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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Sept. SO 



^BRO. YORK'S ^ 



OWN TESriMONY 



AFTER 18 MONTHS' USE. 



Chicago, July 27th, 1897. 

 Dear Dr. House: 



My office force have fallen 



in love with vourYellowzones. 



I enclose $1.00 for as many 



as you mail for that amount. 



Y Success to 3'ou in your ex- 

 cellent work. 



Very truly yours, 



Gko. W. York. 

 P. S. Say, /think as much 

 of your"Zones" asthe"g:irls" 

 do. They just straig'htened 

 out a very severe headache I 

 had awhile ag-o. Worth their 

 weight in the yellow metal 

 now being raved about up in 

 Alaska. G.W. Y. 



YELLOWZONES „ 



X FOR PAIN AND FEVER. ^ 



An honest and efficient 

 remedy for all fevers, head- 

 aches, colds, grip, rheuma- 

 tism, neuralgia, etc. And 

 every box guaranteed — but 

 no customer has ever yet 

 asked for his monej' back. 



One box, with supply of 

 Zonet Vittlidrtim, 25c; si x 

 boxes for $1.00. Most orders 

 are for Dollar lots. 



W. B. House, M.D., 

 ■Drawer 1, Detour, Mich. 



ConTention I^'otices. 



Tennesnee.— The t'outhern East Tennessee 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will liol i its annual 

 session at Cooksons Creek. Friday. Oct. 1, l)e- 

 Kinnlng: at 9 o'clock, a.m. Bee-keepers are 

 earnestly requested to attend. The program 

 foreshadows entertainment (or the most, las- 

 tldioua W. J. CoPELAND, Sec. 



Fetzerton, Tenn. 



WlBConxlii.— The Southwestern Wiscon- 

 eln Bee-Keepers' Association will hold Its 

 annual convention at IJoscohel. October 

 and 7, 1897. All the leading apiarian subjects 

 of the day will be thoroiijfhly discust, and a 

 general pood time is expected. All are cordi- 

 ally Invited to come and Ijring their friends. 



Calamine. Wis. F. L. MunRAV, Sec. 



ITIah —The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 Will hold their .einl-annual meeting Oct. 5. at 

 10 a.m.. in the City and County Bui dinp. Salt 

 Lake City. A full pro(rram in the interest of 

 the industry will be presented, and every bee- 

 keeper In the S ate shnuld be Interested in 

 the success of the industry; especially in get- 

 ting our new foul l>roi)a law into operation. 

 We now have a gooil law that can be put into 

 effective force: it can be made to reacli every 

 bee-keeper and every colony of bees In the 

 State, it necepsarj. Th' n let us bealiveto 

 the issue: let us make good use of this 

 weapon put Int.o our bandi-. as long as there 

 is a vestige of the disease found In our own 

 fair State. All arc cordially invited. 



K. S. LoVESY, I'res. 



J. B. Faoo, Sec. Mill Creek. Dtah. 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we wDI 

 send them sample copies of the Bkk 

 Journal. Then please call upon them 

 &nJ get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



THE "NOVELTY" POCKET-KNIFE 



GEO. W. YORK, 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Vonr Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to eay Just what Name Mut 



Address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife Is indeed a novelty. The novelty lies In the handle. It Is made 

 seautifully of indeatru tible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Dnderneath the 

 celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed an American Bee Jouknal reminder, and on the 

 other side, name and residence of the Subscriber. 



The material entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; the bladee 

 are handforged out of the verv finest English razor-steel, and we warrant every blade. The 

 bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or corrode. The rivets are hardeneo 

 German silver wire: the linings are plate briss; the back springs of Sheflleld spring steel, anC 

 the flt\i8h of handle as described above. It will last a lifetime, with proper usage. 



\%'liy purchase the NoTelty Knife? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are, 

 the owner will never recover it; but if the Novelty is lost, having name and address of ownei. 

 the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and address, wouli destroy the 

 knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so fortunate as to have one 

 of the Novelties, your pocket knife will serve as as an identifier; and lu case of death, youit 

 relatives will at once be apprised of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a Christmas. New Tear or hlrthdny present I Wha'i 

 more lasting memento could a mother give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, 

 a lady to a gentleman, or vice versa, a son to a mother, a husb.and to a wife, ahrothertoaslste? 

 or a gentleman to a lady— the knife having the name of the recipient on 'one side 't 



The accompanying cut gives a f ;iint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact represents.. 

