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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall. CHICAGO, 



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WUole«ale 



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COMB FOUNDATION 



Working Wax 'TAirmi A Specialty. 



Hives, Sertions, and a full line of Supplies. 

 The best of everything. Write tor Catalog, 

 with prices, and eamples of Foundation and 

 Sections. 



BEESWAX always wanted for cash or 

 trade. 



GUS DITTMER, 



AUGUSTA, WIS. 



UNION 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



COMBINATION 

 SAW 

 Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, in 

 Ripping, Cutting-off, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining, Dadoing, 

 Edging-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Madunery. 

 Sold on Trial. Catalogoe Free. 

 SElNEfA FALLS MFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SKNKOA FALLS. N. T. 



FOR 

 SALE 



Basswood Honey 



We have a limited number of barrels 

 of very best Bass-wood Extrac- 

 ted Honey, weighing net about 280 lbs. 

 which we are offering at 6 cents per lb. 

 f. 0. b. Chicago. Do you want a barrel 

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



GEOKGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLB. 



READY TO MAIL ^ 



My 40-pag:e Cataloff of my Specialties, and 

 Root^H OoodN at their priceN. 1 carry a 

 full line of Bee-Keepers' Supplies, and can 

 ship promptly. Caialogr Free. 



GEO. E. HILTON, Fremont, ITlicIi. 



■|RST PRIZE WINNERS 



FL 

 Our1898 Mammoth Poultry 

 (iuide of 1()0 pages mailed FKEE. 



something entirely new, tells all about 

 pMultry, how to be a winner, how to MAKE 

 BIG MONEY. Contains beautiful lithograph 

 plate of fowls in theirnatui^l <H>lors. Send 

 I6cts. for JOHNBAUSCHER. Jr. 

 postage. Box 9i FKEEl'OUX, IXX. 



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nilEENQ Untestel, after April 1. $1; Tested 

 I^ULLIIO SI. 50; SeleciTested, *J Imporled 

 queens, direct Irom Italy. $3 each. The best 

 of f-tock, either Gold-n or Lenther Cnlored. 

 Wriie for price-list. H0FFINE & DAVIS. 

 llA4t Ooitewah, Tenn. 



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f!nt'j|<lflr Urc* '*• •■ l*o"t * ro's Goods 



Vitiailfg I ICC lor Missouri and other points. 



to be had at factory pi Ices from Jobii Nebel 



& Son, Hlgli Hill, ITIissoiiri. 9Alt 



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PAID FOR 



eeswax 



For all the Ctood, Pure Yellow^ 



Bees^wax delivered to our office till 

 further notice, we will pay 26 cents per 

 pound, CASH. No commission. Now if 

 you want casta, promptly, for your 

 Beeswax, send It on at once. Impure 

 wax not taken at any price. Address as 

 follows, very plainly, 



GEO. W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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BEE-SUPPLIES ! 



We have the beet ecjiiipt factory In the West. Capacity 

 1 car load a day ; and carry the largest stock and greatest 

 variety of everything needed in the apiary, assuring best 

 goods at the lowest prices, and prompt shipment. 

 Illustrated C'atalos, 72 Pages, Free. 

 We also manufacture TANKS of either wood or gal- 

 vanized steel, all sizes, any form, and for all purposes. 

 Price-list Free. Address, 



E. KRETCHnEK, Ked Oak, Iowa. 



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honey. Have you ever had a sample of it ? 

 I thought 1 would be able to send you a 

 sample of it this year, but I do not tbinli I 

 can, from the 'Way it is looking. All the 

 cry around here is for manzanita. It is the 

 finest honey we get here. 



I wish Prof. A. J. Cook could have seen 

 our cattle eat sweet clover last summer; 

 they would leave everything else for the 

 clover. W. A. Pellew. 



Nevada Co., Calif., Feb. 27. 



[No, we have never seen any manzanita 

 honey, as we remember. We should be 

 pleased to taste it.— Editor.] 



Wintering in Sheds. 



I placed in winter quarters, in December, 

 1896, 15 colonies. I lost two in wintering, 

 and to the 13 I added 4 colonies by pur- 

 chase, making 17 in all. These I increast 

 to 38, and produced 2,300 pounds of first- 

 class comb honey. Not having a suitable 

 cellar, I have wintered my bees in common 

 board sheds with double horizontal doors 

 opening toward the south. In warm days 

 I open the doors and let the bees fly. At 

 present they seem to be in good condition. 

