August, IQOQ. 



American l^ee Journal 



PUBLISHED MuNTHLV HV 



GEORGE YV. YORK 6 COMPANY 



146 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this Journal is 

 7J cents a year, in the United States of America, 

 (except Chicago, where it is $1.00), and Mexico; 

 In Canada 85 cents; and in all other conntries in 

 the Postal Union, 25 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



THE WRAPPER-LABEL DATE indicates the 

 end or the month to which your subscription is 

 paid. For instance, *' dec09'*on your label shows 

 that It is paid to the end of December, 1909. 



SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS.-We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscription, 

 but change the date on your wrapper-label, which 

 shows that the money has been received and 

 credited. 



fldverlising Rate, per flgate Line, I5c. 



14 lines make one inch. 



Nothing less than 4 lines accepted. 



Discounts: 



3 times 14c a line 9 times lie a line 



6 " 12c" " 12 " {lyr.) lOcaline 



Reading Notices, 25 cents, count line. 

 Goes to press the 6th of each month. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association. 



iBl.— To promote the interests of its members. 



ad.— To protect and defend its members in their 

 awful riKhts. 



8d.— To enforce laws against the adulteration of 

 honey. 



Annual Membership Dues, $i.oo. 



Oaneral Manager and Treasurer - 



N. E. Kranck. Platteville, Wis. 



|y If more convenient. Dues may be sent to the 

 publishers of the American Bee Journal. 



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rjtriC are bound to 



II I take the lead 



CllUlAr for shipping 



aSI*^ comb honey 



r lighter 



They are j Stronger 



I safer 



Tine freight is less 

 Deatlers prefer them 



Send for circular 



J. E. Crane & Sorv 



Middlebvjry. Vt. 



By Return Nail Standard-Bred 



Untested Italian Queen-Bees 



Prices for balance of season of 1909: One Queen, 75 cents; 2 for $1.40; 3 

 for $2.00; 6 for $3.75: 12 for $7.00. Superior Tested Breeding Queens, $200 each.— 

 well worth $3.00. 



Standard-Bred Virgin Italian Queens FREE as a .Premium 



Send us One New yearly subscription to the American Bee Journal at 75 

 cents, and we will mail you a Standard-Bred Italian Virgin Queen free; or for 

 90 cents we will mail tlie Virgin Queen and the Bee Journal for a year. 



^^^d"" Italian Qu66n-B66 



For a number of jtars we hiive been sending out to bee-keep- 

 ers exceptionally tine Untested Italian Queens, purely mated, and 

 all right in every respect. Here is what a few of those who re- 

 ceived our Queens have to say about them : 



What They Say of Our Queens 



George W. York & Co. :— The two queens received of you some time 

 ago are fine. They are good breeuers. and the workers are snowing up fine. 

 I introduced tbem among black bees, and the bees are nearly yellow now, 

 and are doihsr good work. A. W. SWAN. 



Nemaha. Co., Kan.. July 15, 1905. 



George W. York & Co.:— After importing queens for 15 years you have 

 sent me the best. She keeps 9X i-.ang8truth frames fully occupied to date, 

 and, altbough I kept tbe hive well contracted, to force them to swarm, they 

 have never built a queen-cell, and will put up lOO pounds of honey if the 

 flow lasts this week. CHAS. Mitchell. 



Ontario. Canada, July 22, 1905. 



George W. York & Co.:— Tbe queen I bought of you has proven a good 



one, and has given me some of my best colonies. N. P. OGLessV. 



Washington Co., Va., July 22. 1905. 



George "W.YOHK & Co.:— The queen I received of you a few days ago 

 came through O.K., and I want to say that she is a beauty. I immediately 

 introduced her intt) a colony which had been queenless for 2o days. She 

 was accepted by them, and has gone to work nicely. 1 am highly pleased 

 with her and your promptness in tilling my order. My father, who is an old 

 bee-keeper, pronounced her very fine. You will hear from me again when I 

 am i n need of something in the bee-line. K. E. MCCOLM. 



Marion Co., 111., July 13. 



We usually begin mailing Queens in May, and continue there- 

 after, on the plan of " first come first served." The price of one 

 of our Untested Queens alone is 75 cents, or with the monthly 

 American Bee Journal one year — both for $1.20. Three Queens 

 (without Journal) would be / ., or 6 for i >. . Full instructions for introducing are sent 

 with each Queen, being printed on the underside of the address-card on the mailing-cage. You 

 cannot do better than to get one or more of our fine Standard-Bred Queens. 



George W. York & Co., i46 w. superior st. Chicago, III. 



Dittmer's Comb Foundation 



Is the Best. Not because we say so, but because the Bees prefer 

 it to other makes. 



Dittmer's Process is Dittmer's 



It has built its Reputation and established its Merits, on its own 

 Foundation and its own Name. 



We make a Specialty of Working Wax into Founda- 

 tion for Cash. 



Write for free catalog and prices on full Line of 

 Supplies. 



GUS DITTMER CO.. Augusta. Wis. 



