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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 29, 1899. 



Page b Lyon Mfg. Co. 



Bee^Keepers' Supplies,,, 



NEW LONDON, WIS., 



operates two Sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus se- 

 curing' the best lumber at the lowest 

 price for the manufacture of 



They have also one of the LARGEST FACTORIES and the latest and most 

 improved "machinery for the manufacture of Bee=Hives, Sections, &c., that there 

 is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, and is abso- 

 lutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and whitest Basswood is used, and 

 they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine and Basswood forests, and pos- 

 session of mills and factory equipt with best machinery, all combine to enable 

 this firm to furnish the BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 



Send for Circular and see the prices on a full line of Supplies. 



Blndham & Hetbering- 



ton Uncapping- 



Knife. 



■F>K,ICE3S OF- 



Biiighaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made^ -t-in. stove. Doz. $13.f)0; each, by mall, $1.50 



I><tcti_tr 3^ in. stove. Uoz. 9.(>0; " l.lo 



Conqueror 3-in. etove. Doz. 6.50; " 1.00 



],ark:e 2}^-in. stove. Doz. S.iW; *' .90 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; " .70 



Little Wonder (weiKht 10 ounces)... 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.5(1; *' .60 



Uoney-Knife Doz. 6.oO; " .80 



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

 or Knife, l0"k up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEAKS FOR A DOLLAR; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror l.^ years. I was always pleased with its 

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

 lar. 1 do not think the 4 inch Smoke Engine too large. 



January 27, l>y7. 'I'ruly, W. H. Kagerty, Cuba. Kansas. 



T. F. Bi:\CHA.n* Karwell, flHlii;£an. 



Cadoads ' 

 of Bee- 

 Hives 



4' 9 s aT^ 



Sections, [ ^^,,i ,if 



Shipping'-Cases, I^T ^'^^" ''' 

 Comb Foundation ^™ 



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,5 .? .^ 3 f3 



1 M^m 



and EVERYTHING Used ill the bee-iiidusiry. ^^ e w inithe u ime mil ulilies-i ol t;vt.'i\ bee-keeper 

 in America. We supplj' dealers as well as consumers. We ha\e I)r\ Kiln, Improved Machin- 

 ery, 40,000 feet of floor space, and all mc^dern appliances. We make prompt shipment. Write 

 for Catalogs, Quotations, etc. INTER=STATE MFG. CO.. Hudson. St. Croix Co., Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writins. 



OUR MOTTO: WELL MANUFACTURED STOCK -QUICK SHIPMENTS. 



Secilons, StiiDDinQ-Gases and 

 Be6-K6eD6rs' Supplies 



We make a specialty of making the very best Sections on the market. 



The BASSWOOD in this part of Wisconsin is acknowledg-ed bv all to be 

 the best for making- the ONE-PIECE HONEY-SECTIONS— selected, young and 

 thrifty timber is used. 



'Write for Illustrated Catalog- and Price-Eist FREE. 



Marshfield flanufacturing Company, 



Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing 



MARSHFIELD. WISCONSIN. 



BEE-SUPPLIES! 



We have the best equipt factory in the West. Capacity, 

 one carload a day; and carry the largest slock and great- 

 est variety of everything^ needed in the apiary, assuring 

 BEST goods at the lowest prices, aud prompt shipment. 

 iiiustrated Cataiog-» 71? jyai^es* Frc^e, 



We also manufacture Tanks of either wood or galvanized 

 steel, all sizes, any form, for all purposes. Price list free. 



Address, 



E. KRETCHMER, RED OAK, IOWA. 



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Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing. 



Please Mention the Bee Jonrnal iJl^rSri";^ 



half, and as a result the bee-keepers are 

 feeling a little blue. The number of colo- 

 nies reported in the fall were 470, and only 

 330 left this spring; besides, those having 

 the heaviest losses are more apt to remain 

 at home. 



It was generally thought that the pros- 

 pect for honey thi-s year is not good, as the 

 white cloverand also Alsike is badly winter- 

 killed. As the spring meeting is held at the 

 home of snme bee-keeper, for the purpose 

 of seeing his methods of handling bees, and 

 the ladies go along and take their lunch- 

 baskets, you see it is a kind of bee-keepers' 

 picnic, and there is not as much for a report 

 as there would be otherwise. 



Mr. and Mrs. Taylor gave us a royal re- 

 ception, and we were loth to depart. 



Some of the questions discust were: 



Is it profitable to send South for queens 

 in the spring for queenless colonies ? 



Ans. : No; double up. 



Is it best to double up now ? 



Axs. : No, not so late in the season. 



Don't swarms affected with dysentery in 

 the spring have more brood in hive ' 



Ans. : Most of the members thought they 

 did. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



Winnebago Co., 111. 



Report from an Old Bee-Keeper. 



I am nearly 70 years old and can see and 

 walk as well as ever. I have been used to 

 bees all my life. I have some very fine bees. 

 I never keep over '20 colonies thru winter. 

 I had only one colony to die thru the winter, 

 one robbed in spring, and one queenless, 

 but I soon made the queenless one all right. 

 [ can always make a colony with a laying 

 queen all right in a tew days. My bees are 

 always on the summer stands ail winter. 

 We had no honey last summer, but there is 

 lots of white clover this year, and the bees 

 are wild on it when there is a fine day, but 

 we have had a very stormy time so far. 

 Henry White, 



Humboldt Co,, Iowa, June 30. 



Motherwort. 



I send a plant specimen which I would 

 like to know the name of. We have the 

 sweet clover here, both white and yellow, 

 and both in bloom, and the bees leave all 

 and go to this plant. There is plenty of 

 white clover here, but bees do not work on 

 it. If what I send is a good honey-plant I 

 will send you some of the seed. 



My bees became weak in the winter, but 

 bred up again. John Craig. 



Macoupin Co.. 111., June 14. 



[We sent the plant specimen to our good 

 friend. Prof, C, L. Walton, one of the high 

 school teachers here in Chicago, who re- 

 ports as follows:— Editor.] 



The specimen plant sent for identification 

 is commonly known as motherwort. The 

 botanical name is Leonurus cardiaca. and 

 belongs to the great mint family. Nearly 

 the entire family was introduced from 

 Europe, and is proving a boon to bee-keep- 

 ers on account of the excellent quality of 

 honey obtained from it by the bees. 



C. L. Walton. 



fWe might add further, that if any of 

 our readers want to have plants or flowers 

 named, they can mail the specimens direct 

 to Prof. Walton, addressing him at 38153 N. 

 Ashland Ave., Ravenswood, Chicago, 111, 

 He will then reply to them thru the Bee 

 Journal.— Editor ] 



Prospects for a Poor Season. 



My bees have done just fairly well this 

 year, I have had several swarms and but 

 little honey. The season bids fair to be an- 

 other very poor one in this locality, I am 

 a bee-keeper of some 30 years' experience, 

 aud the most of the time a subscriber to the 

 old American Bee Journal. I have read 

 lots of books on bees. I well remember 

 reading many articles from different writers 