 C. A. Stewart. 



Kane C«., 111., Feb. 21. 



Section-Cleaners— Wintering Well. 



Referring to page 147, why does not Mr. 

 Golden use a continuous belt instead of a 

 gear ? Gearing always runs harder, and 

 with more jar and noise. 



I think the American Bee Journal is all 

 right. We were introduced in January, 

 189S, and I am always at the post-office 

 Thursday mornings, and have not failed as 

 yet to get it on that date. 



My bees are wintering finely. They have 

 had two flights this week, and our pros- 

 pects here are for an early spring and a 

 good honey-flow. Geo. O. Morris. 



Bureau Co., III., March 11. 



Another Bachelor Bee-Keeper. 



The answer to the question askt by a 

 bachelor information seeker of Tennessee, 

 on page 1.5.5, is so good that I think it will 

 stand referring to once more. We have a 

 bright-eyed girl in our neighborhood that 

 soils her slender bands washing lishes. But 

 a bachelor bee-keeper walks l-'X miles 

 nearly every evening in the week to help 

 her. for the sunshine of affection he re- 

 ceives. Would she wash those dishes in less 

 time by herself ? Subscriber. 



Acton, Calif. 



[Certainly, if the bachelor bee-keeper 

 tried to help her vixh the dishes, the 

 bright-eyed girl could do it in less time 

 alone. But if be did nothing else but wipe 

 them while she vvasht them, of course the 

 two ought to get through sooner. —Editor.] 



Bees Under Snow. 



This has been the snowiest winter I have 

 known here, and bees have had fewer 

 flights than in any winter before since I 

 have kept bees. Mine are all on the sum- 

 mer stands, and were flying freely from 

 all hives about Feb. 'J and 10.. 



It may not be out of the way to give 

 utterance here to a word of caution about 

 leaving entrances to hives clogged with 

 snow. I notice that some bee-keepers are 

 inclined to take considerable risk in this 



Excelsior Incubator 

 and Brooder Cheap 



200 eggs capacity. Good as new. Used 

 for only two hatches. Everything com- 

 plete. Win sell it for 

 TWE(\TV D1>I,1,AR«, half the cost price 

 Address, P. 'W. DUNNE, 



River Forest, Cook Co., III. 



Texas Queens (0(fy(fMf> 



Best honey-gathering strain in America. 

 Tested, $1.50. Untested, $1.00. Write for a 

 Circular. J. D, GIVENS, Lisbon, Tex. 



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HATCH Chickens BvsTEAM- 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 



Simple, PcT/ect, Self ■ Regulat- 

 ing. Thouaaijd3 io succesafal 

 operatioQ. LoweHt priced 

 first'Clu.a llBtoher made. 

 ♦JEO. II. STAHL, 

 114 tnlgg S. 6th tiu OulncT.nt 



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)EE - KEEPEKS' SUPPLIES ! 



k Largest and Best equipt 

 L — ijH Factory in the 



^ij,.-? Send for Catalog. 



FRED A. DALTON, 



lA26t WAtKER, Vernon Co , Mo. 

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C. B, BANKSTON 



Is Rearing' Queens 

 in Cameron 'I'exas, 



And requests bee-keepers in the United States 

 to writo him with an order for a GOLDEN 

 QUEEN— Untested, 50c; Tested, 75e. We 

 breed the 3 and 5-bandea Italians, and Silver 

 Gray CarnioUns. 



Safe Arrival 

 13Atf <jrnaranteed. 



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Queens, Bees and Bee-Keepers' Supplies 



Tested Queens in April and May. $1.00. Un- 

 tested, 75e Choice Ijreeders. either three or 

 five-banded Italians, at .$2.00. Choice Im- 

 ported Breeders. $5,00. Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for Price-List to 



F. A. CROWELL, 



8Att GRANGER, MINN. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! 



Kee - Supplies ! Root's 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Pouder's Honef . Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 tree. Walter S. Ponder, 



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 Road now arrive aud depart from Van 

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 Chicago. Lowest rates to all points East. 

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