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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL 



March 13, 1902. 



/^ TKT /^ . 4 describinfi- and listing' the finest line of 



UUl* JNeW l^BialOP'- ERS' SUPPLIES in the world, is 

 ^^ '^-■*%^«^A-w^f have not been receiving- a copy annual] 



de£C£ibinfi- and listjn^g the finest line of BEE-KEEP- 



' ' is ready. If you 

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wmlemantdlolFREE G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, Watertown, Wis. 



Special Agency. CM. Scott & Co., 1004 East Washington St . Indianapolis. Ind. 



AGENCIES: L. C. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Fred W. Muth A- Co., S.W. Cor. Walnut 

 and Front Sis., Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred Foulg-er it Sons, Og-den, Utah: Colorado Honey-Producers' 

 Association, Denver, Colo.; Grand Junction Fruit-Growers' Association, Grand Junnction, Colo.; 

 Robert Halley, Montrose, Colo.: Pierce Seed <t Produce Co., Pueblo, Colo.: E, T.Abbott, St. 

 Joseph, Mo.. Special Southwestern Agent; Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, III.; F. C. Erkel, 515 

 1st Ave., N.E., Minneapolis, Minn.; Lilly, Bogardus A Co., Seattle, Wash. 



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10 Miles TO A Doctor k 



Enough to discourase anyone. Ill health, 

 big doctor bills, no pleasure in life; blue and 

 discouraged. What's the matter? Simplj' 

 this. You can't work well, play well or ' 

 sleep well until your body is in good healthy 

 condition, and you can't kecpthe body in 

 good healthy condition if j-ou allow disease 

 to once get a foot-hold. It is for this reason 

 that a bottle of 



Waikins' Vegetable Anodyne Liniment 



is so valuable in the house. It is ready when 

 the first sign of cold or chill is felt. A few 

 drops then does what a doctor would charge many 

 dollars to do later. "NVe receive numberless letters 

 like the following: 



Maxawa. Wis., July 5, 190!. 

 I have used "Catkins' Vepjetable Anodyne Lini- 

 ment for colds and cramps with very best results." 



II. F. i:ii!A. 



The Best Remedy made for 



Colds Coughs. Colic. Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, 

 Dysentery, Indigestion, Cuts, Burns, Bruises, etc. 



An especially strong- point about Watkins' Lini- 

 ment from the farmers' view-'point, is that it is 

 equally good fur 



MAH AND BEAST. 



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of Watkins' Remedies, or if we have 



ft no agent in your neighborhood, write 



l|to us, and 'we will see that you are 



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GiFT F0R1902. 



We ofTera beautiful Cook Book and 

 I Home Doctor this year trj anyone who ( 

 will send us his name and address on a postal card. 

 Fillpd with useful information ou everythmg per- 

 taining to the home. Write to-day. It is free. 



THE J. R. WATKINS MEDICAL CO., 



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UlarsMeld MaDukturing Couipanj. 



Our specialty is making SECTIONS, and they are the best in the market. 

 "Wisconsin BASSWOOD is the right kind for them. We have a full line of BEE- 

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 for Beeswax. 



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 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. ^ ^i^ieZ^^'ii^iTi 



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 Address as follows, very plainly, 



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of an old bee-keeper who examined all the 

 colonies, and found out their whereabouts, 

 and how they were for queens, brood, etc. 

 One trouble was, the queens would hatch out 

 iu the upper part, and there was no "go out'' 

 for them. 



There was one very good plan he told me of, 

 and that was to keep a record of how each 

 colony was, on a piece of board, day and date ; 

 so after that every hive was looked over so 

 many days after date, and all went splendidly 

 for honey and increase. 



The basswood yielded finely, and I cannot 

 speak too much in favor of the sweet clover. 

 One thing I would notice about a patch of 

 yellow sweet clover — that I raised from the 

 seed of one plant 3 years ago — it bloomed .3 

 or 4 weeks before the white kind, and iust at 

 the right time, and the bees seemed fairly to 

 go for it. Then they took to the white bloom 

 and worked on it until the frost came in Sep- 

 tember. It grew from 7 to S feet tall. Our 

 cattle will eat it whenever they get a chance. 



I have had a very good time this winter 

 looking over the copies of the American Bee 

 Journal, and am sure to be benefitted by its 

 useful hints. 



Thanks to Dr. Miller for his clear, honest 

 talk and answers to questions; likewise Da- 

 dant, Doolittle, and others. R. McCradie. 



North Dakota, Jan. 29. 



Few Dead Bees in Wintering. 



Bees have wintered well so far. I never 

 saw so tew bees die during the winter in the 

 colonies left on the winter stands. Up to 

 within the past three weeks there were 

 scarcely more than a dozen dead bees to the 

 hive. It warmed up yesterday, and those on 

 the summer stands lost a few bees by their 

 dropping into the snow-water ; in fact, there 

 were more lost from this cause within a few 

 hours than died all winter. H. G. Quirim. 



Erie Co., Ohio, Feb. 24. 



Fine Weather-Selling Candled 

 Honey. 



The weather is very fine in this part of the 

 country, and if it stays mild we will be able to 

 report fine wintering of bees. 



I have sold all my last year's crop of ex- 

 tracted honey — about 24,000 pounds — over 

 20,000 pounds being put into lard-pails. This 

 was sold candied. You see, the people don't 

 want it that way. As soon as they get it 

 they will melt it and eat it. But some prefer 

 it candied. R. C. Aikin. 



Larimer Co., Colo., Feb. 25. 



No Honey Last Season. 



There was no honey here last season. I 

 probably will have to feed my bees when 

 spring comes. But a bee-keeper is always 

 hopeful. Fred BiESEMEiER. □ 



Johnson Co., Nebr., Feb. 19. 



Heavy Loss In Wintering. 



AS I have seen no letters from this part of 

 Illinois, 1 thought I would give the condition 

 of things. We have had a cold winter here. 

 Bees went into winter cjuarters in fine condi- 

 tion, colonies strong, with plenty of supplies, 

 such as it was, to last them, but, alas, it was 

 honey-dew, and the result is that nine-tenths 

 of them are dead, and those that are living 

 are in bad condition. 



We had no clover last summer, consequently 

 they gathered honey-dew in September and 

 October. It looks as if we will have togo|out 

 of business, or stock up from some other 

 locality. C. Zoll. 



Fulton Co., 111., Feb. 28. 



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A Severe Winter. 



ts We are having one of the most severe win- 

 ters here in years. Snow came very early, 

 there being good sleighing for Thanksgiving, 

 and staying right along, with the exception 

 of a sudden but short thaw in December, 

 which washed terribly, tearing out bridges 

 and doing immense damage. 



We are now undergoing our third blizzard 



