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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Feb. 23, 1899. 



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I The Hens 



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Tfc are in the poultry house. There's nothinpr to do J 

 X l^Ht eat and lay eprtrs. This incubator has liatohed J 

 W over one million chicks durin^r the past yotr. Itt^ ♦ 

 ♦ re^rulator insures uniformity r>f temperature It ♦ 

 ^ ha.-; patent etTK'-trav adjuster; lias lire-jToctl lamp A 

 ^ Send 6 cents for new U8-pai:e catali.cue. finely ^ 

 » illustrated; contains plans for poultry houses. " J 



^ DES MOINES INCUBATOR CO., ^ 



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THE A, I, ROOT GO'S GOODS ^R^tr- 



Including- their discounts foi groods wanted for 

 use another season. It will pay you to send me 

 St of g:oods wanted. Cash for Beeswax. 



M. H. HUNT, Bkll Bkanch, Mich. 



m TRUST THE PUBLIC 



iiikI Heiitl (hftii our Inciiliiiliir on 

 Uriill. N.> lu.'Ui .-liui.l.i tmv au \u.uh^lot 

 huM [lay for it bef.ire t'iviiigit a tiial. You 

 ► pay not a ci-iit for ours until you have 

 1 ^!M.-ti it a thtiruugh trial. It's mude 80 

 I that noboily enn fall with It. Acliild 

 Li\in run it ivith 5 inioules attention liailv. U 

 bentallotheisat \Vorld^RFair.>aHh* 

 ilcnnd Omaha ExpoAltloitH. The ti*^st c-atnlotrueaml 

 treatlNe on incubation publisheij, sent for & etN. I'Inns fur 

 PrWHlers, f'nultry Houses, et.7., s«?nt up-.n re.vipt of 25 Ctn. 



VoDCulia Incubator Co. 5 Adams St. Delaware City, Del. 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Business ...... 



Supplies at Bottom Prices. 



**Bee-Keepinj^ for Beg^iiiners," price 50 cents, 

 imparts the instruction. Price-List free. 



6Est J. P. H. BROWN, Aug-usta, Ga. 



ANYONE INTERESTED 



in Ajcrleultural I'ursults can't 

 afford to be without the 



AGRICULTURAL EPITOMIST. 



Samijle copy Free to any addrens 

 upon receipt of name and address 

 plainly written on postal card naai> 

 ing paper in which you saw this ad. 

 Address AtiUICl-U-^h&L KPlTOmiST. Indlftnasolls, Init 

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FARM BEE-KEEPING 



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Modern Farmer and Busy Bee, 



the best greneral FARM and BEE paper in ex- 

 istence. Write for sample copy to-day, and for 

 clubbingf rates with any paper you want. 



Address, EMERSON T. ABBOTT, 



St. Joseimi. MissotiKi. 



DITTMER'S 



Comb Foundation 



Wholesale and Retail. 



Working Wax 



INTO FOUNDATION FOR CASH A SPECIALTY. 



Hi\/e&r Seotions, 



and a full line of SUPPLIES. 



I sell the VERY BEST at lowest prices and 

 ship promptly. 



Send me your natne for 1899 catalog- and prices, 



whether you are a larfjfe or small 



consumer or dealer. 



Beeswax always wanted for cash or trade at the 

 highest price. Address. 



GUS DITTMER, Augusta, Wis. 



did not get them in time, but I think I have 

 never had sections filled and finisht so fust 

 as those were. But they are all a scant 

 pound to the section— about 14 ounces on 

 an average. For all that, they sell as read- 

 ily as a section with insets, which weighs 

 more. 



We call the last honey season a good one 

 for this part of Maine— the best, in fact, for 

 many years. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much, and would not do without it at 

 double its present price. 



Penobscot Co.. Me. Frank Champeon. 



Wintered Well Thus Far. 



