1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



141 



gHOICE 



L<l:OUR RAINBOW COLLECTION'* 

 ^OF 20 ROSES FOR $ 1. ^i^^^ 



The Roses we send are on tJieir own roots, from 10 to 15 

 inches hich, and will bloom freely this Summer, either in 

 pots or planted in yard. They urt hardy ever bloomers. 

 Plea.'^e examine the below list of 20 choice frORrnnt monthly 

 Roses, and see if you can duplicate tliem anywhere for an 

 amount so small as H'l. The> :irf- nearly Jiil new kinds. \Ve 

 cnnmntee them to rench you in uood condition, and we also 

 GUARANTEE THEM TO BE THE BEST DOLLAR'S WORTH 

 OF ROSES YOU HAVE EVER PURCHASED. Ihe IJst:- 



Cbnmpion of the World, hrit-htest pink, the beet rose ever 

 introduced. Henry M. Stimlfy. ai>ricoi yellow, very fragrant. Pcurl 

 of the <iardeii», deep polden yellow. ItrldcMinaM. rich pink, none 

 better. The Queen, [lure wliite, alwnyp in bloom, thrinthie de .\oue* 

 rich maroon and del iciously sweet. PrhiccBRof Wnit-s. amber yellow. 

 ____^__^.____ deepening to orance. Rhelneold. beautiful shades of saffron and ton. ^-tar 

 li ' ^^Hrth %kPgu^^ttd|Uf of tJold. the queen of all yellow roses. Wnbiin. a trreat rose, in bloom all the 

 jIDW mtlinni ir.I'lJsUV time. Golden 4;nte. creamy white and old pold. Frnnci-cu Krucer. coppery 



* H'Tft fV » "■WAWWBbP yellow and peach. The Bride, the loveliest of all white roses. Queen « 

 Peorlet. richest dark velvety rose. Princess SScatrloe. cnnary yellow, edced 

 bright rose. Etolle de l.yon. richest deep sulphur yellow. Souvenir of 

 Wooton, richest crimson in clusters, t'nltierlnc Mermet, everybody's 

 favorite. Md. Comllle. beautiful salmon and rosy flesh. Md. Cnrollne 

 Te*it«ut, large handsome flowers of glowing pink. 

 Wc will also send our Iron Clad Collection of 14 Hnrdy Ro«eR. all dilferent oolorft. $1. Try a ^Pt. 

 20 4. hrTHjintheinnniA. all prtze winner*. $1. 16 Geranium*, double and •inel''. flowered and acented. *1 

 15 choice Bctfoniuo. different kltidn. *1. 40 pneketn choi.e Flower Seed-, nil dilferent kinds. #1. Our 

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 old ro>te8 for Imm'-dtift'' eff-ct. Liberal premiums to club raisers, or how to pft your seeds and plants free. 

 Wearethe LARGEST ROSE GROWERS IN THE WORLD. Our «ale« of Ko«e Plants alone l«..t -en^oii 

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All GENUINE are Stamped Dates of Patents. 



Bingham Is a Specialist and Bee-Kceper. He 

 makes only his own InveutionM and Im- 

 provenieiits, and keeps to the front on them 

 all. and has for 16 j'ears. Others t'oIloAV. 



This Cut represents a ''Doctor," weigrhing 

 22 ounces, having a .3V^-in Stove, wide shield, 

 wire handle, and bent movable hood — largest 

 Smoker made. It weighs liair-pound less 

 than any other 3!4-ineb Smoker, and will last 

 10 years. Burns anything, and never disap- 

 points you. I make .5 Sizes, all on the same 

 plan, and equally good, but of different capa- 

 cities for fuel. The smallest — Little Wonder, 

 ] ?.i-inch stove— is suitable for Beginners, and 

 as an Extra when more than one Smoker is 

 needed. The Conqueror, 3-lnch stove, and the 

 Large, 2i/^-in. stove, are just like the Doctor except in size. The Plain. 2-inch, and Little Won- 

 der. lJ4-ineh stove, have narrower Shields and smaller handles— in other respects like the Dr.. 

 and Conqueror and Large. I am the inventor of these Tools, and for 16 years they have been 

 a credit to the inventor and a blessing to bee-keepers. The Knives last a lifetime, and. like 

 the Smokers, are absolutely penect- never can be Improved. 



