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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 28, 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arranpements po that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or expreBS. at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5tt> lOtti 25ft> 50ft 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 »1.00 J2.2.5 »t.00 



Alsike Clover 70 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3 00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 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. TORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL, 



Southern Home 



of the Honey-Bee 



Is now readv for your orders for Queens of 

 either 3 or 5 Raiided Italians and Meet 

 CJrHy €arnlolan«. More than 300 Tested 

 Queens to begin with. Untested, either race, 

 75 cts. each ; June and until October 50 cents 

 each. Tested $1.00 each. Good Breeders, $3 

 each, ijtraigbt 5-Banded or "Faultless" 

 Queens, $5.00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Hufstedler Bros., 

 3Atf BEEVILLE, Bee Co, TEX. 



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Ulnfll'c! HONEY-EXTRACTOR 

 iUUlll !j Square Glass Jars. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies in general, etc etc. 



Send lor our new catalog. 



Practical Hints " will be mailed for 10c 



in stamps. Apply to— 



Clias. 7. Mntli & Sou, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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are worth looking 

 at. We are mak* 



'OUR PRICES 



ing the new 



Champion Cliafl-Hive 



with dovetailed body and supers, 

 and a full line of other Supplies, 

 and we are selling them cheap. A 

 postal sent for a price-list may save 

 you $ $ $ 8 



K. H. SrH,MIDT A: CO., 

 Box 187 Sheboygan, Wis. 



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|»- IF YOU WANT THE 



BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Apicultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

 11.25 to Prof. A.J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., 

 for his 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discovmts to the Trade. 



PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOB 



Has No Sag in Brood-Framea 



Thin Fiat-Bottom Fouiidatiou 



Baa So Fishbone in the Sarplns Hooey. 



Being the cleanest 1b naually workei 

 tbe qalokeet of any FoQDdatlon made 



J. A. VAN DKl'SEN, 



Sole Manufaotnrer, 

 Bproat Brook MontRomery Co.. N. T. 

 Please mention Bee Journal ■when ■writing. 



DCC I^CCDTDC ! Let me send you my 64- 

 DLL'^LLrLnO I page Catalog tor 18M8 

 J. m. Jenkiu»4 Wetumpka, 41a. 



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Winter Loss Light. 



My bees are in good condition this spring. 

 The winter loss was light. They have gath- 

 ered lots of pollen, but not much honey yet. 



Hamilton Co., N. Y. Geo, H, Porter. 



A Beginner With Bees. 



Last fall I bought a colony of bees, and 

 after I had brought them home the man 

 told me tbe queen was dipt. I started last 

 spring with 2 colonies, and got 5 swarms. I 

 have 7 colonies in the cellar now, that are 

 wintering finely so far. I have a cellar 

 built for bees, and nothing else. I keep the 

 temperature from 2 to 4 degrees above 

 freezing. I have a cloth over the frames, 

 and the cover on with a wedge under it at 

 the back. F. E. Kn'aim'. 



Wadena Co., Minn., Jan. 16. 



Cold Winter in Arizona, 



We are having the coldest and most snow 

 this winter that we have had in this part 

 of the country for many years. The mer- 

 cury runs down 12 degrees below zero. 

 That is cold for this part of the country. 

 We are located a little south of the 34th 

 parallel of latitude, with an altitude of 

 about 7,000 feet, but still my bees have 

 been wintered on the summer stands in 

 single-walled hives, and came out all right 

 in the spring, but just how they will come 

 out this spring is hard to tell at this time, 

 but at)Out 10 days ago they were all right. 

 But I will not take such desperate chances 

 another winter. 



The honey crop in lSi)7 was very light 

 here, owing to a dry time the latter part of 

 May and inrst of June. The alfalfa did not 

 yield much nectar. The American bee- 

 plant which grows in great abundance here 

 was fairly good. We don't have much 

 sweet clover as yet. We are looking for- 

 ward to a more profitable season this year. 

 Joseph A. Lewis. 



Navajo Co., Ariz., Jan. 27. 



A Report from Florida. 



There was a severe drouth in this portion 

 of Florida last summer, and many colonies 

 of bees perisht. Their owners say that 

 "the moths eat 'em up." Lately I visited 

 an apiary of four colonies; they were very 

 small, black bees, and very spiteful. I've 

 never come across any amiable ones here. 

