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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Auff. 24, 1899. 



Basswood Extracted Honey For Sale ! 



IN 60-POUND CANS. 



We are prepared to furnish the best new Basswood Ex- 

 tracted Honey, in 60-pound tin cans, at these prices : Sam- 

 ple for 8 cents, to cover package and postage ; one 60-pound 

 can, at 8'i cents a pound; two cans or more, 8 cents a 

 pound — CASH WITH OKDEK. Address. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



OUR MOTTO ; WELL MANUFACTURED STOCK-QUICK SHIPMENTS. 



Sections. SHiDDlifGases and 

 B66-K66Ders' Soppiies 



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 J<iurnal when writln<r. 



MARSHFIELD. WISCONSIN. 



•6«%oi?€?%«e 





Bingham & Hethering- 



ton Uncapping- 



Knife. 



■I=>I^IOH3S OF- 



Blngliaiii Perfect Bee-Smokers 



A-^TID H03>TE3Y-IC3Sri"VES. 



Smoke Engine (largest smoker made) 4-m. Btove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor 3H in. stove. Doz. 9.00; " l.lo 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Dt^tz. 6.50; " l.OO 



Ijarae 2M-in. stove. Doz. 5.00; " .90 



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



Little Wonder (weight 10 ounces) ... 2-in. stove. Doz. 4.50; " .60 



Honey-Knife Doz. 6.00? " .80 



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

 or Knife, looli up us record and pedigree. 



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



Dear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror 1.) years. 1 was always pleased with its 

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

 lar. I do not think the 4-inch Smuke Engine too large. 



January 27, 1897. Truly, W. H. EAGERTY, Cuba. Kansas. 



T. F. BINOHAin, Farwell, nioblgan. 



Carloads 

 of Bee- 

 Bives 



Sections, 



Shipping^'Cases, 



Comb Foundation ___ 



and EVERYTHING usud in the bee-industry. We want the name aiul atldress of every bee-keeper 

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

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

 for Catalog^s, Quotations, etc. INTEREST ATE MFO. CO., Hudson, St. Croix Co.. Wis. 



Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writiug. 



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 "D__ L^— .^— .— .j^^' Q^..^^l^r^ 

 price for the manufacture of t5CC^]S.CCpCtS OUppllCS***, 



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 pattern.^, 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. 



Don't fail id iiieiiti(»ii llie Bee Journal when writing advcrliscrs. 



times two or three. 1 then start out to 

 hunt, leaving the bait where it is. 



If I fail to find the tree, I try another line 

 it I have more than one. If I should fail 

 on that. I would then go to the bait, take 

 away the outside section, and open the 

 boxes. By this time they will be working 

 strong enough to enter the boxes. After 

 quite a number of bees have settled in the 

 boxes, I close them and move up a short 

 distance directly on one of the lines. Then I 

 open the boxes. In this way I get rid of 

 the bees belonging to the other lines, and 

 strengthen the line I am following. I sel- 

 dom fail in finding them in this way. 



A few points to be remembered : Use 

 nothing but new, light honey for bait; 

 catch plenty of bees, and give them plenty 

 of time to return and locate. By this 

 method, and by hunting their watering- 

 places, I usually find a number every sea- 

 son. John Piddington. 



Southern Wisconsin. 



Drouth Lessens Honey Crop. 



We are thru with our spring and summer 

 crop of honey, having a very good yield 

 from white clover, hut we had a cool, rainy 

 spell when the clover was at its best, which, 

 coupled with the drouth that followed soon 

 after, made us lose, I think, fully half of 

 our honey crop; however, I am not grumb- 

 ling, as there is a good prospect for a fall 

 crop from aster. The drouth is broken now, 

 as we had a light shower this morning, 

 which with others we had about a week ago 

 have brought the aster and other plants out 

 wonderfully. 



Mr. Peter Brickey. probably the oldest 

 bee keeper in this county, was laid to rest 

 July 20. Mr. Brickey had been an active 

 bee-keeper in his time. 



J. Wiley Moustjot. 



Anderson Co., Ky.. July 30. 



Feels Much Encouraged. 



I have been keeping bees five years, and 

 this is the first time my hives have been 

 filled. I have 22 good colonies, and will 

 probably take off 1,200 pounds — some comb 

 honey, but mostly extracted. I feel very 

 much encouraged. I like the business, and 

 I shall give more of my time to it. 



E, B. Lan.odos. 



Douglas Co,, Minn., Aug. 8. 



Still a Little Foul Brood. 



There are a great many in this county- 

 keeping bees who are not at all informed, 

 who should take a bee-paper and read up. 



This is my first year as inspector, and I 

 of course have a good deal to learn, I find 

 the bees in this couuty are in quite good 

 condition, considering the cold and back- 

 ward spring we had. We have a little foul 

 brood, confined to "iw tini of the valley, but 

 hope soon to have it stampt out. We are 

 using radical measures, hoping the sooner 

 to get rid of it. We burn it— bees, hive and 

 honey. 



Owing to the cold, late spring there is 

 quite a good deal of chilled brood, as we 

 had it below the freezing point after the 

 bees had started brood-rearing. 



Our comb honey here is fit for a king — 

 the finest in the country — and should bring 

 more than the present price (9 cents.) 



J. C. Carnahas, 



Mesa Co.. Colo.. Aug. 6. 



Bees Working on Melon Bloom. 



[The following is a reply to Mr. Grant 

 De Larm, of Platte Co.. Nebr.. written by 

 Hon. G. W. Swink, of Colorado, who has 

 had extensive experience with bees and 

 melon-growing: — Editok,] 



I don't think your bees would store mucb 

 honey from the melon blossoms. We don't 

 consider the yield of honey very much from, 

 melon bloom, but they get a good deal of 

 pollen from it. Your bees will store a good 

 deal of honey from a No. 1 sweet water- 



