Feb. 27. 191 2 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



141 



Burlington 



Every day during March 

 and April wo shall sell 



Cheap Tickets 



To The 



Northwest 



Montana, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, 

 Washington and N.W.Wyoming 



Our fast train service from Chicago to 

 St. Paul, Billings, Mont., and Denver, 

 and our system of Reclining Chair 

 Cars (seats free) and Tourist Sleeping 

 Cars — only $6 for a double berth 

 Chicago to Pacific Coast — in addition 

 to the regular Pullman cars, makes 

 the Burlington Route the most com- 

 fortable and convenient way to the 

 Northwest. Ask you nearest ticket 

 agent about it or write me for a folder 

 giving particulars. 



P. S. EUSTIS, Gen'l Pass'r Agent C. B. & Q- "y- 

 Chicago. 



GREIDER'S FINE CATALOGUE 

 of piize wiDDiDg pool try for 1902, printed In colors, 

 illustrates anrt describes 60 Varieties of Pooltry; 

 pives reasonable [irlces of eegsand siocl. Manyhinlsto 

 pouliry raisers. Send 10<^ tn silver or stamps for this 

 noted book. H. II. GIJEIUEK, Florin, I'o. 

 Mention the Atn^ricati Bij Joar nal. 



Poultry Paper— 3 ttionths' trial subscription 

 and book, "Plans for Poultry Houses," 10 cents. 

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 '.«a«|*>tB.S.Sl i'rires. Folly IVnrrnnled. < 'atalOK Free. 

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State price, kind and quantitv. 



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Electric 



Handy Farm Wagons 



mai.L the work easier for both the man ami team 

 Tlie tires beins wide they do tioteut i tito the Ktouiid ■ 

 ^5^it'"'H''''^'?.!"""^'t."^'''"l''f<"l"">.ivtimes.hecause 

 of the short lift. They are equipped with iur t-am! 



Ser i';'fuir''-w,"'S' »■•■"■'". eithirstral^^htorsSS. 

 ?vh £ >, -^ l' " '"■","' ""^ ""•«*" from 24 to 60 inches. 

 « hite hickory axlea.stee hounds. Guaranteed to 

 carry 40..0 Ihs. «hy not t-et started rit'ht"p,rttinS 

 in one of these wagons. We make our steel wheels 

 to Ht any wafc-on. Wiite for the catalog. It is trie 



ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., BOX 16, QUINCY, ILL. 



iniifl read and think, to bcoom(! i>iolU-li;iit." 

 Ml' rfiicliijd ii|i niiil look down an old, ifiwiKv 

 " Muntml " Htiiii'ii Ijy I'rof. A. .1. Cook In 

 1S7H. Ill- llicii liiiniicil in(; iin(ilh(;r " .Vluniiiil 

 ol' ihe .A|iiur.v." MdcnlUli-, Well, Mialcallwl 

 nut liaidi III Hiii-ii I \va« pcrHiniiled liy our iilcl 

 iiiL-ilicitie man lo siudy inedlclint, I wan In 

 my slxtli year, ilu' Doctor wa«.">i>i licsearidipd 

 iiroiiiid and foiiml an old Comli-y's tpLdlinir 

 l)nol(, and liM-ncil to ihc word '• baker." I 

 roiild only iim.'-li-r one syllable. He liuid, " My 

 >,rood tioy, you will make a doctor but j-rjii 

 niiisl follow inslnictions." In the past four 

 yeur.s 1 liave heeii followini; instriiclioiis 

 lu-etty well ; however, with the humlrcils of 

 slin(,'s received I have become immune to the 

 Ktint'. 



I want to say ri(;lit here that I believe that 

 one man can handle bees as well as another 

 (all things lieinn eipial) or, in other words. 

 I do not think bees know their keejier from 

 any olher iierson. I have frei|uent demon- 

 stiations to conviiiee me of that fact. You 

 must know your liees, and not your bees 

 know you ; there is no mystery about that. 



Every farmer could keep 2 or more colonies 

 prolitably in frame hives ; box-hives and 

 black bees will soon be athintrof the jiast. I 

 have the S-fraine Simplicity hive, and Italian 

 bees. I hope soon to present you with a pic- 

 ture of my apiary. 



I desire to say, brietly, that since I have 

 lieen so infatuated with apiculture, the 

 fever has rajred so incessantly that it has 

 crowded out all symptoms of rheumatism. 

