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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



December 22, 



Eastern Bee-Keepers ! 



Seven years ago we started an Apiarian Supply business in NEW VORIv CITV. as we saw an opening 

 here. That we made no mistake in thia is shown by tlie large demand lor Supplies and our constantly in- 

 creasing trade. Our aim was to turnsh Supplies promptly. In many cases bee-keepers tlnd the freight on 

 Supplies from the Western factories iaas much as the cost of the noods. In buyinti near home you not only 

 save freight, but get your goods much more promptly. We keep several carloads of 



Hive&, Seetions, Foundation, Etc., 



always in stock readv to ship, and the prices will be found htght. We also run two apiaries for honey and 

 sell BEES AND QUEENS. If you expect to use anything in the Apiarian line the coming year, you will do 

 well to send for our Catalogue. We would be pleased to quote you SPKCIAL PRICES on what you want, 

 Ji8 this is our aull season, and we can attord to sell for small protlts. Hives, Sections, etc., are made in Wis- 

 consin, where lumber is low, and the best can be had. 



Our Special Price on FoiiMation, Hives and Sections will mal^e yon Smile, 



Write fnr it. stating the quantity you can use. DKALERS should write for our hm disoount ^heet which is 

 now ready to mail. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 105 Park Place, New York, N. Y. 



Apiaries, Glen Cove, L- 1. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when "writing. 



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It i> low prit-ed, not t-heup. JIade from the best of cast g'ray iron 

 \viih 11 oz. {galvanized >teel b.iikrto hnhi LO^als. Justthe thing 

 for cooking (V-ed lor wtiuk. pltrw or poult rv and heat water for 



^^S""'^ Reliable Stock Food Cookers l^tSQ'i? 



much larger capacity. 20 to 100 gals. We will be glad to quote 

 prices on inquiry. Do not buy until you get our ive& descrip- 

 tive circulars, lietter write for them at once. 



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FARMER'S 



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 COOKERS 



$50.00 FOR A 

 BEE-STORY... 



The Proobessive Bee-Keeper wants a good bee-story. The story should not be less 

 than 15,000 nor more than 20,000 words, and we will pay $50.00 in cash as first prize for such 

 a story. There will also be second and third prizes. No one financially interested in the 

 company will be allowed to compete, or act as judges, and we guarantee that none but 

 competent and impartial parties will decide the contest. For further particulars, address, 



THE PROGRESSIVE BEE-KEEPER, 



HIOOI3>TSVIL.rjE3, IwIISSOXJR,!. 



HONEY i FOR * SALE. 



Best While AKalta Ettracled... 



IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



This is the famous white extracted honey gathered in the 

 great Alfalfa regions of the Central West. It is a splendid 

 honey, and nearly everybody who cares to eat honey at all 

 can hardly get enough of the Alfalfa extracted. 



Prices are as Follows: 



A sample by mail, 8 cents In stamps, to pay for package and postage. By 



freight — One 60-pound can, tS cents 

 4 or more cans, 7K cents per pound. 



per pound; 2 cans, 7?f cents per pound; 

 Cash must accompany each order. 



Best Basswood Honev in Barrels. 



We have a quantity of finest basswood honey in barrels, 

 weighing 625 pounds net, which we are ready to ship f . o. b. 

 Chicago, at 1)4 cents a pound. Sample mailed for 8 cents. 

 It desiring to purchase, let us know, and we will write you the 

 exact number of pounds In the barrel or barrels, and hold same 

 till you can send the cash for it by return mail. 



Our honey is ABSOLTJTELY PURE BEES' HONEY, the finest of the kinds 

 produced in this country. 



ZS° We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce any honey 

 for their home demand the past season, just order some of the above, and sell it. 

 And others, who want to earn some money, can get this honey and work up a de- 

 mand for it almost anywhere. c: _ Address, 



OEORGE W. YORK Sl CO., 11$ Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



and owing to poor health I am now trying 

 my hand once more, so I need to read up, 

 and must say the American Bee Journal is 

 a great help to me; you would be surprised 

 to see how my wife is getting interested in 

 reading it, as well as some of the children. 

 I have read different bee-papers, and I must 

 say, give me the American Bee Journal. 

 Spencer S. Buxton. 

 Erie Co., N. Y., Dec. 5. 



Favor Foul Brood Law. 



I have taken the Bee Journal but a short 

 time, and consider it very interesting, es- 

 pecially the proceedings of the great con- 

 vention at Omaha. 



A 5 I was one of the proposers of a foul 

 brood law in our State, at the Northern Ill- 

 inois Bee-Keepers' Convention, held at 

 Freeport, Sept. 1(> and 17, I earnestly hope 

 it will be pusbt for all it is worth by the 

 committee appointed at the State Conven- 

 tion in Springfield, as I think it of great 

 importance to bee-keepers. M. R. Bliss. 



Winnebago Co., 111., Dec. .3. 



An Arizona Report. 



I am a fledgling in the bee-business, and 

 am in need of much information. I com- 

 menced last spring with 120 colonies, and 

 increast to ISO. mostly by division. I work 

 for extracted honey entirely, and my bees 

 gave a surplus of 120 pounds per colony, 

 spring count. I did not use a pound of 

 foundation for increasing or otherwise, ex- 

 cept what the bees made themselves. 

 August was a failure here this year. The 

 last of July was my last extracting for this 

 year. Bees have 50 to 60 pounds of honey 

 per colony for winter. L. E. Redden. 



Maricopa Co., Ariz., Nov. 29. 



Basswood Light — Clover Injured. 



I find the Journal a great help, and gain 

 a better understanding, as its weekly visits 

 are sure to come. 



I began the bee-business last spring by 

 purchasing 12 colonies; I have put 22 into 

 the winter cellar in apparently fine condi- 

 tion. I took off 243 one-pound boxes of No. 

 1 honey, besides a quantity of "shell" 

 honey, or partly-filled boxes. Basswood 

 was very light here, owing to a late frost 

 in July, the fifth day after the basswood 

 began to blossom, and the extreme dry 

 weather which prevailed here injured the 

 clover crop. A. J. McCoy. 



St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Dec. 5. 



Hopeful for Next Year. 



I am a beginner in bee-culture, starting 

 with two colonies in February of this year, 

 and, on account of the poor season, have 

 had neither honey nor increase; but my 

 bees are in good condition for winter, and 

 I expect better success next year. 



W. A. SnuFF. 



Philadelphia Co., Pa., Dec. 5. 



Fair Season for Honey. 



I see by the reports from the different 

 States that some have had a fair season 

 while others have had an entire failure of 

 the honey crop. In this fair State we have 

 been blest with a fair season for honey. 

 When the fruit bloomed in the spring the 

 bees started off in great shape ; in about a 

 week it began raining, and was cool for 

 about two weeks, and the honey-flow stopt 

 somewhat, so we did not get very much 

 early honey. When the late honey-flow 

 commenced we had good weather, so the 

 bees gathered a fair crop of fall honey. 



I started with 14 colonies, increast to 21, 

 and lost some four or five swarms by being 

 in the country, building a barn during the 

 swarming season. My average per colony, 

 spring count, was 36 pounds of honey. 



I sell all my honey at home at good 

 prices. I see by the Bee Journal a great 

 many send their honey to the commission 

 merchants. I think it is a great mistake. 



