May 8, 19( 2 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



301 



=f BEST T. 



1 MmM Honey For Sale | 



^ ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. ^• 



• ^ A If <f_ 'WB~ J ^* 



I Alfalfa 

 % Honey J/<C 



^ 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey p"athered in 

 the great Alfalfa 

 reg"ions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honej, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 gel enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



_ Basswood 

 ''JS^^jm, Honey ,A^ 



This is the well- 

 known li(fht-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswood blos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



•■^ Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: ^ 



•9 ^" 



:^ A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and post- ^ 



1^ age. By freig'ht — two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, lYz cents per pound ; ^| 



r5 4 cans or more, 7 cents a pound. Basswood Honey, Yz cent more per Sr 



:^ pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. You ^ 



;^ can order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are ^\ 



^5 two in a bos, and freight is not prepaid. AbSOlUtCly PUfC BCCS' Honey. S^ 



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:< Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. ^: 



1^ We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce ^*. 



^5 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the ^ 



:^ above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get & 



;^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^i 



^ GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. S'. 



The MUTH'S SPECIAL dovetail hive is a "Cracker 

 Jack." COVER and BOTTOM-BOARD are abso- 

 lutely warp-proof. We know because we are practi- 



cal. Our illustrated catalog explains it all. You can 



^~'^^^^^~^^~~~"^~~ have one by asking. Not a hive left over from last 

 season. We sell the finest SUPPLIES at manufacturers' prices. 



STANDARD BRED QUEENS, none better than our BUCKEYE STRAIN 

 of 3-BANDERS and MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 75 cents each; 

 6 for S4.OO. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



yes, Sir ! 



Front an Walnut Sts.. 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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25Atf 



INGHAM'S PATENT 



14 years the best. 

 Send for Circular. 



T. F. BINGHAM, Harwell, Mich. 



DAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



to meet thusewftn work tnr ii^, i'u» ktt-|.-T-. ;J ^^ :i\3 

 have money. We start yuu m bubiiiess. Yi.iu iiKike 

 large profits. Easy w.-rk. Wt furnish capital. Sf-enil 

 Ul Cfnls for full line of Baraplesaiid particulars. 



DRAPER PUBLISHINQ CO., Cbicago, Ills. 



Bees For Sale. 



7S colonies in Improved Dovetailed 

 Hives, in lots to suit purchaser. 

 O. H. HYATT, 



13Atf Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



Please raentiou Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



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NOTICE 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY have a Branch Store at 10 Vine St., 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA., 



Where they have direct steamboat connections with Massachusetts, Rhode 



Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, 



South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, 



and low freight-rates. 



As this is a main branch, order from any catalog or quotations given 



from Medina. 



Healthy ITALIAN BEES. Full colonies, 8 frames and queen, $7.00. Whole- 

 sale rates on application. 



liKW, hut w(! have had our pari of bee-keep- 

 er'B luck. Hoe-kcepcrit work hanl, early ami 

 lule, to hi; ruady forlhe iimiii honiey-llow, an<l, 

 presU> I just a wcok or 10 ilayh' rain, or h<;at. 

 or cold, unrl all tlieir frtiul liopeh are (lua'l for 

 unolhfr yi;ar. .In8t bo here now. Th« last 

 two weeks have licen cold and cloudy very 

 nearly nil of the llrnc. 



I'oplar is oui main honey-flow. It bloomB 

 in Ajiril ami lusts for about three weeks : 

 sourwood iMitnes next, in .lune; bilterwee<l In 

 AutruBl. Ajiril is our main swartning-titne, 

 Imt up to the present time (April 14) I have not 

 had a .sintrlc swarm, and very little prospect 

 of any. I'nless the weather changes within a 

 few days honey will be very short here this 

 year. 



1 am still feeding some to keep them from 

 .starvin)^. 



I think this is one of the worst places for 

 Ijees. We have only a j^ood year about every 

 H, 4 or 5 years; ISSI), IS1)2, IMil.i, and I'.tOtJ, are 

 the only ^ood ones I remember. 



There are several bee-keepers within \h 

 miles. They all use box-hives, and keep from 

 10 to ao colonies. I have tried to get them 

 to use the frame hives, and they keep saying 

 they are going to, but they never get started. 



I have asked them to take some bee-paper, 

 hut they say they are not able. They call a 

 queenaking. I think some of them think 

 the drones lay eggs, and some that they get 

 comb oil' of the sweet-gum tree. They could 

 not tell in a month whether the bees got 

 honey from pine, oak or poplar. 



Hale Co., Ala. .1. S. P.\ttox. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



My bees are in grand condition, several 

 hives having as much as eight frames of 

 brood. I have encouraged their breeding to 

 their full capacity, as this is the fruit year, 

 and I wish to get a crop of apple-blossom 

 honey. Ai.len" Latham. 



Norfolk Co., Mass., April 2!l. 



Rearing Long. Lived Bees. 



On page 10.5, F. Brown, of Florida, wishes 

 to know why his best honey-gatherers live 

 longer than the average bees. I have had 

 much experience along this line for many 

 years. F'irst. I observed that some colonies, 

 " never having more brood than others," were 

 twice as strong. Why was this '. Queens 

 were exchanged with results the same. Strong 

 colonies pass the winter better, build up more 

 rapidly in spring, and have greater force to 

 gather honey when the flow comes. These 



Standard Belgian flare Book ! 



BY M. D. CAPPS. 



THIS book of 175 

 pages presents a 

 clear and concise 

 treatment of the Bel- 

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 its prowth, orig-ia 

 and kinds; the san- 

 itation and construc- 

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 selection of breeding- 

 stock; care of the 

 young', feeding, dis- 

 eases and their 

 cures, scoring, mar- 

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 First edition of 50,- 

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 in advance of publi- 

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 Price, in handsome pa[)er cover, 25 cents, post- 

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



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send J1.25to 



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