Jan. 19, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



45 



^nOUBLE THE FOOD VALUE, 



D( 

 catibescTuredfrnm prrain fed to live stotk if it is in..ke-l. It isl 

 more easily dicented and uHHlmllutvd by the aiiinml slnnuifh. '■■ ■ iU[;tr)cIjj|f|W 



ELECTRIC FEED COOKERS __ 



eonl; (-■ftl ill till' qlu^kt■^t iuui iM'^-t \vny aiid ■with the least amount uf 't- 

 fntl Maik' <-i --a-^t n-.m. liiu'd \\ iili ^t^i-l. 'Hoilers made of heavy ^al- Y 

 vaiii'/i-'l steel. nia<lein liisi/.i-s. ( ■iipaolty frnin 25 to 100 gftls. Stroiit;, ^ l^., 

 w •^11 made and will last indefinitely. <'rdti Ix-roie the cold weatht-r s7# 



g^'SuLrr'and%*rer'°' ElectHC WtiEei Co., Box 16 Quincy.lll, 



WP \V3nr Every bee-keeper to have 

 ^=== a copy of our 



"*"'*'•" 1899 Catalog. 



Send us your name and address and we will take pleasure in mailing you a copy. 



Q. B. LEWIS CO., Watertown, Wis. 

 special Agent for the Southwest, 



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



Mr. Abbott sells our Hives and Sections at Factory Prices. 



Bingham & Hethering- 



ton Uncapping- 



Knite. 



■FK.IOES OF 



Bingliaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



1:3.00; each, by mail. $1.50 



H.fKi; " i.io 



ti.50; " l.mi 



5.00; " .90 



4.75 ; •* .70 



4.5' i; " .60 



6.0O; " .ttO 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made) 4-in. etove. Doz. 



Doctor 3^ in. stove. Doz. 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 



j^arue 2!^-in. stove. Doz 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 



Little Wonder (weight 10 ounces) .. 2-in. stove. Doz. 



Honey-Knife Doz. 



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

 or Knife, Icib up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEAKS FOK A IJOLLAR; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir:— Have used the ''onqueror I'l yeirs. I was always pleased with its 

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

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



January ii7, l'-97. Truly. W. H. Eagerty, Cuba. Kansas. 



T. P. BIINOHAITI^ Farwell, iTll< lit^^aia. 



BEST: 



Extracted Honey For Sale. 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY. 



This is the famous White Extrac- 

 ted Honey g^athered in the great Al- 

 falfa regions of the Central West. It 

 is a splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat honey at 

 all canU get enough of the Alfalfa 

 extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY. 



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

 ored honey grathered from the rich, 

 nectar-laden, basswood blossoms in 

 Wisconsin. It has a stronger flavor 

 than Alfalfa, and is greatly pre- 

 ferred by those who like a distinct 

 flavor in their honey. 



Prices of etttier Alfalfa or Bass^rood Honey: 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents; samples of both, 15 cents—to pay for package and postage. 

 By freight— one 60pound can, 8 cents a pound; two cans, 7X cents per pound; four or more cans. 

 7J^ cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering two or more cans you can 

 have half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. This is all 



ABSOLUTELY PURE BEES' HOXEY, 



The finest of their kinds produced in this country. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce any honey for their home 

 demand this year, iust order some of the above, and sell it. And others, who want to 

 earn ;M>nie money, can get this hone^* and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^* YORK'S 

 HONEY ALMANAC" will be a great help in creating customers for houev. See i)rices on another 

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



~ BY BUYING AND USING 



OUR 



SAVE NIONEY AND FEED 



It is low priced, not cheap. Made from the best of cast pray iron 

 with 14 oz. galvanized steel boiler to hold 20gal9. Justth*^ thing 

 for looking I'eed for etoek, plgn or poultry and heat water for 



^!''' Reliable Stock Food Cookers ",:sl"u''S 



much larger capacity - i:;"i t'llOU k'uls. We will he triad tn quote 

 prices oil inquiry. l)o not buy until yuu K^t our free descrip- 

 tive circulars. Better write for them at once. 



RELIABLE INCUBATOR AND BROODER CO. 

 Box 02, Quincy, Illinois. 



$5.00 



FARMER'S 



FEED 

 COOKERS 



eight years I have sold it in Chicago. In 

 my 20 years' experience in shipping honey 

 to commission men in more than Indiffer- 

 ent cities. I never had the pleasure of meet- 

 ing an honest commission man till I met 

 bim in Chicago. Up to eight years I had 

 the same opinion of commission men that 

 the immortal Horace Greeley had of the 

 Democrats, " He did not think all thieves 

 were Democrats, but he thought all Demo- 

 crats were thieves." C. D. Doane. 

 Genesee Co.. Micb., Dec. 32. 



[We fear that 'Horace" was pretty 

 severe on the Democrats. We know some 

 that are nice men. But a'f care more for" 

 the man than tor any parly name. — Editor.] 



He Likes Bee-Keeping. 



The Bee Journal has been a great help to 

 me. My bees did well last summer. I like 

 bee-keeping as long as I can have the Bee 

 Journal as an adviser. Fred Robt. 



Hall Co., Neb., Dec. 17. 



Wintering in a Cave. 



The American Bee Journal has been a 

 great help to me the past summer. I bad 

 bees on shares and could not have gotten 

 along nearly so well without it. I got my 

 dollar's worth (the price of a yearly sub- 

 scription) out of several single numbers at 

 several different times. I will not be with- 

 out it as long as 1 keep bees and can raise 

 the subscription price. 



I put '.)4 colonies into the cave last fall, 

 and they are all right so far. 



T. J. Brooks 



Pine Co., Minn., Dec. 17. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



I began in the spring of 189S with five 

 colonies, and increast to nine, but I had 

 one swarm issue Aug. Iti, and another Aug. 

 *22. In October I put the two together and 

 gave them 1.5 pounds of honey in addition 

 to what they had. My bees did fairly well 

 the past season, and if I can succeed in get- 

 ting them through the winter ail right I 

 shall be glad. J. W. Hawkins. 



Buncombe Co., N. C, Dec. 16. 



A Beginner's Report. 



I commenced the spring of 189S with 

 three fair colonies, and had nine good 

 swarms, but I was unfortunate in losing 

 one queen, so I doubled its colony with an- 

 other. It workt all right, so now I have 11 

 colonies in the cellar, with a fine lot of 

 honey in each hive. 



We had a lot of fun catching swarms, 

 and my wife thought not so much in watch- 

 ing tor them to issue. It was not a very 

 good season for honey, but what we got in 

 the supers was No, 1 — the best I ever saw. 

 Next year I hope for a better season and 

 more honey. 



I like the American Bee Journal; it is a 

 great help to me. and I will continue to 

 take it as long as it helps me so much. 



M. N. Ames. 



Vernon Co., Wis., Dec. 19. 



An Old Bee-Keeper's Report. 



1 am nearing SI years of age. I put my 

 bees out last spring, and when they were 

 ready to go to work there were about 75 

 or 80 colonies, which increast to about 100, 

 and I got about 30 pounds of surplus honey, 

 not all marketable. They had stored for 

 winter from 30 pounds down to starvation. 

 I thought I would try to winter the greater 

 part, so I bought a big barrel of sugar and 

 fed them. I got ready to put a part of 

 them into the cellar, and a part packt on 

 the summer stands. I got up on a Monday 

 morning, and the ground was covered with 

 sleet and snow. The next morning, Nov. 

 22. the awful snowstorm came, and there 

 the bees are under the snow, and there 

 tbey are likely to stay while they live. 



