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THE AMERICAit BE£ JOURNAL. 



November 24, 



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COOK'S "BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE" 

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Yon ought to have a eood bee-book, if you haven't one already. Prof. A. J. 

 Cook's Manual, or " Bee-Keepers' Guide," is one of the very best publisht to-day. 

 It is bound substantially and neatly in cloth, contains over -450 pages, and retails at 

 §1.25 a copy, postpaid. But we are eoing to make you an offer, for the next 

 tliree ■weeks (positively ending Dec. 10), that -will open jour eyes. 

 Here it is ; 



c~ To every subscriber who before Dec. 10 will pay his subscription to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal to the end of next year (1899) we will mail a copy of Prof. Cook's 

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 as that ? Address, 



CiEOISCiiF W. YORK A: 4'0.. 11« x>li«-liig:nu St., Chicago. III. 



Ho, for Omaha ! 



As we have many customers In the Northwest, and belteving 

 they will appreciate the low freight rates obtained by purchas- 

 ing' Koods from a railroad center nearer to them than we are, get- 

 ting a direct through-fretg-ht rate, thus cutting the freight in half, 

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

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

 the same as we do at Hlgginsviile. Mo. With the quality of our 

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

 acquainted, but to those who are not, we will say that our goods 

 are par eicellent. Polisht, snowy-white Section^, beautiful straw- 

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

 clas sgoods. are what we sell. Kind and courteous treatment and honorable dealing our motto. 

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 our cuPtf-mer In the future. 



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This is a good time to send in your Beeswax. We are paying 26 cents a 

 pound — CASH — upon its receipt. Now, if you want the money 

 PROMPTLY, send us your Beeswax. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE "W. YORK & CO., 



lis micliigan »)lreel, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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- low prk-ed. not cheap. :\Iade from the best of cast gray iron 

 ii IJ oz. galvanizea steel boiler to hold LOpals. Just the thinpr 

 cookiiitt I'eid ior Ftto^k, pign or poultry and heat 



ho^:^"^ Reliabis StoclTFood'Cookers ^'r'iiiE 



nmchlar).'..-rra|iMrity. -J.", t.. lOi.l t^-als. We ^\ ill he irlad to .niote 



prices on iiiquiry. l>o iii.t buy until v<.u pet our five descrin- 



.irculars. Better \\ rite for them at ouce. 



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Box i32, Qut.ncy, Illinois. 



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Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



Wisconsin, 



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-EeeDers' SupDlies. 



They have also one One of the 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 wtiitest 

 BasS'^VOOd 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 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



Send for Circular and see the Prices on a Full Line of Supplies. 

 Please mention the American Bee .Tournal. 7Atf 



back, so much so that in places it is dying 

 out. If it continues, the price of butter, 

 hay. grain and other rural products will 

 advance very materially. Those apiarists 

 who are holding on to their honey will be 

 apt to get a good price. Tbere seems to be 

 no reason why extracted honey should not 

 go up to 7 cents and over. Some bee-keep- 

 ers are already getting an advanced price 

 for their honey. Mr. J. H. Martin writes 

 me from the northern part of the State 

 that he obtained H cents for his honey. It 

 was shipt to the San Francisco market. 

 This is ahead of what honey brought last 

 year by double. 



You may judge how bad the outlook is 

 tor rain when I state that prayers are be- 

 ing offered up in the churches for season- 

 able rain. W. A. Prtal. 



Alameda Co.. Calif., Nov. 14. 



Tin vs. Wood for Honey. 



The editorial on page 712 gives only one 

 side of this matter. I wax all my barrels 

 with paraffine at an expense of 10 cents 

 each or less. This prevents soaking of 

 honey into the barrel, of which is given an 

 extreme case, as also all danger of flavor- 

 ing the honey with any wood flavor the 

 barrel might give. 



The objection to tin cans, with us at 

 least, who live so far from the general 

 market, is the extra cost. The greater ex- 

 pense of tin, as well as the extra freight on 

 honey in cans over honey in barrels, is 

 very nearly or quite one cent a pound; 

 while the increast price we may obtain for 

 it may be one-fourth cent a pound. .The 

 question with us down here is simply one 

 of dollars and cents, and barrels seem to 

 have a decided advantage. 



O. O. POPPLETON. 



Dade Co., Fla., Nov. 14. 



Very Good Season for Bees. 



It has been a very good season here for 

 bees this year. I got I.IJUO pounds from 

 my apiary, and have sold $180 worth of 

 honey. I got Vi cents a pound at our sta- 

 tion. I don't know whether that is as well 

 as other bee-keepers have done with their 

 honey, but as to market reports. I think it 

 will average with them. I have 6.5 colonies 

 of bees which are in good condition for 

 winter. G. H. Adkins. 



Essex Co., N. Y., Nov. 14. 



Honey Crop a Failure. 



The honey crop is a failure here, but 

 some colonies that I moved to the moist 

 sunflower lands have filled up and are in 

 excellent condition for winter; and if I had 

 known the benefit to be derived from mov- 

 ing I should certainly have moved all I 

 had; and I think if they had been moved 

 early I could have extracted at least once, 

 and they would also have filled up so as to 

 winter in good condition. 



L. L. Andrews. 



Riverside Co., Calif., Nov. 7. 



Does Chilling Injure a Queen ? 



Early in the [last summer. I had a colony, 

 started from a nucleus, which did not 

 thrive, notwithstanding [ had coaxt it by 

 every means I knew, during the winter and 

 spring. It had dwindled to a handful of 

 bees, but as the queen was Italian and the 

 producer of fine looking bees, I did not like 

 to lose her. altho she seemed to be quite un- 

 prolific. I. therefore, placed in the hive 

 several sheets of brood and adhering bees 

 from a strong colony. Immediately there 

 was a big battle. I concluded it would be 

 best to look out tor my queen and save her 

 if possible, but could not find her anywhere. 

 As she was dipt, she could not fly away, so 

 I closed the hive reluctantly to await 

 results. 



Late in the afternoon. I went to the hive 

 and there discovered my cherisht queen on 

 the flat of her back on the ground and dead 

 (?). I took her to the house to show my 

 brother-in-law and, as he held her in his 



