1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Bee - Supplies ! Root's 



Goods at Root's Prices. 

 Fonder's Honey . Jars, 



and every thing used by 

 bee-keepers. Prompt ser- 

 vice, low freight rate. Cat- 

 tree. Walter S. Fonder, 



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WANTED 



To Buy for Cash— 



a few lots of No. 1 



white Comb Honey. 



State shape it is in 



and price wanted. H. G. QIJIKIN, Belle- 



Tue, Ohio. 41A6t 



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This Emerson stlff-cloth-board Binder 

 for the Americau Bee Journal we mail for 60 

 cents; or will send it with the Journal for one 

 year — both for 11.50. It is a very fine 

 thing to preserve the copies of the Bee Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 the "Emerson," no further biuding is neces- 

 sary. 



GEORGE TV. YORK A: CO., 

 118 Michigan Street, - CHICAGO. ILL. 



You Can Learn 

 Shorthand at Home 



by our perfected method of giving lessons by 

 mail. Kasiest. simplest system. Send stamp 

 for particulars. 



Eclectic Sliortliaiia Colle^f 



94 Oearborii !<»treet, (ItlCAUO. 



39Ayl D. F. HAYMES, Manager. 



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The A. I. Ruot Co.'s Goods ^^re',!!?!"- 



Including their discounts for Goods wanted 



for use another season. It will pay you to 



send mo list of Goods wanted. M. H. HUNT 



Caoh for Beeswax. Bell Branch, Mich. 



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A Beginner's Report. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

 nearly a year, and think I have learnt 

 enough to pay for the paper for some time 

 to come. I started last spring with four 

 colonies, and one of them queenless. I in- 

 creast to 11, and lost several swarms be- 

 cause I could not be with them on account 

 of other work. I took off .lOO full sections 

 of honey this fall. H. A. Martin. 



Phillips Co., Kans. 



Bee Journal a Revelation. 



The sample copy of the American Bee 

 Journal is received, and it has been a rev- 

 elation to me. I never saw an up-to-date 

 bee-paper before, nor heard of many things 

 that this one contains. It has given me a 

 glimpse of a new world, so far as bees are 

 concerned. I have been keeping bees for 

 15 years, have about '20 colonies now, and 

 am sorry that I do not know more about 

 them than I do. J. R. Pinkham. 



Halifax Co., N. C, Oct. 10. 



Poor Year for Bees. 



This has' been a very poor year for bees. 

 I got only about .^0 pounds of honey per 

 colony. In ]S9T 1 got about 150 pounds per 

 colony, spring count. There is not much 

 interest taken in bee-culture around here. 



The American Bee Journal's reform in 

 spelling is all right. Keep on in the good 

 work. I could not get along without tha 

 American Bee Journal. S. J. Maguire, 



Benton Co., Iowa, Oct. 15. 



Visited Mr. Doolittle. 



I visited Mr. G. M. Doolittle the last week 

 in September, and found a paradise— a nice 

 large house and barn in a pleasant nook ; 

 a large man with a large heart and pleas- 

 ant manner; and a nice lot of bee-hives 

 kept in neat order. I have always wanted 

 to see Mr. D. and his apiary, as I have read 

 so much of his writings. I wisht for a 

 camera to take pictures for the " Old Reli- 

 able." It was a great treat to go through 

 the shop and see the appliances and sys- 

 tematic manner of handling bees. Ajid O. 

 the nice comb honey was a great sight! 

 And to see Mr. D. pick out the queens. 

 What beauties they were! 



The bee-cellar is very simple and nice. I 

 wish I could have one like it. I think every 

 bee-keeper would if he saw it. 



J. MuNROE Quick. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 5. 



Only a Quarter Crop — The Union. 



After all. I failed to meet with the bee- 

 keepers at Omaha. On Monday of the week 

 before the meeting 1 was taken sick and for 

 two weeks was under the doctor's care 

 every day, and not able to be off from the 

 bed. I am now able to get around and do a 

 little work. 



I have re-queened a few colonies of bees 

 and fed all that seemed to be short of 

 enough honey in the brood-chambers to 

 carry the bees through the winter safely. 

 Happily, only a few colonies needed feed- 

 ing, and I had enough unfinisht sections to 

 give to these. 



The white honey harvest bore a strong 

 resemblance to a failure here. I got what 

 I considered about one-fourth of a crop. 

 There was no surplus from fall flowers, but 

 the brood-chambers seemed to get heavy in 

 September. 



It was my intention, last spring, to let the 

 bees swarm once, it they would, and then 

 work the swarm for surplus; but honey 

 was so scant at swarming-time that I had 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Bnsiness. 

 Suimlies at Bottom Prices. 



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

 Imparts the instruction. Price-List free. 



J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, Ga. 



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WHAT 



part of a wagon wears out 

 llr.st? The wheels, of course. 



Why not buy wheels that 

 fcan't wear out? 



^^^len a man buys the 



ELECTRIC 

 WHEELS 



he always has good wheels on 

 hi'^ wagon. They can't Rot, 

 Warp or become Loose; no 



re-setting of tires; they fit cny 

 watron. We also make wheels 

 tn fit anything wearing wheehl 

 Send for circulars and prices. 



Electric Wheel Co. 



Box Iti Qulney. Illx. 



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Queen-Clipping Device Free 



The Monette Queen-Cllp- 

 pfng 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 mall the Bee Journal one year and 



the Clipping Device. 



GEO. W. YOKK & CO., 118 Mich. St., Chicago. 



With our Duplex Automatic 

 Machine ym can make 100 

 styles of feiire at the rate of 60 

 rods adny. that willturneverj-- 

 thi lit? except wind and water. 

 Make3afri'"d hi>;?fence at l'.!c, 

 per rod. Kahbit-prouf fence for 

 nurseries, onhards, eti.'., at IGc. 

 per rod. A splendid farm fence 

 at ISc. perrodaud poultry fence 



Horse 'High 



H atlOc. p'-rrnd. Krcry foot of 

 it^villi'iibse^sthi- till ee leading 

 features of this ad. Plain, 

 coiled .springand barbed wire 

 to farmers at wholesale prices. 

 Get our tree catalogue before 

 buying. Address, 



KITSELMAN BROS., 

 Box 138. Ridgeville, Ind. 



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G 



ET MORE EGGS. How? 



ill 1:<: 



Kret'H e 



l.l..' the 



rieht in the ima.ilL .it the 



when ej; ^3 art' wirth rii03ttnoiii'\-. 



DANDY °^aS!tl?s"" 



with or without geiir :in' the best 

 machines for jireparini^ bouc fi^r 

 fowls. Cut tu»*t. turn coNy. 



Cat.-ilMt;ue .-mil iirici.-s tn-e, 



STRATTON& OSBORNE' 



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"HELLISH CONTRIVANCES" 



is what an I?ullanap(>lin editor calls barbed wire 

 fences. Thoy are not cheap, effective, durable uor 

 humane. Buy the epitoin*.- ol'tlit'*>e vIrliieN. 

 pHBC Woven Wire Fenct^ fo., Adrian, Mich. 



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