April 18, 1907 



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American ^ee Journal i 



alslke. Some people get the impressimi that, 

 aUikeand alfalfa are the same thio^;, hut this 

 is a mistake. Alslke must be sown with timo- 

 thy, as the stonis of the alsike are so limber It 

 can not staini alone. It can l)e sown in the 

 spring with the small-grain crop. 



I have just received the March numbers of 

 the .\merican Bee Journal, auiJ it seems as if 

 an old friend has come to see me. The head- 

 ing on the outside says 4rth year. Forty-one 

 years ago last fall I traded my old musket, 

 that I brought home with me, for my (irst 

 colony of bees, and it was up and down with 

 me (down most of the time) until Thomas 

 ■Chantry recommended tne to take some good 

 bee-paper. So 1 took the .Vmerioan Hee Jour- 

 nal, and from that time on 1 made better suc- 

 cess, but 1 had a great many failures. I 

 always tried to do better next time. 



Menlo, Iowa. O. V. Mili.eh. 



Bees and Honey in Montana 



Bees are doing tine here. I have 35 colo- 

 nies which I run for comb honey. I got 100 

 pounds of honey from each of some colonies, 

 and the queens I got from you did better yet. 

 I rear my own queens now and want nothing 

 better. 



I get 25 and 30 cents per pound for comb 

 honey, and 110 to $15 per colony for bees. I 

 ■winter them outdoors. I have 4 colonies in 

 ■one tenement house, but do not like it as well 

 as a single chat! hive. My main honey-flow 

 is from wild roses. 



I clipped my queens March 23 and found 

 one dead out of 35. For experiment I left 2 

 supers of honey on. The honey was extra- 

 fine, but the bees are dead. 



Frbd Hoffman. 



Lewlstown, Mont., March 26. 



ilUCCnS from 1000 colonies SUppllfiS 

 I sell queens at— 1 queen, 25c; doz., $3. Also 

 following supplies at >^ Root's prices: 1000 

 P.&I. fences; 1000 plain section-holders; 1000 

 4,14x414 plain sections ; Daisy foundation fas- 

 tener ; 10-inch foundation mill ; 200 lO-frame 

 wood-zincs ; 2 doz. Porter escapes ; 500 Hoff- 

 man frames. R. in. SPei^CKR, 

 4A16t Nordbolf, Cal. 



TAYLOR'S. STRAIN OF ITALIANS 



IS THE BH3ST 



Long ToDKues and Goldens are best of honey- 

 gatherers; 18 yrs. a specialty, breeding for best 

 uoney-gatherers. Untested, 7oc, or $s a doz. ; Tested, 

 $1. or $10 a doz.; Select Tested. $1.50. Breeders, 

 very best, from $:i to $5. Carniolans same price. Try 

 them. "We alao sell Nuclei and full colonies. Bees 

 an separate yards. Sate arrival guaranteed. 



J. W. TAYLOR & SON 



13Al0t BEKVILLE. Bee Co.. TEXAS. 



70 Colonies of Bees 

 For Sale C heap 



In large quantities, $3.00 per colony, and 

 ?3.50 in small lots. The bees are in 10-frame 

 Langstroth hives, and in excellent condition. 



i3A4t G. FROGtINOW, Maijville, Wis. 



Netal Mothers 



Complete fireproof Hatch- 

 ing and Brooding Plant 

 for $7.50. 2 quarts oil will 

 hatch and brood 50 chicks 

 Our nest system is the 

 latest discovery. Full line 

 Poultry Supplies. Lowest 

 prices. FREE Cataloir. 

 Write today. CYCIE B.4TeHER 

 C0.,B05O, Keeseville, K. Y. 



QUEENS FOR YOU 



Golden, Carnioian, Caucasian, and 3-band 

 Italians — your choice. Prices: Untested, fl; 

 Tested, $1.25. Prices on large quantities oron 

 Bees given on application. Address, 



NEW CENTURY QUEEN-REARING CO. 

 JOHN W. PHARR, Prop., Berclalr, Texas. 

 12At{ Please mention the Bee Joarnal. 



We will Buy and 

 Sell 



HONEY 



S3» of the dilTerent grades and kinds. Kg 



^^ If you have any to dispose of, or if ^g 



^W you intend to buy, correspond ^« 



^fj^ with us. f^S 



iSS We are always in the market 5^ 



for 



Beeswax 



at highest market prices. 



