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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Jan. 5. ISW. 



Page b Lyon Mfg. Co. 



NEW LONDON, WIS., 



Operates two Sawmills that cut, annually, eij^'-lit million feet of lumber, thus se- 



'! Bee^Keepers' Supplies,,., 



curing the best lumber at the lowest 

 price for the manufacture of ., 



They have also one of the LARGEST FACTORIES and the latest and most 

 improved machinery for the manufacture of Bee=Hives, Sections, &c., that there 

 is in the State. Tlie material is cut from patterns, by machinery, and is abso- 

 lutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and whitest Basswood is used, and 

 they'are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine and Basswood forests, and pos- 

 session of mills and factorv equipt with best machinerv, 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. 



HATCH CHICKENS 



BY STEAWI~""i. ti.e 



simple, perft^ot, self-regul.itiug 



EXCELSIOR IwcuBflTOR 



.. . _sanda io BucceBsful operation 

 Lowest priced lst-cla«a hatcher made. 

 OKO. II. STAHI., 

 114 to 1J-1 s. flili y^t.. Oiiliipy. H'- 



ALPHONSO AND DON CARLOS 



seem to he bad friends. We've heard there's a 

 dispute over line fences. That always makes 

 rows. Fix the line, we'll fiK the I'ence. 

 PAGE WOVEN WIRE FKN€E CO.. ADRIAN, MICH. 



wl(h fnir npw patent 



KEROSENE SPRAYERS 



1b simple .ndeed. Ki^roseoe Emul- 

 sion niadt- while pumjiing. \i var- 

 ieties sfiraveni. bonli^aus and Ver- 

 mi>rel Soz7.]vs, the World's Bt-st. 



THE DEMINGCO. Salem, 0. 



WfHtern ApenLs, ileuuiou & Hub- 

 bell, Chicago. Catalog, formulas free 



Comb Foundation 



Wholesale and Retail. 



Working Wax. 



INTO FOUNDATION FOR CASH A SPECIALTY. 



Hi\/GS, Seetions, 



and a full line of 5UPPLIB3. 



The best of everything. Write for 

 Catalog, with prices, and samples 

 of Foundation and Sections. 



Beeswax Always Wanted 



for Cash or Trade at highest price. Catalog 

 for 181)9 will be ready in January. 



Send me your name, whether you 

 are a small or large consumer or 

 dealer. 



GUS DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writing. 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when 'writing Advertisers. 



THE "NOVELTY" POCKET-KNIFE 



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GEO. W. YORK, 



CHICAGO. ILLS. 



Vonr Name on the Kiitfe.— Wlien ordering, be snre to eay ]nst wbat Kame um 



AMdresa you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife 18 Indeed a novelty. The novelty lies In the handle. Ittema.<}e 

 l>eaut1fully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Underneath 4P6 

 celluloid, on one side of the handle Is placed an American Bee Journal reminder, and gn tlti 

 ether side, name and residence of the Sul)scrlber. 



The material entering- Into this celebrated knife Is of the very best quality, the bladst 

 are handforged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we warrant every blade. The 

 bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or corrode. The rivets are bardeneo 

 German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; the back springs of Sheffield spring steel, ami 

 the finish of handle as described above. It will last a lifetime, with proper usage. 



Wliy purcbase the Novelty Knife? In case a good knife Is lost, the chances are, 

 the owner will never recover It; but If the Novelty is lost, having name and address of ownes, 

 the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and address, would destroy this 

 knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so fortunate as to have oce 

 of the Novelties, your pocket knife will serve as as an identifier; and in case of death, yout 

 relatives will at once be apprised of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a Christmas. New Year or birthday present I Wha"! 

 more lasting memento could a mother give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brothe:r, 

 a lady to a gentleman, or vice versa, a scm to a mother, a husband to a wife, abrothertoasUtes 

 5r a gentleman to a lady— the knife having the name of the recipient on one side ? 



The accompanying: cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representee 

 tlon of this beautiful knife, as the *' Novelty *' must be seen to be appreciated. 



