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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



June 9. 



looking at the Bee Journal, saw what 

 was said about paiutiug hives outside as 

 being an injury, and oaaking the hive 

 damp inside. He advises painting both 

 inside and outside, then the hive will 

 never be damp, the lumber will keep dry, 

 and the damp will run outside. 



Robert McCkadie. 

 Norman Co., Minn., May 17. 



Wet, and Bees Killing; Drones. 



It is very wet, and bees are killing 

 drones. Honey is plentiful on the mar- 

 ket, as that carload from California is 

 not exhausted. I hear of a number of 

 runaway swarms being caught in the 

 parks. There are plenty of roses and 

 other flowers for decorating soldiers' 

 graves to-day. There was a large mili- 

 tary funeral yesterday over the remains 

 of a soldier who was reared here and 

 enlisted in the Spanish war. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria Co., 111., May 30. 



Double Brood-Chamber Hives. 



In a late number of the Bee Journal 

 some one asks about using double stories 

 of 8-frames for comb honey. I put the 

 empty set of combs on top of the brood- 

 chamber the forepart of the season ; the 

 queen uses about ',; of the upper frames, 

 that is, a half circle out of the bottom of 

 the upper frames for brood. The season 

 of 1896 I took from one two-story col- 

 ony 110 pounds of section honey, and 

 the eight extra frames for extracted — 

 about 40 pounds. The sections were on 

 top of both stories. 



For the last year 1 have been using 

 honey to cure bee-stings. I put It on the 

 place where I am stung, and with me it 

 is almost an instant cure. It stops pain 

 and there is no swelling. This may be an 

 old remedy. 



Bees wintered all right. 



F. H. MOLBY. 



Washington Co., Kan., May 28. 



H 0\ f\ J% From pure bred, barred P. 

 I I I I I Ka Rocke Larye and floe plu- 

 k ■■ ■■ % maged $L.O0 per 13. Also 

 I 1^ I I ■« Ligbt Braomas and Black 

 ■■ Vi Vi ^V Laugshans. same price. B. 

 P. Kocli Cockerels. $1.23. 



I^03E-^I3LLE, ILL. 

 Please mention Bee Journal ■when -writing. 



UNION 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



COMBINATION 

 SAW 



Can do the work of four 

 men using hand tools, In 

 Ripping. Cuttlng-off, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Line of Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery 

 Sold on Trial. Catalo^e Free. 

 SEISErA FALIiS lUFG. CO., 

 46 Water St SENEGA FALLS. N. Y 



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Wholesale 



aud Retail. 



COMB FOUNDATION 



Working Wax ICSrata A 



Hives, Sections, and a full line of Supplies. 

 The best of everything. Write tor Catalog, 

 with prices, and samples ol Foundation and 

 Sections. 



BEESWAX always wanted for cash or 

 trade. 



GUS DITTMER, 



Al GISTA, WIS. 



Frank B. Barkley Hlfg. Co., 835 Old 



Colony Bldg., Chicago. 111., will sell you a 

 Feed Cooker direct from the factory. 



BRANCHOF THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, 



10 VINE STREET ======== 



PHILADELPHIA, PENN. 



We keep here everything in the Supply line of latest improvement. 



Cleated Separators, Improved Smokers, Weed Foundation, 1898 Goods of all kinds. 



Business conducted same as at Medina. 



Dealers can order here, as well as consumers, at factory prices. 



Save freight and gel orders filled at once. Also as fine a strain of 3 and 4-banded 



Italian Bees as ever gathered honey. 

 Full S-frame colonies, $6.00 ; S-frame nucleus, $2.75. 



14£tf Tlic§e Include Guaranteed Italian <tiicens. 



RUN^EZUV 



Huppljtne maximum ot power 

 at the minimum of cost 



U,e:. 







11,1 rfjjuirN. The fire t 

 uiKled with water, htnce they are t 



lift* Htouiiicrs. The fire box is so eonstructed ^ 



id of cunvciiieiit sizetuallonl per- £ 



" -t i-uinbuntiitti uf nil tuel. ^ 



hfL-in-^ witli grood wheels. l'nle«A 

 Ihc wheeN nre trotxl the wair«ii !■* 

 u t)u!n".-. IF Y«r !5rV THE 



ELECTRIC STEEL WHEEL 



niH'i'?tntit any watron — yourwa*Ton 

 will always have ;;ond wheels. Can't 

 dry nut or rot. No loose tires. Any 

 hei'Tltt. nny \",-ir)th tire. Cfitnloj; free. 



ELECTRIC WHEEL CO, 



Boi 1« UlIMV, ILL. 



-iT.^iLji.iL.isr- 



Bees and Queens 



Queens $1.00 n»es hy the round .}!1,00; Nu- 



fl. two frames with Qupen. $'3.00; one-frame 



I. .50. Also Bxrred and White P. Rocks 



Hiid Kll v>T-l.a('rd WyaiidutteM. Kgga for 



Silling at $1,00 per l.i. 



:a This 



^ Traction Engine is r, i 



Has Perfect Traction, 



t 

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3 M. RUMELT CO. , LA PORTE , IMD. £ 



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^ Has Perfect Traction, is a 



:3 Good Puller, Fast Traveler, 



^ Easy Steamer, Long Liver,— 



^Moreahiiur it anil otir I'ortahle. Seini-l'm tahle 

 ^ S^iniple an'l ( 'omTioiiml F.n'„niies, Threshers, U 

 3 Pnwets, s i,v ■■ills efe . it, ..III- new eatrt I ' .u'lie 



^ F?5EE Send for It. 



lf> S 



WE HATE TO 



Havana trouble with the Spaniard, but in America 

 he's like wood fencps, behind the times, aud will 

 have to {?<i. Buy of the 



PAiiE WOVEN niltt; FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



We "want 



EVERY BEE-KEEPER 



To liaTe a copy of 



xHtiiii 



Our 1898 Catalog 



ikix^t 



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



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



§pecial Agent for the Southwest — 



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



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



Ho, for Omaha ! 



As we have many customers in tbe Northwest, and bellevlDg- 

 they will appreciate the low freight rates obtained by purchas- 

 ing poods from a railroad center nearer to them than we are, gec- 

 liug a direct through-freight rate, thus cutting the freight in half, 

 we have eatabllsht a branch house at 1730 South 13ih St., Omaha, 

 Neb., where we will keen a complete line of all Apiarian Supplies, 

 ihe same as we do at Uigginsviile, Mo. With the quality of our 

 goods, we believe most bee-beepers in the West are already 

 acquainted, but to those who are not, we will say that our goods 

 are par excellent. Polisht, snowy-white Sections, beautiful, straw- 



cotoied ti tmctyaient Foundation. Improved Smokers and Honey Extractors, and all other flrat- 



clas sgoods, are what we sell. Kind and courteous treatment and honorable dealing our motto. 



On these bases, we solicit an order, feeling sure that if we sell you one bill of goods you will be 



our customer In the future. 



l^^pROGRKSSiVE Bee-Keeper, 50c per year. *'Amateur Bee-Keeper," 25c. Both for 65c. 



postpaid. Sample copy of the Progressive free, and a beautiful Catalog for the asking. 



Address. Lgjj|,y Manufaclurjiig Company, r7'fu"'s"omu*i'37us.., ^Inai.a,Neb. 



