470 



May 30, 1907 



American Hee Journal 



LanSstroth on the 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 nearly 600 pages, being revised by that 

 large, practical bee-keeper, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Mr. C. P. Dadant. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroughly 

 explained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helped on the way to 

 •uccess with bees. 



The book we mail for %^ .20, or club 

 It with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for $2.00 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending ua 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 or work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 W.Jackson Blvd., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



Western Bee- Keepers sh«w^ou 



how to save money. Send for our new cata- 

 log of the best Bee-ware made. 

 THE COLORADO nflSEY-PRODlCEK.S' LSS'il, Denvfr. Colo. 

 9Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



ance of disease whatever. In the absence of 

 fuller information I can only guess what was 

 the trouble, and my leading guess is that it 

 was a case of starvation. Quite possibly you 

 may say, " Oh, there was plenty of honey left 

 in the hive." Very liltely, but in this very 

 unusual spring there have, doubtless been 

 many cases of starvation with plenty of honey 

 in the hive. Those warm days in March set 

 the bees to breeding and consuming more 

 rapidly, and then came many days when it 

 was so cold that it meant death for any bee 

 to leave the cluster, and after all the honey 

 was consumed that was within reach there 

 was nothing for the bees to do but to starve, 

 although there may have been abundance of 

 honey just out of reach. The queen was 

 probably all right. Again, it may have been 

 a case of desertion. 



Keep the combs to use later. In the last 

 few numbers of the American Bee Journal, 

 both in the editorial department and in this 

 department, you will find instructions about 

 keeping and using them, and if anything is 

 not fully understood don't hesitate to aslf all 

 the questions you like. 



Getting New Subscribers for the 



Bee Journal is something that almost any 

 reader can do if he makes a sincere attempt. 

 No one knows better than does he its value 

 to every would-be successful bee-keeper. And 

 we offer valuable premiums, to those of our 

 present readers whose subscriptions are paid 

 in advance, for the work of going out and 

 getting new subscriptions. Your neighbor 

 bee-keepers perhaps have never heard of the 

 American Bee Journal, although it is now in 

 its 47th year. Why not try to get them to 

 subscribe? You may be surprised how readily 

 they will do so upon your invitation. 



Queens 



The finest in the land from 

 Daniel Wdrth & Grant. 



3 Banded, Red Clover, 

 and 5 Banded Goldens. 



The Goldens took First 

 Premium at every Fair they 

 were exhibited last year. 



Prices :— Untested, ?1.00 each ; Tested, -51.50 

 each. Address, 



DANIEL WURTH & GRANT 



PITKIN. ARK. 



I®" Make Money Orders payable on West 

 Fork, Ark. I have moved from San Antonio, 

 Texas.— D. W. 6E8t 



Mention Bee Journal vrhen vrrltlns, 



Bee-Nuppliex and Berry-Boxes 



Lewis B ware at Factory Prices. Bee-keepers, club 

 tofietber, send me list of goods wanted, and let me 

 quote you prices, 1 give the regular discounts. 

 Beeswax wanted. Send for Catalog. 



6Etf W. J. McCARTV, Emmetsburg, Iowa. 



Mention Bee Journal when vrrltlBg* 



29 Years Means QIEEIN Quality 



100 pounds to the colony in a poor year, 

 like last, and 2S0 to thecolony the year before. 

 My Italians are non-swarmers. ]3very queen 

 purely mated or money back. Circular tells 

 of Italian and Caucasian. 



SEtf A. D. D. WOOD, Lansing, iVUch 



Plea^Q mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



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While the Present Stock of these BEE=HIVE CLOCKS 



them at only $1.50 each., by express ; or $2.00 for the Clock 

 American Bee Journal one year 



Better order at once, 



The Bee-Hive Clock 



lasts, we will sell 

 and the Weekly 

 before all are gone. 



With the 



A $4.00 CLOCK FOR $2.50 

 American Bee Journal hotht^r Only $3.00 



We have originated and had made specially 

 for our readers, a bronzed-metal Clock, called 

 "The BeeHlve Clock." It ie lOl^ inches 

 wide at the base, 9% inches high, and deep 

 enough at the base to stand firmly on a man- 

 tel or elsewhere. It is a beautiful piece of 

 work, and would be both ornamental and 

 very useful in any house, and particularly in 

 a bee-Jseeper's home. 



The Clock part itself is warranted for 3 

 years to keep good time. So it is no play- 

 thing, but a beautiful and needful article for 

 everyday use. 



Clocks like "The Bee-Hive Clock " usually 

 sell in the stores at from $4.00 to $5.00 each, 

 but having them made for us in quantities 

 enables us to offer them at $2.50 each by ex- 

 press, or with the American Bee Journal a 

 year — both for only $3.00. Either Clock or 

 Journal would make an ideal gift. 



How to get "The Bee-Hive Clock" 

 FREE 



Send us 5 New Subscribers to the 

 Weekly American Bee Journal for one year, 

 at f 1.00 each, and we will send vou this beau- 

 tiful " Bee-Hive Clock " FREE (excepting 

 express charges). Or, send us 4 New Sub- 

 scribers fat $1.00 each) and 50 cents — $4. .50 

 in all. Or, S New Subscribers (at $1.00 

 each) and $1.00— $4.00 in all. Or, 3 New 

 Subscribers (at $1.00 each) and $1..50— 

 $3.50 in all. 



^^^^^ 



Only $3.50. f.o.b. Chicago, by Express. 



Weight, with packing, about 4 pounds. 



What Dr. Miller Thinks of the 

 Bee Hive Clock 



Busily ticking away, in the room where I 

 am sitting, stands a genuine bee-keeper's 

 clock (please understand that the word "gen- 

 uine " belongs to the clock and not to the 

 bee-keeper) .or, as the legend upon the clock 

 has it, " The Bee-Hive Clock." I don't know 



whether the idea of getting up such a clock 

 was conceived in the brain of the Editor of 

 the American Bee Journal, or whether he got 

 it elsewhere, but the wonder is that such a 

 thing was not thought of long before. 



Setting aside all idea of its association with 

 the business of a bee-keeper, there is a pecu- 

 liar appropriateness in having the minutes 

 aud the hours " told off " in a case represent- 

 ing the home of the busy little workers. The 

 glance at the clock, with its ceaseless tick, 

 tick, tick, tick, can not fail to remind one 

 that the flying moments must be improved 

 now or be forever lost, and that suggestion is 

 reinforced by the thought of the never ceas- 

 ing activity of the little denizens of the hive, 

 always busy, busy, busy, working from morn 

 till night and from night till morn, working 

 unselfishly for the generations to come, and 

 literally dying in the harness. 



Let us be thankful that the form of the old- 

 fashioned straw hive or skep was adopted, and 

 not that of any modern affair, patented or 

 unpatented. The latter smacks of commer- 

 cialism, but the former of solid comfort, for 

 no other form of hive has ever been devised 

 that contributes so fully to the comfort and 

 welfare of a colony of bees as does the old- 

 fashioned straw-hive. It appeals, too, to one's 

 artistic sense as can no angular affair of more 

 modern times. As an emblem of industry, 

 artists have always used — probably always 

 will use — the old straw skep. 



Thanks, Mr. Editor, for furnishing us a 

 time-keeper so appropriate for all, and espe- 

 cially for bee-keepers. C. C. Miller. 



Address all orders to GEORGE W.YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



