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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 14, 



DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall, CHICAGO, 



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The Monette Queen-Clip- 

 ping device is a fine tblDg 

 for use In catching and clip- 

 ping queens' wings. We mail 

 It for 80 cents ; or will send 

 It FREE as a premium for 

 sending us ONE NEW sub- 

 scriber- to the Bee Journal 

 for a year at $1.00 ; or for $1.10 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal one year and 

 the Clipping Device. 



GEORGE W. VOBK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Business. 

 Snpiilies at Bottom Prices. 



"Bee-Keeping for Beginners," price 50 cents, 

 Imparts the instruction. Price-List free. 



J. P. H. BROWN, Angusta, Ga. 



are worth looking 

 at. We are mai- 



OUR PRICES 



ing the new 



Champion Ctaafl-HiTe 



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$$*« 



K. U. SCHniDT & CO., 

 Box 187 Sheboyqan, Wis. 



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BEE-BOOK 



That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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

 for b is 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Rememberthe Main 



Uiiii;.' m bLivin„' wire ffiK'*.- i> to k'l-'t cne whicb 

 will stand the test. The only twelve yeurs old 

 Htaiidhy is built by the 

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50c^Tested()iieens^50c 



For the next 30 days 1 will sell Tested Queens 

 reared from the best Italian stock at 



50c each — or $5.50 per dozen. 



Untested, 40c.— or 3 furfl.OO. Safearrival. 



W.J,FOREHANB,FortDeiiositilal)ama. 



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First Excursion of tlie Sea- 

 sou to Buffalo 



Via Nickel Plate Road, July 14-17, at 

 one fare for the round trip. Choice of 

 water or rail between Cleveland and 

 Biiiialo within final limit of ticket. For 

 further information call on or address 

 J. Y. Galahan, General Agent, 111 

 Adams Street, Chicago. Telephone Main 

 33S9. (31) 



bees, kind of hives, etc., the cash value 

 might run anywheres from $2 to $10. 

 In this locality I should consider a fair 

 average value $5, tho at a forced sale 

 they would not bring that. 



G. W. Demaree — The only solution to 

 a proposition like this would be to value 

 them according to your best judgment. 

 My bees — if taxable property — under 

 our general statutes, which is not the 

 case now, are worth more some years 

 than others, owing to the outlook. 

 Simply exercise your best judgment — 

 and be satisfied. 



D. W. Heise — The questioner does not 

 say at what season of the year the as- 

 sessment is to be taken, or whether the 

 value of the hive is to be included in the 

 estimates. As my hives are worth §2, 

 I would at this season (May) place an 

 average cash value of $5 upon my colo- 

 nies. Their value will fluctuate wiih 

 the different seasons of the year, as well 

 as one year with another. 



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Late Crop Expected. 



Bees here are in good condition. I 

 have had five swarms to date. I will not 

 get much comb honey until the flow in 

 August and September, as there is no 

 white clover here this season, and the 

 excessive rains here will Insure a good 

 crop of fall honey, if the weather should 

 be favorable. A. Wortman. 



White Co., Ind., June 27. 



Clover and Basswood a Failure. 



There is no nectar in the clover, and 

 the basswood is a failure. Unless we 

 get a flow from heart's-ease and Spanish- 

 needle, the bees will have to be fed or 

 starve. My 1897 crop of honey was 

 2,500 pounds from 24 colonies, spring 

 count, ail sold in the home market at LO 

 cents for extracted and 12K cents for 

 comb. C. L. BowEN. 



Ray Co., Mo., June 28. 



No Surplus or Swarming. 



My bees have built up splendidly this 

 spring. I had supers on during white 

 clover and basswood ; both are now pass- 

 ing out, but no surplus from either. I 

 don't know why it is thus. 



Bees have not swarmed with me — only 

 two swarms to date ; and the bees con- 

 tinue to kill the drones up to this time. 



I started in the spring with 57 colo- 

 nies. My winter loss was 15, by queen- 

 lessness and uniting in the fail. 



D. A. Cadwallader. 



Randolph Co., 111., July 4. 



Improved Tin Section-Cleaner. 



I have improved the tin section-cleaner 

 so much, and noticing that Mr. A. F. 

 Foote has tried one, I will describe my 

 latest. 



I turned the roller to a diameter of 

 1}4 inches; this I covered with T tins 

 running parallel with the shaft, thus 

 making alleys from end to end to catch 

 the stuff that drives through. I now 

 punch the tin with a thin chisel-punch 

 ^a-inch wide, running the work in rows 

 diagonally across the sheet of tin, al- 

 ways holding the chisel so as to make 





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 J. A. VAN DEUSEN, 

 Sole Mannraotnrer. 

 Spront Brook Montffomery Co.. N. T. 



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AUGUSTA, ins. 



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 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 a» 

 follows, very plainly, 



GEO. W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan st. , CHICAGO, ILL. 



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July 29 



the Nickel Plate road will run an excur- 

 sion to Chautauqua Lake at one fare for 

 the round trip. Write to J. Y. Calahan, 

 111 Adams St., Chicago, for particulars. 

 Telephone Main 3389. -±2-28-3) 