 Now, I do not want to be misunderstood; I 

 do not say it was bee-stings or enthusiasm ; I 

 do say it must have been one or the other. 

 Daviess Co., Ky., .Jan. 4. .J. M. Hall. 



Report of the Past Season. 



The lioney crop from my bees last season 

 was far from promising on white clover, and 

 a total failure on sweet clover and buckwheat, 

 I got only tjUU pounds of salable honey from 

 3.D colonies. We will hope for a better crop 

 this year. Chas. Luebke. 



Rock Co., Wis., Feb. 3. 



Snow=Storm In New York. 



We are having a terrible snow-storm to-day ; 

 the roads will be impassible to-morrow, I e.'c- 

 pect. Our bees in the cellar seem to be in 

 good shape. 



The State (N. Y.) Bee-Keepers" society is to 

 meet tomorrow, but I don't see any way of 

 getting to Geneva, only 30 miles away, so I 

 will have to stay at home, F. Greiner. 



Ontario Co., N, Y., Feb. 2. 



P. S. — The snow-storm raging Sunday con- 

 tinued until Monday night. Our roads are 

 blockaded; we received no mail, and none 

 went out. 



Wintering All RigJit. 



We have had very cold weather the last 

 month, but the bees are wintering all right, 

 as far as I have been able to tell. I have been 

 experimenting some with out-of-door winter- 

 ing, and they are all right yet. 



I cannot get along with my bees without 

 the " Old Reliable;" I read it every week. 

 A. W. Atkekson. 



Jasper Co,, Mo., Feb. 8. 



Wintering Well— A Good Swarm. 



The bees are, as usual, wintering comfort- 

 ably on their summer-stands. Since the in- 

 troduction of the tight-frame hive into the 

 apiary, uniform success and most gratifying 

 results have been obtained. 



The honey-yield last season was abundant, 

 I had one prime swarm, which issued from a 

 32-frame hive. It was hived on 10 frames, a 

 number of which were wired, and had the 

 least sign of a starter. Those that the bees 

 wanted for ijrood they built up with worker- 

 cells, but those they i;eserved for honey they 

 built up in drone-cells ; a super was alsoadded 

 at the same time, which they tilled in about 



To make cows pay. nso Sliiirples Cream Separators. Book 

 "BuBiness Dairying" « Oat. 212 free, W Chester.Pa, 



\30 DAYS FREE TRIAL 



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Ii<)W UalfH to tFie .Nor thwoHl. He- 

 ginning March 1st, and every day thereafter 

 during the months of March and April. ISKia, 

 the Great Northern Railway will sell one-way 

 second-class settlers' tickets at very low rates 

 to almost all points on its main line west of 

 St, Haul and .Minneapolis. Low rates will 

 also be made in connection with the Great 

 Northern, from Chicago. 



The rate from St. Paul, Minneapolis and 

 other Eastern terminals, to .Montana points is 

 from ?1.T to .<20; to points in Washington, 

 $22.50 to .*2."). The rates from Chicago to 

 Montana points is from ?2.5 to .*.S0, and the 

 highest rate to points in Washington is *;«. 

 Equally low rates will be made to other sta- 

 tions reached by the (ireat Northern Railway 

 and its connections. 



The journey must begin on the day of sale 

 of ticket, and tickets will be good for stop- 

 over ten days or less at points on the (ireat 

 Northern Railway west of and including 

 Harve. .Mont. 



This is the best opportunity that has ever 

 been offered to parties who wish to investi- 

 gate the many advantages ofiered them in the 

 great Northwest. Information about Great 

 Northern country is given by the Agent of 

 Great Northern Railway, or those desirous of 

 ascertaining just what opportunities are of- 

 fered there can secure full information in 

 reference to land, climate, crops, etc.. by 

 writing to .Max Bass, G. I. A., 220 S. Clark 

 St,, Chicago, or to F. I. Whitney, ti, P. i\: T. 

 A. Great Northern Railway, St. I'aul, Minn. 



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the president and founder of the J, R. 



Watkins Medical Company, Winona, 



Jlinn., U. S. A., the proprietors of 



the world famous 



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■\ oil "ill find this picture -t Mr. Watkins and 

 his sitrnatiiie as above on everv tabfl. wrapper, 

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 put on the picture and this'slpnaturo to protect 

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