Hour to Get this Valuable Knife— We send itpostpal<l, forSl. ,or give It as & 

 Premium to the one sending us tliree neiv Subscribers to the Bee JotTRNAL (with J3.00V, 

 and we will also send to each new name a copy of the Premium Edition of the book "Bees amf 

 Honer ," , We club the Novelty Knife with the Bee Journal, for one year, both for J1.90. 



h) Hame and Address Put on tbe Knife. 



6E0BOE W. 



YORK & CO., 

 CHICAQO, ILLa 



15 cents a pound, for both extracted and 

 comb. I have sold to quite a number that 

 kept bees, but did not get a pound from 

 them. 



I had quite a little experience, for me, 

 with one colony. It became hopelessly 

 queenless about May 1 ; it was in an 8- 

 frame hive, and very heavy. They com- 

 menced coming out of the hive until the 

 ground would be almost covered, would 

 run around, double up as if they had the 

 colic, and die. I thought some disease had 

 gotten hold of them. This was for a num- 

 ber of days. I then transferred them into 

 a 10-frame hive, and it stopt entirely — no 

 more dead bees. I concluded that being 

 queenless they were killing one another off, 

 because they were too thick. 1 had sent to 

 Georgia for a couple of queens, and was 

 waiting for them to arrive. 



I'bought an Italian queen a year ago in 

 the fall ; they did not seem to increase 

 much through the summer. This fall, when 

 preparing for winter, I found the queen, 

 being dipt. There were only a few bees, 

 and a large swarm of drones. This was 

 about Nov. 1. I killed the queen, and gave 

 them a queen-cell from a nucleus that I had 

 sold the queen from a few days before, 

 then doubled up the nucleus with them; 

 they reared a nice queen. I don't know if 

 she mated or not. They had two or three 

 good flights with a peck of drones, or less. 

 W. H. Brooks. 



Snohomish Co., Wash., Dec. 5. 



Bees Dying from Grape-Juiee. 



I do not know whether I will have any 

 bees or not next spring. They are dying 

 off very fast now. There was a good crop 

 of grapes here, and the bees got a great 

 deal of juice out of them; the "honey" 

 they stored from the grape-juice is killing 

 them. I am glad to see the Bee Journal is 

 trying to help improve the English spelling, 

 for the English language and the American 

 liberty vcill spread from pole to pole. 



JouN Craig. 



Macoupin Co., III., Dec. 12. 



Fine Surplus of Golden-Rod Honey. 



The American Bee Journal came to us on 

 " probation " this season, but has proven so 

 good that it has to enter now as a " full 

 member." 



Bees winter successfully on the summer 

 stands with but little protection in this lo- 

 cality. They went into winter quarters 

 this fall with a good supply of stores — 

 mostly from golden-rod — of which they 

 gave a fine surplus. Bees had a gocd flight 

 Dec. 4, but the hives are now almost hidden 

 with snow. W. L. McGhee. 



Jack«on Co., Ohio, Dec. 6. 



Bees in the Great Amepiean Desert. 



In the spring of 1897, I had 7 colonies, in- 

 creast to 10, and got 1,'22U pounds of honey, 

 about half extracted and halt comb. 



In the past season I increast these to 30 

 colonies. The spring being cold and wet 

 we lost fruit-bloom, locust, and box-elder. 

 The first flow we got was from alfalfa. I 

 secured 1,41.5 pounds. 



I winter my bees on the summer stands, 

 packt in straw or wrapt with burlap or car- 

 pet, with chaff cushion. My bees are strong 

 and healthy. I feed light colonies early in 

 the fall, and stimulate by feeding in March 

 and April. 



I don't have to ask many questions, as I 

 can refer to my file of Bee Journals, or to 

 " A B C of Bee-Culture," and find just what 

 I desire to know. If the beginners would 

 take Dr. Miller's advice, and get a good 

 text book, they could find what they desire 

 to know in five minutes; whereas, they 

 must wait a week or two before they can 

 find out through the Bee Journal. 



My neighbors' bees are troubled with 

 foul brood. I have armed myself with Dr. 

 Howard's treatise on the subject, so I may 

 be ready when the pest makes its appear- 

 ance in my apiary. 



I am well satisfied with the bee-business, 