Doctor, .J1.7o: Conqueror, J1.50; Large, Jl.OO: Plain. 70c.; Little Wonder, 50c.; Knife, 80c, 

 Sent per return mail on receipt of price. Descriptive Circulars, 100, dozen, or barrel rates on 

 application. 



T. F. BIVOHAIH, ABROIKIA, MICH. 

 ^Sention tiie American Bee Joumo,l. 



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Will pay 31V4C. Cash for absolutely pure Bees- 

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Thin Flat-Kuttom Foundation 



Has \i} Fisbbooe in the Sarplas Honey. 



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 the quickest of any Foundation made 



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Sole Manufaclurerfl. 

 Sprout Brook Montgomery Co.. N. Y. 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey - Jars, Shipping - Cases, and ev- 

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 GoodH at Koot'8 fricest, and the 



best shippiutr point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey i^nd Beeswax. Oata- 



i°62"r„'a"lAve.Walter S. Pouder 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Jodbnal we mail for 

 only 75 cents; or clubbed wltl" the 

 JouENAL for $1.60. 



Qerjeral Iter^s^ 



Comparative Yields of Honey. 



I must report my experiment as to the 

 comparative yield of comb and extracted 

 honey. On June I, 1894, or before white 

 clover bloomed, I divided my home apiary 

 of 126 colonies in two equal parts— with 

 these results: 03 colonies in S-frame hives, 

 run for comb honey, gave 450 pounds of 

 honey, and 30 swarms increase ; 63 colonies 

 (40 of them in 10-frame hives) gave 3,310 

 pounds of extracted honey and no increase. 



They were all in the same yard, and with 

 equal care and skill. Just think— over 7 

 pounds of extracted to one of comb! I have 

 been producing comb honey for 16 years, 

 but I think no such a difference of yield 

 ever happened before. I shall try the same 

 experiment next season in the same apiary, 

 and hope to find a different result. 



Mauston, Wis. F. Wilcox. 



This "Handel" Handles Bees. 



Seeing some of the boys' letters in the 

 American Bee Journal, I thought I would 

 write. I am just starting in the bee-busi- 

 ness. I have two colonies. We have about 

 100 colonies all stored away in the bee- 

 cellar. I have some old hives, and would 

 like to transfer the bees into frame hives. 

 When would be the proper time to do it ? I 

 got 100 pounds of honey last year, and 125 

 the year before. In 1S93 I hived 50 swarms 

 of bees. Most of the time I fold my sec- 

 tions and make cases in the forepart of the 

 summer. I love to work among the bees, 

 and they hardly ever sting me, unless I 

 pinch them. We had a fine winter here 

 until to-day ; it is now snowing very hard, 

 and most of the places it is over a foot deep. 

 Chakles D. Haxdel. 



Savanna, 111., Jan. 27. 



[Glad to hear from you, Charles. You'll 

 make quite a writer as well as bee-keeper, 

 if you keep on. 



The best time to transfer is when the 

 bees are about to swarm, and are busy at 

 gathering honey. But it can be done any 

 warm afternoon. — Editor.] 



Getting Honey and Pollen. 



I have been looking over my bees the last 

 few days, and 1 find some colonies with five 

 combs of brood ; all have three combs 

 partly filled. Early willow trees are get- 

 ting leaves, and will have tassels in a few 

 days. Bees are getting honey and pollen 

 from swamp maple. H. C. Ahlers, 



New Orleans, La., Feb. (5. 



Essays at Conventions. 



Bro. Abbott does me altogether too much 

 honor to suppose (see page 90) that I could 

 have controlled the program of the North- 

 ern Illinois Horticultural Society, of which 

 I was not a member at the time the pro- 

 gram was built, simply because I lived 

 where it met. And wliy should it seem 

 to him a strange thing that 1 should be a 

 member of. and take part in the delibera- 

 tions of. a society which "had essays ?" To 

 his certain knowledge I've done that same 

 year after year before. True. I've also at- 

 tended some conventions where there were 

 no essays, and they were always counted of 

 the very best character. No one to my 

 knowledge ever found fault because there 

 were no essays at those conventions, but it 

 is not uncommon to hear fault found where 

 essays are permitted. 



A good essay in its place is a good thing. 

 The danger is as to its abuse in a conven- 

 tion. At that same convention of which he 

 speaks in Marengo, there was an essay read 

 that made all ■' feel tired." and the officers 

 would have given something if it had never 

 been on the program. Now j'm not a 



