1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



699 



(^cr)cra\ Itenps^ 



Too Dry for Bees. 



I have about 30 colonies of bees, and 

 I have been working for increase this 

 year* I got about 600 pounds of comb 

 honey. It has been too dry for bees this 

 year. T. E. Haley. 



Sanders Co., Nebr. Oct. 14. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



I have seven colonies of bees. They 

 did fairly well, the best producing 7'2 

 pounds of nice comb honey. I am in- 

 debted to the Bee Journal for a part of 

 my success. Oliver S. Johnson. 



Cedar Co., Iowa, Oct. 10. 



Bees Have Done Poorly. 



My bees have done very poorly this 

 year. I have the lightest crop I ever got. 

 The bees stored nothing after Aug. 20, 

 and are not in good condition for winter. 

 But I must have the Bee Journal. 



C. P. Dow. 



Dakota Co., Nebr. Oct. 17. 



Good Queens Important. 



Doolittle's " Scientifl^Queen-Rearing " 

 I think every bee-keeper should have ; in 

 fact, 1 think more of it than any book I 

 ever read. I, like Mr. D., think the most 

 essential part of a good colony of bees 

 lies in a good queen. I have had j, good 

 deal of experience in buying queens for 

 the last 3 years, from different breeders 

 which I may write up some other time. 

 H. Galloway. 



Skagit Co., Wash., Oct. 11. 



Various Things on Bees. 



While meditating and contemplating 

 upon the past, present and future, and 

 feeling somewhatsad, I was quite revived 

 by the arrival of the esteemed treasurer 

 of our Southern Minnesota Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and her ever joyful and 

 agreeable husband, as they are always 

 welcome guests. After a long conver- 

 sation with them, and we had dinner to- 

 gether, talkt the bee-business from cen- 

 ter to circumference, they returned 

 home, to Winona. They are respected 

 for their good company, and also for their 

 knowledge of the bee-business, in which 

 they are engaged. 



Our honey was a very short crop in 

 Southern Minnesota, but we will live in 

 hopes if we do die in despair. We be- 

 lieve in progress, and do not get discour- 

 aged over one failure. We should begin 

 cow to prepare for next year's harvest, 

 by being careful not to put any colonies 

 into winter quarters that are without 

 two things — a good queen and plenty of 

 stores : then well protected for winter. 



I will not pretend to advise any one as 

 to the best way to winter bees, as there 

 are so many ways and all claim success, 

 but be sure to keep them dry and warm, 

 and also keep the mice out of them dur- 

 ing the winter. I heard an old bee- 

 keeper say that he lost % of his bees by 

 the mice. I would advise bee-keepers to 

 keep the mice out of the bee-hives, as I 

 do not believe that bees and mice winter 

 well together. 



I know another man that lost half of 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



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 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish 'Wblte Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

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

 In one case, 63^ cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6y cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



iiW A sample of the honey will be mailed to an Intending purchaser, for 8 

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



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



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New 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 Oiie of the Larg-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 Groods at the Lowest Prices. 



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

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



Special Agent for the Southwest "^- ^- ^^^^sl: Joseph, mo. 



Mr. Abbott sells our Hives and Sections at Factory Prices. 



That Gtueen-Clipping Device Free I 



I Couldn't Do Without It. 



I have clipped IB queens, and must say the 

 Monette Queen-Clipping Device is by tar the 

 best invention ever made, and will be wel- 

 come to many bee-beepers aa it was to me. 1 

 could not do without one now. 



Dr. Geo. Lackb, Newburgb. lad. 



Works Like a Charm. 



The Monette Queen-Cllpplng Device works 

 LIKE A CHAKM. With it I have clipped 30 

 queens, all in one day. when examining my 

 bees. Wm. Stollev, Grand Island, Nebr. 



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 will mail you the CJueen-ClippinR Device free of charge. Or, the Queen-Clipping Device 

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



