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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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ind many other parts about as well as 

 I man can. 



The idea of the board nailed on 

 ■ach side is to provide an opening to 

 iccommodate the hand-hold cleats on 

 he hive. 



I use a chaff hive and I nail the 

 leats on the end boards before put 



THE HONEY PRODUCERS' 

 LEAGUE. 



Bv W. Z. 



A 



Hutchinson, Secretary. 



CRISIS HAS been reached in 

 bee-keeping. The time is now 



- - ^ - r-- here when bee-keepers must 



ing them together as I hnd I cannot band together, as never before, tight 

 asten the cleats substantially on the an insidious foe, and cope with the 

 bin end walls (3-8 inch) after the conditions of modern times. In short, 

 live is together. the wide-spread ignorance regarding 



I also send you a photo of my the value of honey as a food( its deli- 

 lome apiary. This picture I took last ciousness, cheapness and digestibility), 

 September. I had an assistant coupled with an almost universal be- 



MR. STRITMATTER'S APIARY. 



[ueeze the bulb while I am seen in 

 le foreground. I read five bee jour- 

 als and like the American Bee-Keep- 

 ■ very much, 

 radley Junction, Pa., Jan. 16, 1905. 



Vicks Family Magazine, now in its 

 )th year, is a publication that well 

 lerits a place in every rural home, 

 he April number, dealing as it does 

 ith springtime topics in both a prac- 

 cal and sentimental manner, be- 

 3mes a veritable inspiration to na- 

 ire lovers. 



lief in its adulteration, which belief is 

 fostered by the continued publication 

 of untruthful stories concerning so- 

 called manufactured comb honey, to 

 which may be added the fact that 

 cheap syrups are being pushed upon 

 the market with great vigor — all these 

 combined are depressing the honey 

 market beyond all precedent; and, un- 

 less something is done to counteract 

 these influences, our occupation, or, at 

 least, a good share of its profitable- 

 ness, will soon be gone. 



A large share of last year's honey 

 crop is still unsold, while the market 



