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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Jan. 5, 1899. 



SAVE MONEY AND FEED 



BY BUYING AND USING 

 OUR 



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ip. JIade from the best of cast pray iron 

 tfl l.iiiier t" Imld ;:(»^'iils. Just the thinff 

 < k. pii;n or [umltrv ami heat water for 



u.,. Reliable stock Food Cookers gfodCtu^ 



muLh larger capacity. '.iCt to 100 gals. We will he plad to <i\iote 

 prices on inquiry. i>o not buy until you pet our free descrip- 

 tive circulars. Better write for them at once. 



RELIABLE INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO. 



Box B2f Quincyi Illinois. 



$5.00 



FARMER'S 



FEED 

 COOKERS 



Eastern Bee-Keepers! 



Seven years ago we sftrted an Apiarian Supply business in NEW VORIv CITY, as we saw an opening 

 here. That we made no mistake in this is shown bv the large demand tor Supplies and our constantly in- 

 creasing trade. Our aim was to turn eh Supplies promptly. In many cases bee-keepers tlnd the freitrbt on 

 Supplies from the Western lactories is as mu.-h as the cost of the goods. In buying near home you not only 

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



Hi\/e&, Sections, FoLinciation, Etc., 



always in stock readv to ship, and the prices will be found higbt. AVe 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 SPK('IAIj PRICES on what you want, 

 ae this is ouroull season, and we can alTurd to sell for email protlts. Hives, Sections, etc.. are made in Wis- 

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



Oar Special Price on Founilatloii, Hives and Sections will make yon Smile, 



Write for it. stating the quantity you can use. UEALERS should write for uur 1(9 discount j'heet which is 

 now ready to mail. 



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



Apiaries, Glen Cove, L. I. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Listen ! Take iiiu Advice and liiiij Your 

 Bee-SiiDDlies o! ftiioiisi Weiss ! 



FINE FOUNDATION AND TONS OF IT. WORKINQ 



Wax into Foundation for Cash or Trade a Specialty. I defy competition in 

 Foundation, nillions of Sections Polisht on both Sides. 



Satisfaction Guar.'VNTEEd on a full line of Supplies. Send for a Cata- 

 log'ue and be your own judge.- Wax Wanted at 27 cents cash, or 28 cents in trade, 

 delivered to me. 



IDtf 



AUGUST WEISS, Hortonville, Wis. 



HONEY * FOR »- SALE. 



Best While Alfalfa Extracted,.. 



IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



This fs 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 mall, 8 cents In stamps, to pay for package and postage. By 

 freight — One 60-pound can, 8 cents per pound; 2 cans, l^i cents per pound; 

 4 or more cans, 7X cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. 



Best Basswood Honey 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 7j-a cents a pound. Sample mailed for 8 cents. 

 If 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 ABSOLUTELY PURE BEES' HONEY, the finest of the kinds 

 produced in this country. 



tW 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 aJmost anywhere. Address, 



CEORGE W. YORK &. CO., 119 itlicliisnn fit., Cliicaj^o, III. 



and always with a honey-board, and 

 surely queen-excluding' when extract- 

 ing-. Start with what you expect to 

 continue with. Think hard and long, 

 and get advice of skilled apiarists be- 

 fore starting. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1 and 2. That de- 

 pends. If you intend to give the bees 

 little attention, perhaps the Dadant or 

 Muinby hive. If you intend to give all 

 the intelligent care possible, the 8- 

 frame Langstroth or dovetail, using as 

 many stories as needed. 



J. A. Green — 1 and 2. Standard goods 

 are best for a beginner, as a general 

 rule. A hive holding 8 L,angstroth 

 'frames would be about right for comb 

 honey. For extracted I would prefer 

 10. The larger hive would be a better 

 all-purpose hive for a beginner. 



S. T. Pettit— 1 and 2. ISli inches 

 from front to rear, 17js from side to 

 side, inside measure; and 9% inches 

 deep, with 12 frames. The advantages 

 are : Long entrances ; more ventila- 

 tion : wide hive, more super room ; the 

 section supers project front and rear. 



J. M. Hambaugh — 1. Much depends. 

 For comb honey, 10-frame Langstroth 

 for brood-chamber, Miller supers for 

 surplus. 2. For extracting, the body 

 above to be the same as the brood- 

 chamber, here in California. I prefer 

 the Dadant hive where wintering is a 

 problem. 



O. O. Poppleton— 1. Let comb- 

 hone}' producers answer this. 2. I can 

 do better with a long single-story hive, 

 with deep frames. For some reasons 

 a more standard double-story hive 

 would be best; but I couldn't conscien- 

 tiously advise something I have my- 

 self discarded. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1 and 2. The main 

 thing in a hive is ease and facility of 

 manipulation. As to size, something 

 depends — much, in fact — upon the 

 honey-resources of the locality, and no 

 universal rule can be given. I would 

 make no diiference between a hive for 

 comb honey and one for extracted. 



E. S. Lovesy— 1. I prefer the 10- 

 frame Langstroth, 28 sections to the 

 super, with double section-holders, 

 which virtuallv protects the sections. 

 2. The 10-frame short Langstroth we 

 run three stories. It is easy to manip- 

 ulate, and not so liable to break the 

 combs in extracting. 



G. W. Demaree — I would have but 

 one kind of hive (brood-chamber) for 

 producing comb and honey in the ex- 

 tracted form. In the Southern and 

 Middle States the standard Langstroth 

 —10-frame — is as good as the best I 

 have tried. Further north, perhaps, 

 the 8-frame Langstroth suits a shorter 

 season. 



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Plain Section and Fence Endopst. 



This year we had our first experience 

 with plain sections and fence separators, 

 and were very much pleased with the re- 

 sult. With the open sections it usually oc- 

 curs that the inside sections of the super 

 were filled first, but with the plain it was 

 not so with us this year. In some cases 

 the outer sections were the only ones in the 



