Aug-. 3, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



493 



Queen-Clipping 

 Device Free.... 



The MONETTE Queea-CUpping' 

 Device is a fine tliiug- for use in 

 catching- and clipping' Queens' 

 wing's. We mail it for 25 cents; 

 or will send it FREE as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW 

 subscriber to the Bee Journal for 

 a year at $1.00; or for $1.10 we will 

 mail the Bee Journal one year 

 and the Clippiutr Device. Address, 



GEORGE VV. YORK & COMPANY, 



118 Michigan St., Chicagfo, 111. 



BEE^SUPPLIES, 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



Laiig-stroth Hives and everything- 



pertaining to same. 

 Muth Jars.Muth Honey Extractor 

 — in fact everything used by bee- 

 keepers. Send for our Catalog. 



C. H. VV. W^EBER, 



21-4* Ceulral Ave., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 



Successor to 



Ch.^s F. Muth & Son and A. Muth. 



WANTED! 



EXTRACTED HONEY 



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 Uunuy, either in larg-e or small lots. 

 Parties having- any to ofEer will do well 

 to sell to us, as Cincinnati is a g^reat 

 market for Extracted Honey. Submit a 

 small sample, stating-quantity, style of 

 packag-e, and price expected. Prompt 

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stone crock or jar is better than a wooden 

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Will Not Overstock the Market. 



Western Pennsylvania will not overstock 

 the honej' market this year. Here is an- 

 other to thank you for publishing Doolit- 

 tle's excellent article on price of hon^y. 

 W. J. Davis, 1st. 



Warren Co.. Pa . July 31. 



Discouraging' Season. 



This season is very discouraging to me, 

 as I lost nearly half of my bees last winter. 

 I have not a pound of honey and no in- 

 crease. Some of my neighbors had some 

 swarms, and lots of honey. I have been 

 keeping bees 10 years, and have beateu all 

 my neighbors every year in honey and in- 

 crease, until this year. My bees are blacks 

 and hybrids. I lost what Italians I had last 

 winter. Where 1 live is the coldest place in 

 this country, and those of ray bees that 

 weren't frozen to death were chilled Some 

 of my best queens that were reared last 

 year and proved to be hustlers, are no good 

 at all this year. Not only my bees froze, 

 but some of my farm stock. It is bad luck 

 with me about my bees. W.W.Gardner. 



Fayette Co., Ala., July IT. 



Poor Prospects for Honey. 



We had a very windy, cold April, and a 

 freeze May 22. March was very mild — 

 fruit, willow and Cottonwood all bloomed 

 in March — and bees built up and began to 

 swarm Viy April, wiien it turned cold and 

 froze everything, and continued cold and 



Good Honey Crop Expected. 



I see by the reports of different bee-keep- 

 ers that the prospects are very poor for a 

 honey crop this year. Here in southeastern 

 Kansas the bees have had a continuous 

 honey-flow from the time the fruit blos- 

 somed. They coujmeneed to swarm the 

 first of May. and swarmed until July 1.5. I 

 had 17 colonies, springcount. had ITswarms 

 to issue. I double<.l four (making 1.3 oiew 

 swarms) and bought two, making 33 colo- 

 nies now. The bouey-flow is good, and the 

 bees are working in the sections. The pros- 

 pects are that there will be a good honey 

 crop this year in this section of country. 

 The most of the bees are kept in boxes and 

 kegs. It is very wet here now. Some of 

 the grain has been thresht, and some is in 

 the shock and somewhat damaged by the 

 wet weather. The corn crop promises the 

 largest for several years. L. Watman. 



Labette Co.. Kans., July 33. 



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ADDRESS. 



«KO. W. YORK & CO. 



US Mich. St., Chicago, 111. 



Better than Ever 



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 ('ambridKe, Mich., has some 13 years old. Sajs he 

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Any one sending us TWO NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the Bee Journal for one year 

 (with $2.00) will receive, as a premium, by mail promptly, a Warranted Qolden Italian 

 Queen=Bee, valued at 75 cents ; or, send us ONE new subscriber for a year, and 30 cents 

 more (SI. 30 in all), and the queen will be mailed to vou. 



Address. GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



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