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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 29, 902 



Bee-Heepers-Attention ! 



Do not put j'our money into New Fangled Bee-Hives, but buy a plain, ser- 

 viceable and well-made hive, such as the regular Dovetailed hive arranged for 

 bee-way sections. Honey-producers of Colorado — one of the largest honey-pro- 

 ducing sections in the world — use this style. 



Thousands of Hives, Millions of Sections, ready for Prompt Shipment. 



G-. B. LEWIS CO.i Watertown,Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal when •writing. 



paid 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 





This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 

 wax. We are paying 

 28 cents a pound — 

 CASH— for best yel- 

 low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. 



6omD and Ex- 

 tracted Honey! 



State price, kind and quantity. 

 R. A. BURNETT & CO ~ ■ 



33Atf 



199 S.Water St., Chicago 

 Please mention the Bee Journal. 



DAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



to meet IhoeewDo work for ua. Cow keepcrsal^ays 

 have moDey. We atari yon in business. Vou make 

 large profits. Easy work. We Enrnish caiiilal. Send 

 10 cents for full line of samples and i>ftrtii-ulars. 



DRAPER PUBLISHING CO.. Chicago, Ills. 

 ase iUt,iiLioii iict: juuTuai "wnen writing, 



The-MUTH'S SPECIAL" lln^TF^o^^^^lZ 



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 that is ABSOLUTELY- WARP-PROOF, therefore the best dovetail Hive on the 

 market. Our illustrated catalog explains it all. You can have one by asking. 

 We sell the finest Supplies at manufacturer's prices. 



standard Bred Queens. 



None better than our BUCK- 

 EYE STRAIN of 3 = Banders 



and "MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS," by return mail. 7Sc each; 

 6 for S4.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



Front and Walnut Sts., 



C1NCI^NATI, OHIO. 



'^F^se mention Bee Journal -when -wnunp: 



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1 &xira6li6(l Honey For Sale i 



•ff ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. ^ 



BEST= 



Alfalfa 

 Honey JTc 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey gathered io 

 the g-reat Alfalfa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 get enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey J/<C 



This is the wen- 

 known ligrbt-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswood blos- 

 soms. It ha's 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: ^ 



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



age. By freight — two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 7)i cents per pound ; ^| 



4 cans or more, 7 cents a pound. Basswood Honey, yi cent more per S^ 



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 ^' 



two in a box, and freight is not prepaid. Absolutely PUfC BCCS' HonCy. ^• 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. ^: 



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



' 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. ^! 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. ^: 



be able to obtain for thrice the money. En- 

 closed find io cents for another copy. Such 

 enerffy needs encouragement. 



Bees in this section have wintered fairly 

 well, as far as heard from. My lOu coloDies 

 came through with no loss, and are booming 

 now on fruit-blossom and dandelions. I am 

 pretty busy trying to keep back the swarming 

 fever, but I tear results unless storm or frost 

 come to help me out. At any rate, I shall be 

 with them and try to keep them busy guess- 

 ing whether to swarm or not. 



Jno. W. Ltell. 



Washoe Co., Nev., May ID. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



Bees are doing line here. Never before 

 have they come throujjh in better shape. 



Frank Cole. 

 Mecosta Co., Mich., May 13. 



Succeeding With Bees. 



I have succeeded quite well my first year 

 with bees, as I just went into the business 

 last year, and did not know anything about 

 bees. But by the help of the Bee Journal, 

 " A B C of Bee-Culture,'' and advice of some 

 kiud bee-men, I got along nicely, although it 

 was a poor year. 



I kept my bees from swarming, and had 

 good, strong colonies for the late flow. I got 

 over 500 pounds of honey from 9 colonies, 

 while our neighbors" Ijees swarmed, and some 

 went away, and while the others did not have 

 enough stores to carry them through. 



Miss B. L. Haokworth. 



St. Clair Co., Mo., .May 13. 



Fine Season So Far. 



We are having a fine season here so far, and 

 between trying to farm, nail up and paint 

 hives and supers, and hiving swarms, I am 

 having a merry time, but one that suits bet- 

 ter than last season. We are having plenty 

 of rain, and everything is growing fine. The 

 prospects for good crops and lots of honey are 

 good. F. W. Van De Mark. 



Payne Co., Okla. Ter., May 10. 



Bush Clovep. 



Enclosed please tind a sample of a •' weed " 

 that grows in the timljer and along the road- 

 sides of the woods, but not on the prairie al 

 all. It grows about one foot high, and has 

 {rom one to 15 branches, and a pink or purple 

 blossom, spike-shaped like cleome, ijut 

 smaller. It is a very fine honey-plant. 



Chaki.es M. Dakrow. 



Vernon Co., Mo., April 2H. 



[The enclosed plant is one of the bush- 

 clover species, but the exact identification is 

 rather ditlicult to determine, owing to the 

 immature condition of the specimen. In com- 

 mon with other members of the same family, 

 it is undoubtedly a good honey-producing 

 plant.— C. L. Walton.] 



Worst of All Springs for Bees. 



I thought we had had some very hard 

 springs for the bees, but this is the worst one 

 I ever knew, during the 38 years in which I 

 have Lieen a bee-keeper. We hare had just 

 one good, warm day, but before morning the 

 mercury had dropiJed from SO of the after- 

 noon before to 28. Wind, snow, rain, cold 

 and clouds was the order of the day up to 

 Thursday morning. May 8. when we had more 

 or less snow during the forenoon. Toward 

 night it cleared with a gale from the north, 

 and on the morning of tlie 0th, after the sun 

 had been shining two hours, the mercury 

 stood al 22, with the wind still on. Ice formed 

 fully one inch thick, and all of our fruit was 

 spoiled, unless, perhaps, as we hope, apples 

 may have survived un the later-blooming 

 trees, which were still in the bud form. Then 

 it froze nearly as liard on the night of 



To mate cows pay. use sharpies Cream SepHrators. 

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