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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug-. 3, 1899. 



Page h 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. Kearness 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. 



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BeeSmokor 



Bingham & IJetherint;- 



ton UncappinK- 



Knile. 



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Biiigliaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



>13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



9.00; " l.io 



6.50; " 1.00 



5.(K:); " .90 



4.75; " .70 



4.5M: " .6f) 



e.iHl; " .80 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made) 4-in. stove. Doz. i 



Doctor 3H in. stove. Doz. 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 



J.arue 2!-j-in. stove. Doz. 



Plain '2-in. stove. Doz. 



Little Wonder (weiuht 10 ounces) ... 2-in. stove. Doz. 

 Honey-Knife Doz. 



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

 or Knife, look up its record and pedigree. 



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



Dear Sir:— Have used the ('unqueror I'y yenrs. I was always pleased with its 

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

 lar. 1 do not think tlie 4inch Smoke Kngine too large. 



January -21, 1x97. Truly, W. H. Eagerty, Cuba, Kansas. 



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Carloads 

 of Bee- 

 Hives 



Sections, 

 Shipping-Cases. 

 Comb Foundation 



and EVERYTHiNf^. used in the bee-industry. We want the uameaud 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 flour space, and all modern appliances. We make prompt shipment. Write 

 for Catalog-s, Ouoiations, etc. INTER=STATE MFG. CO., Hudson, St. Croix Co.. Wis. 



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OUR MOTTO : WELL MANUFACTURED STOCK-QUICK SHIPMENTS7 



sections. SHiDDino-Gases and 



B66-K66D6rS' SUPPllBS 



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



The BASSWOOD in this part of Wisconsin is acknowledged 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 the Bee Journal w hen wiitiu'/. 



MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN. 



BEE-SUPPLIES! 



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

 one carload a day: and carry the largrest stock and great- 

 est variety of everything' ueeded in the apiary, assuring 

 BEST goods at the lowest prices, and prompt shipment. 

 Illustrated CataJogr, 71? pai»-es» Kree. 



We also manufacture Tanks of either wood or galvanized 

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



Address, 



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E. KRETCHMER, RED OAK, iOWA. 



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windy until May 22. Bees became very 

 weak, and a great many died tbat did not 

 have proper attention. 



The mesquite was almost an entire fail- 

 ure for the first time in 10 years. The cause 

 of its failure was the cold spring. Also the 

 alfalfa w-as a failure until now. and bees 

 are storing some honey from it. The sun- 

 flower is good, and another yellow flower 

 that is good will last until November. Its 

 name I do not know; I call it the "Alkali 

 honey-plant." 



B. Palam had r.'4 colonies, spring count, 

 has had only 15 swarms, and has taken only 

 672 pounds of section honey up to date. He 

 runs his bees in two apiaries about seven 

 miles apart. Other apiaries have done 

 about the same as Mr. Palam's. 



I happened in a store in our little village 

 a few days ago. and saw a super of honey 

 on the counter. I lookt in it. and to my 

 surprise it was tilled with '• . depth Lang- 

 stroth frames of nice white honey, but was 

 broken in a few places, and the honey was 

 running out. It had no cover on it except 

 a newspaper. It was covered with flies. 

 The merchant said. ' Idon't want any more 

 honey; it is running over everything, and 

 is only good to draw flies.'' Idon't know 

 what a man wants to put honey on the 

 market for in that shape, except to disgust 

 the merchant and ruin the price of a good 

 article. W. D. Jefferson. 



Graham Co., Ariz., July 13. 



Clover Almost Neetarless. 



Basswood was slighted by bees, and there 

 was not much honey in white clover this 

 year. Last year I wanted surplus honey 

 and no swarms; I got honey -dew but no 

 swarms. This year I wanted surplus and 

 swarms; only about half of my colonies 

 swarmed, and I will get hardly any honey 

 from the swarms this year, but about all 

 my surplus will he from colonies that 

 swarmed and those that did not; something 

 unusual for me. I am shipping my honey 

 this year, and prices are good — 20 cents per 

 pound. * 



I think honey-dew killed the bees last 

 winter. I lost about '4 of mine. 



Richland Co., O., July 24. S. Poland. 



Very Short Honey Season. 



I have taken 3.000 pounds of fine, white 

 clover honey. The honey season is very 

 short. Clover is still in bloom, but no honey 

 since July 10. There was clover enough to 

 give 100 pounds per colony, but it did not 

 ■• give down " till late. Jno. C. 8tew.4rt. 



Nodaway Co.. Mo . July "24. 



Hardly Any Honey. 



We are in the midst of barley harvest, 

 but ^^ of it was killed by last week's rains, 

 and hot sun at midday. Most of it will do 

 only for feed. I have about loo acres of it. 

 Wheat and oats are all right as yet. and 

 will be ripe in about a week. There is 

 hardly any honey. C. Theilm.inn. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., July '24, 



Brood Died as it Hatcht. 



My apiaries did well until after heavy 

 rains in June, then all the brood as hatcht 

 died with something like paralysis within 

 '24 hours. Being a - tenderfoot " in Texas, 

 it was a new thing in my experience, but 

 on inquiry I found it the same with others. 

 Some said sour pollen caused it; others, 

 poisoned honey, etc. 



After close examination I found mine had 

 no pollen, so I went to feeding rye-flour and 

 oat-meal, dampened in straight sun-ex- 

 tracted honey. They had quit capping, and 

 the brood was dying in the comb. They 

 have now quit dying, are capping brood, 

 and going ahead, but I suffered severely 

 from loss, as there is no hive force to assist 

 the field-force, and a small white-brush flow 

 on, still they bring no pollen to amount to 

 anything. This is no farming country, but 

 the bees have three acres of corn and cane 



