1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



319 



1 6 Years 



Best on Earth 



. .Sent per mail on receipt 

 I of price. 



3 



, S Circulars and Doz. rates 

 ■"I sent on application. 



Doctor. 3H in., Largest Smoker made. . . $1.75 



Ctonqueror. 3inch stove 1.50 



Large, 2>/4-inch stove 1.00 



Plain Standard, 2-inch stove TO 



Little Wonder. l?i-inch stove 50 



BIngbam & Iletherington Honey-Knife. .80 



T.F. BIIWGHAi»,Abronia, Midi. 



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BEES & QUEENS 



Ready iu May. Queens. $1.00. Bees by the 

 Pound, $1.00. Two-frame Nuclei, with Qneen 

 J2 50. One-frame. $2.00. Also, Barred P. 

 R. Eggs, for setting, $1.00 per 15. 



Mrs. A. A. SIMPSON, Box 48, Swarts, Fa. 



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 MONEY 



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"^^l^^^^^am, ITALIAN QUEENS 



Foundation at Wholesale Prices. llive»«, 

 suited for the South, or SIJPPL.IES, send for 

 Price-List— to 



J. P. H. BROW.\, ^uousTA, 



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For Sale or Exchange ! 



Lot of Miscellaneous Supplies, some new and 

 some second-hand. Must be disposed of 

 on account of removal. Write for what 

 you want or for list of Goods. Will exchange 

 forteacD. harness, buggy, or platform wagon, 

 or offers. F. H. KICHARD.<«ON, 

 15A8t LACLEDE, Linn Co., MO. 



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GOLDEN BEAUTIES 



And 3-Banded Italian-Also 



Silver-Gray Carniolan Queens 

 Keared in separate yards. Italians warranted 

 purely mated, all at same price. Untested, 

 75c. each; 5 or over. 10 per cent. off. Tested 

 Italian. $1.00. Write for Catalog of Bee- 

 Keeper*' Supplies. 



Vi Di DANKoIUN, BurlisoQ Co.. TEXAS. 



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TAKE NOTICE! 



BEFORE placing your orders for SUP- 

 PLIES, write for prices on 1-Piece Bass 

 wood Sections, Bee-Hives. Shipping -Crates 

 Frames, Foundation, Smokers, etc. 



PAGE & I,YOI« MFG. CO. 



NEW LONDON, WIS. 

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Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey- Jars, Shipping- Cases, and ev- 

 I erything that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 1 Goods at Root's Prices, and the 



I best shipping jtoint in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



iiTrMalAve.WalterS. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 

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GOLDEN QUEENS !^?oT^;?^.fJiS 



60e. Tested. $1 to $2. Breeders. $3. Best, $5. 

 Samples of Bees, 2c. None better for Honey, 

 Beauty and Gentleness. Ready now. Fully 

 guaranteed. F. C. MORBOW, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



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Qerjeral Mcrr)s. 



At Last, Good Prospects. 



There is at last, after four years of almost 

 an entire failure, a good prospect for the 

 bee-keeper. Among those who keep bees 

 in the old style, which compose the large 

 majority in this part of north Missouri, the 

 last winter about completed the destruction 

 which had been gradually going on for 

 three years. I did fairly well last year, 

 getting 400 pounds of nice clover and bass- 

 wood honey from four colonies. 



I have been a reader of the American Bee 

 Journal for seven or eight years, and fre- 

 quently find in one number information 

 that pays for one year's subscription. 



J. T. Allen, M. D. 



Gallatin, Mo., May 2. 



Not a Honey-Tree. 



I enclose specimen from a tree near my 

 house which I would like to know the name 

 of, as it is now in full blossom (April 20), 

 such as I send you, and the bees are just 

 swarming over it. The seed from which 

 the tree was grown came from Pennsylva- 

 nia. Do you think the bees are getting any 

 honey from it ? 



My bees are doing splendidly ; I lost only 

 one colony out of )SU this spring. They were 

 on the summer stands all winter. 



W. H. Hopewell. 



Stephens City, Va. 



[I mailed the specimen to Prof. Cook, 

 who kindly reports as follows: — Editor.] 



A mere sprig with no leaves, and only 

 staminate blossoms; from these no honey, 

 only pollen, could come. It is too small a 

 specimen. — A. J. Cook. 



