1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



253 



DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall. CHICAGO. 



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Wliolesale 



and Retail. 



COMB FOUNDATION 



Working Wax 'tCSr^S A Specialty. 



Hives, Sections, and a full line of Supplies. 



The best of everything. Write for Catalog, 

 with prices, and samples of Foundation and 

 Sections. 



BEESWAX always wanted tor cash or 

 trade. _ 



GUS DITTMER, 



AlCUSTA, WIS. 



" ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION ^'^^v^^^^''^ 



Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools. In 

 Ripping, Cuttlng-ofl, Mi- 

 tring, Kabbetlng, Groov- 

 ing, Gaining, Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery. 

 Sold on Trial. Catalogue Free. 

 SENEGA FALIiS MFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENEGA 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 2S0 lbs. 

 which we are offering at 6 cents per lb. 

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

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



GEOBGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLR. 



READY TO MAIL ^ 



My 40-page Catalog of my Specialties, and 

 Root's <>oods at their prices. I carry a 

 full line of Bee-Keepers' Supplies, and can 

 ship promptly. Catalog Free. 



GEO. E. HI1.TON, Fremont, ITIlcIi. 



IR$T PRIZE WINNERS 



Our1898 Mammoth Poultry 



i;iiiile of KID pages maUcd FHKK. 

 Soinellimtr entirely new, tells all about 

 pnultrv. bow to be a winner, bow to MAKE 

 BIG MONEY. I'ontains beautiful litbo^-rapb 

 plate ot fowls in theiriLatni-ai e^iluis. .send 

 l5ets. for JOHN BAUSCHER. Jr^ 

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nilCCMC Untested, after April 1, $1 ; Tested 

 yULLllO $1.50; Select Tested, $-2. Imported 

 queens, direct from Italy. $) each. The best 

 of stock, either Golden or Leather Colored, 

 Write for price-list. HUFFINE & DAVIS, 

 llA4t Ooltewah. Tenn. 



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i^afalAtr Wrea *• *• !*"«>* ^ Co's Goods 

 ValalUg rice for Missouri and other points, 

 to be had at factory prices from Jolin Nebel 

 & Son, High HIU, missourl. QAtf 



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!?i!ll Beeswax 



For all the Good, Pure Yellow^ 



Beeswrax 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., CHICAOO, LLI.. 



tell why . . .1 like to have bee-space between 

 the divider and the super wall," is also 

 garbled. He stops short and doesn't give 

 half the sentence. Why did he not give the 

 whole sentence '. He has entirely destroyed 

 the purport of what I said, and then starts 

 out with renewed vigor to kick me for the 

 changed meaning that the garbling has put 

 upon it. Will he please turn to page 51 and 

 compare the original with his garbled 

 statements ? 



Then he goes on to " suspect" that I have 

 been appropriating some of his valuable 

 thoughts on producing comb honey. No, 

 no; I don't think I ever read one of Mr. 

 Golden's article.s to the end, except the one 

 in question, and had my name not been in it, 

 very likely it would have been neglected 

 also. It may be a great lack of apprecia- 

 tion on my part. S. T. Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada. 



Bee-Keeping in 'Virginia— Robbing. 



Last year I had some early swarms. I 

 put them out in the country to look out for 

 themselves; so sure was 1 that they were 

 all right that Isealed them up and left them. 

 Then I went around the country and 

 bought up all the bees I could, along 

 through August and September, and some 

 as late as October, and transferred them to 

 frame hivSs, taking all of the honey from 

 them and fed them sugar, I also formed, 

 and to save some queens. I put them in 

 hives of 3 frames, with about a pint of bees, 

 and fed them sugar. They came through 

 all right except those in the country that 

 had their own way. and 'SO far I have lost 

 half of them, so I will bet every time on 

 sugar. 



I have something I wish to give to the 

 bee-keepers for them to study over, and see 

 what they think of it— something I tried 

 when bees began to rob. I put a skylight 

 in the top of the hive, which doesn't seem 

 to be noticed by the bees of that hive, but 

 the robbers will fly to the skylight and try 

 to get out that way, until they break down, 

 then make themselves at home and remain 

 there. What do you think of it ? 



I have IS colonies to start with this 

 spring. 



I And I have a hard time in filling orders 

 for my honey, because the people say they 

 know my honey to be honey, and what 

 tbey buy from the store they don't know 

 about. W. S. Smith. 



Henrico Co., Va.. March 16. 



A Promising Boy Bee-Keeper. 



I received the Bee Journal and I was glad 

 to get it, tho papa reads it first. 



Two years ago papa said if I would plow 

 corn good he would get me a swarm of bees, 

 as I had been wanting them for a longtime. 

 Well, I did my best and got my bees of Mr, 

 George Reed. They came out in a large 

 swarm on the Fourth of July, and Mr. Reed 

 put them in a hive with a strip of founda- 

 tion. So we went after them as soon as 

 they had their comb built. Papa said they 

 were patriotic bees, for they came out in 

 the form of a swarm to celebrate. 



When winter came we made a big crate 

 with eight inches all around, and filled it up 

 with prairie hay, and the bees were so warm 

 that they reared brood all winter, and came 

 out very strong in the spring. 



Mr. Reed came up one day in May and 

 said: "Goodness! that colony is going to 

 swarm yet, for if they don't they can't all 

 get in the hive." And sure enough they did. 



I was out playing with my sister when I 

 heard a big roar, and I lookt out and saw 

 the air just full of bees. I shouted to my 

 mother, but she did not believe bees would 

 swarm in May. They went back into the 

 hive, and we got a new one down town. 

 They came again and went back, and papa 

 thinks the queen was too old and weak 

 to fly. 



Papa was disgusted with this kind of 

 work, and said he would put a stop to it. 

 He put on a bee-veil and some gloves and 

 went into them. He put four frames with 

 queen-cells on them in the old hive, and the 

 four he took out of the new hive in the 



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 Book on 



Queen-Rearing 



will lie ready April 1. "Queen-Rearing" is 

 brought down to 1898. It will tell you how to 

 rear Queens iu a brood-chamber while the 

 queen has the freedom of the combs. Price, 

 by mall. '2,5 cents. Address. 



HEXRY ALI.EV,\Vcnliam,raas§. 



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BEES FOR SALE. 



About 90 Polonies of Italians. Any one want- 

 ing to start an apiary cannot do ipetter than 

 to call on Dr E. Gallup, Sinta Ana. Calif,, 

 and examine the Bees before purchasing else- 

 where. Double sets of Combs In Langstroth- 

 Slmpllclty Hives, and warranted a superior 

 lot of Bees for bustne^8. C )rre8podence so- 

 licited. Br. E. GAI.LIIP, 



Santa Ana, Orange Co., Cal, 



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 for use in catching and clip- 

 ping queens' wings. We mail 

 it for 30 cents; or will send 

 it FREE as a premium for 

 sending us ONE NEW sub- 

 scriber to the Bee Journal 

 for a year at SI. 00 ; or for §1,10 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal one year and 

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GEORGE 'W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLa 



ViW ^(ilo l^liaon ^^ colonies of Bees in lots 

 fdl iSdlc l;llCtt|l to suit; In prime condition 

 For particulars address, W. Spencer. Bunker 

 Hill. 111. Box 114. 14A4t 



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CHICAGO, ILLa 



