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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 10, 



Largest Factory in the West. Good suSue^^rndYowprLs-our Motto. 



We are here to serve you, and will, if you give us a chance. CatalosUH Frfp, Address, 

 Mention this Journal. LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HiGGINSVILLE, MO. 



Here's Toiir Cliwe hi W Some of tlie 



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—Given to Our Present Subscribers— 



For Getting New Subscribers 



TD THE "AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL" 



Just Read This Advt. 'Twill Help You and Us. 



We have published another New Edition of our paper-bound Premium Book— 



''BEES AND HONEY" 



(By Newman), containing 100 pages, and over 130 illustrations. We expect to 

 give away the whole edition, and want you to help us scatter them, by getting New 

 Subscribers to the " Bee Journal." We will give a copy of the book free to the 

 New Subscriber who sends us $1.00 for the "Bee Journal " from Jan. 1, 1895, to 

 Jan. 1, 1896. 



Now if i/OM will get the one new name and his or her 51.00, and send it to us 

 we will also mail you your choice of one of the following list for your Premium : 



Bees and Honey (paper cover)— by Newman. 

 Poultry for Market— by Fannie Field. 

 Turkeys for Market- 

 Capons and Caponizlng— " 

 Foul Brood Treatment-by Cheshire. 

 12 copies Honey as food and Medicine. 

 Amateur Bee-Keeper— Ijy House. 

 Convention Hand- Book. 



If you will send us Two New Subscribers at the rate given above ($1.00 

 each), we will send you your choice of one of the following list, as your premium 

 and also mail to each of the two new names a copy of the 160-page bee-book : 



Green's How to Propag:abe and Grow Fruit 

 How We Made the Old Farm Pay. 



" Garden and Orchard. 



" Si.x books on Fruit Culture. 

 Poul Brood— by lir. Howard. 

 Bee-Keepin;} for Proflt— by Tinker. 

 Uopp'B Commercial Calculator No. 1, 



Doolittle's -ScientiflcQueen-Kearing ' (paper) 

 Dr Miller's " i'ear Among the Bees." 

 Hutchinson's " Advunced Bee-Culture. 

 Pierce's "Wintering Problem." 

 Binder for " Bee .Tournal." 



Dzlerzon's " Rational Bee-Keeping " (paper) 



Alley's '• :!0 Years Among the Bees." 



" People's Atlas of the World." 



Ropp's "Commercial Calculator" No. 2. 



30 copies " Honey as Food and Medicine.' 



Now start out at once and see what you can do. You should be able to get 

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 Sample Copies of the "Bee Journal " mailed free. 



GEORG-E W. YORK & CO. 



56 Firtli Avenue, 



CHICAGO, \\A.S. 



Tlie Kind of Hives, Frames, Bees, Etc. 



I have 76 colonies in winter quarters 

 — 72 in the cellar and 4 on the summer 

 stands, in double-walled hives with saw- 

 dust packing on top. Thev are all in 

 good condition, with plenty of winter 

 stores. 



Bees did fairly well last season, and 

 the honey was No. 1. I am in a good 

 locality, close to a river, with white clo- 

 ver on the flats and basswood growing 

 along the banks. I have been in the 

 business since 1885, and have been very 

 successful. 



I make ray own hives, and all the sup- 

 plies that 1 require. I use a shallow 

 hive with loose-hanging frames, 13%x 

 IOJ.2 inches outside measurement, and I 

 would not e.xchange for any other that I 

 have ever seen. The first hives that I 

 made held 10 frames, with a super hold- 

 ing 10 frames also, making a 20-frame 

 hive, and I thought that I had just Qxe 

 hive, but after using it awhile I came to 

 the conclusion that they were too small, 

 so I increased the size to 24 frames, and 

 I think that I have struck it right this 

 time. The super, when fairly tilled, will, 

 hold from 50 to 55 pounds. With a 

 strong colony of bees (such as I have in 

 those hives), and the honey-flow good, 

 say, don't they roll the honey in though ! 

 and they take it right upstairs, too, 

 where it is handy to get ; and in a good 

 season they will fill the super twice, and 

 a number of them three times. If the 

 super is full, and not ready to extract, I 

 raise it up and place another one under- 

 neath it, having empty combs. By that 

 means they don't lose any time. Keep 

 them at work if you want them to pay. 



My bees are Italians and hybrids. I 

 think I can hear some of those high- 

 toned bee-keepers say, " He should have 

 the five-banded or Golden Italians, to 

 get the best results." But I don't care 

 whether they are five-banded or three- 

 banded, or no bands at all ; if the good 

 qualities are there, I am satisfied. If I 

 have a colony that does not come up to 

 the standard, I take the head off "her 

 majesty," and place another sovereign 

 in her domain. 



I don't want to leave anybody under 

 the impression that I am not a lover of 

 beautiful things, because I am a lover of 

 all that is beautiful. I like to see the 

 bright, yellow bee, but I think that the 

 leather-colored Italians, or hybrids, will 

 stand our Northern climate the best ; 

 and as for honey-gatherers, I think they 

 can compete with any other breed. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much, and would not like to do without 

 it. I think every bee-keeper should 

 take it, as it contains a great many use- 

 ful hints. Wm. Sherington. 



Glenallan, Ont., Dec. 11. 



Bee-Keeping' in North Dakota. 



As it seems to be the custom now to 

 tell one's experience, we will tell ours. 

 (I say we, because there are two of us). 



Last fall we put into the cellar four 

 colonies, and in April last took out three 

 living and one dead — two fairly strong 

 and one very weak. On May 19 we re- 

 ceived five colonies from our old-time 

 neighbor, Mr. C. Theilmann, all in fine 

 condition. They cost $8.00 apiece, the 



