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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 23, 



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



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The Honey that Suits All 

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

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

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1^" 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 Mieliigan 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 One of tlie 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 'w^liitest 



Bass'wood is used, and they are pollsht 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 .Tournal. 7At( 



BEE-KEEPERS : 



We are making a strictly A No. 1 line of 



Hives, Sections, Sliipping-Cases, Frames, 



etc., and are selling these goods on their merits. 



We do not claim to sell at cost as we are not in business merely for what glory 

 there may be attacht to it. 



We do claim that our goods are as fine as can be produced anywhere, and that our 

 prices will be found fair and reasonable. 



We are in a position to serve you promptly and satisfactorily, and we ask you to 

 give us a chance to do so. 



Why not write to us to-day for our Free, Illiiiiitrsite.l 4Jat:tlog' ? Or, better 

 still, send us a list of what goods you will require for next season's use, and we shall take 

 pleasure in quoting prices on same. Very truly yours, 



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



That Q,ueen-Clipping Device Free I 



Works E.lke a Ctaann. Couldn't Do Without It. 



The Monetto Queen-CUpplng Device workp 

 LIKE A CHARM. With It I have clipped 30 

 queens, all In one day, when examining my 

 bees. Wm. StoMjKV, Grand Island, Nebr. 



PLEASE READ THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 

 Bend us jnxt imf iirw name 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. 



I have clipped in queens, and must-say tht 

 Monette Queen-Cllpplng Device Is hy far the 

 best Invention I'vtT made, and will be wel- 

 come to many beo-kcopers as It was to me. ) 

 could not do without one now. 



Dii. Gbo. Laoke, Newbursrh, Ind. 



day festivities to Editor Hutchinson, of the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, because the same 

 cruel hand deprived him of his heart's joy 

 in little Fern, through such melancholy 

 means. Truly, we can realize the senti- 

 ment of the poet in these lines; 



'Tis ever thus our fondest hopes decay, 

 I never loved a tree or flower but 'twas the 

 flrst to pass away. 



As every great sorrow has a shadow of 

 joy. possibly the great remorse and grief 

 of poor Mrs. H.. when she fully realized 

 what she had done, gave way in tears and 

 sobs that intensified nerve energy and 

 accelerated forceful blood circulation to 

 the relieving of congested capillaries of the 

 brain, so as to bring about previous normal 

 sane conditions of mind. Let us hope. 



And now I wish the two editors — H. and 

 Y. — all possible holiday enjoyments, and 

 extend the season's compliments to all 

 others, and wish all a complement of good 

 things. J. L. Sexton. 



Sheboygan Co., Wis., Dec. 6. 



[Thank you, Mr. Sexton. We would like 

 to hear from about 1,000 just like you, be- 

 fore Jan. 1. — Editor. 1 



Starting in Bee-Keeping, Etc. 



I want to thank Editor York for his re- 

 ply to John A. Pease, of California, on 

 page T'28, as he may neglect to do so. I 

 also wish to thank Dr. Miller and Charles 

 Dadant for the change I see in their writ- 

 ings, wherein they have concluded to say 

 in answer to the question, "How many 

 colonies of bees shall I commence bee-keep- 

 ing with ?"— Well, that depends upon your 

 pocket-hook. The old answer was, " Begin 

 with one or two colonies, and work your 

 way up. Of course, you cannot expect to 

 reach the bight to which I have attained, 

 but 1 do not object to your trying." 



Mr. Editor, 1 am an old man, and I know 

 that the boys of the present day will ■' get 

 there,'' even if they start with enough bees 

 to make them take a great interest in the 

 business right from the start. 



I hope the American Bee Journal may 

 start the New Year with a full colony of 

 subscribers, and that they may never desert 

 the hive. Wm. H. Eagertt. 



Republic Co., Kan., Nov. 'J7. 



[Thank you, Mr. Eagerty, for your hope- 

 ful wish for the American Bee Jourpal. We 

 are trying to do our part toward furnishing 

 a rousing big 'colony" with plenty of 

 good, wholesome "stores." — Editor.] 



The Buffalo Convention Report, Etc. 



It seems as if the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Union has been very unfortunate 

 in the matter of getting its proceedings 

 properly reported. The report of the Lin- 

 coln meeting was unintelligible in places, 

 because of the stenographer s ignorance of 

 apiarian terms, and now the report of the 

 Buffalo meeting is coming to us in an emas- 

 culated form because no stenographer 

 could be obtained. Dr. Mason tells us that 

 we are going to have the report with the 

 discussions left out. Tbls is like feeding us 

 on mush and milk when we are all expect- 

 ing and all hungry for a square meal. 



When 1 read in the first installment of 

 this euuisculated report that "after a recess 

 of ten minutes Capt. J. E. Hetherington 

 was called out. and in a very instructive 

 and eutertaiuing talk delighted the con- 

 vention." there was an " nil gone " feeling 

 at the pit of my stomach, which only a full 

 and accurate report of this " talk " can re- 

 vive. And only to think of the other 

 " talks " by other men away up in apiarian 

 lore and experience, which we are not to 

 have, because some stenographer did not 

 get around according to contract! Will 

 somebody please knock that stenographer 

 on the head ? And then will some bee- 

 keeper please educate, or cause to be edu- 

 cated, one of his boys, or better, perhaps, 

 one of his girls, to be a stenographer and 



