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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. ^^Ti^i^^bonsm, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Eeeners' Supvlies. 



They have also one One of tlie Largest Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the manufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there Is in the State. The material Is cut from 'patterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and 'whitest 

 Bass'wood is used, and they are pollsht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equlpt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this firm to furnish the 



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



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



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As we have many customers In the Northwest, and believing 

 they will appreciate the low freight rates obtained by purchaa- 

 InK j^ouds from a railroad center nearer to them than we are. get- 

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

 we have estabilsht a branch house at 1730 South 13th St., Omaha, 

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

 the same as we do at Hlgginsvi'le. Mo. With the quality of our 

 goods, we believe most bee-keepers In the West are already 

 acquainted, but to those who are n..t, we will say that our goods 

 are par eicellent, Polisht, snowy-white feotlons, beautiful straw- 

 colored transparent Foundation. Improved Smokers and Honey Bxtractors. and all other flrst- 

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Leahy Manufacluring Company, IV'lif s"«"„\'iV''i37u-J.., o°^ai.a,Neb. 



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See Honey Offer on page 698. 



found this a pleasing task by using the 

 Heddon method of transferring. In the 

 operation [ increast to 53 colonies. 



Wishing to Italianize, and also to test the 

 merits of the leading strains of Italians, I 

 introduced queens in the poorer colonies 

 from 13 of the leading queen breeders of the 

 United States. Next year I intend to con- 

 tinue to Italianize from the strain selected 

 as the best in the points that go to make up 

 a superior strain of Italians. 



I And the apiary furnishes a pleasant oc- 

 cupation and a fascinating study. I intend 

 to be a constant reader of the American 

 Bee Journal. David M. Kite. 



Ray Co., Mo., Oct. 21. 



Poor Honey Crop. 



The honey crop here has been a poor one. 

 Clover was very plentiful, but the bees did 

 not work on it. The fall flow from aster 

 was very good for about two weeks, then 

 bad weather set in. But the bees gathered 

 enough for winter stores. C. H. Mat. 



Page Co., Va., Oct, 21. 



Fairly Good Year for Bees. 



This has been a fairly good year regard- 

 less of the backward spring. Some colo- 

 nies stored 125 pounds of comb honey; my 

 2S colonies averaged over TO pounds of nice 

 comb honey. W. H. Pottorf. 



Mason Co., 111., Oct. 22. 



Pretty Light Honey Crop. 



I know that I should feel lost without the 

 American Bee Journal. I have 105 colonies 

 in fine condition for winter quarters. I am 

 building a new cellar for them. My honey 

 crop was pretty light this season, with quite 

 a batch of dark, but no light to speak of, as 

 the white clover and basswood failed here. 

 G. H. Lincoln. 



Clark Co., Wis., Oct. 20. 



Another Poor Year. 



The past season was a very poor one for 

 honey in tbi.s county. I have 25 very strong 

 colonies of three banded Italians, and they 

 are well stored with honey for winter, 

 gathered from the fall flow, but not one 

 pound of super honey did I take during the 

 whole season. Another poor year. The 

 cause of it was too much rain in blossoming 

 time. Elisha Caret. 



Bucks Co., Pa., Oct. 14. 



Succe3s of an Amateur. 



The past was not such a very bad season, 

 tor with two colonies I have taken lOG 

 pounds of comb honey and 27 pounds of ex- 

 tracted, besides increasing to four colonies, 

 which I tbink is pretty well for an amateur 

 who had only the help of the American Bee 

 Journal. Geo. P. Prankard. 



Bergen Co., N. J., Oct. 15. 



Clover Looks Well. 



We are having lots of rain, and clover 

 looks well, so we may have a good season 

 next year. Our honey crop was a very 

 small one this year — about 100 pounds from 

 about 2uO colonies. Arthur Stanley. 



Lee Co., 111., Oct. 25. 



Tall Plain Sections and Pences. 



The honey croj) in this section of the State 

 was only about ■', of a crop, and that of a 

 very dark and inferior grade. Bees are 

 generally in good condition for wintering. 

 The young white clover is looking very 

 promising. 



We tried four supers of the plain section 

 and fence separators 4x.5x V, and are highly 

 pleased with them. The sections were well 

 filled out. even and beautiful. We will use 

 more in the future. There has l>een some 

 doubts about them bearing transportation, 

 but I find they are less likely to get injured 



