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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 17, 



Basswood Honey 



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We have a limited number of barrels 

 of very best Bass'wood Extrac- 

 ted Honey, weighing net about 280 lbs. 

 which wo are offering at 6 cents per lb. 

 f. o. b. Chicajo. Do yoii want a barrel 

 or so of it? If so, address, with the cash, 



GEORGE 'W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



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ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION «o''|;;-^*T'0'- 



Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools. In 

 Ripping, Cuttlng-off, Mi- 

 tring. Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Llneof Foot and 

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 46 Water St SENECA FALLS. N. T. 



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Home for Sale— A Home in Ciililoriiin 



Onaccoun' of almost total losi of eyesleht 

 I am compelled to offer my fruit ranch and 

 apiary for .sale or e.\change For further par- 

 ticulars address E. B. RKECHEK, 



6A4t Auburn. Placer Co.. C.iLir. 



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Bee -Hives, Sections. Shipping- 

 Cases— everything uspd by bee- 

 ikeepers. Orders tilled nromptlt. 

 5 Send for catalog MU)iE.SOn BEE- 

 KEEPER.S' .SIll'PlY MFC. CO., Nicollet 

 Island, Minneapolis. Minn. 

 2'^^tf Char. Mondenq. Mgr 



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WANTRn-SIIiiatloii. A voung man of 

 o years' e.\pHrleDce would like a position 

 to care for bees. Can furnish reference 



Address. Dick Camp, Hullaiid, Iflicb. 



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Wf» PAY "*" '■■"■'1 ^t" the year inund. If 

 TTCl/AI yu sell stark Tn'fS. OutHtfrre 



SIARK mmm. IOUISIWA. mo., stark, IHo., Rockport, III.. Oansville, N. Y 

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One Fare for tbe Round-Xrip 



via Nickel Plate Road, to Cleveland and 

 return February 22nd and 23rd, 189S, 

 account Students' Volunteer Movement 

 for i'oreign Missions. Return limit Feb- 

 ruary 2Sth. City Ticket Office, 111 

 Adams St.; Depot, corner Clark and 

 12th Sts.; Telephone, Main 3389. (2) 



Uee-Keeper's Guide— see page 92. 



60 degrees, then I open the windows on two 

 sides of the cellar. The bees hum like boil- 

 ing water. Before putting into the cellar I 

 tackt wire screen on the bottom of the 

 hive, and two-inch pieces under the hives 

 on the sides and back, on top of the bot- 

 tom-boards. I put the front side next to 

 the wall, because the cellar is light. I put 

 an etnpty super on top. and a loose cover 

 on that. The hive sets on a frame 16 inches 

 from the ground, with six frames nearly 

 full of honey, and two empty combs. I 

 hope they will come out all right. 



Last season I kept a queen-cage on one 

 hive to keep the bees from swarming, and 

 got 108 pounds of comb honey from that 

 colony. I got 90 pounds from two others 

 that did swarm. I have 20 colonies now. 

 In September I took two colonies from bee- 

 trees. I could find no queen, so I gave 

 them queens, fed sugar syrup, gave them 

 full frames of foundation, and they went 

 into winter quarters all right. 



C. G. ASCHA. 



Berkshire Co., Mass., Jan. 9. 



Experience •with Bees. 



In the tall of 1891 I started with one col- 

 ony, which I had to feed in 189.5 to keep it 

 and two others from starving, and they 

 came out all right in the spring of 1896. I 

 got about 17.5 pounds of honey, and in- 

 creast to U. They winteied all right, and 

 came out in good condition last spring. The 

 past season was pretty good. I secured 

 something like 500 pounds of honey, and 

 increast to 20 colonies, which I have now in 

 winter quarters in fair condition. 



C. H. VoiGT. 



Manitowoc Co., Wis., Dec. 28. 



Not Very Enthusiastic. 



I am not very enthusiasti?. I have over 

 100 colonies of bees, and my honey costs me 

 .50 cents per pound. The bees did well for 

 about three weeks, filled up the brood- 

 chamber and some surplus, then the drouth 

 came on. and they stopt breeding, and 

 gained no weight afterward. The bees that 

 went into winter quarters were old ones 

 that workt in the Held the forepart of the 

 season. 



I am almost an octogenarian, and hardly 

 feel able to take care of so many bees, but 

 people here don't want to buy bees — they 

 prefer that I take care of them and let 

 them have the honey for 8 or 10 cents per 

 pound. A. F. Crosby. 



Franklin Co., Iowa.' 



A Little Discourag'ed. 



The honey crop was so light and price of 

 honey so low that some of our numbers 

 have become discouraged, and will quit the 

 business. I have been in the business 30 

 years, and have a good location, but the 

 past was the poorest season I ever knew, in 

 all respects. 1 have known seasons when 

 there was less honey gathered, but I never 

 saw such poor quality. Whether the bees 

 will winter on the honey remains to be 

 seen, and makes but little difference — it 

 will be the easiet-t way to get rid of them. 

 To sell them would be almost impossible. I 

 feel a little discouraged. But send on the 

 Bee Journal all the same. H. Root. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 18. 



Large-Entrance Advice Criticised. 



The big heads of the fraternity are recom- 

 mending large entrances to hives; accord- 

 ing to them, ?4 inch or 1 inch, back and 

 front of the hive, is none too large. It 

 seems to me that such advice is misleading, 

 and may cause serious losses to beginners. 

 That the entrance should be very large dur- 

 ing winter in the cellar-wintering, and dur- 

 ing the big honey-How (that is, from June 

 15 to Aug. 15. or thereabout, in my locality 

 — Montreal), that sounds all right. But I 

 should think that in the spring and fall the 

 entrance should be regulated in such a way 

 as not to entice robber-bees. 



But. you will say, What about ventila- 

 tion ! Well, I think that both ample yen- 



Sweet \ Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5a lOIb 255) 501b 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 $1.00 J2.25 Jt.OO 



AlslkeClover 70 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



AlfalfaClover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Southern Home 



of the Honey-Bee 



Is now ready for your orders for Queens of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians and Steel 



firty Carnlolanfi'. More than ;iOO Tested 

 Oueeaa to bejrin with. Untested, either race, 

 75 cts. each ; June and until October 50 cents 

 each. Teaied $1.00 each. Good Breedere. $2 

 eacQ. Straly:ht 6-Banded or " Faultless " 

 Queens, $5.00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Hufstedler Bros., 

 liAtf BEEVILLE. Bee Co, TEX. 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FODHDATIOI 



A Has No Sag In Brood-Frames 



ln|^ Thio Flat-Kottom FoundatioD 



I mSu Has So Fisbboue in tbe Sirplaa Bone;. 



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Being the oleaneit Is asnally worked 

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