It has been snowing nearly all day, and 

 the snow is about six inches deep, with 

 good sleighing, for the merry sleigh bells 

 can be heard far and near. My bees had 

 two flights last month, the first they had 

 was the first week in January, and the sec- 

 ond Jan. I.t; it was quite warm on that day 

 so they had a good flight. I am glad to say 

 that my bees thus far have wintered all 

 right. But February and March are the 

 two months in which bees need careful at- 

 tention, as this month they begin to breed; 

 however, I am afraid my bees are like the 

 ground-hog that came out last Thursday 

 from his winter quarters only to see his 

 own shadow and then go back to stay six 

 weeks longer. I have not seen anything of 

 my bees since Jan. 1.5 ; this makes me think 

 they are like the ground-hog, as they may 

 stay in their house longer than six weeks. 

 So all we bee-keepers can do at present is 

 to carefully read every article in the bee- 

 papers, and get ready for the coming spring 

 by putting comb foundation in sections, 

 painting the hives, etc. W. H. Hei.m. 



Lycoming Co., Pa., Feb. 5. 



The " Cake " Goes to Miehig-an. 



EhitorYork: — You chose wisely when 

 you took back what you said on page 2S, for 

 the reason that Mr. Murry has too many 

 "backers." Now for a little sport, that is 

 it you will agree to it. 



I will buy of our grocer IVo pounds of 

 comb honey, cut it out of the sections and 

 place it on a plate with " knife," choose a 

 man to eat the honey, call in six of our best 

 business men for witnesses, and will leave 

 .?1.00 with our banker, or send it to you to 

 hold. If the man fails to eat the honey in 

 IJa minutes from the time he commences, 

 money is yours; if he does eat it in that 

 time I have my i^l 00 back, and the "Old 

 Reliable" one year free of charge. The 

 one that gets beat pays for the honey. 



I traded this man one two-quart Mason 

 fruitcan full of extracted honey when he 

 was a boy ; he took it home, sat down and 

 ate one good-sized loaf of bread, and the 

 honey was just 1".^ inches deep in the bot- 

 tom of the can when be 6nisht his supper, 

 or one meal. I timed hira while he ate In 

 ounces of comb honey this summer; it took 

 him just 33 seconds, and he is not dead yet. 



Hillsdale Co., Mich. C. H. Austin. 



A Little Bee-Keeping Experience. 



I have hunted wild bees for years. Two 

 years ago 1 started saving a few colonies, 

 and last fall I put fi colonies into the cellar. 

 They are hybrids and blacks, except the 

 last swarm I found in a tree, which I trans- 

 ferred into the movable-frame hive, they 

 are as yellow as gold, except their beads 

 and the tips of their abdomens, which are 

 black. What are they '. Are they a good 

 kind to keep ? 



I understand the handling of bees, but am 

 not acquainted with the different kinds. 

 These are a beautiful bee with golden 

 bodies, tipt at both ends with black. 



I use the improved Langstroth-t^implicity 

 hive, but I don't like them, for when I take 

 off the supers it leaves a crack all around 

 for bees to crawl out and bother. Please 

 tell me the best way to drive bees out of the 

 honey-boxes or supers when they are filled. 



Last season was a very poor year for 

 honey. I cannot remember a yeaf that the 



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sliiiiiers to teit my seeds 

 ,- handsome catalogue 



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for 1H91», lithographed and bi-nutifullv illustrated, and a lOc. 

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 free. It is full of bar^ins. All Ihe Itett SeedH, Bulbn, 

 Plants, Rosea, new Frult»t, Farm Seedm, Potatoes, 

 etc.. at lowest prices. Ten Great Pioveltles offered without 

 Dames. I wiH pay $50, FOR A NAME for each. Don't buy 

 your stock until you see this new caul'true. Several varieties ahowD 

 ID colors. Great induceuients for orders ibis year. You will be 

 carprised at my bargain offers. Send your address on Postal Uwlay. 

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F. U. MILLS, Seedsman, Box HA, Rose lltU, N.T 



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 Women = 



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 - JOHN NEBEL & SON, 

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JOHN BAUSCHBR. Jr. , 



Box 94 Freeport, Illlnole* 



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 Device Free.... 



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QEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY. 



118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



DHWOMAH 



ir even a little 

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