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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



189 



have had an unusually mild winter thus 

 far ; bees could have been wintered on the 

 summer stands with little protection with- 

 out any loss. Most of mine are on the sum- 

 mer stands. 



The honey year of 1S97 ended quite well. 

 The forepart of the summer was unpropi- 

 tious for honey -gathering ; there was an 

 abundance of white clover bloom, and other 

 honey producing shrubs and trees, but 

 owing to the cold and wet we got but very 

 little honey, but later on the weather grew 

 warmer, and bees did fairly well in gath- 

 ering honey from Alsike clover, buckwheat, 

 golden-rod and asters. I think I am safe 

 in saying that the average per colony in 

 these parts would be 50 pounds. 



The " Old Reliable " comes regularly to 

 my table— a most welcome guest. 



Clark Co., Wis., Feb. 5. L. Allen. 



Xlie Nickel Plate Road 



changed time and also depots March 6, 

 1898. All trains now arrive and depart 

 from Van Buren Street Station, near 

 Clark St., Chicago. All trains on "L" 

 loop stop at Nickel Plate Depot. City 

 Ticket Offices, 111 Adams Street, and 

 Auditorium Annex. Telephone Main 

 3389. (5) ilA2t 



Convention IVotices. 



Texas,— The Texas State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its annual convention at 

 W. R, Graham & Son's, Greenville. Texas, the 

 first VI ednesday and Thursday In April, 1808. 

 All Interested are Invited. 



W. H. White, See. 



Utah.— The Utah State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold Its semi-annual convention 

 In the (irv and Couuiv Building:. Salt Laki; 

 City, Aprils, 1898, at, 10 a m. A full pro- 

 (rram in the Interest of tbe industry will be 

 presented. It is very desirable to have all 

 parts ot tte State represented. Among- other 

 thiiiKS to lie considered IS the transportation 

 and marketing ot our products, and also the 

 adoption of the best plan to represent our 

 ^tate at the Trans-Mississippi E.xposltlon, and 

 to get our new foul i rood law into active op- 

 eration. Every beekeeper should be inter- 

 ested in these matters. All are cordially in- 

 vited. In case there luay be any that cannot 

 attend, we would be pleased to have their 

 address, and have them send in questions on 

 general topics Several members of the 

 Association have desired us to again call the 

 attention of our bee keepers In the Langs- 

 troth monument lund. Any who feel atjle 

 should throw in thnlr mite to mark the last 

 resting-place of this the greatest of all Ameri- 

 can bee-teeepers. No one will tcel as if It was 

 labor In vain, who lakes a fraternal interest 

 In this desirable "bject.. 

 John B. Fagg Sec . East Mill Creek. Utah. 

 E. S. LovEsv, f res , t>alt Lake City, Utah. 



" Tlie Wooden Hen. "-The little illus- 

 tration shown herewith Is small only in size, 

 but really large in magnitude, when we con- 

 sider that the *■ Wooden Hen " Is no larger 

 than a live hen. yet has douljle the capacity. 

 It weighs onl.v 15 pounds, has h. capacity of '.^8 

 eggs, and while not a toy, is just as amusing, 

 besides being Instructive as well. We doubt 



If a more acceptable ormore valuable present 

 could be made to the farmer boy or gitl, and 

 we suggest that every one of them who read 

 tbe American Bee Journal write Mr. Geo. H. 

 Stahl. Quincy. 111., and ask him for a copy of 

 his handsome little booklet describing the 

 "Wooden Hen:" also his large catalog of 

 the Model Excelsior Incubator. Tell him you 

 Write at the suggestion of the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 189. 



TREE PLANTING 



ay be a way to wealth or a waste of money— depends 

 ! kind of trees. All trees, plants, vines, from the Held 

 ies are No. 1 stock, true to name. You gain by buyin. 

 Prices were never so low. Write for illustrated cata- 

 e, suggestions, estimates. Try Star Stru^vberr)', 



Kldorado Blackberrj^ for profit. vf^ 



REID'S NURSERIES, Bridgeport, Ohio, i 





Listen! Take my Advice and Bny 



FI.XK FOIi:>l>A'I'IO.^ 

 A.'M* XO.>S «!' IT. 



Wurkin:: Wux Into Founda- 

 tion a specialt]-. 



**Yonr Bee-Snpplies** 

 of Ansnst Weiss ! ? 



