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THE AMERICAN BEE JOLRNAL, 



April 28. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



—Wisconsin, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thu? 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of ttie I^argest 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 fromjpatterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and -wliitest 

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

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt 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 Amerioaa Bee .Tourpal. 7Atf 



The twbt ia what makts the Kiiselmttn Fcr.co f*- 1 

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 can make lo"J sItIl-s oiii Oij t-.Ai ppt day of ttio 

 ■jiest \Nuveii "\\ ire Fence on Earth, I 

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Chicken fence 19c. Rabbi t- p rc«j f ■ 

 fence 16o. md a good Hog fenaej 

 'for 12c. per rod. I'lain, Coiled! 

 Spring and Barbed Wire to farm- f 

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Van Deusen Thin 

 Foundation... 



We liave several 25-pound boxes of Van 

 Deusen Thin Flat-Bottom Comb Foundation 

 lor sale, at $12. .50 per box. This Founda- 

 tion Is preferred by many. As we have only 

 a few boxes of It. an order for same should be 

 sent promptly. Address Xlie A. I. Koot Co. 

 118 Michigan Street.Chlcago. III. 



The Largest and Most Complete Stock 



or Bee-Keepers' Supplies In the Nortli- 

 we»t. The very latest up-to-date and best 

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 and carloads of other goods, all in our ware- 

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H. G. ACKLIN. Manager. 

 17Att 1024 Mississippi Street. St. Paul. Minn. 

 Please mention Bee Journal when -writing. 



Italian Bees For Sale ! ! 



We have arranged with a large bee-beeper 

 In Lee County. HI , (about 100 miles west of 

 Chicago', to All our orders for Italian Bees at 

 the following prices there, which Include a 

 good Queen with each colony: 

 8 L.f rames of bees In light 6hlpping-case,$3.75 



5 at 83.50 each. 

 8 L. frames of bees in dovetailed hive, J4.25. 



5 at $4.00 each. 



Prompt shipment after May 1 . and safe ar- 

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■ CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Two Special Offers. 



As explained in former ads., publishers 

 can afford to put forth extra efforts in 

 securing view subscribers ; as the major- 

 ity remain, once they become subscriljers 

 to a good journal. It is from this point 

 of view that I malie the following offers: 



OSer No. 1. 



To any one not a 

 subscriber to the Ke- 

 view who vvill send 

 me $3.00. I will send 

 the Keview for 1898 

 and 1.000 strictly 

 firstclass. snow-white 

 one-piece Sections. 

 After accepting this 

 offer If any one wish- 

 es to buy more sec- 

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 them at the following 

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 2,000 for$5.2o: 3,000 

 for $7.50: 5.000 for 

 $L2 00. Sections will 

 be shlpt from any 

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If you are not acquainted with the Re- 

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 1898. W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



Flint, Mich. 



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oarer No. 2, 



To any one not a 

 subscriber to the Ke- 

 view who will send 

 me $1.50, I will send 

 the Review one year 

 and a fine, tested 

 Italian Queen. Pur- 

 chasers may have 

 either the bright. 

 Kolden strain, or the 

 dark leather-colored 

 reared from imported 

 mothers. After ac* 

 ceptiDg this otfer. If 

 any one wishes more 

 queens, they will be 

 furnisht at the fol- 

 lowing prices: Single 

 queen, 90 ctp.; ;i lor 

 $■2.65; 6 for $3.00; 12 

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 Orders will be filled 

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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 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-UST WEISS, Hortonville, Wisconsin. 



hundreds of acres of it in reach of my 

 apiary. 



While writing this letter my thoughts go 

 back to one year ago this morning. When 

 I arose there was just 4 feet of water where 

 I am now writing, and over one-half of my 

 bee-hives, and all was floating over the 

 yard. 



Let the American Bee Journal come 

 along; I got more information from one 

 copy awhile ago than its cost for five years. 

 I would not l;eep 5 colonies of bees and do 

 without the Bee Journal. I ofttimes think 

 of an old man when I was keeping bees in 

 Michigan, who Isept a few bees, and would 

 often visit me. I askt him to send for the 

 American Bee Journal. He said, "What 

 for ? I know more about bees than the 

 man that prints that book." Shortly after 

 that he came to me and said his bees were 

 doing nothing, and dwindling down. I told 

 him I would go down and look at them. I 

 went, and 2 colonies were queenless. He 

 said, '■ What can I do to save them ?" My 

 answer was to give me one dollar and I 

 would send for the American Bee Journal. 

 He replied. "I will." So he did. and I sent 

 for the Bee Journal for him. and also flxt 

 up his bees for him. Less than six months 

 afterward I was at his place, and he said to 

 me: " Siple, I did not think the men up at 

 Chicago knew so much about bees. I would 

 not be without that little book for five 

 dollars." 



Well, I have two more just like him near 

 me. who keep bees. Tliey are after me to 

 fix up their bees, often when I am busy at 

 home. I have tried to get them to take the 

 American Bee Journal, but they are like 

 that Michigan man — they know it all ! 



I am working three apiaries besides my 

 own this season, so I shell have a busy sum- 

 mer. I get 10 cents per gallon to extract 

 their honey, and board. Last summer I 

 left home at sunrise and walkt 6 miles, ex- 

 tracted 1-11 gallons, and quit at 6 o'clock 

 and walkt home that night. I had a colored 

 boy to blow the smoker. How is that for a 

 man over .nO I One of the apiaries I am 

 working is 6 miles north. I have 118 colo- 

 nies. The other is 5 miles south, with 106 

 colonies. The other 14 miles on the rail- 

 road south, so I will not have much time to 

 play this summer. J. H. Siple. 



Bolivar Co., Miss., March 30. 



A Few Notes and Comments. 



I wintered 10 colonies of bees on the sum- 

 mer stands without loss. They have been 

 carrying in pollen for the last five days. 

 To-day it is cold and snowing some. 



I can hardly agree with Mr. Stone {see 

 page 163) that the bees, not the queen, or- 

 der the walk-out. My experience has 

 taught me differently, for I have seen the 

 queen run around at the entrance and then 

 swarm out. I think the queen is the " boss." 

 I have kept bees for eight years, and there 

 is more to learn about them than I thought. 



I have drones flying on warm days. I 

 never before saw drones flying before June. 



I have a neighbor across the road who 

 bought a colony of hees. and he said they 

 were pure Italians. I went to see his bees. 

 and to my surprise they were hybrids. I 

 told him that bees are a deep study, and he 

 had lots to learn as well as myself. 



Last year was a good honey-year. Pros- 

 pects are good so far, and white clover is 

 looking fine. Honey is cheap. Comb honey 

 sells out of the city of Toledo at 10 and 11 

 cents a pound. 



I was greatly surprised when I read that 

 Dr. Besse lost his sweet-clover lawsuit. I 

 was hoping that the Doctor would get jus- 

 tice. What is this world coming to, if a 

 person can't plant what is valuable to him. 

 W. M. Daniels. 



Wood Co., Ohio, March 23. 



■Wintering— Alley Trap, Etc. 



Bees did fairly well here in Vermont last 

 year, tho it was a wet and rainy season. I 

 have been in the habit of contracting the 

 bee-space entrance from six to eight inches 

 in cold weather, on the summer stands, 

 packt with leaves or straw, and the super 

 of sawdust on top of the frames. I find no 



