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THE AMERICA^ BEE JOURNAL, 



September 8, 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements bo that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5ft lOB) 25ft 50Ib 



Sweet Clover 60 $1.00 12.25 14.00 



AlslkeClover 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. 



OEOKGE W. YOKK & CO , 



118 Michigan street, - CHICAGO. ILL. 



Queens, Bees and Bee-Keepers' Supplies 



Tested Queens In April and May. $1.00. Un- 

 tested. 75c. Choice Breeders, either three or 

 flve-banded Italians, at $2.00. Choice Im- 

 ported Breeders. $5.00. Satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for Price-Llst to 



F. A. CROWELL,, 



8Atf GRANGER, MINN. 



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SEE THAT WINK ! 



Bee - Supplies ! ROOT'S 



Goods at Hoot's Prices. 

 Ponder's Honey - Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 tree. Walter S. Ponder, 



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TO GET YOtJR 



ZVt QUEENS ZVt 



Is of H. G. QUIRIN, of Bellevne, Ohio. 



Ten years' experience with the best of meth- 

 ods and breeders enables him to furnish the 

 best of Queens— Golden Italian— Uoollttle's 

 strain— warranted purely mated, 50c; 6 for 

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

 val. No postage stamps wantfd. 23A16t 

 Please mention Bee Journal "when writing. 



READY TO MAIL ^ 



My 40-pag:e Catalog: of my Specialties, and 

 Root's Goods at tlieir prices. I carry a 

 lull line of Bee-Keepeks' :^UPPLIES, and can 

 flhlp promptly. Catalog- Free. 



GEO. E. HILTON, Premout, mieli. 

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llllfll'c! HONEY-EXTRACTOR 

 iUUlIl N Square Glass Jars. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



Bek-Keepers' Supplies in general, etc etc. 



Send tor our new catalog. 



Practical Hints " will be mailed for 10c 



lu stamps. Apply to— 



Chas. F. Mnth & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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meeting: of So-cereigti Grand 



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



Mass., 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. Calahau, General Agent, 111 

 Adams Street, Chicago, 111. Telephone 

 Main 3389. (59-32-6) 



off only about 60 sections of honey as 

 yet, but they are all Ailing up now with 

 all kinds of mixt colors. I never keep 

 over 20 colonies. My bees are all fine 

 Italians, and extra-strong colonies. 



I am 75 years old, and 53 years ago 

 we were married. I can see as well as I 

 could when a boy. I can take dog and 

 gun and walk from daylight till dark 

 and be not much the worse for wear. 

 We have reared 15 children, and my 

 wife is quite young-looking yet, and 

 nimble — 71 years old. I have been used 

 to bees ever since a boy, off and on. I 

 was born in Sussex, England ; lived in 

 Canada 27 years, and 1 have been here 

 17 years. Henry White. 



Humboldt Co., Iowa, Aug. 26. 



Short Honey Crop. 



Our honey crop will be short this year, 

 with 10 swarms to our credit — the first 

 May 2i, and the last Aug. 24:. Not 

 very encouraging for an apiary of 50 

 colonies. Paul Whitebread. 



Luzerne Co., Pa., Aug. 29. 



Prospects Not Good. 



The prospects for a honey crop here 

 are not good. It was too wet in forep'art 

 of the season, and when locust came into 

 bloom it was so hot that the bees did not 

 gather much honey. It is too wet to ex- 

 pect much from the buckwheat crop also. 



Clinton Co., Pa. John Suter. 



Bees Not Doing Well. 



Bees are not doing well here this sea- 

 son, altho mine have for some reason 

 done well. From nine colonies in the 

 spring, up to date I have taken off 300 

 pounds of comb honey, while other bee- 

 keepers have no honey at all. I had an 

 increase of only three colonies this sea- 

 son. C. M. Chase. 



Wood Co., Wis., Aug. 23. 



A Report for 1897. 



Last year I began in the spring with 

 12 colonies, and had 8 swarms. The 

 strongest one took nature's flitting on 

 me when gone to see a patient. I made 

 one colony from a nucleus, thus ending 

 the season with 20 colonies. My bees 

 stored 3,160 poundsuof honey in 1897. 

 I believe this to be the greatest bee- 

 record ever made in the United States. 

 Albert Sayler, M. D. 



Clermont Co., Ohio, Aug. 27. 



Disappointing Season. 



The season here has been very disap- 

 pointing. There was an abundance of 

 clover and other bloom, but the bees did 

 not work on it. The honey crop is very 

 short — I have only about one-third of a 

 crop. Bees are in good condition for a 

 fall crop : the prospect is good, and I 

 hope to get some honey this fall. The 

 late rains have brought out the aster 

 and golden-rod. 



I have had very bad luck this season. 

 On the night of Aug. 4 we had a terrible 

 flood which destroyed everything in its 

 course. The water came down in the 

 hollow which I live like a river ; it came- 

 within one inch of the floor of my dwell 

 ing-house. It was 10 Inches deep in 

 my apiary, and drowned many bees. I 

 am preparing to move my house, as I 

 cannot live and be contented in the 

 place I am. There are a good many 

 bee-keepers around here, but very few 



DR. PEIRO, 



Central Music Hall, CHICAGO. 



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Qneen-Clipping Device Free 



The Monette Queen-Clip- 

 ping 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- 



scrlber to the Bee Journal 



for a year at .SI. 00; or for §1.10 we 

 will mail the Bee Journal one year and 

 the Clipping Device. 

 Geo. W. York & Co., 118 Mich. St.. Chicago.Ill. 



are worth looking 

 at. We are mak- 



>OUR PRICES 



ing the new 



Cliamplon Chafi-IIive 



with dovetailed body and supers, 

 and a full line of other Supplies, 

 and we are selling them cheap. A 

 postal sent tor a price-list may save 

 you i%%% 



K. H. SCBniDT Sc CO., 

 Box 187 Sheboygan, Wis. 



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DEC VCCDCD? I Let me send you my 64- 

 ULL'NuLr LMO i page Catalog for 18H8 

 J. m. Jenkins, Wetnmpka, \la. 



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TliiM Enierson stiff-clothboard Binder 

 for the American Bee Journal we mail for 60 

 cents; or will send It wttn the Journal for one 

 year — both for Jl.oO. It is a very fine 

 thing to preserve the copies of the Bee Jour- 

 nal as fast as thev are received. If you have 

 the " Emerson." no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



CiEOKGE W. VOBK A: CO., 



118 Michigan Sireet, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



IF YOU WANT THE 



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 hie 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



pTO Hlorida Italian ((IIF.FJS! 



Tested Queens, $1.00 each: Untested, .)0c. 

 Prompt and satisfactory dealing. 



Address, E. I.. CAKKI\e TON. 



llAtf De Funiak Springs. Fla. 



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