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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May IS, 1902. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



eEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY 



144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



Editor — George W. York. 



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



Special Correspondents — G. M, Doolittle, 



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



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



_^' A. Getaz, and others. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 

 The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is 11.00 a year, in the United States, Can- 

 ada, and Mexico ; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, 50 cents a jear extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

 indicates the end of the month to which 

 your subscription is paid. For instance, 

 "decOl" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1901. 



Subscription Receipts.— We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, but change the date on your wrapper- 

 label, which shows you that the money has 

 been received and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



OBJECTS: 



To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honev. 

 To prosecute dishonest honev -dealers. 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



E. Whitcomb. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, 



A. I. Root, 



R. C. Aikin, 



P. H. Elwood, 



E. R. Root. 



Thomas G. Newman 

 G. M. Doolittle, 

 W. F. Marks, 

 J. M. Hambaugh, 

 C. P. Dadant, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, President. 

 Orel L. Uershiser, Vice-President. 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Secretary. Toledo, Ohio. 



r Emerson T. Abbott, General Manag-er and 

 Treasurer, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



^^ If more convenient, Dues may be sent to 

 the office of the American Bee Journal, when 

 they will be forwarded to Mr. Abbott, who will 

 mail individual receipts. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note.— One reader writes: 

 " I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 good i dea for every bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttonsl 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 Tersation thus started would wind up with the 

 Bale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees." ^ 



The picture shown herewith Is a reproduo- 

 flon of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-lieepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cents; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the ot&em 

 of the American Bee JoumaL 



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Weelily Budget. I 



W'iscoxsis Bee-Keei'ING is the title of 

 Bulletin No. 2, just issued by N. E. France, 

 State Inspector of Apiaries. It contains about 

 SO pages, and is fully illustrated with pictures 

 of bee-fixtures, Wisconsin apiaries, etc. It 

 is really a pamphlet on practical bee-keeping, 

 by a practical apiarist. This Bulletin is not 

 for sale, but for free distribution among Wis- 

 consin bee-keepers only, of whom there are 

 reported to be over 10,000. For a copy, address 

 Mr. France, Platteville, Wis., who will see 

 that a copy is mailed you — if you live in Wis- 

 consin. 



Fraxcois HiBER — A Blind Discoverer. 

 — One of the most beautiful stories in the 

 world is that of a blind man, his devoted wife, 

 and his faithful servant, who lived in Switzer- 

 land iu the middle of the eighteenth century. 

 The name of Francois Ruber is known to 

 every naturalist; but greater than his work 

 was the man himself, and his life story is 

 worth reading by every young man or woman 

 who to-day wants to make the best out of life. 



It did uot seem as if Francois Huber could 

 make anything out of life, for, though his 

 father was a scientist, and the boy had the 

 best of teachers, he became practically blind 

 at the age of fifteen. The same disease which 



FKANCms ULBER. 



caused the blindness of Milton attacked him, 

 brought on by much study at night in insufii- 

 cient light, and by intense application to his 

 books when his health was not equal to the 

 strain. His father, in alarm, took the lad to 

 Paris, where Tronchin. the famous physician, 

 ordered him at once to give up all study and 

 try life on a farm. So Francois Huber went 

 to work like a peasant lad, following the 

 plow. In a short time his health was com- 

 pletely restored ; but, alas ! his eyesight was 

 not a whit improved, but rather the worse for 

 the experiment. The highest authorities now 

 pronounced the disease incurable, and dark- 

 ness day by day closed in upon him. 



Although so young, Francois had yet a 

 sweetheart, Marie Aimee Lullin, the daugh- 

 ter of a prominent Swiss official. The boy 

 and girl had loved each other from their 

 earliest school days, and, though the father 

 vigorously objected to his daughter's Ije- 

 trothal to a blind man, Marie never faltered 

 in her devotion to Francois. Her father for- 

 ijade all communication between them, and 

 she obeyed; but. when she came of age, her 

 first act was to marry the man she loved, and 

 the marriage proved ideally happy. The 

 blindness of Francois only drew out the ex- 



QUIETS ! 



Buy them of H. G. QUIRIN, the largest 

 Queen-Breeder in the North. 



The A. I. Root Compaoy tell us our stock is 

 extra-fine; Editor York, of the American Bee 

 Journal, says he has g-ood reports from, our 

 stock from time to time; while J. L. Gandy, of 

 Humboldt, Nebr., has secured over 400 pounds 

 of honey* (mostly comb) from single colonies 

 containing- our queens. 



We have files of testimonials similar to the 

 above. 



Oar Breeders originated from the highest- 

 priced, Long-Tougued Red Clover Queens in the 

 United States. 



Fine Queens, promptuess, and square deal- 

 ing, have built up our present business, which 

 was established in 1SS8. 



Prices of GOLDEN and LEflTttER- 

 GOLORED QUEENS, before July 1st: 



1 6 12 



Selected, Warranted $1.00 $5.00 $ 9.50 



Tested 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Selected Tested 2.00 10.50 



Extra Selected Tested, the 



best that money can 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 



(juirin the (jiieen-Breeder, 



PARKERTOWN, OHIO. 



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

 15A26t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 famish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



516 10» 2Slt> SOBi 



Sweet Clover (white) $.75 $1.40 $3.25 $6.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alsike Clover 100 1.80 4.25 8.00 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted bv freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL, 



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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