I MEFV 



mpetllion 



Foundation 



Millions of Sections — Polisht on both Sides ! ! 



S.»'riSF4*TIO!V OliABANTEFD on a full line of Supplies. Send for a Catalogue and 

 be your own judge. Wax wanted at 26 cents cash, or '28 cents In trade, delivered to me. 



AUG-ITST WEISS, Hortonville, Wisconsin. 



Ho, for Omaha ! 



A^ 



S we have many customers in the Northwest, and believing 

 they will appreciate the low freight rates obtained by purchas- 

 ing goods from a railroad center nearer to them than we are. get- 

 ting a direct through-freight rate, thus cutting the freight in half, 

 we have establlsht a branch bouse at 1730 South 13th St., Omaha, 

 Neb., where we will keep a complete line of all apiarian Supplie-*, 

 the same as we do at HIgginsville. Mo. With the quality of o\ir 

 goods, we believe most bee-keepers In the West are already 

 acquainted, but to those who are not, we will say that our good* 

 are par ejcellent. Polisht, snowy-white SCL'tione, beautiful straw- 

 transparent Foundation. Improved Smokers and Houey Kxtractors. and all other Bri-t- 

 class goods, are what we sell. Kind and courteous treatment and honurahle dealing our mntt.). 

 On these b^ses. we solicit an order, feeling sure that if we sell you one bill of goods you will be 

 our lustrimer in the future. 



{S^PiiOGrsESSiVE Bee-Keeper, oOc per year. "Amateur Bee-keeper, 25c. Both for GoC, 

 postpaid. Sample copy ot the Pkogsessive free, and a heautiful Cataloj for the asking. 



Address, I .„!.„ Mon„r.,.*.,rin<r Tanu^nv r,'jj'^'„-',V*l'37,r?*.., 0°[„a..a, Neb. 



Lealiy Maiiiitiieturing Company, 



GOLDEN BEAUTIES... 



Three-band Italian Queens reared from 

 , Knot's stock. Golden Queens, from the 

 l)est selected Slock, Untested. 50 cents: 

 Tested. 75 cents. Caralolan Queens at 

 same price. 

 E. Y. TERR.41, & CO., 



Cameron, Texas. 



12Att Mention the American Bee Journal. 



RF1!< nT^ri.l.i Italian (jflRFJS! 



Tested Queens. 11.00 each; Untested, 50o. 

 2-Frame Nucleus of Bees with good Queen 12. 

 Prompt and satisfactory dealing. 



Address, E. 1.. C.4RKI>iBTON. 



llAtt , De Funiak Springs. Fla. 



Ti/^"r> OAT T' lt>l* colonies of 

 X l/JtCi »djn.J^X4 BFe!>i in Lang- 

 slroth ana Root's Uuvetalled Hives. Will sell 

 in lots t ) suit purchasers, and deliver on cars 

 for shipment to any point. For further infor- 

 mation address, J. W. Howell, Kenton.Tenn. 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Business, 

 Supplies at Bottoui Prices. 



" Bee-Keeping for Beffluners,'' price 50 ceiiis, 

 imparts the inslructlou. Price-List free. 



J. P. H. BHOWN, Aii^u^ita, fia. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when "writing. 



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 you cannot afford to be without the best 

 and only weekly sheep paper published in 

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The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



This I5lh and latest edition of Prof . Cook's 

 maguIHoent book ol 460 pages, in neat and 

 substantial cloth binding, we propose to give 

 away to our present subscribers, for the work 

 of getting NEW subscribers for the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A description of the book here is quite un- 

 necessary— it is simply the most complete sci- 

 entific and practical bee-book published to- 

 day. Fully Illustrated, and all written in the 

 most faBCInaling style. The author Is also 

 too well-known to the whole bee-world to re- 

 quire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 fully equipped, or his library complete, wlth- 

 ont "The Bee-Keeper'b GniDE." 



OiTcn For 2 JVew $iil>!icriber«. 



The following offer Is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given 

 to the two new subscribers— simply the Bee 

 Journal for one year : 



Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with I'J.OOi, and we will mall vou a 

 copy of Prof. Cook's book free as a premi- 

 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent for 81. '^5, 

 or we club It with me Bee Journal for a year 

 —both together for only 11.75. But surely 

 anybody can get only 3 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 hoo" AS a premium. Let everybody try for It 

 Will you have one ' 



GEORGE W. YOBK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



