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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 26, 



the leRhorus active, and this activity 

 made them hardy. So a leghorn hunts 

 and bunts ; it gets all that makes an egg 

 fine and rich. With bees it is the same. 

 Italians are more active and more hardy 

 than others. You may see them flying 

 soon in the morning and late in the 

 evening, when others stay at home. So 

 they have more chance to produce fine 

 honey than others. Certainly, the bees 

 "make" the honey, but first they must 

 have something to make it from. It is 

 not red clover they need, but they need 

 plenty to select the best. Therefore do 

 not breed from all Italian colonies — 

 breed only from the most active. As a 

 rule, even Italians show exceptions. 



Mr. E. S. Lovesy, of Salt Lake Co., 

 Utah, gave a copy of Utah's new foul 

 brood law, providing that an inspector 

 shall visit all colonies of bees at least 

 once a year, and as many more times as 

 may be necessary. Such inspections of 

 hives without a good education of bee- 

 keeping is monstrous. Don't call a 

 State-guard when you may guard your- 

 self. Perhaps Mr. Lovesy will be kind 

 enough to tell why Utah's bee-keepers 

 can't guard themselves as well as an In- 

 spector can. J. VOLKERT. 



Chesterfield Co., Va. 



All Wintered. 



I have 34 colonies that I wintered out- 

 doors, and they have come through in 

 good condition. My wife and I examined 

 the 24 colonies to-day, and dipt the 

 queens in all but two, where there were 

 so many bees I conld not find her. Dur- 

 ing the past year I have sold $160 worth 

 of honey, besides using all we wanted, 

 which is a large quantiiy, as I have a 

 Jarge family. Luthek Brown. 



Litchfield Co., Conn., May iU. 



No Lioss in Wintering:. 



We wintered 30 colonies of bees with- 

 out a single loss. All are now very 

 strong except one. They work well 

 whenever the weather is warm enough. 

 There is a little new honey and plenty of 

 old in the brood-chambers. We expect 

 a good season and ready market for all 

 the honey we can get. 



The American Bee .Toiirnal is a won- 

 derful help to rae. F. C. McClain. 



Mason Co., Mich., May 12. 



Perforated-Tin Section-Cleaner. 



Believing that I have solved the diffi- 

 culty connected with the use of sand- 

 paper for cleaning sections, I thought 

 possibly it might interest the readers of 

 the American Bee Journal to know how. 

 I have a frame made like the Aspinwall, 

 having a small roller like his, also a disk 

 12 inches in diameter, but I believe Mr. 

 Aspinwall has given us the only correct 

 principle, as a disk brings the work too 

 far from the shaft, thus requiring too 

 much power for a foot lever. 



With a 2}2-inch roller I first cover it 

 with tin tackt on for protecting the 

 wood from hot water or fire. Next I 

 •cut another sheet of tin the size to cover 

 the roller. This sheet I tack on a 

 smooth, hard board, then with a little 

 nail filed to a long, tapering point I per- 

 forate this sheet as closely as can be 

 done, never driving the nail up to 

 where it is even sized, thus leaving the 

 perforations like an inverted cone. 

 When done, tack this sheet on the roll, 

 tightly sinking the tack heads with a 



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Bintihuiu .i Uethering- 

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PRICES OF BINGHAM PERFECT 



Bee-SniDkers aiid Honey -Knives I 



Smoke Ecgioe i largest smoker made) 4-in. stove. Doz. $13.(X); each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor 3>fi in. stove. Doz. y.<«J; '" 1.10 



Ounqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 6.50; " 1.00 



l.arKe 2^-in. stove. Doz. S.iiO; " .90 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; " .70 



l.,ittle Wonder (weieht 10 ounces)... 2-in. stove. Duz. 4.5fi; " .60 



lloney-Knife Doz. 6.'t0; " .80 



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

 or Knife, look up its record and pedigree. 



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



Dear Sir;— Have used the Conqueror t.') yenrs. 1 was always pleased with its 

 workings, but thinking 1 would need a new one thi8 summer, 1 write for a circu- 

 lar. 1 d»j n<jc think the -tiuch Smoke tCnsine too larjie. 



January J7, 1'-yT. Truly, \V. II. Eagertv, Cuba. Kansas. 



Mr. Binsrham. Dear Sir:— Please send per mail a 4-inch Smoke Engine. 1 have 

 one of vour 8nioker:>; it la too small in time ot trouble. 



February lii. in^s. a. F. Seward, Riverside. Calif. 



9A0t T. F. BIN<;hAITI, ParwelK iTIli-lilgan. 



We "want 



EVERY BEE-KEEPER 



To Iiave a copj' of 



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Our 1898 Catalog 



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Send us your name and address and we will take pleasure iu mailing you a copy. 



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



Special Aseni for Uie Soiilli%%'e§t — 



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



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



Ho, for Omaha ! 



VS we have many customers In the Northwest, and believing 

 they will appreciate the low frelRht rates obtained by purchas- 

 ing voods from a railroad center nearer to them than we are. get- 

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 we have estabUsht a branch house.at 17:J0 South 13lh St.. Omaha, 

 Neb., where we will keen a complete line of all ^pia^lan Supplies* 

 the same as we do at Hipg-insvi'le, Mo. With the quality of our 

 g^orids. we believe most bee-keepers iu the West are already 

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 our fustomer in the future. 



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 postpaid. Sampie copy of the Hhogressive tree, and a beautiful Catalog for the asking. 



Address. |^ggl,j. MailllfaClUrlllg Cdinpany, r7^.T'"::.'i."'l s'.? it., «°;„al.a. Neb. 



THE HATCHIIVG HBPi 



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HAS LOST HER OCCUPATION 



in tbe produ'-tionand brooding of chirks slie 

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 OCI I A Dl C INCUBATORS 

 itCLlADLt: AND BROODERS 



They Hatch and Brood when you are ready. 

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 \it the.-e machines and our Mammoth Reli- 

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Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., Quincy, Illinois. 



The Bee-Keeper' s Guide 



This I5th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnlflcent book of 460 pages, in neat and 

 substantial cloth bindlngr, we propose to ^tve 

 away to our present subscribers, for the work 

 of getting NEW subscribers tor the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A description of the book here Is quite un- 

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 quire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 fully equipped, or his library complete, with- 

 one •• The Bee-Kbeper's Guide." 



Given For 2 IVew Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given 

 to tbe two new subscribers— simply the Bee 

 Journal for one year : 



Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with 12.00), and we will mall voo a 

 copy of Prof. Cook's book free as a premi- 

 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent for tl.36, 

 or we club it with the Bee Journal tor a year 

 —both together for only Jl.To. But surely 

 anybody can get only '2 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 boo" as a premium. Let everybody try for It' 

 Will you have one '' 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Btichigan St., Cliicago, Ill.n 



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