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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



July 27, 1S99. 



Page b Lyon Mfg. Co. 



NEW LONDON, WIS., 



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

 curing the best lumber at the lowest TD_ _ ,1>^«_-.— ^— ' Q..4>^l{»e 

 price for the manufacture of DCe^'JS.eeperS DUppllCS^M 



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, 

 please mention Bee Journal when writing. 



Binnhani .V U-thering- 



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■FK,IOBS OF 



Bingliaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



Smtibe Engine (largest smoker made) 4-in, stove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor 3J^ in. stove. Doz. 9.(mj; '■' i.io 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 6.50; " l.oo 



l.arwe 2j^-in. stove. Doz. 5.00; - '* .90 



Plain 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; *' .70 



Jjittle Wonder (weight 10 ounces)... 2-in. Btove. Doz. 4.50; " .60 



Honey-Knife Doz. 6.00; " ,80 



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

 or Knife. look up its record and pedigree. 



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



Dear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror 15 years. I was always pleased with its 

 workings, but tliinkiog 1 would need a new one this summer, I write for a circu- 

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



January 27, 1H97. Truly, W. H. KAOERTY, Cuba, Kansas. 



T. F. BlNGHAin, Harwell, inuhigan. 



Carloads 

 i)f Bee- 



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3 ^ S s a 



Sections, 

 Shipping-Cases, 

 •Comb Foundation 



and EVERYTHING uscd in the bee-industry. We want the aameaud address of every bee-keeper 

 in America. We supply dealers as well as consumers. We have Dry Kiln, Improved Machiu- 

 erv, 40,000 feet of floor space, and all modern appliances. We make prompt shipment. Write 

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



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writiug. 



OUR MOTTO ! WELL MANUFACTURED STOCK-QUICK SHIPMENTS. 



seciions. sniDDinQ-Gases and 



B66-K66D6r§' SOPDlleS 



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



The BASSWOOD in this part" of Wisconsin is acknowledg-ed by 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-List FREE. 



Marshfield Manufacturing Company, 



Please mention tlK- lli-c J-mrnal wIk-m writing;. 



MARSHFIELD. WISCONSIN. 



BEE-SUPPLIES! 



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

 one carload a day; and carry the largest stock antf great- 

 est variety of everything needed in the apiary, assuring 

 BEST goods at the lowest prices, and prompt shipment. 

 lllustratetJ Catalog* ^- pa^es, Free* 



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. 



Please mention Bee Journal ^vheu ■writing. 



Please Mention the Bee Joiiroal I^|?nTs1ri"^ 



hives would not be worth wintering. At 

 this date, here in Cook County, I have 

 taken oflE two full supers o£ fine comb honey 

 from each of several colonies. Who can 

 beat that ? H. S. JoSES. 



Cook Co., 111., July 19. 



An Old Acquaintance. 



Bees wintered well here last winter. I 

 lost none from 4(i colonies. Our main honey 

 plant is alfalfa, which we have in abun- 

 dance. The honey-flow is liRbt now. but 

 the outlook is good. The second crop of al- 

 falfa is just beginning to bloom. 



I have a long acquaintance with the 

 American Bee Journal, my father. Dr. N. 

 P. Allen, of Kentucky, having taken it for 

 about 30 years. He was at one time Presi- 

 dent of the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, while Thomas G. Newman was 

 editor of the Bee Journal. Success to you, 

 Friend York. J. C. Allen. 



Finney Co., Kan.. July 13. 



Too Much Rain. 



I haven't taken a pound of honey yet this 

 year, and prospects for a fall crop are very 

 poor. It rains so much there doesn't seem 

 to be any honey iu the flowers. 



Sauk Co., Wis., July 19. H. H. Porter. 



Storing No Honey. 



Bees in this vicinity are storing no honey 

 at all. We had a good flow of honey-dew 

 in May. and lots of swarms, but it rained 

 nearly every day during the basswood sea- 

 son, and after that the nectar seemed to 

 dry up entirely. The vast areas of black 

 sumac here is not worth a cent. It may be 

 that cotton will help us out. Lee Long. 



Choctaw Nation. Ind. Ter. 



Vepy Light-Colored Bees. 



I have just been watching a colony of 

 bees, and saw a large number going out, 

 and of the lightest-colored bees 1 ever saw. 

 They are many shades whiter than any 

 albinos I ever saw. Just look at them thru 

 a magnifying glass. Henkt Allet. 



Essex Co.. Mass., July 16. 



fWe received the sample of bees, and 

 they are indeed the lightest colored bees we 

 ever saw. Personally, we prefer the yel- 

 low bees for looks.— Editor.] 



Did Well at Swarming. 



My bees have done well at swarming. I 

 had 13 colonies in the spring, lost none in 

 the winter, and now I have 45. Seven were 

 doubled up, and .5 left for the West. There 

 is not much honey. I do not know how to 

 work bees very well, as I am young at bee- 

 keeping tho old in years. 



Mrs. Peter R. Dickson. 



Winona Co., Minn., July 14. 



" Hand-Shaliing Contagion." 



No, Mr. Cogitator, I shall not attempt to 

 inflict statistics regarding promiscuous 

 hand-shaking, as per your suggestion on 

 page4'21. A reasonable amount of it could 

 be easily given, however, but a little re- 

 flection as to possibilities will prove suffi- 

 cient to clinch the note of warning to 

 which you very good-naturedly refer. 



It need only be considered how minute 

 a quantity of virus is necessary to inoculate 

 the human system, to find the key for many 

 infections. We may breathe in an inflni- 

 tesimal amount with the air we inhale, to 

 prove suflicient for the production of most 

 dire diseases. So. a very little exudation 

 from an infected hand coming in contact 

 with some abrasion on a neighbor's fingers 

 is quite sufficient to impart some of the dis- 

 eases to which the human skin is liable, 

 especially those having affinity for the 

 hands. 



Cogitator need not be reminded tha 

 eruptions on the skin are simply manifes 



