396 



AMESICA^ BEE lOURNAL. 



June 19, 1902 



Bee-Heepers-Attention ! 



Do not put your 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-vray 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., Watertown,Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when *WTitine. 



29 YEARS SELLING DIRECT. 



We are the lar£:t•^t manufacturers of 

 vehicles and harness in the world sell- 

 ing to consumers, and we have b'.'en do- 

 ing business in this way for 29 years. 



WE HAVE NO AGENTS 



but ship anywhere for examination 

 gTiaranteeini,' safedelivery. Youaro 

 outnothinpif not satisfied. We ID site 



195 styles of vehicles and 6ostylesof __ ._ 



harness. Our prices represent the No. 1S2 Top Buggy has )i inch 

 cost of material and makinp. plus Kelly rubber tires and rubber cov- 

 N'o.212M Jumpi-eatTrap. Price. 6^0. A5 one profit. Our large free oatalo^^ue ered steps. Price, |73 00. As good 

 fine as sells lor *igto ^.'-O more. shows complete line Send for it. as sells for * 40.00 more. 



Elkhart Carriage A Harness Manufacturing Co^ Elkhart, Ind. 



fiease menuon Bee journal ■wn-sn wriuna 



Famous Italian Queens! 



BUCKEYE STRAIN OF 3-BANDED LONG-TONGITES are wonderful 

 honey-gatherers. One customer bought 10 dozen. Just think of it 1 (He bought 

 a few last season as a trial.) 



MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



As tine as money can buy. Either of the above by return mail, 7sc each ; 

 6 for S4.00. Selected tested, best money can buy, $1.50. 



FrLL Line of The FINEST DOVETAIL HIVES AND SUPPLIES. 

 Send for Catalog. THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing 



Front and Walnut Sts,, CINCINNATI. OHIO. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the /•"ci-i. Size of the Knife.J 



Your Name on the Knife.— Wbea oideriug, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you wish pui on the Knlte. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies In the handle. It is 

 made beautifully o( indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures df a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the Iinin(fs are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the "Novelty" is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the " Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanviug cul gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this>eautiful knife, as tb» " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



' How to Oef this Valuable Knife.- We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us^rtREE new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with|3.'Xl.) We will club the Noveltj 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for SI. 90. 



GEORGE W, YORK £ CO, Chicago, IlL 



4^Please allor* ^bout two weeks for your knife order to be tilie<i. 



frames, then I open the cage and let 

 the new queen run down, and, as she 

 goes I send two or three puffs of smoke 

 with her. I then close the hive and 

 the work is all done, and the bees do 

 not know that their queen has been 

 taken out. 



I can change quicker than I can 

 write and tell how, if the first queen is 

 not too hard to find. 



Bees in this part of the country had 

 a hard time getting through last win- 

 ter, several bee-keepers losing almost 

 all. One I know of started with 8 col- 

 onies, and lost all of them ; another 

 with 7 colonies lost all but one ; and 

 one with 36 had only 5 to get through 

 the winter all right. I moved mine 12 

 miles, to the farm, the last of February 

 on a sled, and lost 19 of them. They 

 all left enough honey-dew and other 

 stuff to feed them more than through 

 the winter, if they had been able to get 

 out; but the long, cold winter with 

 honey-dew, and what some mean peo- 

 ple fed them last fall, made it hard on 

 the bees. Arthur A. HouSER. 



McDonough Co., 111., May 28. 



Please Mention the Bee Journal 



when writing 

 Advertisers**' 



Bee-Keeping in Oklahoma. 



The bee-industry here is nothing, a^ 

 there is not a honey-bee in this county 

 that I can find, although I have looked 

 in every direction : in fact, I have just 

 returned from a trip in the country, 

 looking for some that I was told were 

 kept by a farmer about two miles from 

 town, but I was disappointed again, 

 and now I will give up looking and 

 send away for a colony, as I believe 

 they will do well here, but I do not 

 wish to try more than that, for the peo- 

 ple say that they will not do any 

 good here. They are not bee-keepers, 

 and I put but little reliance in what 

 they say, but still they may be right, 

 and one colony will be enough to lose 

 trying it ; but I will not give up until 

 I try one colony, as there seems to be 

 all kinds of flowers here, and honey 

 sells in the stores for 20 cents a pound, 

 but everybody thinks it is manufac- 

 tured. I have tried to tell people, any 

 number of times, that it is impossible 

 to make comb honey by hand or ma- 

 chine, and have been laughed at for 

 being so innocent. A case in point: 

 When I moved from Illinois I brought 

 some second-class honey (unfinished 

 sections) with me, and gave some to 

 my tjew-niade friends ; the words of 

 praise for it I can not remember, but 

 they were many. One was so much 

 infatuated with it that he got the ad- 

 dress of the man I sold my bees to (in 

 Illinois), and has written to him and 

 contracted for some for his winter's 

 use, at a price that will make it cost 

 about 25 cents a pound delivered. The 

 stores are selling now some of the 

 finest white honey that I ever saw at 

 20 cents, but I can not convince him 

 that it is "real bee honey," as it looks 

 too white. C. M. Br.\di.ey, M. D. 



Kingfisher Co., Okla. Ten, June 6. 



MeFQaeeiis and Bees 



The standard strain of vellow-banded bees^ 

 All select-tested Queens. 'Eacb, $1.00. Ready 

 to mail June t. Cat. free. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



-.iA4t WENHAM, MASS. 



