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THE AMER1CA^ BEE JOURNAL, 



Dec. 9. 



THE HATCHlPiG HBI^ 



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i^a^i^^ HAS LOST HER OCCUPATION 



"MuT*"' 'i<Jand in the productionand l.ror.diii^ i.l (.'hu-ks she 

 Rll!'l!Milll^ has been sui>plaiitud by the betttr ami everyway 



m RELIABLE k^N^o^lSS^^DlRs 



y They Hatch and Brood \\lien y.ni a! 

 - ^, w /■' I luv don't k-et i"usv. Tliey m:i*"^v the siiony:.-sr. 



""^^^s^^ . im ks ami the mr.st nt them. Ittakt-s a Wlk paire honk 



abiePouitiTFftmis. stut by mail «»!i i.-'eipt of 10 cents, sciui i""i it now- 

 Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Quincy, Illinois. 

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:■ ready. 



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Please meDtion the Ameri canBee Journal. 



S?]! Beeswax 



For all the Oood, Pure Vello-w 



Beeswax delivered to our office till 

 further notice, we will pay 25 cents per 

 pound, CASH ; or 28 cents for whatever 

 part is exchanged for the Bee Journal, 

 Honey, Books or Seed, that we offer. If 

 yon want casta, 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, ILI-. 



CARLOADS 



Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

 piDg-Cases. Comb Foundation, 

 and Everything used in the 

 Bee-Industry. 



We want the name and ad- 

 dress of every Bee-Keeper In 

 America. We supply Deal- 

 ers as well as consumers. We 

 have IJry Kiln, Improved Machinery, 40.000 

 feet of floor space, and all modern appliances. 

 We make prompt shipment. 

 Write for Catalosfs. Quotations, etc. 



Mer-State MauiifacturinE Co, 



HIIDSOIN, St. Croix Co., WIS. 



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HATCH Chickens °T.?7J=.ft!g 



h the MOUEL 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 



Simple. Per/eel, Setf-Regutat- 

 ing. Thousands in succcssrul 

 ii|ieratir>n. I.owewf priced 

 flrst-c'luMH llntchiT init<le. 

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 1 14 tolSa S. 6th t*t. <|u|ncy,IIL! 



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Wholesale 



and KetalK 



COMB FOUNDATION 



mrkiiig Wax leL^SAtH A Specialty, 



At Keduccd Prices durliiK tl>e Winter. 



My ' Foundation will speak fob itself, and 

 prices are O. K. So do not fall to write for a 

 Catalog with prices and samples. 



Beeitwax taken In Exchange for Foun- 

 dation or any other Supplies. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AUGUSTA, WIS. 



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 write to any of oni 

 advertlMorn, either Ir 

 ivrderlng, or a»^klng about the Good» 

 qtfffered, win please state that they saw 

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K«'e-lie«'lM'r!«' Pliolograph.— We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photoKrapbs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers—a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 4U of them are shown on one of 

 the photogrnphB, and 131 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, for HO cts. a card, 

 mailing from the 121 kind first; then after 

 they ore all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 Ko those who order first will get the most 

 " faces" for their money. Send orders to 

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RKAHERS 



the rearing of another placed instead. In 

 due time three cells were built, but on look- 

 ing into the hive three days previous to 

 their time of hatching. I found the bees 

 very greatly reduced in numbers. We im- 

 mediately, from other colonies, took four 

 frames of hatching brood and placed there- 

 in. When removing the surplus cells, two 

 days afterwards. I was elated over the 

 force of young workers present. Thinks I, 

 a propitious time indeed for the building 

 of nice cells. So all cells were removed 

 and larvcP were supplied as before. From 

 this effort half a dozen nice cells were built, 

 but in vain did we wait for them to hatch. 

 Each cell, we found on opening, contained 

 a dead queen that was nearly developt, 

 with no royal jelly present, which naturally 

 led me to conclude the feeders were at 

 fault. If this is not a reasonable supposi- 

 tion, will some one please name the cause ? 

 Maury Co., Tenn. N. F. Mukpht. 



Best Honey Crop Known. 



We had the best honey crop ever known 

 in this section of Ohio, the past season. I 

 began in May with 16 colonies, increast to 

 2S colonies, and secured about 2,000 pounds 

 of choice honey, and 300 or -100 pounds of 

 dark. About two-thirds of it was comb 

 honey, and I sold it mostly at "6 pounds 

 for a dollar." The extracted brought me 

 from 10 to 15 cents per pound, according to 

 quality. I found sale for all ray comb 

 honey, and about one-halt of the extracted. 



I have reduced ray colonies to 18, which 

 have gone into winter quarters on the sum- 

 mer stands in double-walled hives in ex- 

 cellent condition. They have from 30 to 40 

 pounds of honey to the colony, are very 

 strong with young bees, and I will expect 

 them to be very strong in the spring, ready 

 for the apple bloom and locust, which 

 usually give some surplus honey every 

 year. 



The American Bee Journal is a regular 

 weekly visitor, always welcome, and care- 

 fully and profitably read. 



RoiiT. B. Woodward, M. D. 



Perry Co., Ohio, Nov. 28. 



A Report for 1897. 



We started in last spring with five strong 

 colonies, increast to eight, and sold one 

 about the end of fruit-bloom, thus leaving 

 seven good colonies for the honey harvest. 



Our best colony gave us (33 pounds of 

 comb and 20 pounds of extracted honey— S3 

 pounds in all. This amount is the largest 

 crop we have taken from any one colony 

 since we started with bees, in the sjiring of 

 18U,5, and is consiiiered very good for this 

 place. Our poorest colony gave 20 pounds 

 of extracted honey, besides their own 

 stores for the winter. 



We took, in nil. from the seven colonies, 

 183 pounds of comb and Ki.") pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, making a total of 318 

 pounds, of very fine honey. This is a good 

 showing for our location, as houses are 

 being built U]i all around us very fast, 

 causing the forage to become somewhat 

 scarce of late. Our bees are all packt for 

 the winter, and are in first-class condition. 



Our grocery trade is booming at present, 

 altho the competition is strong on all sides. 



We received last week some of the finest 

 white clover and Imckwiient comb honey 

 from the central part of New York Slate 

 that we ever saw. and find a ready sale for 

 it all at fair prices. We read the American 



Bee Journal and Gleanings regularly, and 

 find much good and useful information in 



both paper 



Hudson Co.. N. J., Nov. 26 



HoLiiixo Bros. 



II.UKV HONEY-EXTRACTOR 

 i'lUUl o Square Glass Jars. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies in general, etc etc 

 Send for our new catalog. 

 Practical Hints " will be mailed for 10c. 



in stamps. Apply to— 



Chas. F. Mnth & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, 



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Honey - Clovers I 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order: 



5a lOft 25Ib SOtti 



Alslke Clover.. 70 11.25 J3.00 $5.75 



Sweet Clover (white). .60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



White Clover 90 1.60 3.75 7.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 

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HONEY-JARS. 



1-lb., $4.50 per prross ; discount on quantities. 

 Sq. with Corks. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



We pay 26c cash. f. o. b. N. Y. City. 

 Catalog of Apiarian Supplies and Bees, Free 



I. J. STRllVGHAIH, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK, N, T, 



Apiary— Glen Cove, L. I. 

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