Jan. 12. 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



29 



THE HATCHiNG HEN. 





Sent on receipt of 10 ceuts. 



HAS LOST HER OCCUPATION 



.51--'L>^ ami in tli- |ir"cliirti. >n ami l.roi-.aink'' "f clucks .she has Iji ei 

 .oi-_ — Mi|ii.Liiil.'il lt\- ttu- hetlfr aii.i eit.-rvu;(v 



- ^ INCUBATORS 



and BROODERS 



They llutfh iiinl Itrood wlien ynii are ready They <ii t " ■■ 

 fret Inu.-^y. They irrow the NtroiiKe»t ehifkti und the moot ot 

 Tia-yta-f^t: bi^'ik to tell about these machines and our .M;iuiui tli 

 Farms, Plans for jMmltrv houses, best \vav to handle, feed and 

 RELIABLE INCB. AND BROODER CO. Box B 



^M RELIABLE 



lh( in 

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 market 

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flease mention Bee Journal when "writing. 



W 6 W 3nr ^^^^y bee-keeper to have 

 ====== a copy of our 



'fy'fy(ty(ty 



1899 Catalog. 



Send us your name and addre,-s and \ve will take pleasure in mailing- ^-ou a copy. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Watertown, Wis. 

 Special Agent for the Southwest, 



E. T. ABBOTT, St. Joseph, Missouri. 



Mr. Abbott sells; our Hives aud Sections at Factory Prices. 



Btnt:liam i lletberinti- 



toD UncappiDg- 



Knije. 



Biiigliaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



.A-iSTD H:oi<rE3Y-K:isri-vE3S. 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made) 4-in. stove. Doz. $13. on; each by mail $1 50 



Doctor 3!^ in. stove. Doz. aofi; ■• I'lo 



Conqueror S-in. stove. Doz. 6.50; " I'oo 



l^arce 2J.fi-in. stove. Doz. 5.ou; " 90 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; •• '70 



Ijittle Wonder (weight 10 ouncea).,. 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.50; '• 60 



Honey-Knife Doz. 6.0O; " igO 



Bingham Smokers have .ill the new improvements. Before buying a Smoker 

 or Knile. look up us recoril and pedigree. 



FIFTEE.V YEARS FOR A DOLLAR; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir:-Uave used the Conqueror l.-i yearsi. 1 was always pleased with its 

 workings, but thinking I would need a new one this summer, 1 write for a circu- 

 lar. I do not think the 4inch Smoke Kngine too large. 



January 27, lfS)7. Truly, W. 11. Eagerty, Cuba. Kansas. 



T. F. BI%'GH.4(U, Farivell, micUigan. 



BBST 



Extracted Honey For Sale. 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY. 



This is the famous White Extrac- 

 ted Honey frathered in the great Al- 

 falfa reg^ions of the Central West. It 

 is a splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat honey at 

 all can't get enoug-h of the Alfalfa 

 extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY. 



This is UiL- well-kuown lig-ht-col- 

 ored honey g-athered from the rich, 

 nectar-laden basswood blossoms in 

 Wisconsin. It has a strong-er flavor 

 than Alfalfa, and is greatly pre- 

 ferred by tliose \yho like a distinct 

 flavor in tlu-ir honey. 



Prices of either Alfalfa or Basswood Hone>- 



H,- tl^X^uF^" "* '^n '""'■• *"/ "'^''- ** "■'"''■ ■samples of joth, 15 cents-to pav for package and nostaue 

 ?.- cemfne7;."fund''"cash^';,■,,'r"•' ^ "'"■'"'''■ 'T '^^j'^- "'^.'^^"'^ per pound^; fou'r or mo'^e cans! 



ha.^is/:;s:rk)n^Sft;"^:if??;™!^';;:^;:'re:^Vh^N a?/ '"'-""=■ ' " ' 



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<»r iiinre cans you can 



ABSOLUTEUY PUUE BEES' HONEY, 



The finest of their kinds produced in this counlry. 



