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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



May 18. 1899. 



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the t'uaraiiteeJ rapacity >f tlii.s wa^'on. 

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ELEOTRIO STEEL WHEELS 



th i[a;r^'.-i- oviil -ji^.Kt.'-. Innail tin--, et.- 

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 rtar. If^ Iriw iii.iw;i and ta.Ny to load. 

 < >ne man (.'an load it ; saves an extra 

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 new wacrim ont of ynnr oki one. 

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2-frame Nucleus with Untested 

 Queen, $2.25* 



Untested Italian Queens, 65 cents each. Readv 



May 1, 1899. "Have orders boukt now, 



and g-et bees when wanted. 



F. J. GUNZEL, Obear, Craighead Co., flrk. 



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FUEE Cittalugae. E. 1. FLANAUA.N, Belletllle, UL 



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Untested, SOc each; tested, 75c. Purity of stock 

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C. B, BANKSTON, - Rockdale, Texas, 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag" in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Hooey. 

 Being- the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEUSEX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montg-omery Co., N.Y, 



REPAIRING NEATLY DONE 



le an uhs.deti' jilirase on the farm uhere I'a^f 

 Fence ipi exclUMVely used. It takev care ol' 

 1t«elt' '■while von wait.*' 

 I»A(JK WOVKN WIUK FKNCE CO., ADUIAN,MICH. 



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ever witnest in these hills, and with the 

 exception of a little in the beginning which 

 was very dark, it was rather yellow and 

 sweet, and most of the people seemed to 

 like the taste of it. except the first gathered 

 which was as black as old-fashioned cane 

 moIa.«ses. 



I hear so much pro and con about honey- 

 dew that I wish to tell what I saw last sum- 

 mer. About June 28 I was going across 

 the country and watching the houey-dew; 

 it seemed to be in every place and on all 

 kinds of leaves, even the weeds were cov- 

 ered with it. It being about 8 a.m., 1 lookt 

 across under the sun. and I could plainly 

 see the honey-dew falling, and it was com- 

 ing from above the tree-tops. Now. where 

 was it coming from unless the insects that 

 produced it were flying in the air above the 

 tree-tops ? This is the conclusion that I 

 have reacht. 



Let some of the big lights tell, who think 

 that honey-dew is produced by the leaves 

 on certain timber, I for one feel sure that 

 a great percent of honey dew is the produc- 

 tion of the flying insect family. 



Success to the American Bee Journal and 

 its many readers. Ira Shocket. 



Randolph Co.. W. Va.. April 20. 



Bees Came Thru All Right. 



My bees came thru the winter all right, 

 but as a rule bees came out of winter a little 

 weak. Fruit-bloom is on now. and they 

 seem to work with unusual vigor. My first 

 virgin queens hatch to-day. H. G. Quirin. 



Huron Co., Ohio. May (5. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



My bees wintered well on the summer 

 stands, packt in leaves. I am going to try 

 the fence and plain sections this year. 



Ika Lubbers. 



Sheboygan Co., Wis., May 8. 



Unpaekt Colonies Died in Winter. 



Our bees have wintered well here, and 

 are now in tiptop shape, and working 

 every day on fruit-bloom. Nearly all the 

 farmers have lost all their bees— in fact. I 

 don't know of a colony that was not packt 

 that lived thru. Eugene Hambaugh. 



Brown Co., 111., May 3. 



Very Backward Spring. 



This has been a very backward spring. 

 Bees had done very poorly until the last 

 few days. J. A, RossoN. 



Ellis Co., Tex., May 4. 



Good Prospects for Honey Crop. 



The past winter was the most disastrous 

 en bees that we have bad in this locality 

 since I have kept bees. The average losses 

 will run over ,50 percent, my own being 2.5 

 percent. Bees generally are weakened, and 

 their only salvation lay in the propitious 

 weather that has prevailed during the past 

 four weeks. There have been only one or 

 two days during that time that they 

 could not forage and gather if there was 

 anything for them to get. The bees are 

 holding high carnival on the sugar maples 

 at this date, which are blooming profusely 

 this season (something that has only oc- 

 curred twice in 7 years), and are building 

 up very rapidly considering the weakened 

 condition that early spring found them in. 

 The prospects are very good. I think, for a 

 honey crop for those who have any bees 

 left. D. W. Heise. 



Ontario, Canada, May S. 



Indian TerritoryJFine for Bees. 



The past winter was severe on my bees, 

 and I lost a few colonies. X winter them on 

 the summer stands. I have the advantage 

 of a fine climate and large range of native 

 bee-pasture. My bees commenced to swarm 

 April 27. and up to date 1 have 7 swarms, 

 and in all 90 colonies. I have my new hives 



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are kept very busy— the result of the satisfac- 

 tion we always give our customers. 



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us, as we are anxious to place our prices and 

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make, and always gives satisfaction. Write us 

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Standard Lumber Co. 



lOAtf MANKATO, MINN. 



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Italian Queens 



Reared bv the Doulittle method from the BEST 



HONEY-GATHERERS. 



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W. J. FOREHAND. 



FORT DEPOSIT, ALA. 



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* C. H. WZ. WZEBER, * 



T :uoCealral Ave., CIXCIXN'.-VTI, OHIO, " 



A Successor to 



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CHAS. F. MUTH & SON. 



I wish to announce to niv friends and patrons 

 that I have this day sold to C. H. W. WEBER, 

 of Cincinnati, my Hone_v and Kee-Keepers' Sup- 

 ply business, known for the past 38 years as 

 Chas. F. Muth & Son. Mr. Weber will con- 

 tinue to pu.sh the Langstroth hive and every- 

 thing pertaining to same: besides, he has se- 

 cured the agency for Mr. Root's goods, and will 

 sell ihetn at his prices. I beg the customers of 

 tlie old house, to whom I wish to extend ray 

 thanks, to continue their patronage with Mr. 

 Weber, by whom I am sure they will be accorded 

 fair and honest treatment. 



Mks. Annie Muth (Widi>w.i 



Cincinnati, Ohio, April 7, ISO'i. 15Atf 



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