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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



April 20, 1899. 



THE G. B. LEWIS GO'S 



BEE=HIVES 

 AND SECTIONS 



ARE MODELS OF PERFECTION. 



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TMs is the Verilicl of Thonsanfls of Customers and the AcknowleflEment of Competitors, 



Our unrivaled facilities, coupled with twenty-five years of manufacturing experience, enable us to anticipate and 



supplj' every want and need of the bee-keeper, promptly and accurately. 



YOU WANT THE BEST— They Cost No More. 



A copy of our Catalog and Price List mailed free upon application. 



Factories and Main Office: Watertown, Wisconsin. 



Branch Offices and Warepooms : 



G. B. LEWIS CO., 



515 First Ave., X. E., Minneapolis, Minn. 

 G. B. LEWIS CO., 



1'* South Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



AGENCIES : 



E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



L. C. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Fred Foulgkk & Sons, O^den, Utah. 



Smith's Cash Store, San Francisco, Cal. 



BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



Queens for Business ,..*., 

 Suimlies at Bottom Prices. 



"Bee-Keeping' for Jiei.-'inTiers." price 50 cents, 

 imparts the instruction. Price-List free. 



6E8t J. P. H. BROWN. Augusta, Ga. 



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ANYONE INTERESTED 



AffrlcuUnrnl Pursuits can't 

 afford to be without the 



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npoQ receipt of name and address 

 plainly written on postal card nam- 

 — ing paper in which you saw this ad. 



Address auric CUJIWAii KPITOHIST. iBdlanaoolIs, Inl 



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EGGS FOR SITTING ^"r^^r'' 



Plymouth Rock, 15 Eggs for Sl.OO. 



Superior Rose Comb Black Bantum Eg^s. 15 for 



$2.00. No other varieties kept. 

 Italian-bee keepers being men of good taste 

 and sound judgment should beep the best and 

 most profitable kinds of Poultry. Only fresh 

 eggs used, carefully packt and sent by express. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed. D. S. H'eFFRON, 



Washington Heights. III. UAtf 



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YOUR WIRE FENCE, 



whetlier for pi 

 stana ap trim ;inil I 



pniiltiv. -li'Tp or ciitlli', should 

 Hi ih.\|'iUiis it d:d in i'('tjruar>. 



W'h:ii kliKl 4li<l >"ii lMi\ f 



I'KIKHOVKN Willi.; H-XK CO., A Dili AN. 511(11. 



Please mention Bee Journal when VTritings 



good, and if we get the rain which is now 

 threatening, we will not be so nearly '• out 

 of sight " as some writers would picture us 

 to be. 



As to the extreme losses spoken of by 

 many. I know not of others, but for myself 

 I can say I have 1*6 colonies in fine condi- 

 tion out of 110 at the close of the season of 

 1897, and most of my losses, such as they 

 were, were occasioned by my not requeen- 

 ing when they became queenless, as [ 

 thought it cheaper to save the combs and 

 hive swarms, or make increase on them 

 when a honey season did come. 



I caught only one swarm last year, with 

 possibly five or six lost, and have not fed 

 any at all. and only kept a few from their 

 more wealthy neighbors. 



Now, do not come to California to pro- 

 duce honey, but take California for the sea- 

 sons of ISrtS and 1S99, and compare with 

 any State in the Union, and see how far we 

 are behind them in proportion. 



I am in favor of a consolidation of the 

 Union and the Association. 



L. L. Akurews. 



Riverside Co., Calif., March 36. 



Most of the Bees Alive. 



I was afruid I shouldn't see more than 

 half of my bees fly again ; but most of them 

 showed up alive today. E. E. Hastt. 



Lucas Co., Ohio, April 10. 



What is the Plant? 



I have considerable curiosity about a 

 plant that grows here in Washington Co., 

 Fla. The bloom and seed-pods resemble 

 gardeu-sage, and residents say that it is 

 the same as California sage. If any of the 

 bee-fraternity are familiar with this plant, 

 and will tell us about it, they will confer a 

 favor. The severe freezing of the past 

 winter does not appear to have injured it 

 in the least. 



The roots of orange trees that were bankt 

 up high with sand, are sprouting up; others 



\l GOSIS 



No More 



TO FEED, RAISE 

 AND HOUSE GOOD 



PureBred Poultry 



than it does common stock, and it pays tenfold 

 better. Send stamp at once for Illustrated Cat- 

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WANTED -™€°- BEES 



lC»-franie Hives and Hoffman Frames preferred. 



i5Atf B. WALKER, Evapt, Mieh. 



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ALBINO QUEENS \L 



you want the most 

 rolilic Queens — If you 

 want the gentlest liees — If you want the best 

 houej'-gatherers vou ever saw— try my Albinos. 

 Untested Queens in April, $1.00; Tested, $1..TO. 

 9A26t J. D. GIVENS. LISBON, Tex. 



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 Device Free.... 



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 a year at $1.00; or for $1.10 we will 

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 and the Clipping Device. Address, 



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118 Michigan St., Chicago, IIU 



