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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April U, 



Only 6jts. per Pound in 4 Can Lots or Over. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish Wlllte 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, 6X cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



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

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



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



"We want 



EVERY BEE-KEEPER 



To liave a copy of 



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Our 1898 Catalog 



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Jt^" Send us your name and address and we will take pleasure in mailing you a copy 



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



Special Asent lor llie $ouliiive§I — 



E. T. ABBOTT, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Mr. Abbott sells our Hives and Sections at factory prices. 



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PRICES OF BINGHAM PERFECT 



Bee-Smokers ajid Honey -Knives I 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made) 4-in. Ptove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor 3}^ in. stove. Doz. 9.W; " i.io 



Conqueror 3Jn. stove. Doz. 6.50; " i.oo 



Iiarae 2}^-in. stove. Doz. 5.oO; " .90 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; '* ,70 



I^ittle Wonder (weight 10 ounces) ... 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.50; " .60 



Huner-Knife Doz. 6.o0; " .80 



Bingham Smokers have all the new improvements. Before buying a Smoker 

 or Ivnite, look up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEAKS FOR A DOLLAR; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror lo yeiirs. I was always pleaded with its 

 workings, but thinkint' 1 wouM need a new one this summer, 1 write for a circu- 

 lar. I do not think the 4 inch Smoke Kntiine too large. 



January ii7, 1^97. Truly, W. II. Eagertv, Cuba. Kansas. 



Mr. Bingham, Dear Sir:— Please send per mail a 4-inch Smoke Engine. I have 

 one of your Smokers; it is too small in time of trouble. 



February 21. 1898. A. F. Seward, Riverside, Calif. 



9A9t T. F. BIXOHAITI, Farwell, ITlielftigan. 



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 the 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 '^rbitest 



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

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equlpt 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 the American Bee .Touroal. 7Atf 



shade prices to suit quality. Keep 

 grocerymen continually supplied, and 

 purchase your family supplies In ex- 

 change. Favor your customers In every 

 reasonable way. 



G. W. Demaree — 1. I sell at retail at 

 my apiary store-room. Being located 

 near a little town my sales are fairly 

 good. 2. Be honest, liberal, never mis- 

 represent the quality of honey sold, and 

 give good weight. When the people 

 know you, according to their conclusion 

 will be your success or your failure. 



J. A. Green — 1. Yes. 2. Intelligence, 

 Industry, knowledge of the salesman's 

 art and human nature, courtesy, tact, 

 and a thorough knowledge of honey, are 

 the principal qualifications. There are 

 many little " tricks of the trade" that 

 are hard to explain, and impossible In 

 the limited room of this department. 



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A Discouragmg Prospect. 



I feel that I cannot get along without the 

 Bee Journal, althofrom every sign this will 

 be one of the worst years California has 

 experienced for a long time. We have had 

 but very little rain thus far, and can hope 

 for little from now on, so it looks as if dis- 

 aster must result to the bee industry here 

 this year. Albeut Rozell. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif.. March. 



A Farmer-Bee-Keeper's Report. 



I am a farmer and bee-keeper. I com- 

 menced the spring of 18117 with 3.5 colonies. 

 During the summer I increast to 40, by 

 natural swarming, and in July 1 harvested 

 1,000 pounds of comb honey and 200 pounds 

 of evaporated honey. I don't use a honey 

 extractor. 1 separate the honey from un- 

 capt and unBnisht sections by evaporation. 

 I have my honey all sold at 12 and 15 cents 

 per pound. I found a market for it in Alli- 

 ance. Ohio. 



I have my bees all in the Falcon chaff 

 hive, wiih 10 frames. 1 use the Langstroth 

 frame, and winter the bees on the summer 

 stands. They are all in grand condition — 

 no signs of dysenterv. Jacob Oswalt. 



Stark Co., Ohio, March 31. 



Preventing; Swarming — Best Hive. 



To prevent swarming, pile on the supers, 

 5 or (i, before the bees begin to whiten the 

 tops of the combs. If there is a good nec- 

 tar flow, you will get lots of honey, tho but 

 few or no swarms. 



The best hive for central Illinois is the 

 same square as a lO-trame Langstroth, but 

 12 inches deep. Put the frames crosswise, 

 or short way of the hive. Telescope all 

 caps over the hives. Use frames six inches 

 deep for extracting, and tier up the same 

 as for comb honey. U.s6 brood-frames for 

 sections, inset top and bottom the same 

 depth as sections. Tier up by placing the 

 new super under the old one. 



A machine for pushing the full sections 

 out of a wide frame is easily made, tho I 

 have never seen tbem advertised tor sale. 

 ■ The spring is early. White clover is 

 abundant, and will bloom in April this 



year. 

 Morgan Co., 111., 



W.M. Camm. 



March 29. 



Plain Section and Tin Separators. 



I have been very niuch interested and 

 amused at remarks made in the American 

 Bee Journal on no-bee-eutrance sections 

 and cleated separators. About 14 years 

 ago I saw the advantages of the plain sec- 

 tion, so I made and used several wide 



