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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 6, 



Joining the New Union, Etc. 



Enclosed find our membership fee to the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union. Kindly 

 let us have any circulars or information 

 you have regarding the duties, etc., ex- 

 pected of each of the members of the 

 Union, as we wish to do our portion of the 

 work to down the adulteration of honey, 

 as we consider ourselves situated in a good 

 field to look into this question, owing to 

 there being a great deal of adulteration 

 carried on in and around New York City 

 at the present time. 



We produce considerable honey our- 

 selves, but not enough to supply our trade; 

 we therefore have to buy outside, and it is 

 while doing this that we come across the 

 adulterated article. The glucose question 

 is one which is a source of great annoyance 

 to us at times, especially when we find we 

 are obliged to lose a sale by not being able 

 to compete with the adulterated article. 



We started out with the intention of sell- 

 ing only the genuine article, and intend to 

 stick to this resolution right along. We 

 find it a source of great encouragement to 

 see how some of our customers appreciate 

 what we are doing tor them, once they 

 reach that point where they feel they are 

 dealing with honest people, and can rely on 

 what we tell them regarding pure honey. 

 ^ We hope the Bee Journal and the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union may be success- 

 ful in the lines of work they are under- 

 taking, by trying to enforce laws against 

 adulteration, and by keeping the bee- 

 keepers out of the clutches of the dishonest 

 commission-men. Holding Bros. 



Hudson Co., N. J. 



[The New Union has very little printed 

 matter to send out as yet, we believe. But 

 the General Manager's First Annual Report 

 is novp issued, and can be had by address- 

 ing Hon. Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 —Editor.] 



Two Seasons' Report. 



Next spring it will be two years since I 

 started in bee-keeping ; and if I should look 

 back over the past two seasons I would 

 have to confess to many "follies" or 

 "fool capers," (as our Rip Van Winkle 

 puts it). But then I always take courage, 

 because I am not the only one liable to 

 have mishaps, but the generals and the 

 captains in the army of beedom are as 

 prone to err and make mistakes as the 

 humblest private in the ranks. I find that 

 experience and practice are the ablest 

 teachers in making a bee-master. 

 I I started in the spring of 1S96 with 4 col- 

 onies of 3-bauded Italians purchast in Ind- 

 iana. They arrived May 10. I increast 

 them, through natural swarming, to 10, 

 which with a colony of blacks, that I trans- 

 ferred from a neighbor's old-fashioned box- 

 hive, (he getting the honey and I the bees,) 

 made 11 colonies. I got no surplus. I win- 

 tered them on the summer stands, without 

 a single loss. I used S frame, single-walled 

 hives surrounded with an outer case of 

 hemlock, the spaces between being stufft 

 with paper. 



Starting with the U colonies, last spring, 

 I increast them to 3'3. I workt exclusively 

 for comb honey and have obtained a very 

 fair crop. Buckwheat did not yield auy 

 honey, and all my surplus is white clover 

 and raspberry in one-pound sections, and 

 it is theyWhitest honey I ever saw. I believe 

 that the majority of it is raspberry. I 

 had a case of it at our county fair audit 

 took first premium. 



I prepared my bees, with the exception 

 of 7 colonies, (which are in chaff hives) the 

 same as last fall, only I used leaves instead 

 of paper to fill out the spaces in the walls, 



Only ck per Pound in 4 Can Lots or Over. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



I IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish 'Wllite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7 cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 In one case, 6>i cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



It^" A sample of the honey will be mailed to an Intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



"Wisconsin, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of tile Largest Factories and the latest 

 and most-Improved machinery for the manufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there Is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and Is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and -wliitest 



BaSS'WOOd is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this firm to furnish the 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



Send for Circular and- see the Prices on a Full Line of Supplies. 

 Please mention ttie Americaa Bee .Tournal. 7Atf 



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BEE-KEEPERS : 



W e are making a strictly A No. 1 line of 



Hives, Sections, Siiiiiping-Cases, Frames 



etc., and are selling ihese goods on their merits. 



We do not claim to sell at cost as we are not in business merely for what glory 

 there may be attac-ht to it. 



We do claim that our goods are as fine as can be produced anywhere, and that our 

 prices will be found fair and reasonable. 



We are in a position to serve you promptly and satisfactorily, and we ask you to 

 give us a chance to do so. 



Why not write to us to-day tor our Free, IIIii«eli-»tc<l (Catalog' ? Or. better 

 still, send us a list of what goods you will require for ne«£t season's use, and we shall take 

 pleasure in quoting prices on same. Very truly yours, 



G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWN, WIS. 



IV_ PAY FRFIfHT ■*,.""l>'.on<' of stark 12 challenge Points— tlio 



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full VI |ilaiuly siiow WHY Stark Bro's grow and 

 wcwill not cut gualitv no matter liow LOW our juici- 



iell the most trees 



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 new edition; linost, most complete vet issued O « rtniX T IVUl I DVUIV 

 sent free. STARK BROS. Louisiana. Mo. Stark. Mo. RocUport. III. Dansville. N.Y. 



That Queen-Clipping Device Free I 



PLEASE KEAD THIS OFFER TO PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS : 



Send us pist one item name for the American Bee Journal a year (with $1.00), and we 

 will mail you the Queen-Clipping Device free of charge. Or, the Queen-Clipping Device 

 will be sent postpaid for 30 cts. But why not get it as a Premium by the above oflfer 

 You can't earn 30 cts. any easier. Almost every bee-keeper will want this Device. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