 One of the colonies was very weak, and 

 many small, black ants were coming and 

 going from the entrance. I account for the 

 loss of the colonies in this way : There is a 

 small amount of honey gathered during the 

 winter, which causes them to rear brood, 

 and in the spring they are very populous. I 

 was enquiring ot a lady as to how many 

 colonies of bees she bad. She told me, and 

 I said, " You had that many seven years 

 ago." She replied, '• I never save a swarm ; 

 they all go to the woods, I never know 

 when they swarm." Bees are allowed to 

 swarm themselves to death, as black bees 

 will, and the old colony not able to defend 

 itself, the moths take possession. 



The yellow jessamine has been in bloom 

 since January, and is blooming still. The 

 cultivated vines, trained to houses, climb to 

 the third story, and the wealth ot yellow 

 bloom is very beautiful. I saw a tall tree 

 yesterday whose top bent and swayed by 

 its weight, and bees fairly swarm upon the 

 bloom. 



The bees are holding high carnival now. 

 The ti-ti is blooming, and the trees are 

 white with its pretty racemes, redolent 

 with perfume. Plums are through bloom- 

 ing, tiut peaches and pears are in all their 

 glory. The Le Conte pear blooms in clus- 

 ters, looking like hydrangea blossoms. I've 

 counted 45 separate blossoms in one cluster. 

 Dewberries cover the ground like a mat. 



$100 



Given as Bounties 

 to purchasers of the 

 improved D a n z . 

 Hives and Sections 

 3 See schedule in my 

 bee -book "'Facts 

 About Bees." Tells 

 how to produce honey that sells for the most 

 money. Free for 2c in stamps. Address 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina. Ohio, 

 or F. Danzenbaker. Box 466. Washington. D, C. 



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Excelsior Incubator 

 ajid Brooder Cfieap ..... 



200 etrgs capacity. Good as new. Used 

 for only two hatches. Everything com- 

 plete. Will sell it for 

 TWE^TV D(H<1.AR*, half the fost price 

 Address, P. "W. UDNNE, 



River Forest, Cook Co., 111. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Texas Queens ^MVWW 



Best honey-gathering- strain in America. 

 Tested, $1,50, Untested, $1,00. Write for a 

 Circular. J, D. GIVENS, lilsbon, Tex. 



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H ATCH Chi ckens B.Y.?7.F.f,f(!7 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 



SiynpU. PerfttLl. StXf-HtgidaX- 

 ing. Thousands in succc-^sfol 

 operation. Lowest priced 



r Circalara free-'B 11 flnit-olttiw llatoher made. 

 -Sendee, for W " GEO. II. KTAIIU 



I mnB. Cstalogne. W 1 1 4 tol 28 S. 6th Wt, Qolncy.IlL 



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»EE - KEEPERS' SUPPLIES ! 



Largest and Best equlpt 

 Factory in the 



Send for Catalog. 



FKED A. D.\IjTON, 



lA26t Walker, Vernon Co., MO. 

 Please mention Bee Journal -when writing. 



C. B, BANKSTON 



In Kvariiig' 4(ueeiis 

 in Ciinteron 'I'exas. 



And requests bee-lteepers in the United States 

 to write hira with an order for a GOIjDEN 

 ttUEEN- Untested, ."jOc; Tested, 75c. We 

 breed the 3 and o-banded Italians, and Silver 

 Gray CarnioUns. 



Safe Arrival 

 13Atf iSuaraiiteed. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! 



Bee • Supplies ! ROOT'S 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Ponder'* Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 tree. Walter 8. Ponder, 

 ,513 Mass. Ave., 

 Indianapolis, Indiana, 



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Queens, Bees an d Bee-K eepers' Supplies 



Tested Queens In April and May, SI. 00. Un- 

 tested, 7bc Choice Breeders, either three or 

 flve-banded Italians, at S2,00. Choice Im- 

 ported Breeders. J.5. 00. Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for Prioe-List to 



F. A. CKOWELL,, 

 SAtf GRANGER, MINN, 



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Uiir V.i1a riioan -'O colonies of Bees in lots 

 rOI Sdie vllCllU to suit; in prime condition 

 For p;irtioulars address, W. Spenceh, Bunker 

 Hill, Hi. Box 114, 14A4t ,( 



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