruit 

 and honey for the past 16 years, and 

 thought the only way to convert our 

 honey into cash was to clean it up in 

 line shape, and ship to Chicago; and I 

 would still be a shipper to that market, 

 but Horrie, about two years ago, 

 changed the whole business. I became 

 so disgusted with all commission men 

 then, that I resolved to try the oft- 

 advised plan of being my own salesman. 

 So last year I purchast a heavy spring 

 wagon, loaded It up, and struck out. I 

 arrived in Kalamazoo at 7 p.m. As I 

 drove into the feed barn the attendant 

 said, '• What have you that Is so heavy 

 in the wagon y" " Honey," I replied. 

 " Holy cats," says he ; "you will never 

 sell that load in this town !" I said 

 with some mistrust, " Wait and see." 



After taking breakfast, I struck out 

 10 Interview those that I thought 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON" TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish Wbite AUalTa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7J^ cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 7 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, G)4 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. Pine Bass^vood Flavor Honey at same price; also in 

 270-lb. barrels. 



A sample of either honey will be mailed to an fntending purchaser, for 8 

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



m\M W. YORK & CO., 118 Ittieliigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



Ne"w London, 



Wisconsin, 



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 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 poli^ht 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. 

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I?lr. Abbi»lt sclU our Hives and Sections at Factor}' Prices*. 



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T have clipped 19 queens, and must aay the 

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 could not do without one now. 



Dr. Geo. Lackk, NewburKh, Ind. 



Works Like a Charm. 



The Monette Queen-Cllppiag Device wokks 

 LIKE A cnAUM. With it I have clipped :iO 

 queens, all in one day. when examinluir my 

 bees. W.M. Stoi.i.f.y, Qrand Island, Nebr. 



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