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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



February 



WOULD YOU BE PREPARED 



What if the spring should be a bad one and your spring flow failed? What if at the same time your 

 bees came through the winter in bad condition — short of stores? What if you had to do slow feeding for 

 a week or more? Would you be prepared to meet these conditions, or would you lose several hundreds or 

 thousands of dollars? 



Make a wise investment — prepare ahead. Do not wait until experience teaches you. Now is the time 

 to lay in a good supply of FOREHAND FEEDERS. The feeder that will meet these conditions and save 

 you money, time, trouble and bees. Write for full information now. 



BEE SUPPLIES 



We shall be very glad to send you our catalog listing a complete line of supplies. Our line of bee sup- 

 plies are of the best material, workmanship and quality. We offer you good service, prompt and fair deal- 

 ings. We can save you money. Get in your order now before the rush. Write at once for our supply 

 catalog. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



You will want your bees and queens early in the spring. Will you be too late to get your order in? 

 We are booking orders fast for spring delivery. It doesn't pay to wait. Get in your order now. 



Forehand's Three Bands need no recommendation. For over a quarter of a century they have been 

 pleasing the best beekeepers throughout the world. They are the kind surpassed by none, but superior to 

 many. They are thrifty, hardy, gentle and beautiful. Write at once for our special Queen and Bee Circu- 

 lar, giving full description and prices on our bees and queens. 



Twenty-seven years of beekeeping enables us to give you goods of the finest quality — the kind that have 

 proven this. Our long experience has taught us to oflfer only the best goods and the best service to our 



customers. 



W. J. FOREHAND & SONS, The Bee Men 



Fort Deposit, Alabama 



EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS WILL 



Pay You to Buy Bee-Supplies Now 



Thirty years' experience in making everything for 

 the beekeeper. A large factory specially equipped 

 for the purpose ensures goods of highest quality. 

 Write for our illustrated catalog today. 



LEAHY MFG. CO., 90 Sixth St., Hisginsville, Mo. 



or J. W. ROUSC Mexico. Mo. 



BARNES' 



Foot Power 

 Machinery 



Read what J. E. Barent, 

 of Chariton, N. Y., says: 

 "We cut with one of your 

 Combined Machines last 

 winter 50 chaff hives with 

 7-in. cap, 100 honey-racks, 

 500 frames and a great 

 deal of other work. This 

 winter we have a douole 

 amount of hives, etc., to 

 make with this saw. It 

 will do all you say of it." 

 Catalog and price list free. 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES 

 995 Ruby St.. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 



PACKAGE BEES 



Prices f. o. b. here, by express only, 



2-lb. pkg. bees, $4.65; 3-lb. pkg. bees, 

 $6.65. Queens, untested, $1.35; tested, 

 $2.50. Terms, 25 per cent with order, 

 balance 10 days before delivery. 



E. A. HARRIS 



Albany, Ala. 



Established 1885 



We are still furnishing beehives made of 

 white pine; they will last. A. I. Root Co.'s 

 make of bee supplies kept in stock. Send tor 

 catalog giving full particulars; free for the 

 asking. Beeswax in exchange for supplies, or 

 cash. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON SUPPLYCO. 

 High Hill, Montff. Co^ Mo. 