 Hon of this beautiful knife, as the " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



Honr (o Get this Valuable Kiilfc.— We send itpoBtpai>l, forSl. , or give It as 8< 

 Premium to the one sending us three no^v Subscriber* to the Bee Journal (with 83. OOX 

 and we will also send to each new name a copy of the Premium ISdltion of the book " Bees an? 

 Hone» " We club the Novelty Knife with the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.00. 



HI 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 

 Allo-w about tifo weeks for your order to be filled. 



h^ Hame and Address Put on the Knife. 



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\ rrsJ^ PRELIABLE I NCUBATOR AN D BROODER ! 



\ .^^'I'Jr^'l' Need We Say More? ' ^ 



"^■^sj^ AU about tbein in Book on Incubation and Poultry. Sent for 10 cents. 



:i7DlTt 



Please mention the American liee Journal. 



given therein to others on the very same 

 subject where they seek information. I 

 sometimes think of getting information 

 on a certain subject myself, but don't 

 like to bother about trifling things ; but 

 as soon as something of greater impor- 

 tance happens, I will not forget the 

 "Question and Answer" department. 



Last, but not least, I wish to offer my 

 compliment on the acyuistlion of so 

 spicy a contributor as S. A. Deacon — 

 that South African Deacon, as somebody 

 has styled him — who combines knowl- 

 edge in bee-keeping with observing the 

 weather in order to make rules by which 

 to predict good and bad years : but 

 above all, who occasionally is raking 

 over the authorities and veterans in the 

 art of apiculture, to show that they are 

 not yet Infallible. He is right, as too 

 much faith in certain authorities will 

 create laziness of thinking, and prevent 

 the necessary progress. But such a pike 

 In the apiarian fishpond will never tol- 

 erate stagnation. May he continue in 

 the good work to the benefit of the 

 American Bee Journal. P. A. SiOLi. 



Sonoma Co., Calif., Aug. 20. 



Good Yield from Golden-Rod. 



My bees have gathered more honey 

 per colony on golden-rod this fall than 

 they have before since I have kept bees, 

 and I had my first colony in lb5G. The 

 most a colony has gained during Its 

 bloom till now was 30 pounds, when one 



colony has gained over 60 pounds and 

 is yet at it. I commenced to weigh the 

 hive Sept. 3, when they gained 2K 

 lbs. ; the 4th, 41bs. ; 5th, 7% ; 6th, 11 ; 

 Tth, '6H: 8th, 6; 'Jlh, UK; 10th, 

 11%; I2th, 4;_13th, rainy— none ; 

 14th, % pound ; loth, 6]4 ; 16th, 4 lbs. 

 — making 76 pounds gained in 13 days. 

 But as the honey evaporates every night 

 they weigh 6132 lbs. more now than 

 they did Sept. 3. 



This honey from the golden-rod Is the 

 lightest colored I have ever extracted. 

 The colony Is In a double-story Alley 

 hive ; 8 frames in a story. The bees are 

 still gathering honey from the yellow 

 blossoms, and if the weather continues 

 good they will get quite a few pounds 

 more, 1 think. Geo. S. Wheeler. 



Hlllsboro Co., N. H. Sept. 17. 



A Fish Stung to Death by Bees. 



I had a queer thing happen in my bee- 

 yard about a week ago. 1 have taken an 

 old row-boat and made a drinking foun- 

 tain out of It for my bees, by planting 

 different kinds of water plants and lilies 

 In it, so as to enable the bees to have 

 something to clitnb on when they fell in 

 the water. I also had six gold-fish, 

 which have become very tame, especially 

 one of them which was quite large. 



I went to the pond to feed them some 

 worms the other day, and was surprised 

 to find the large lish swimming on Its 

 side. I took it out of the pond and put 



