1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



335 



16 Years 



Best on Earth 



t^ent per mail on receipt 



ot price. 



Circulars and Doz. rates 



sent on application. 



Doctor. 3Hin., Largest Smoker made. . . $1.75 



Conqueror. 3-incli stove 1.50 



Large, 2J4-inch stove 1.00 



Plain Standard, 2-lnch stove 70 



Little Wonder. 1 ii-inch stove 50 



Bingham & Hetherington Honey- Knife. .80 



T.F. BI^GH.\:TI,Abronia, :TIicii. 



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Italian BEES & QUEENS 



Heady in May. Queens. II. Ou. Bees by the 

 Pound, f 1.00. Two-frame Nuclei, with Queen 

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

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



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

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X SAVE 

 •) MONEY 



'U"^l.Ts'^'k%%] ITALIAN QUEENS 



Foundation at Wholesale Prices. HiTes, 

 suited for the South, or SCTPPliIES, send for 

 Prlce-List— to 



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For Sale or Exchange ! 



Lot of Miscellaneous Supplies, some new and 

 some second-hand, illust be disposed of 

 on account of removal. Write for what 

 you want or for list of Goods. Will exchange 

 for team, harness, buggv. or platform wagon, 

 or offers. F. H. KICHARDSOiN, 

 loASt LACLEDE, Linn Co., MO. 



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GOLDEN BEAUTIES 



And 3-Banded Italian-Also 



Silver-Gray Carniolan Queens 

 Reared in separate yards. Italians warranted 

 purely mated, all at same price. Untested, 

 75c. each: 5 or over. 10 per ceut. off. Tested 

 Italian. $1.00. Write for Catalog of Bee- 

 Keepers^ Supplies. 



Vi Di BANKoTUN, Burlison Co..'tEXAS. 

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TAKE NOTICE I 



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 & LYON MFG. CO. 



NEW LONDON, WIS. 

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Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey- Jars. Shipping- Cases, and ev- 

 erything that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 Goods at Root's Prices, and the 

 best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



i'r62MalAve.Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

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Solid Yellow. $1; Yel- 

 low to tip, 75c. ; darker 

 60e. TestedT$l to $2. Breeders. $3. Best, $5. 

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

 Beauty and Gentleness. Ready now. Fully 

 guaranteed. F. C, HOKBOW, ftallacfbarjr, irk. 



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GOLDEN QUEENS 



Will be a Golden Year. 



Bees are booming here. We bare had 30 

 inches of rain— 17 is the average. It is 

 going to be a golden year in Southern Cali- 

 fornia. A. J. Cook. 



Claremont, CaUf., May 8. 



Nuclei from the South. 



Where the inain honey-flow does not be- 

 gin until about July 1, as it does here, it 

 will pay to import one-frame nuclei from 

 the South. The willow, box-elder and dan- 

 delions are just beginning to blossom here 

 now. and there is something for the bees to 

 work on until the white clover comes, 

 which is about June 20, and lucerne about 

 July I ; from then we have a steady honey- 

 flow untU frost— about Sept. 15. In 1S93 I 

 got 10 one-frame nuclei in the spring, that 

 averaged 38 sections each that season. 



I have lost, the past winter, 23 colonies 

 out of 73 that I had last fall, but what are 

 left are in extra good condition. 



Heber, Utah, May 1. J. A. Smith. 



Extracting with Heat — Hive-Covers. 



Here is something new frotn an Ohio bee- 

 keeper: He extracts all his honey by melt- 

 ing It, comb and all. in the oven of the 

 kitchen stove. He then allows it to cool, 

 which, of course, brings the wax to the top 

 in the shape of a crust; and then by simply 

 cutting a hole in the crust he can lay as fine 

 a lot of extracted (or •• evaporated ") honey 

 before bis guests as you ever met with ! 

 Leastwise that's what he says. The wax is. 

 ot course, salable : and he cuts out only the 

 part of comb that is filled with honey; 

 leaving it for the bees to fill out again at 

 their pleasure. 



