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THE AMERICAiK BEE JOURNAL. 



August 11, 



DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall. CHICAGO. 



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Qneen-Clipping Device Free 



The Monette Queen-Cllp- 

 pine device is a fine thing 

 for use In catching and clip- 

 ping queens' wings. We mail 

 It for 25 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. 



GEOBGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLa 



nilD DDIPCQ are worth looking 

 UUn rniuLO at. we are mak- 

 ing tbe new 



Cliampion Chait-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$$S* 



K. H. SCH.TIIDT & CO., 

 Box 187 Sheboygan, Wis. 



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If you want 

 the BEST... 



Honey Extractor 



Get Williams' Automatic ReyersiWe, 

 And Yon Have It, Addre«„ 



VAN ALLEN & WILLIAMS, 



lOGtf Bariiuin, Wltirouxln. 



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Returned to Spain. 



She takes back her vanquished soldiers. We never 

 took back a rod of Page Fence after a siGfje. They 

 order more instead. 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



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Anyone Interested 



ia AGRKiLTrnAL Pnn.sriTs can't 

 allord to be without the 



AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST. 



."-.iiniplH copy FKEK to ANY AUDRKSS 



up'iri riTfipt uf name ami aikin-^.y 

 plainly written oti pot^talcard linmint,' 

 pup.Tiii \vIm<-1i vniiHawthisad. A.idrcHS 

 AGRIC'ILTIKAL EriTO.lllST. InJianapulis, Indiana. 

 26E26t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



nilpCMO Pure Italinn— :i oro-banded. Un- 

 I^ULLIIO tested. oOe each.- Parties wanting 

 W dozen or dozen lots will do well In wntinif 

 for whoU sale prices. 1 have TOO. Can send by 

 return mall. D.%IMI<;l WURrH, 

 28E.it Falmouth, Bush Co.. Ind. 



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Golden Italian Queens Cheap ! 



Two-frame Nucleus, with Queen. $3.2.5. 

 It you want UI<:iiS FOK UUSINKS*, 



send for mv (^atalnsr of prices 



18Elf J F. MICHAEL, Greenville, Ohio. 

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Queens. 



strictly Sband or Golden Beauties. Untested, 



60 cents. Teste I. *l, 00. 

 25A8t TEHRAL BROS., Lampasas. Texas. 

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soft end-bars, the wire will cut the wood. 

 I have never tried putting in hooks 

 around which to stretch the wire, as I 

 don't like them. I prevent such cutting 

 by driving a ?i-inch brad into the end- 

 bar from the side, either just above or 

 below the hole, according to which 

 side the wire will cut. This practically 

 prevents all unnecessary cutting. 



A small staple or a large-headed tack 

 driven on the outside of the end-bar 

 where the wire will cut, will also prevent 

 cutting the wood; but I like the first 

 plan the best. F. Adelbert. 



Flathead Co., Mont. 



Honey Crop a Failure. 



The honey crop is a failure in this part 

 of Missouri; the severe drouth of last 

 season killed the clover. We look for a 

 big crop next year, as the rains have 

 caused the clover to spring up every- 

 where — I never saw so much. I could 

 not very well do without the American 

 Bee Journal. W. N. King. 



Greene Co., Mo., July 25. 



Very Light Crop of Honey. 



The honey crop is very light in this 

 part of the country. I have only °„ of a 

 crop as yet, and the prospects are poor 

 at present, on account of no rain. If we 

 don't get rain soon we will have no fall 

 flow. N. Richardson. 



Steele Co., Minn., July 26. 



Bee-Keepers in Hard Luck. 



I have been all over Onondaga County 

 and several other counties, and the bee- 

 keepers are in hard luck — no honey Is 

 the cry. Last year was about half a 

 crop. Basswood failed, and very little 

 sweet clover in some localities, makes 

 bad luck. Where sweet clover Is plenti- 

 ful they have a pretty good crop. These 

 people can get good prices if they try, as 

 there have been two short crops in suc- 

 cession. There are lots of bee-keepers 

 who never take a bee-paper. This part 

 of the county is overstock* with bees; 

 some of the apiaries will be empty of 

 bees next spring. My bees are in good 

 condition and gathered some surplus — 

 good bee-paper and good queens, you 

 see. J. MuNROE Quick. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 26. 



Season Disappointing. 



The season here has been very disap- 

 pointing. There was an abundance of 

 clover bloom, but the weather was too 

 unsteady and too cool. The basswood 

 was very late in blooming, and as there 

 was the promise of a great bloom, we 

 had big hopes of large returns from that 

 source, but on the nightof July 1(1 there 

 was a heavy frost, causing ice to form on 

 water as thick as glass. The basswood 

 was just then beginning to open, but the 

 bees workt only a few days on it, and 

 quit it when It was in full bloom, so that 

 we got but very light returns from that 

 source. Whether the failure was caused 

 by the frost, or the severe drought that 

 followed, it is hard to determine. 



My yield per colony, spring count, will 

 not reach 75 pounds, but the honey is 

 much thicker than it was last year. 



Swarming was not excessive, but the 

 bees were very cross, and no work could 

 be done in the yard without a veil, and 

 my man refused to work without gloves. 

 I put on a quantity of sections at the 

 commencement of the basswood season. 



Sweet \ Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5ft lOtt) 25to 50a> 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 JL.OO J2.25 14.00 



AlslkeCIover 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, 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



QEOKGE W. YORK & CO , 



118 Michigan street. - CHICAGO. ILL. 



Queens, Bees and Bee-Keepers' Supplies 



Tested Queens in April and May. Jl.OO. Un- 

 tested. 7.^c. Choice Breeders, either three or 

 flve-banded Italians, at |-2,00. Choice Im- 

 ported Breeders. $5.00. Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for Price-List to 



F. A. CROWELL, 



8Atf GRANGER, MINN. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! 



Bee - Supplies ! Root's 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Ponder'is Honey ■ Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 Iree. Walter S. Ponder, 



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TO CET VOUK 



ztz. QUEENS ::::: 



li>> of H. G. ttVIRIN, of BellevDe, Olilo. 



Ten years' experience with the best of meth- 

 ods and breeders enables him to furnish the 

 best of Queens— Golden ltallan-l>oollttle's 

 ptTaIn— warranted purely mated. 50c: 6 for 

 $2 75. Leather Oilored same price. Safe arri- 

 val. Will run 1,200 Nuclei, so there will be no 

 waiting for your Queens. No postage stamps 

 wanted. 23A16t 



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READY TO MAIL ^ 



My40.page Catalog of my Specialties, and 

 Root's (rioods at ilielr prices. 1 carry a 

 full line of Bee-Keepehs' Supplies, and can 

 ship promptly. Catalog Free. 



GEO. E. HILTON, Fremout, [aicb. 

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IVIllfl/c< HONEY-EXTRACTOR 

 illUlU S Square Glass Jars. 



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Bee-Kebpebs' Supplies in general, etc etc. 



Send for our new catalog. 



Practical Hints " will be mailed for 10c. 



lu stamps. Apply to— 



Chas. F. Until & Sou, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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meeting: or Sovereig;!! Orand 



Lodge, I.O.O.F., Boston, 



JMass., Sept. 19 to 24, 



Inclusive. 



For this occasion the Nickel Plate 

 Road will sell tickets at rate of one fare 

 for the round-trip. Tickets on sale Sept. 

 16 to 18, inclusive, good returning until 

 Sept. 30, inclusive. For particulars, ad- 

 dress J. Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 

 Adams Street, Chicago, III. Telephone 

 Main 3389. (59-32-6) 



