May 1, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



283 



PtMlI.ISHRD WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK CONPAINY 



144 & 146 E rie St., Chicago, III. 



Enteivil at tliu P<ist-( )llico at Chicago as Jecond- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



Editor— George W. York. 



Dkpt. Editors.— Dr. C. C. Miller, E. E. Hasty. 



Special CoRRKSPONDENTS — G. M. Doolittle, 



Prof. A. J. Cook, C. P. Dadant, 



R.C. Aikin, F. Greiner, Emma M. Wilson, 



A. Getaz, and others. 



3-Fi*ame Nuclei For Sale. 



We have arranged with a bee-keeper 

 located in Kankakee Co., III., (within 

 12 miles of Kankakee), to fill orders for 

 Nuclei of bees. All are to be first-class, 

 and most of the bees show Italian mark- 

 ings. The queens in the Nuclei will 

 be Italian, of this j'ear's rearing. 



The Nuclei are 3-frame Langstroth, 

 in light shipping-boxes. Prices: 1 for 

 $3.00; 5 at $2.75 each. 



All are f .o.b. shipping-point, and will 

 be sent by express, a postal card notice 

 being mailed to each purchaser a day 

 or two before shipping the bees. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



QUEENS 



Smokers Sections. 

 Comb Foundation 



\nil .ill .Vpiiirinn SiijipUes 

 clH-Hp. Senil for 

 kUKK Culiiloiiiii. K. T. h'L,\N.4(;.iN, ilelleville. III. 



I have a lot of 25 colonies of bees in fiae con- 

 dition, in hives holding- frames 12x12 inches, 

 the usual depth, that I will let ffo at the follow- 

 ing- rates, viz: One colonv, J5.00; 5 colonies at 

 $4.50 each; 10 colonies at $4. no each: or the en- 

 tire lot to one party for $75.00, cash with the 

 order. These bees have a mixture of Carniolaa 

 blood in them, ^ut are workers having- averaged 

 nearly double the amount of honey per colony 

 that any ot the pure stock did in the same 

 apiary the pasi dry season. I guarantee safe 

 delivery and freedom from disease. Act quick, 

 for these bees are a barg-ain at the above price, 

 and this advertisement will not appear again, 



^ E. T. FLANAGAN. Belleville. III. 

 ISAlt Please mention the Bee Journal. 



The Rural Californian 



Tells all about Bees in California. The yields 

 and Price of Honey; the Pasturage and Nectar- 

 Producing Plants; the Bee-Ranches and how 

 they are conducted. In fact the entire field is 

 fully covered by an expert bee-man. Besides 

 this the paper also tells you all about California 

 Agriculture and Horticulture. $1.00 per year; 6 

 months, 50 cents. Sample copies, 10 cents. 



THE RURAL CALIFORNIAN, 



218 North Main Street, - Los Angeles, Cal 

 f lease menti'-.n Bee journal -when ■writing; 



COMB FOUNDATION 

 ADVANCED 3 cents 



^ Owing to .the increased price of beeswax, until 

 further notice, dealers handling the A. I. Root 

 Company's goods are compelled to raise the 

 price of Comb Foundation 3 cents per pound 

 above the prices found in their price-lists and 

 catalogs. Please take notice. — Adv. 



QUEEI^S ! 



Buy them of H. C.. QUIKIN, the largest 

 niieeii-Iirccder in the North. 



The A. I. Rdoi Company tell us our slock is 

 extra-line; Kdiior York, of the American Ben 

 Journal, says lit- has g-ood reports from <ni\ 

 stock from time to lime; while J. L. (iaiitl\ , ^t 

 Huniboldl, Nebr., has secured over 400 pouml- 

 of honey (mostly combj from single colonies 

 containing- our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

 above. 



Our Breeders originated from the higliest- 

 priced, LongToiigued Red Clover (Jueeus in the 

 tlniled States. 



Fine Otieens, jpromptness, and square deal- 

 ing, have bnilt up our present business, which 

 was established in is,s8. 



Prices of GOLDEN and LEflTttER- 

 GOLORED QUEENS, before Jullj 1st: 



1 6 12 



Selected, Warranted $1.00 $5.00 $ o.5<) 



Tested 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Selected Tested 2.00 10.50 



Extra Selected Tested, the 



best that money cad buy.. 4.00 



We guarantee safe arrival, to any State, con- 

 tinental island, or any European country. Can 

 fill all orders promptly, as we expect to keep 300 

 to 500 Queens on hand ahead of orders. Special 

 price on 50 or 100. Free Circular. Address all 

 orders to 



((uirin the (jueen-Breeder, 



PARKERTOWN, OHIO. 