Hildreth & Segelken 



26s & 267 Greenwich Street 

 NEW YORK, N. V. 



!8«l 



Mention 



Bee Journal vrhcn writlns. 



ITALIAN QIEENS 



Golden or Leather Colored. One colony of 

 this strain produced 280 fancy sections in one 

 season. Oider now for delivery in season. Un- 

 tested Queen, 1 00; six, $5.00. Tested, $1.50 up. 

 Correspondence solicited. 



ROBERT B. McCAIN, 



2Atf OSWEQO. ILL. R.D. 1. 



Please meutlou Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



TEXAS QUEENS 



The Famous Money-Producers 



Texas 



^•~- . ^5^=:^S%'<?^ The Famons 

 Honey- 

 Producers 

 I am booking orders now for April, May 

 and .lune delivery, for t:!arniolans, Ital- 

 ■ anH, and Goldens— equal to the best, re- 

 gardless of price. Pkices: 



Tested Queens .?1.0U each ; $10.00 per doz. 



Warranted" 7."> " 7.(X) " 



Untested " 50 " .i..iO " 



6Atf GRANT ANDERSON, Sablnal.Texas. 



BIG STOCK 



DOVETAILED HIVES, 



Sections, etc. 1 sell Marshfield Mfg. Co.'s and 

 Root's SUPPLIES at factory prices. « frame, 

 }i-story, «1.33; lOframe, $1.50; No. 1 Sections, 

 $4; No. 2, $3.J0. Send for 4»page price-list if 

 you haven't one. With an order amounting to 

 IS or over I pive 7 percent discount till May 10. 



S. D. BUELL, Union City, Mich. 



16A2t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Carniolans! Italians! 



FOR SALE 



No disease. 2-conib Nucleus, with Queen, 

 $3, f.o.b. express office here. 



A. L. AMOS, Comstock, Nebr. 

 12Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



THE AMERICAN FOOD LABORATORY 



E, N. Eaton, M.Sc, Chemist. 

 4 years State Chemist, Minnesota. 



6 years State Analyst, Illinois. 

 1235-1248 Caxton Building, 



334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, III. 

 Samples of Honey analyzed. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. 



Something New=The Ideal Hive=TooI 



^ Bee-keepers have long needed a special Tool to work among the hives during the bee- 

 season. The one shown here was invented by Wm. Muench, a Minnesota bee-keeper, some 

 years ago, but it was not on the market before. We have lately bought this Tool, and ail 

 rights, from Mr. Muenoh's widow, and have had the first lot made. They are ready for de- 

 livery now. 



( This picture is exactly one-half the size.) 



DESCRIPTION.— The Ideal Hive-Tool is made of high-grade malleable iron, much like wrought iron, 

 8>^ inches lonp. The middle part is 1 1-16 inches wide and 7-a2 thick. The smaller end is 1% inches long. J^ 

 inch wide, and 7-;^2 thick, ending like a screwKiriver. The larger end is wedge-shaped, having a sharp semi- 

 circular edge, making it almost perfect for prying up covers, supers, etc.. as it does not mar the wood. 



What Dr. Miller and Miss Wilson Say of It: 



In the first edition (1903) of Dr. Miller's "Forty Years Among the Bees," page 58, he 

 says: " Of all the hive-tools I have tried, I like best the Muench tool." On Jan. V, 1907, hs 

 wrote us saying he thought " just as much of the tool as ever." 



Miss Wilson, Dr. Miller's assistant, says this of the Ideal Hive-Tool : " It is an ideal tool. 

 In fact, I don't see how it could be improved upon. lam sure we would feel utterly lost in 

 the apiary without it You will have to try one yourself if you want to know its worth." 



Tlie " Ideal Hive-Tool " Free as a Premium. 



We will mail an Ideal Hive-Tool FREE as a premium to any present paid-in-advance 

 subscriber to the American Bee Journal, lor sending us ONE NEW subscription for a year at 

 $1.00; or we will send the American Bee Journal one year and the Ideal Hive-Tool — both 

 for $1.20. Price of the Ideal Hive-Tool alone, postpaid, 30 cents. Address, 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 334 Dearborn Street, CHICAQO, ILL. 



