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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



May 25, 1899. 



THIS IS THE NEW 



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Specially constructed boiler, rresenting largest heating 

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2-franie Nucleus with Untested 

 Queen, $2.25. 



Uatested Italian Queens, o5 cents each. Readv 



May 1, 18W. Have orders bookt now, 



and g-et bees when wanted. 



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rUEE Catalogue. E. T. FLANAGAN, Bflleville, 111- 



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Northern Queens. 



IF YOU want the best hunev-g-atherers, the 

 longest-lived and hardiest (jueens, tr.v a few 

 of my Northern-bred Italians—" daujfhters of 

 imported Queens." Tested Oueens, S1.50; un- 

 tested, Sl.OO: 2-frame Nuclei with tested dueen, 

 $3,00 each; the same with untested Oueen7S2.25. 

 Ready to fill orders bv June 1. Correspondence 

 solicited. MATE WILLIAMS. 



20A4t NiMKon, Wadena Co.. Minn. 



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THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN 



of r. ~|ionhiliility to fhp IVnce qiiealion is dis- 

 cli.Tr,i.,ltii lii.'ext.Tit that the Paee is introduced. 

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borly fashion Nor is that the worst. Here 

 comes an exuberant chap whom you may 

 never have seen, but shake he will. You 

 take hold of his band in good country 

 fashion, to soon learn what a clammy, 

 slimy thing you've had hold of. May as 

 well shake the tail of a fish. But note that 

 eruption on his hands, and the evil smell he 

 has imparted to yours 1 If in your enthusi- 

 asm you have not thereby contracted a case 

 of syphilis that will cost you $10(J to cure, it 

 has simply been a matter of good luck 

 rather than good judgment. 



I have been vext more than once at my 

 cowardly weakness in not refusing to shake 

 hands with some, when I instinctively de- 

 sired to go and wash my hands immediately 

 afterward. The nastiness was abhorrent I 

 I have learned, however late, to ignore the 

 extension of an unknown hand to me. I 

 simply don't see it, and go on saying what 

 I otherwise would. This seldom gives 

 offence. 



Next to the women's habit of kissing 

 (even women they dislike), promiscuous 

 band-shaking is the most repulsive. 



Dr. Peiro. 



Bees Doing Fairly Well. 



Bees are doing fairly well. It is very 

 dry, and we have to feed, I have about 300 

 colonies. E. H. Sturtevant. 



Washington Co., N. Y., May 10. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



My bees never were in finer condition at 

 this time of the year, and I only wish I had 

 been prepared to get some of this fine wil- 

 low honey in the section boxes. 



Mate Williams. 



Wadena Co., Minn.. May Vi. 



Good Prospect for Honey. 



It has been rather discouraging so for. 

 The loss of bees around here is about 50 per 

 cent. My loss is three-eighths. North of 

 here there seems to be nothing but beeswax 

 left. Prospect for honey is good. 



Gns DiTTMER. 



Eau Claire Co., Wis., May 12. 



Great Mortality Among- Bees. 



I am sorry to record the great mortality 

 among the bees in this locality. Nearly all 

 the bees have died, fully four-fifths, it not 

 more, have succumbed either to the long, 

 cold winter, or honey gathered from 

 sources that proved destructive to bee-life. 

 I think perhaps both combined may have 

 added to the great loss. What few colonies 

 survived the ordeal seem to be weak, and 

 will need good nursing to brineithem thru. 

 I had 38 colonies, part of them in the cellar; 

 out of that number I have three left, and 

 two of them are very weak. All that were 

 left on the summer stands perisht. One of 

 my neighbors had about B.'j colonies, and he 

 has three or four left, and they are weak. 

 So it is all over this county, so far as I can 

 hear, many having lost all. The weather 

 is against us now, as it is cold aud quite 

 rainy. Fruit-trees are in bloom, but are of 

 little account to the bees — too wet and cold 

 for them to be out much.i L. Allen. 



Clark Co., Wis.. May 10. 



What I Know About Honey-De-w. 



I have seen honey-dew fall more than a 

 score of times, not as dew, but just like 

 small drops of rain, and I have seen it fall 

 on the leaves of the trees and spatter just 

 as a drop of rain will; then the dew at night 

 thins out so that it spreads over the whole 

 surface of the leaves, and while it is damp 

 the bees gather it. They can't gather it 

 when it is dry and hot. 



This is not theory ; any man can see it for 

 himself if he will take the trouble to step 

 out to some clear place, when there is a 

 heavy flow of it, and look uuder the sun on 

 a bright, clear evening from four o'clock 

 till sunset. Don't get where there is timber 

 lest you think it falls from the trees. My 



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liEE-lIivKS, Sections. Shippixg- 

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HONEY-GATHERERS. 



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CHAS. F. MUTH & SON. 



I wish to announce to mv friends and patrons 

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

 of Cincinnati, my Honey and Bee-Keepers' Sup- 

 ply business, known for the past 38 years as 

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

 tinue to push the Lang-stroth hive and every- 

 thing ])ertainiugr to same; besides, he has se- 

 cured tlie ag"ency for Mr. Root's g-oods, and will 

 sell them at his prices. I beg" the customers of 

 the old house, to whom I wish to e.\teud my 

 thanks, to continue their patronag^e with Mr. 

 Weber, by whom I am sure they will be accorded 

 fair and honest treatment. 



Mrs. Annie Muth (Widow.) 



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



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