Death of Mr. J. B. Black. 



We have to chronicle the sad news of the 

 death of another professional apiarist — J. 

 B. Black, of Pattonsburg, Mo. The cause 

 of his death was pneumonia. He began to 

 make bees a study about seven years ago, 

 and gradually made it his profession from 

 pure love of the busy insects. Although a 

 middle-aged man when he became deeply 

 interested in the study of bees, he carefully 

 posted himself on all the important details 

 of apiary management, and was " up " with 

 modern methods of keeping and improving 

 an apiary. He delighted in scientific dis- 

 cussion of our most difficult problems. He 

 was remarkably successful in cellar-winter- 

 ing, always coming out in the spring with 

 trifling loss. His apiary, of some TO colo- 

 nies, came through the past winter with 

 only two lost, although the past summer 

 was fearfully dry. Wm. Black will take 

 charge of the apiary. It will be long before 

 we cease to miss his genial father. He died 

 a triumphant Christian. G. F. F. 



Moving Bees Successfully. 



Feeling indebted to the many contributors 

 of the Bee Journal for valuable suggestions, 

 prompts me to offer a bit of experience in 

 regard to moving bees successfully, that is. 

 to prevent suffocation in the hive when 

 placed upon a wagon and hauled for a con- 

 siderable distance. 



It seems to be a prevailing opinion that 

 the hive must be closed so as to prevent the 

 bees from escaping, and acting upon this 

 principle caused me to lose several valuable 

 colonies. I noticed, liowever, that if there 

 was a smoker on tlie wagon, and placed on 

 the front end so that the smoke would flow 

 back over the hives, that even though there 

 was a hole where the bees could escape, 

 they would not leave the hive, not only at 

 night, but also on a bright sunshiny day. 

 Acting upon this, 1 decided that it was not 

 necessary to confine them to the hive at all, 

 and further experiment taught that the 

 principle was a correct one. 



My method of moving bees now is as fol- 



Knoll's Combined Press and Fastener^ 



A Perfect Machine ; Cheapest ma'le : Weigljt 

 only 2% pounds. Great Time Saver. Write 

 for Free Circular, giving Directions. Prices, 

 etc. J. C. KNUL.L., Uleuwood, Nebr. 



^T" I own the Nebr. State right for Allejr 

 Drone-Trap. 18A4 



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 Catalogue Free. 



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McCALLUM STEEL WHEEL WAGONS 



Hieheet Awards 

 at World's Fair. 

 Broad ornarrow 

 fires, high or 

 low wheels to 

 fit any skein. 



Are cliniiite- 

 proof, weigh 



less, run lit;hter 

 sell faster. 

 AVarranted 1 



for ten years | 



Wheelfe 

 or axlee 

 made 

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Potato Di.(;eere wj ■*' wagon 

 encAGo lnT;:cF & Pickers,' also, ^^jgl^ makers. 

 Liberal Discounts to Aeents or first to purchase. 

 McCallum Steel Wheel Wagon Co., Aurora, XlL.tJ. S. A. 



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300 



m of A IVo. 1 Italian 



Bees in 8-fr. Dovetailed Hives, for sale CHEAP. 

 Also a Full Line of Apiarian Goods, all nc«r» 

 at livingr prices. Send for Catalojrue. to- 

 ll. T. Flanagan, Box 78.3, BelleTille, Els. 

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and I'Jc. per lli. tor E.\traThin. when Wax is 

 sent to me; and 1 will guar.tntee that there is 

 no better made. Piice-List and Samples free to 

 all. Angubt Weiss, Hortonville, Wis. 

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 pers, Wliilc Polished Sections, 

 Foiiiiclalioii, Sinokers, and ever- 

 ytiiiiig needed in tlie Apiary. 



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GEO. E.HILTON, FREMONT, MICH. 



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Full Description, nicely illustrated, sent free. 

 Alsoour PiucK-LisTof Beautiful Vellow— 

 Banded Beef* and Queeus. If Queens do 

 not give satisfaction, no charge will be made. 

 Our Queen-ltearing experience cevers 35 yrs. 

 Our strains of Golden- Yellow Bees unsur- 

 passed. HENKV AL,I.E:Y, 

 19Atf WENHAM, MASS. 