We 



demand Uiuf-Kr' u,« '"h ""^ bee-kee,,ers who did not produce any honey for their home 

 eu-n ..nm,. , , J„,. ■ ,:,^"*V''^''"^'''"'^ "* the above, and sell it. And others, who want ■ 



hV)XK Y \LMAx\c" ^"^ i'k"" ^'""'^' ^"" '''°'^- "P a demand for it almost anvnhere, 

 nii.\r. 1 .Al^.\lA.\.\C will he a great help 

 page. " I 



in c 'eating customers for hoi 



"YORK'S 



See prices on another 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



Please mention the Bee Journal iJl^rSJS 



my bees are all in cypress hives, I4I4 inches 

 inside, and the same in depth. The body is 

 in two parts horizontally, and the extract- 

 ing surplus case the same as a half body, so 

 the frames are interchangeable for brood 

 or surplus, and the brood-chamber can be 

 small or large to suit circumstances. The 

 frames are spaced by wire staples, and 

 hung by wire nails on metal rabbets— not 

 much chance for glue in that arrangement. 

 Oh. I've got the management down fine- 

 all 1 want next year is an old-fashioned 

 crop. 



There is nothing the matter with the 

 American Bee Journal. I've had about all 

 of them (bee-papers) and the American 

 Bee Journal is the best for me. 



Tugs. Thdblow. 



Lancaster Co.. Pa., Dec. 13. 



Something to Correct Fermentation. 



Sometime, somewhere, I have seen, that 

 there is something we can put in honey 

 (extracted) that shows a tendency to fer- 

 ment, or " work," as we sometimes say, 

 and smells and tastes a little sour around 

 the top of the jar. at the edges, a slight, 

 white frothiness. Has any one seen or 

 heard of any such remedy ? 'Tis said it 

 will arrest fermentation and sweeten the 

 honey. Is this so '. And what is it ? I 

 saw such a statement some time ago, but I 

 cannot now recall when or where. I think 

 it was some sort of an acid. 



Stephenson Co., 111. A. W. Hart. 



Wintering All Right. 



We have cold weather here now. My 

 bees are getting along finely. I built a shed 

 for them four by eight feet, and am win- 

 tering seven colonies. B. F. Schmidt. 



Clayton Co.. Iowa, Dec. 15. 



Small Honey Crop. 



My honey crop was small the past season 

 —about 7,000 pounds of comb and 300 

 pounds of extracted, from 'i35 colonies. I 

 bad to feed about 900 pounds of honey and 

 sugar to keep my bees to the middle of 

 May, as I find it better to feed in the fall 

 than early in the spring. My bees were 

 put into the cellar Nov. 20. We have had 

 good sleighing and steady winter the past 

 three weeks. c. Theilmanx. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., Dec. 1.5. 



Wintering in Double-Walled Hives. 



Bees are wintering now. The weather 

 is bright and sunshiny, with about six 

 inches ot snow, and not very cold. During 

 the honey season I got only half a crop, as 

 it was too dry here. My bees are on the 

 summer stands, and will have to stay there 

 this winter, the only protection being a 

 double-walled hive. If they have plent ? to 

 eat. and are not disturbed, they will winter 

 all right. I have S5 colonies. 



M. J. RiSTLER. 



Allen Co.. Ind., Dec. 15. 



Doing Well with Bees. 



I have 15 colonies of bees now, and have 

 had 75 at one time. I have been in the bus- 

 iness seven years, and am now doing well. 

 I give them only my spare moments, as i 

 am a contractor and builder. I get 10 and 

 20 cents per pound here for my honey. 

 Luke W. Si.mmo.vs. 



Pope Co., Minn. Dec. U. 



Favors the Plain Section. 



The white clover was plentiful in bloom 

 the past season, but no honey, or not as 

 good a yield as in 1897, but I got a fair crop 

 from buckwheat. My bees are in good con- 

 dition for winter, with plenty of stores, 

 and I hope they will come out all right in 

 the spring. 



I tried the plain sections this year, and 

 find that they are all right. I find a better 

 sale for the honey at 10 cents a section, as 