This is certainly a new idea — melting in 

 an oven — and who dare gainsay it isn't a 

 worthy new thing ! It is less trouble and 

 bother than extracting by machinery; and 

 if, as a noted bee-doctor says, it can be 

 made a reliable method, it is a good thing. 



We are all pretty well aware. I presume, 

 that honey will not stand too much cook- 

 ing; in fact, heat is very liable to spoil 

 both flavor and •■ keeping qualities." Honey 

 is extremely delicate in this respect, and it 

 would seem as though one must keep a 

 pretty close eye upon the temperature of 

 the oven in order to make much of a success 

 of it. What do the American Bee Journal 

 readers think about it, ■• anyhow ?" 



Query — What improvement can you sug- 

 gest that will make our hive-covers water- 

 proof, lasting, and non-crackable ? 



Denver. Colo. Wm. M. Bakxum. 



Handling: Bees, Etc. 



The reason why I prefer to handle my 

 bees myself, is that I think 1 can do it bet- 

 ter to suit me than any one else can, es- 

 pecially those that are not used to the busi- 

 ness. I have handled thousands of colonies, 

 having been in the business to some extent 

 almost all my lifetime so far. (I am about 

 6S years old. ) Besides, 1 sort my hives, it I 

 may so express it, as I put them into the 

 cellar. The medium heavy hives are put 

 by themselves, also the light, and the very 

 heavy ones by themselves. Then 1 know 

 just where to find the light colonies in case 

 I have to feed them while yet in the cellar ; 

 and in that case 1 can draw from the heavy 

 colonies, and supply the weaker ones ; and 

 for other purposes — perhaps some honey to 

 sell, and for various purposes. I feed no 

 liquid sweet to bees in the cellar. 



I commenced putting out my bees April 

 5, it being the first day suitable for bees to 

 fly since some time last December, here in 

 this section (although bees that were out, 

 would come out the uives before, and would 

 die quite a good deal. too). On the 5th. 

 from about 2 p.m. 1 carried out 5S colonies. 

 AU the hives bad bees in them, and were 



Knoll's Combined Press and Fastener. 



A Perfect Machine ; Cheapest made ; Weight 

 only 2>4 pounds. Great TlmeSaver. Write 

 for Free Circular, giving Directions. Prices, 

 etc. J. C. KNOLiIj, Glenwood, Nebr. 



1S~ I own the Nebr, State right tor Alley 

 Drone-Trap. 18A4 



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SUPPLIES 



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LARGE STOCK. LOW PRICES. 

 Catalogue Free. 



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McCALLDM STEEL WHEEL WA60NS 



Hiebest Awards 

 at World'3 Fair. 

 Broadornarrow 

 lires, high or 

 tow wheels to 

 fit any skein. 



Are climate- 

 proof, weit-'h 



less, run li^ihter 

 sell faster. 

 Warranted ' 



for ten jears | 



Wheels 

 or axles 

 _-- _ ^ made 

 Get catalogue of VllV for 



Potato Diggers w,l %M wagon 



cayiJL^in^ * Picker?.' also. ^t^JpL^ makers. 



Liberal Discounts to Agents or first to pnrchase. 



McCallum Steel Wheel Wagon Co., Aurora, ni.,U. S. A. 



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300 Colonies of A i\o. 1 Italian 



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

 Also a Full Line of Apiarian Goods, all new, 

 at living prices. Send tor Catalogue, to— 



E. T. Planag-an, Box 783. Belleville, Ills. 

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8c. a lb. for Brood 

 and ICc. per lb. for Extra Tliin. when Wax is 

 sent to me; and 1 will guarantee that there is 

 no better made. Price-List and Samples free to 

 all. August Weiss, Hortonville, Wis. 

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Latest and Best, ^b 

 Perfectly adapted to 

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Ulnsttatsd Sircslar Fies. 

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HILTOX'S Cliaff Hives. T-Su- 

 pcrs. While Polished Seelions, 

 Foundation, Smokers, and ever- 

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