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AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL 



May 1, 1901 



29 YEARS SELLING DIRECT. 



No. 331 Buggy, Price, *6y.00. 

 as sells for fcia.OO more. 



We are the largest manufacturers of 

 vehicles and harness in the world sell- 

 ing to consumers, mid we have been do- 

 ing business in this way for 2'J years. 



,WE HAVE NO AGENTS 



I* but ship anywht-re for examination 

 gruaraiiteeinjr safe delivery. You are 

 outnotliingrif not satisfied. We maiie 

 ^ 195 styles of vehicles and 65 styles of 

 barnt:-s. Our prices represent the 

 cost of material and making', plus 

 As good one profit. Our laryrofree catalogue 

 shows compiete line. Send for it. 



No. 7iu Open Stanhope. 11^=;^ 

 inch Kellv rubber tires. I'riie, 

 88:i. As f;ood as sells for 850 more. 



Elkhart Carriage A Harness manufacturing Co^ Elkhart, Ind. 



SPLIT HlCKOlft' VEHICLES 



We put our honor against yours. If you want a new bugf^ or 

 carriage this season, and would likenotonly to seeit set up. but to 

 use it and satisfy yourself that it isa bargain, we will ship you one on 



Thirty Days' Free Trial. 



We believe our Split Hickory Vehicles are the best on the mar- 

 ket at any price, and we beUeve you will give them a fair trial. If 

 after thirty days you are not satisfied, return 

 them to us. There will be nothing to pay. AH 

 this is fully explained in our new illustrated 

 catalogue, which is tree. Besides vehicles it 

 shows a full line of harness. 



OHIO CAR-RJAGE MFG. CO.. 

 SUtion 6, Clndanafl. Ohio. 



Have You Seen Our Blue Cat- 



aloff? 60 illustrated pages; describes EVERYTHING NEEDED IN THE APIARY. BEST Ifoods 

 at the LOWEST prices. Alternating hives and Ferguson supers. Sent I Klib; write lor it. 

 Tanks from galv. steel, red cedar, cypress or fir; freight paid; price-list free. 



KRETCHMER MFG. CO., box 90, Red Oak, Iowa. 



Agencies: Trester Supply Co., I^incoln, Neb.; Shugart & Ouran, Council Bluffs, Iowa: Chas. 

 Spangler, Kentland, Ind. ^■^'°' 



FOR GETTING NEW SUBSCRIBERS. 



Red Clover Queens 



FOR 1902 FREE! 



Long'-Tong'ue Variety— Warranted Purely Mated 



We have arranged with the queen-breeder who furnished Long-Tongue Red Clover Queen 

 for us during the season of 1901, to fill our orders this season. Although fully 95 percent of 

 the untested queens he sent out were purely mated, this season all that he mails for us will be 

 warranted purely mated. 



We want every one of our present subscribers to have one or more of these money-maker 

 Queens We have received most excellent reports from the queens we supplied last season 

 And this year our queen-breeder says he expects to be able to send out even better Queens, if 

 that is possible He is one of the very oldest and best queen-breeders. His bees average quite 

 a good deal the longest tongues of any yet measured. The Breeder he will use is direct from 

 Italy, having imported her himself. Her worker-bees are large, of beautiful color, very gentle, 



Bcarcelv reouirinff veil or smoke. „ 



Orders for these tine, "long-reach" Warranted Queens will be filled in rotation— " first 

 come first served "—beginning as early in June as possible. It is expected that orders can be 

 filled quite promptly (even better than th»past season), as amuch larger number of queen-rear- 

 ing nuclei will be run. (But never remove the old queen from the colony until you have re- 

 ceived the new one, no matter from whom you order a queen). ^ .,, ^ ,. , , ,, 



All Queens will be guaranteed to arrive in good condition, and will be clipped, unless other- 

 wise ordered _ 



A Warranted Queen for Sending us only TWO NEW 

 YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS. 



In order that every one of our subscribers who wants one of these Warranted Queens this 

 season can easily earn it, we will book your order for one queen for sending us the names and 

 addresses of two new subscribers to the American Bee .lournal and .sa.OO; or for sending 

 us wie new subscription and 30 cents more (or .$1.30), we will mail you a queen; or send us 

 $i.60 and we will credit your own subscription tor one year, and mail you a warranted queen. 



This indeed is an opportunity to get a superior Queen, and at the same time helplswell the 

 list of readers of the old American Bee Journal. 



We are now ready to book the Queen orders, and alsolto enroll the new subscriptions. Re- 

 member the sooner you get in your order the earlier you will get your Queen. We hope that 

 every one of our present readers will decide to have at least one of these (Queens. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Eple Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



off the combs for the honey to run out and 

 bedaub the bees. 



As you will notice, I use only 9 frames in 

 my hives, but a gauge can be easily made to 

 cover 10 frames. 



I make my own staples, as I could not find 

 any t6 serve the purpose, but I can make 

 hundreds in an hour. 



If any of my fellow bee-keepers will try this 

 device they are welcome to do so, and I am 

 sure that upon trial they will agree with me 

 that the gauges are very handy. 



Chas. H. Wiele. 



Vernon Co., Wis., April 1. 



[The gauge used by Mr. Wiele is a wood 

 strip 14 inches long, 5-16 inch thick, and % 

 inch wide, having driven into it a row of 10 

 small wire staples 'g inch from one side, the 

 staples being m inches apart.— Editok.] 



Unfavorable Weather. 



In this vicinity, as far as I know, the bees 

 have come through the winter with very little 

 loss, but so far the weather has been very un- 

 favorable for the bees to work ; however, 

 everything looks quite promising when the 

 weather warms up. Almost all of the bees 

 are wintered on the stiramer stands here with 

 the best success. 



The honey crop in this vicinity was a little 

 short last year. It was too hot and dry in 

 July, just when clover was at its best, so it 

 dried up. My bees were ready to swarm, when 

 the weather got so hot that they just dwindled 

 away, so by Aug. 1 the hives looked as if they 

 had just come out of the cellar. One bee- 

 keeper, about 4 miles from me, thought that 



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TO START YOU IK BUSINESS 



ill pr-'siMit \'iii "ith the first *."> you 

 akt- ill tti slai t ,\ 'ill ill a j^ood payiiifr luisi- 

 less. 8end 10 cents for full line of sauiplea 

 ind ilirectiitns how to bejiin. 

 DRAPER PUBLISHING CO.. Chicago, Ills. 



If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 



completely than any other published, 



send $1.25 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook.Claremont, Cal., 



FOR HIS 



" Bee-Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Low Rates to Eastern Points 



will always apply via the Nickel Plate 

 Road and its Eastern connections to 

 all points in New York, New England, 

 and the Eastern States. Three daily 

 trains to Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Cleve- 

 land, Erie, Buffalo, New York and 

 Boston. Standard equipment on all 

 trains. Meals served in dining-cars, 

 on American club plan, at prices to 

 suit passenger, from 35 cents to $1.00 

 per meal. For particulars call on or 

 address, John Y. Calahan, General 

 Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago. Depot, 

 Fifth Ave. and Harrison St. 'Phone 

 Central 2057. 2— 18A3t 



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