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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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A GREAT ^^^^^^^^ 

 COMBINATION OFFER 



COOK'S "BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE" 

 FOR ONI^Y FIFTY CENXS. 



You ought to have a Rood 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 

 three -^'e'elcs (positively ending Dec. 10), that -will open your eyes. 

 Here it is : 



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 mall a copy of Prof. Cook's 

 " Bee-Keepers' Guide " for only 50 cents extra. That is really getting a dollar- 

 and-a-quarter bee-book for only 50 cents. Can you afford to miss such a chance 

 as that ? Address, 



CiEORCie y\. YORK A: CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



Ho, for Omaha ! 



As we iiave many customers In the Northwest, and believing 

 they will appreciate the low freight rates obtained by purchas' 

 ing goods from a railroad center nearer to them than we are. get' 

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

 we have establUht a branch bouse at 1 730 South 13lh St.. Omaha, 

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

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

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

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

 are par ejcellent. Polisht, snowy-white Sections, beautiful straw- 

 colored transparent Foundation, Improved Smokers and Honey Kxtraotors, and all other flrst- 

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

 On these bases, we solicit an order, feeling sure that if we sell you one bill of goods you will be 

 our customer in the future. 



^'"Progressive Bee-Keeper, 50c per year. "Amateur BeeKeeper," 25c. Both for 65c. 

 postpaid. Sample copy of the Pkoobessive free, and a beautiful Catalog for the asking. 



Address, 



Leahy Manufacturing Company, "ifs'Solm^iil^'ht. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writing. 



or 

 Oniaba, Neb. 



26g Cash Paid for Beeswax. 



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., 



11§ Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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-KeeDers' SuDDlies. 



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 frorapatterns, by machluery, 

 and Is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and -whitest 



Bass-^rood is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt 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 



askt them what authority they had in cut- 

 ting down my clover ? They answered, 

 " The street commissioner," and that they 

 were told to clean every street from weeds. 



I live on a 5 acre farm surrounded by 

 larger farms; our street leads into tbe^ 

 country, and is not graded. Nearer town, 

 on the main street. Canada thistles and 

 milkweeds are found in great abundance, 

 which they think are not so dangerous as 

 sweet clover! 



My bees are in their winter quarters on 

 the summer stands since the first of No- 

 vember; boxes lined with coffee sacks and 

 straw board are put around the hives. Nov. 

 2, 3, 5 and 8 I noticed them carrying in 

 pollen, and on the 10th we had a severe 

 snow-storm. To-day (Nov. 21 ) the bees ar& 

 carrying pollen again. Chas. Duclos. 



Saginaw Co., Mich. 



Against Importing Apis Dorsata. 



I have read in the American Bee Journal 

 and Gleanings so much about Apis dorsata. 

 I never paid much attention to it. as I had 

 an idea that the writers on that subject 

 would find out sooner or later what a great 

 mistake they make to entertain the idea of 

 importing those bees to the United States. 

 We have no State in the Union where this 

 bee could live and prosper. It requires a 

 very hot climate, say 75 degrees about the 

 lowest. 



Now you will be astonisht at the rea- 

 son why. This I will explain in a few words. 

 The large bees of tbe Philippines, or Apis 

 dorsata. irlU not stiuj lit any box or hullow tree, 

 but will build their combs in the woods on 

 branches of trees, etc.. sometimes 1'.,' yards 

 long by one yard wide. I saw some such 

 30 years ago when I was in the Philippines. 

 I spoke to Manila men about it, altho I had 

 no idea of keeping bees at that time, and 

 they told me that they never wilt stay in a 

 box; even if you put them in a box they 

 will go to the woods and make their nest in 

 tbe branches ot trees. Now bring them to 

 this country in a box, open it in the sum- 

 mer time and they will leave and go to the 

 woods, and build combs on branches of 

 trees ; and as soon as the wintersets in they 

 will perish, even here in Louisiana, where 

 the mercury goes very seldom below 30 de- 

 grees. 



I hope this explanation will be satisfac- 

 tory, and that Apis dorsata will be let 

 alone. Even Cuba. I think, is too cool for 

 them, as the Philippines are a great deal 

 warmer during the whole year. 



J. H. Hempel. 



St. John Parish. La., Nov. 23. 



Please mention the Bee Jonrnal IdverSSi?^ 



Illinois State Convention Report. 



Our meeting of the Illinois .State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association is again a thing of 

 the past. The attendance was not large, 

 but we hope for much good to result from 

 it. Hon. N. E. France. State Inspector of 

 Apiaries, of Wisconsin, was with us, and 

 we are sure he was of great use to the As- 

 sociation in the advice he gave as to the 

 manner ot procedure to secure a foul brood 

 law in our State, such as they have in Wis- 

 consin. 



The election of otEcers took place on the 

 first day, resulting the same as last year, 

 viz. : 



President, J. Q. Smith, of Lincoln ; 1st 

 Vice-President, C. P. Dadant ; 2nd Vice- 

 President. A. N. Draper; 3rd Vice-Presi- 

 dent, S. N. Black; 4th Vice-President, Geo. 

 Poindexter; 5th Vice-President, Geo. W. 

 York ; Treasurer, Chas. Becker ; Secretary, 

 Jas. A. Stone, of Bradforrtton. 



On motion, the Executive Committee 

 (which is by the const! ution the President, 

 Secretary and Treasurer) was made the 

 committee on premium list, and later was 

 also made the committee on legislature. It 

 was voted that they be instructed to so 

 frame the Act in the foul brood law. as to 

 have the Governor appoint a State Inspec- 

 tor ot apiaries, as recommended by the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association; 

 whereupon the Association voted to recom- 

 mend our President. J. Q. Smith, of Lin- 

 coln, in case a foul brood law is enacted. 



If Illinois bee-keepers want a foul brood 