[Parkertown is a P. O. Money Order office,] 

 15A26t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



WfllllBd tSAoneu! 



State price, kind and quantity. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., 199 S. Water St., Chicago 



33Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Handy Farm Wagons 



iiiaUL- til 



u easier for both the man and team. 



Tlie tires beinp uiiJe they do notcut into the crouiid , 

 the labor of loadintr is reduced manv times.becau^e 

 of the short lift. They are equipped with our fam- 

 OU3 Elet'trlc Steel ^Vhefl«, eitherstraig;htorstaq- 

 per spokes. Wheels any height from 24 to 60 inches. 

 White hickory axles, steel hounds. Guaranteed to 

 carry 40ii(j lbs. \\hy not get started rlerht by putting; 

 in one of these wagons. We make oursteel wheels 

 to lit any wagon. Write for the catalog. It is free. 

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



Please meutiou Bee journal when. WTitins. 



Bees For Sale. 



75 colonies in Improved Dovetailed 

 Hives, in lots to suit purchaser. 

 r~r< O. H. HYATT, 



ISAtf Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



plepse mention Bee Journai ■when ■wrriting 



BETTER THAN SPRAYING. 



Don't lu^' barrels of ivr 



'T around when spraj iuj^. Use the 

 ■'.'■a direct. Our 



Common SenseDusiSprayer 



nnd Insect Extfnolnator is a most Ingenious de%'ice tliat 

 is rapidly supplantinjj theoldmethods. It blows the finely 

 powdered dustinlo every nook and crevice. Reachesthebot- 



tiim" ns wdU as tbo toj^s of Iravea. DostroyaliiBCctUfe on plants, viuea, 

 atirulid nnii trtt'g, JuBt aa cffBOtive for Tarmin on poultrj and pips. 

 Mori! rupld tlinn flpraylnB- I>escriptiTO clroDl&iS and teatlnioniala free. 



nii.i.iH m ST sriiAVKit <.:o., Bo^ le, ST. joskpii. wo. 



DAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



!■! met I I hi 'Sf WHO work for us. Cow keejjera hi" avs 

 hiveiDcmj. We Htarl you in business. You mike 

 1 iri:e prnfiu. Easy work. We furnish capital. Send 

 111 ct'iilH fur full line of samplesand psiticulars, 



DRAPER PUBLISUINQ CO., Cbicago, Ills. 



\ Weekly Budget. -- 



EMEBSON T. ABBOTT, 



The New (General Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Editor E. R. Root, ot Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture, made this comment on Mr. Abbott, when 

 announcing his election to the office ot Gen- 

 eral Manager : 



" One ot Mr. Abbott's marked character- 

 istics is his strenuous aggressiveness. I'er- 

 haps the fur may fly. If it does, it will be in 

 the defense of the rights of bee-keepers.'' 



And Editor Hutchinson, of the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review, had this to say : 



" Mr. Abbott is enthusiastic, progressive 

 and aggressive, has modern ideas, always at- 

 tends the conventions, is a good speaker — the 

 best we have in our ranks — and I bespeak 

 prosperity for the Association under his lead- 

 ership." 



• 



Mr. Boomer and His Apiary. — Through 

 the courtesy of the Canadian Bee .Journal, we 

 are permitted to present to our readers the 

 picture on the front page of this issue, and 

 also the following, all taken from the April 

 number of that paper: 



A WATERLOO COUXTT APIART. 



We have pleasure in giving a picture of the 

 apiary of Mr. A. Boomer, of Waterloo Co., 

 Ont. Many of our readers are personally 

 acquainted with this tall, old gentleman, here 

 shown bending over his bee-hives, having met 

 him in convention. We think that we are 

 safe in saying that Mr, Boomer is the tallest 

 of Ontario's bee-keepers, measuring 6 feet 4}o 

 inches, and although he has reached the full 

 three-score years and ten, he is still straight 

 as a reed, hale and hearty, and can run after 

 a swarm like a boy. We wish that our good 

 friend may be long spared to enjoy his pleas- 

 ant and profitable "side line," as will be 

 noted in the following : 



" The photograph of my apiary was taken 

 iu August, IDUl. I have been keeping bees 

 for some I.t years with somewhat varied 

 success. When I commenced I was. as I am 

 still, a traveling agent, and as I was advanc- 

 ing in years I was looking for something that 

 would give me some employment, and possi- 

 bly some returns, when I became too old to 

 travel ; but long before I felt like giving up 



