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Oct. 26. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 337, 33S 



Bees and Honev in Russia 337 



Europ.ian International C< ingress 337 



The Best Bees 337 



Bee-Eater 338 



Correspondence : 



Improvement of the Kace of Bees 338 



Are Cyprian Bees of Value to us? 339 



Bees in Australia 339 



The Gulden Honev Plant again 339 



Red Clover Bees 339 



Effect of Pollinon Bees in Winter 339 



The Season in Quebec, Canada 339 



Convention Notes : 



Kentucky State Convention 340 



President's Address 340 



Pleasures and Profits of Bee-Culture 340 



Reports on Wintering Bees 340 



Bee-Keepinga Specialty 341 



Honey-Producing Plants, and How to 



Cultivate them 341 



New York Bee- Keepers' Union .... 341 



Northern Texas Convention 342 



Selection* from Our Letter Box : 



Golden Rods as Honey Plants 342 



Feeding Bees 342 



Moving Bees 342 



Two Queens in One Hive 342 



Deep Frames for Winter 342 



My Coming Bees 342 



SEEDS FOR 



Honey Plants. 



I keep at all times a full supply of 

 Seeds for Honey Plants, including 



Melilot Clover, 



White Clover, 



Alsike Clover, 



Mammoth Mignonette, &c. 



Send for my catalogue which gives 

 prices and instructions for planting- 

 sent free upon application. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



972 West Madison 8t.. CHICAGO, I L.K,. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $2 ; Cyprian Queens, *2.00 ; 

 TestedCvprian Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus. Cyprians, $5 ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames, $8.00 ; Colony of Cyp- 

 rians, 8 frames, $10.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over, 



35c. per lb. fE^Send forCircular. lwly 



BEE-KEEPER and Student Wanted.- 

 Bee-keeper must be experienced and thor- 

 oughly reliable. No person using tobacco or 

 liquors need apply. Address. DR. NUGENT, 

 "Linden Apiary," Stratbroy, Ont., Canada 4lw4t 



FLAT -BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



high side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to 

 the pound. Circular and samples free. 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 

 Sole Manufacturers, 

 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. V. 



ELECTROTYPES 



Of Engravings used in the Bee Journal for sale at 

 25 cents per square inch— no single cut sold for less 

 thansnc. THOMAS ©. KEWHAN, 



074 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



DAVIS' PATENT HONEY CARRIAGE, 



REVOLVING COMB-HANGER, 



Tool Box and Recording Desk Combined. 



Carries honey from the hive to the Extractor, a set 

 of apiarian tools, metal-lined drawers for broken 

 combs and fragments of wax, revolving comb- 

 hanger, which holds comb firmly while pruning or 

 cutting out queen cells, writing desk, and wash 

 ba-in ; will not break nor bruise combs; adjusts 

 to fit all sizes of extracting and brood combs, and 

 is less laborious to handle than the ordinary hand- 

 baskets. Write your address on a postal card, and 

 address it to JOHN M. DAVIS, 



30wiy Patentee and Proprietor. Spring Hill, 'I enn. 



Italian bees Books for Bee -Keepers, 



All standard colonies have eight frames, 17 1 -; 

 inc. long and 1 1 inc. deep. All Nuclei, frames 1 1 » 4 

 inc. long and ]OH inc. deep. Single full colonies, 

 $io; in lots of five, each $y ; in lots of ten or more, 

 each $* ; single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; 1- 

 frame Nucleus, Tested Queen olunei, $3.50; 2- 

 frame do., $4; 3-frame do., $5 ; 4-frame do.. $5.50 ; 

 July, August and September, 5- frame Nucleus, 

 Tested Italian Queen, $r..oo. No Dollar Queens 

 handled. Will guarantee safe delivery (at express 

 terminus) ot every order from my yards. Ship- 

 ping facilities, six times daily to all points. With 

 20 years' experience in the propagation and hand- 

 ling of Italian bees, I think I can suit the most 

 fastidious. , ,, . 



To secure prompt attention, money should be 

 sent by New York draft or post office money order. 



No discount from above schedule. 



Address all communications to 



J. H. ROBERTSON, 



25wtf Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



EXTRACTED HONEY 



I will buy a few tons of Extracted 

 Honey at the ruling market prices. 



Correspondence solicited. 



ALFRED II MHHIN. 

 W2 West Madison street, CHICAGO, II,],. 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER, 



Published Monthly at Columbus, Kan., 



A new sixteen-column bee paper, devoted entirely 

 to the best interests of honey producers ; dealers 

 in Supplies and breeders of Queens and Bees. 

 Will be sent to any address one year for only thirty 

 cents. We club with the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal for only $2.15. Sample copies free. Ad- 

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Given's FoundationPress. 



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 Send for Catalogue and Samples. 



2wly D. 8. GIVEN, Hoopeston, 111. 



$777 



A YEAH and expenses toagents. 

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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



BARNES' PATENT 



Foot Power Machinery 



Golden Honey Plant. 



I have procured a limited quantity of the Seed 

 of this new Honey Plant so highly spoken of by 

 Dr. G. L. Tinker, on page 307 of the Journal. 



It may be sown broadcast in early spring or drill- 

 ed in. The rows may be two or three feet apart 

 and the seeds only a few inches apart in the rows. 

 It will bear to grow very thick or if scattered will 

 grow larger and throw up more stalkB. 



Price, SO cents per pound. If sent by mall, 

 add 20 cents per pound tor postage. 



B3P~A typographical error occurred in my first 

 quotation of these seeds; the above price is correct 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 

 972 West Malison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



The Original Patent 



BINGHAM BEE SMOKER 



AND 



Bingham & Hetherington 



HONEY KN IFE, 



Send a card for testimonials, or 

 half-dozen rates, to 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON, 



ABRONJA, MICH. 



For the past few years I have made this excellent 

 food my leading article. Having the best estab- 

 lished reputation in this city as a dealer in PURE 

 HONEY direct from the Apiaries, enables me to 

 obtain the highest market prices. Your consign- 

 ments and correspondence respectfully solicited. 



E. A. BURNETT, Commission Merchant, 

 Successor to Conner, Burnett lS: Co., 



34wl3t 165 So. Water Street, Chicago, 111. 



POPULAR HONEY KEGS 



CIRCULAR and 



SCROLL SAWS. 



Hand, Circular Rip Saws for 

 general heavy and light rip- 

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 every bee-keeper to send for 

 descriptive catalogue and price 

 list free. 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES 

 2U17 Main St., Rockford. 111. 



FOR SALE- 150 Colonies of Italian Bees in 

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 3uwiy L.C. AXTELL, Roseville, Warren Co., III. 



©S ENGHAVINGS 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE giving an Index of diseases, 

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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



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THE FLORAL INSTRUCTOR, 



free. Six window plants twenty-five cents. Cata- 

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SPALDING & McGILL, Florists, 



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Small Kegs for Honey. 



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..85c 



. .55c 

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These kegs answer the popular demand 

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 and often cheaper. They need no waxing 

 but should simply be thoroughly scalded 

 with boiling water before using. The 

 leakage so often occurring in the large 

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 Considering the cost and trouble of wax- 

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 the ease witli which these kegs can be 

 handled and shipped, with an actual sav- 

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ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



972 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



Sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, by 



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