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AMERICAN BEE lOlTRNAL 



Aug. 14, 1902. 



1 ExiraGleflHiiTor Sale I 



^ ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. ^ 



I Alfalfa ""^^^^^^^ Basswood I 

 ^ Honey J:^ ^^^^^^^^M Honev A: f 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey gathered in 

 the great 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^ 



This is the well- 

 known light-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. 



!C Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



iS A sample of either, by mail, 10 cetits, to pay for package and post- i 



■^ age. By freight— two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 8 cents per pound ; 



i$ 4 cans or more, 7^ cents a pound. Basswood Honey, 'A cent more per ' 



■^ 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 



r$ two in a box, and freight is not prepaid. ADSOlUtCly PUfC BCCS' HOHCy. 



:^ Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



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



i$ enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the 



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



If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whole Apicultnral Field more 



completely than any other published, 



send f 1.25 to 



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



FOR HIS 



" Bee- Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal DiKount* to the Trade. 



Bees For Sale. 



75 colonies in Improved Dovetailer' 

 Hives, in lots to suit purchaser. 

 O. H. HYATT, 



13Atf Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



Please meutioa Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



"SEASONABLE OFFERINGS." 



MUTH'S POUND SQUARE FLINT-GLASS HoNEY-JARS, with patent 

 air-tight GLASS STOPPERS, at SS.SO per gross. Far Superior to Old Style 

 WITH Corks. Try a gross. Just the thing for home market. 



CRATES OF TWO 60-lb. CANS, been used once, in good condition, in lots 

 of 5 crates, 40c each ; 10 or more, 3Sc. This lot is limited ; order at once. 



queens: The Best Money Can Buy ! 



BUCKEYE STRAIN 3-BANDED are the genuine RED CLOVER WORK- 

 ERS. MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS can not to be surpassed. Either 

 of above, 7Sc each ; 6 for $4.00. Selected tested, $1.50 each. 



A trial will convince you. Send for our catalog of BEE-SUPPLIES. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., Front & Walnut Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



I ^ Fancy Gl assed Co mb Honey \<^ | 



■■g. Any bee-keepers in New York or Pennsylvania producing either ^ 



■ ^ White Clover or Raspberry Fancy Comb Honey (in glassed sections), ^• 

 iC will find it to their interest to write to the undersigned at once. ^ 



5 GEOBGE W. YORK & CO., f^ 



■f$ 144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. «^ 



any jar, adjust the combs and close up 

 the hive, and all was well. 



A. C. F. Bartz. 

 Chippewa Co., Wis., July 24. 



Honey Season Not Encouraging. 



Young white clover is everywhere now. It 

 lool<s as if we would have a fine flow from it 

 next season. I expect an immense crop of 

 apples and pears this year. I have the finest 

 crop I have ever seen on the trees. I think 

 we will have hardly any surplus honey here 

 this season, but I will have quite a crop at 

 another apiary. A. N. Draper. 



Madison Co., 111., July 28. 



EEPOH BOILED 



A Device for Holding a Queen While 

 Being Clipped. 



This has been sent to the editor of (ilean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture, who says concerning it: 



This I regard as an exceedingly simple and 

 practical device. It consists o( a piece of 

 broken section cut in the shape of a fork, as 

 shown. A small rubber band is stretched 

 moderately across the two prongs, being 

 secured at either end in the manner illus- 

 trated. Some care should be exercised in get- 

 ting a rubber band light enough, and then 

 drawing said band to such a point of tension 

 that it will hold the queen down nicely on tho 

 comb. To deter- 

 mine whether that 

 point is reached, 

 try the device after 

 it is made, on a few 

 of the worker-bees. 

 If you can succeed 

 in holding any one 

 of these down, then 

 you can with rea- 

 sonable safety try 

 it on a ((ueen. 



While she is 

 standing still on a 

 comb, receiving the 

 attention of her ad- 

 mirers, clap it down 

 across her back. 

 She will wiggle and 

 squirm; but if the 

 rubber band is ad- 

 justed to the right 

 point it will hold 

 her firmly without 

 doing any damage. 

 Now, then, deliber- 

 ately pick out one 

 of the large wings, 

 pass it between the 

 points of the scissors and clip. Lift the little 

 tool, and all is over. 



QUEEN-CLIrPING 

 DEVICB. 



Horn's Plan with Bee=Escapes. 



Bee-escapes are now in use, or soon will be, 

 and it is an appropriate time for me to tell 

 my readers of a little item sent me some time 

 ago by Mr. Henry E. Horn, of California. 

 He says that he has obtained the best results 

 by putting the escape in the center, and then 

 have four strips of wood tacked to the top of 

 the escape-board, each strip extending, diag- 

 onally, from the escape to the corner of the 

 board. Then when the bees begin racing 

 around the edge of the board, looking for an 

 outlet, these strips lead the bees to the center 

 where the escape is located.— An editorial in 

 the Bee-Keepers' Review. 



Editor Root in a Scrimmage. 



The editor of Gleanings in Bee-Culture had 

 a slight difference of opinion with his bees on 

 the occasion of trying to put on some supers 



