June 29, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- 



413 



TI16 B66-K66D6r'S 



^ Guide ^ 



Or, Manual of the Apiary, 



BY 



PROF. A, J. COOK, 



460 Pages -16tli 1899 Edition 18th Thou- 

 sand §1-25 postpaid. 



A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

 essary—it is simply the most complete scientific 

 and practical bee-book publisht to-day. Fully 

 illustrated, and all written in the most fascinat- 

 ing style. The author is also too well-known to 

 the whole bee-world to require any introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is fullv equipt, or his library 

 complete, without The Bee-Kkepeks' Guide. 



This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent book of 400 pages, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding, we propose to give away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

 ting NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



"The following offer is made to tkesent sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given to 

 the two NEW subscribers— simply the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year: 



Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with S2.00;,and we will mail you a copy 

 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook-'sbook alone sent for Sl-25, or we club 

 it with the Bee Journal for aj'ear — both for only 

 $1.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 new subscribers to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. Let every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one? 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



llx Micliii.'-aii St.. CHICA(;0, ILL. 



n U ^^ 1 1 1 r> I S '™™ Imported stock. 

 i.XKA.Kj\JX\Jl kj UntestedTto cts. each. 



24A4t T. N. BRIGGS. Marion, Mass. 



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PATENT WIRED COfflB FOUNDATION 



Has no Sag in Hrood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEVSEX, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y. 

 Please mention Bue jounid.1 when wriung. 



Either 5-banded. (lolden or 

 from IMPORTED Italian 



mothers, one each; or b for 



$3.iht. A few tine breeders at S1.5i> each. Give me 

 a trial and let me surprise vou. Satisfaction or 

 no pay. CH. H. THIES, Steeleville, 111. 



26Atf Please mention the American Bee Journal. 



i| Bee= Supplies. ^ 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. ^- 



PouDER's Honey-Jars and every- ^ 



thing used by bee-keepers. Prompt ^^ 



Service— low freight rate. Catalog ^. 



free. ^^ 



QUEENS 



^ WALTER S. POUDER, >. 



'^ 512 Mass. Ave., ^' 



:^^ Indianapolis, Indiana. ^; 



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when the Bee Journal was edited by Samuel 

 Wagner. My old friend, James Parsons, 

 and I, used to take it together. 1 was young 

 then, but now I am .").5 years old, and my old 

 friend past away years ago. Our honey 

 plants and trees have also past away, so 

 much so that I can almost safely say that 

 this part of the country that used to be a 

 good bee-country, has been transformed, by 

 the woodman's ax and the farmer's plow, 

 into a very poor one. I have 53 colonies of 

 bees in good double-walled hives. I will 

 write an article for the Bee Journal on my 

 experience some time.- G. N. Stinebring. 

 Wayne Co., Ohio, June IS. 



Chang-eable Weather. 



The honey-flow was very good in May, 

 hut only ordinary in June— too wet some- 

 times, too awfully hot sometimes, and too 

 cool the past week. I have some honey 

 harvested, nice and white, and very thick. 

 L. A. Hammond. 



Washington Co.. Md., June 20. 



No Honey-Flow to Speak of. 



Bees are in fair condition. White clover 

 is blooming, but no honey-flow to speak of. 

 Chas, D. Handel, 

 Carroll Co., Ill,, June 15. 



Bees Booming on Clovers. 



I have changed my location, coming here 

 with no colonies of bees last Saturday, 

 from Walworth County, on account of there 

 being no bee-pasture in my home field. 

 White clover with other clovers nearly all 

 winter-killed there. Here the white and 

 Alsike clovers are abundant. Bee.s are boom- 

 ing on them now. Basswood will be out in 

 about 20 days. I. A. Travis. 



Wood Co., Wis.. June 20. 



Bad Season for Bees. 



I have had 10 swarms this year, and a 

 very little honey. Our last frost was on 

 June 3. and it killed everything. This is a 

 bad season for bees. Lawrence Bkotles. 

 . Socorro Co., N. Mex.. June 7. 



Bees Doing Well. 



I like the Bee Journal very much. 



It has been very dry here this spring, 

 having scarcely any rain for two months. 

 Bees are doing quite well. 



Arthur L. Miller. 



Windham Co., Vt., June 19. 



BaekwardoSeason. 



We are having a very backward season 

 here so far, alfalfa is just beginning to 

 bloom, and it has been very dry for the past 

 three months. Many that thought their 

 bees were in good condition lost heavily 

 thru April and May. I do not look for a 

 very prosperous year for the bee-keepers in 

 this section. W. W. Whii'I'le. 



Arapahoe Co., Colo., June 19. 



Moth in Empty Combs- Other Notes. 



I've just returned from the collar with 

 my darning-needle — a woman's weapon. I 

 was not mending hose, but looking over 

 combs in hives stored there, searching for 

 something I did not want to find. The 

 hives had been cleaned, and combs scraped 

 of everything offensive, and put there to 

 remain until there were swarms to occupy 

 them. The eggs of the bee-moth develop 

 very slowly in a cool cellar, and I look them 

 over every week or 10 days, and pick out 

 all the grubs 1 find, never allowing one to 

 mature, to lay more eggs. To day I found 

 one encased in a cocoon, and about half a 

 dozen grubs in a score of hives. I look them 

 over until all the moth-eggs have hatcht, 

 and as no miller can gain access to them 

 they will be safe from their ravages during 

 the summer. 



I had expected swarms to put into these 



^,OOQ Pounds 



the r^iiarmitced capacity < i" tin,-- ult^^nn, 

 It is equipped with 



ELECTRia STEEL WHEELS 



th ;r.ta^,';_'tM- iival bixjkcs, bioad tiie.--, etc, 

 Ithasanjrle steel hounds front and 

 rear. It's low down and easy toload. 

 I *ne man can load it; saves an extra 

 liantl in hijulineroorn fodfier. euv A 

 pair nf the.se wheels \\ill make a 

 new waeron ont o( yonr oM one. 

 Si'Tiii Imi- free catalogue and prit.es. 



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Italian Queens 



Reared bv the Doolittle method from the BEST' 

 HONEY-GATHERERS. 



Untested. 5C» cents each; Sb.Oi.i per dozen. Safe- 

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Address, W. J. FOREHAND, 



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 to Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Calif., for his 



B66-K66D6rs' Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



Van Deiisenjrtim Foundation. 



We liave several 25-pouud boxes of VanDeusea 

 Thin P'lat-liottom Comb Foundation for sale at 

 $12.50 per box. This Foundation is preferred by 

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 sent promptly. Address. 



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