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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 16, 



Only 6 cts. per Pound in 4 Can Lots or Over. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish 'White 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, 6>i cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



ES~ 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. ^^^^Li^^^^^^onsm, 



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 Largest 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 wbitest 



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 Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



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

 Please mention the American Bee.TourDal. 7Atf 



BEE-KEEPERS 



We make 



SUPPLIES 



The Very Finest Line of 

 in the Market, and sell 

 them at Lo"w Prices. 



Send for Free Illiislrated Catalog and Prlcc-Lii§t. 



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



Special Agent for the Southwest -^- ^- ^^^%^'aoseph. mo. 



]?Ir. Abbott sells our Iltvcs and .Sections at Factory Prices. 



That Glueen-Clipping Device Free I 



Work* Like a Cliarm. 



The Monette QueeD-CUpplng Device works 

 LIKE A CBARH. With It I have clipped 30 

 <]ueen8, all in one day. when examining my 

 bees. Wm. Stoli.kv, Grand Island, Nebr. 



Couldn't Do Without It. 



I have clipped 19 queens, and must say the 

 Monette Queen-t.'Mppin^r Device 1b by far the 

 best Invention evoi- made, and will be wel- 

 come to many bof-kct'pers as it was to me. ] 

 could not do without one now. 



Du. Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind, 



PLEASE READ THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 



Send us pv<t one ilcw nmne for the American Bee Journal a year (with $1.00), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Clipping Device fkee of charge. Or, the Queen-Clipping Device 

 ■will be sent postpaid for 30 cts. But why not get it as a Premium by the above offer 

 You can't earn 30 cts. any easier. Almost every bee-keeper will want this Device. 



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



Qerjeral \\cn)s^ 



Not a Good Season. 



The past was not a good season, as the 

 white clover did not secrete any nectar. 

 We have in winter quarters 45 colonies in 

 good condition. 



We enjoy the Bee Journal very much, 

 and would not like to be without it. -^ 

 M. C. Bingham. 



Coos Co., Wash., Nov. 22. 



Wintering Away Up North. 



I am wintering a colony in Muskoka, 

 where the temperature varies so much. I 

 fear I have packt them so well that they 

 will be smothered for want o£ air; but just 

 how to give them air enough and keep out 

 the frost, too, is the difficulty. 



Thomas Hendry. 



Muskoka, Ont., Canada, Nov. 36. 



A Reply. 



On page 459, Geo. W. Prater, of Pierce 

 Co., Wash., has. for one reason or another, 

 tried to throw ink over part of my writing 

 on page 3'JS. To such rude actions I will 

 only say, like Mr. York did on a certain 

 occasion, but to another person, that if Mr. 

 P. thinks he can stand it, I think I can. 

 T. H. Waale. 



Clarke Co., Wash., Nov. 29. 



Best White Clover Flow in Years. 



Bees did well in the forepart of the sea- 

 son. The honey-flow from white clover 

 was the best for years. Basswood yielded 

 only a small crop. There was no fall honey 

 this year, as it has been too dry since July. 

 I have extracted 1,000 pounds from 14 colo- 

 nies. A. F. Krueger. 



Washington Co., Wis., Nov. 26. 



Fine Season for Bee-Keepers. 



Bees did splendidly the past season. It 

 was a fine one here lor bee-keepers. I got 

 2,0S0 pounds of comb and extracted honey 

 from 29 colonies, spring count, and iu- 

 creast to 51, returning 10 swarms. I com- 

 menced bee-keeping in 1893, and have not 

 lost a colony in wintering, or a swarm in 

 swarming-time. I credit my success to the 

 bee-papers, of which I take three. 



J. W. Payne. 



Vermillion Co., 111., Nov. 26. 



Bee-Keeping in Indian Territory. 



My apiary is located on the beautiful 

 Grand river, near the Cherokee Orphan 

 Asylum. I commenced the season of 1S97 

 with 10 colonies, and I now have 37 in 8- 

 frame hives. I clip all my queens, and 

 would not think of doing otherwise. Hiv- 

 ing swarms by that process is a pleasure. I 

 use the Monette clipping device, and would 

 not do without it for five dollars a year. It 

 is not only useful in clipping, but is equally 

 useful in catching the queen when swarm- 

 ing. 



1 have not had a swarm desert a hive this 

 season. There is a right and a wrong way 

 to proceed in this, as in other things. You 

 want to shade the swarm and give plenty 

 of ventilation. I always give a frame of 

 eggs and unsealed brood if possible. 



I ventilate my hives during hot weather 

 by raising the fronts one inch, and let the 

 back rest on the bottom-boai'd. That does 

 not botlier the bees so much as to raise all 

 the hive, and it gives plenty of ventilation. 



I wire all frames, and it 1 do not wish to 

 use full sheets of foundation I set the hives 

 pertectl5- level from side to side ; the bees 

 will build perfectly straight combs over the 

 wires as nicely as can be, and if managed 

 rightly very little drone-comb will be built. 

 Put on a super and give but part of the 



