1895. 



THE AMERICAN. BEE JOURNAL. 



783 



Largest Factory tife West «- °^p&S?^»'^^ 



READ THIS — Mr. Keves savs: The 100 rounds of Extra-Thin Foundation you sent us is 

 superior tn anythinfr he erer siiw; and I think the same. K. L. Tuckek, Wewahitchka, Fla. 



Dear t^irs:— The Sections came duly to hand. Indeed, they are very nice. Yes, sir; they 

 are as L'.inrt as Die liest. Cuarles H. Thies, SteeleviUe. Illinois. 



Leahy MIfr. Co.: — I have received the bill of g-oods. I must say they are the choicest lot of 

 Hive-StulV 1 have ever received from any p'ace. 1 admire the sm(*othuess of your work, and 

 your close selection of lumber. Yours very truly. O. K. Oi.mste.4D, Orleans, Nehr. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections arrived in due time, and arc all 0. K. so far as examined. They 

 are simply perfection. 1 can't see how you can lurnish such goods at such low prices. I hope 

 you may live lontr and do well. Yours respectfully, Z. S. We.wek. Courtney, Tex. 



Gents:— 1 received the " Higginsville Smoker " all O. K, It's a dandy; please find enclosed 

 stamps for another. Yours truly. Otto Kndehs. Oswegathe, N. Y, 



Gentlemen:— 1 have boug-ht Supplies from nearly all the large manufacturers by the car- 

 load, and I mu.st say yours are as good as the best. Indeed, in many lines they are the best. 

 It is a pleasure to handle them, E. T, FLAN.iOAN, Belleville, Illinois. 



The above unsolicited testimonials are a fair sample of hundreds we receive. 



Our prices are reasonable and the " Hig^insville Goods " are the best. 



^SS~ We are now manufacturing for each of the following parties a Carload of Supplies: 

 E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, IMuois : Charles H, Thies, Steeleville, Illinois ; J. W, House & Co., 

 Mexico, Mo,; Henry Miller, Topeka, Kans, ; Fulton & Gregg, Garden City, Kans, 



It you need a Carload of Supplies, or only a Bee Smoker, write to us. Remember, we are 

 here to serve you, and will, if you give us a chance. .* Bcaiitil'iil Caialoixiie Free. 



Address. LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HIGGINSVILLE, MO. 



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ApDreci.atlng the advantages for procuring Basswood I. umber, and the splendid Shipping 

 facilities of MarshQeld, we have established a Factory for the manufacture of 



THE ONE-PIECE SECTION. 



We have all new and up-to-date Machinery for the manufacture of the " One-Piece Sec- 

 tion," Have a Saw-Mill in connection with our Factory, enabling us to get the finest ma- 

 terisl to be had, for " One-Piece Sections." 



^^ Write for Price- List, and also for prices on Sections in any quantity yoa may want. 



THE) MaRSHFlE'I^Bi MFG. C^©'., 



Dec, Ist, 1S95, MAKSHFIEbD. Wood Co., 



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WIS. 



YOUR BEESWAX ! 



UNTII^ FlIKTHEIt NOTICE, we will 

 allow 30 cents per pound for Good Yel- 

 low Beeswax, delivered at our otfice — in ex- 

 change for Subscription to the Bee JonRNAL., 

 lor Bo- 'lis, or anything that we otfer for sale 

 in the Bee Journal, Or, 26 cts. casli. 



GEORGE W. ^ORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



Wbolesale aud Ketall. 



Quality always the best. Price always lowest. 

 Workina: 'n'ax iuto Foundation by the 

 lb. a Speciall} . I can make it an object for 

 you in any quantity, but offer special induce- 

 ments on straight 'Jo or 50 lb. lots. Or for 

 making large lot of Wax into Foundation. I 

 am furnishing large uealers, and can also 

 please you. BeeNwax taken at all limes. 

 Write lor Samples aud Prices, to 



GllS DITTHIEK, AUGUSTA, WIS, 

 Keference— Augusta Bank, 16Att 



ATTENTION, BEE-KEEPERS ! 



We are IVow Ready to Reecive 



Sliipmeiits of HONEY, bolli Comb k Extracted 



and BEESWAX 



For the Season of 189b-96, We have made preparations to store Comb Honey 

 in Any Quantity, This is our Fifth Year a« a 



HONEY COMMISSION HOUSE. 



i- received 8113 Shipments last year. We kindly solicit the business of our 

 friends of former years, and a Trial Shipment of all 

 Bee-Keepers in the Country. 



J. A. LAMON, 43 South Water Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



44A10t Uenlion the American Be^Jowmal- 



Qej;)eral Uerrjs* 



Good Yield of Honey. 



1 had 70 colonies of bees, spring count, 

 and extracted 1,4110 pounds of honey from 

 them this season, or '300 pounds per colony. 

 M. H. M.^RTi.v. 



Vallevista, Calif., Nov, 19, 



Little Swarming — A Partial Crop, 



I have at present 206 colonies of bees in 

 four apiaries. I did not try to increase any 

 this year. They swarmed but little. I 

 worked altogether tor extracted honey. It 

 was what I call a poor season ; I got. how- 

 ever, about 7,000 of honey, and left plenty 

 of honey in the hives for wintering. 



A. C. Atex. 

 Round Rock, Tex., Nov, 19. 



Honey from Lindens and Sweet Clover 



The white clover yielded nothing here 

 this year. A few lindens and sweet clover 

 gave a surplus to the stronger colonies — 

 about :10 pounds, and the same amount was 

 stored again in September from asters and 

 golden-rod. I began last spring with 97 

 colonies, and had 6 swarms, 



Niels N. Allisg. 



Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct, 26, 



Results of the Past Season. 



I started in last spring with 13 colonies, 

 increased to 30, and got 300 pounds of comb 

 honey. I introduced three queens, and lost 

 one of them. The bees are all in good con- 

 dition for winter. I have the Langstroth 

 S-frame hives, and like them. Bees swarmed 

 a good deal in this part of the country this 

 year. Our big honey-flow was from poplar 

 this year. Comb honey, white, sells here 

 at 10 cents per pound ; extracted at 8 cents. 



The Bee Journal is a good friend to all 

 who keep bees. M. W. Gakdxeb. 



Bankston, Ala., Nov. 17. 



Bees Eating in Winter Quarters. 



I see that on page 718 I am offered a good 

 premium by Mr. Heise — a pigtail— if I can 

 make my idea work in actual practice as 

 it looks in print. He asks me how I train 

 my bees to keep from eating when they 

 can't fly out. It is not my training, still I 

 will hold the fact as before stated, and to 

 convince him that I know whereof I speak, 

 I will say, take one of your best and strong- 

 est colonies, and when winter sets in in 

 earnest, and bees cannot fly out, weigh that 

 colony, then treat me rightly and impar- 

 tially and be sure to weigh them again, 

 when you see a change for warm weather, 

 before they fly out. Let that be a month, 

 or three months, and with the same scales. 

 Then cut that pigtail off just back of the 

 ears, and send it to me, for if I am not mis- 

 taken you will flnd it not my training, bat 

 Nature's, as I have stated. 



Mr. Heise, let me ask you what they do 

 with so much food as you speak of. while 

 in confinement. Do they eat to the amount 

 of 20 to 30 pounds of honey to the colony 

 during the winter, and absorb all of it, or 

 what goes with it ? Bees are clean, and I 

 tell you when a spell of the so-called diar- 

 rhea gets them, they are sure to get out of 

 their hives. If you will notice on the snow, 

 any day when your bees have a flight, and 

 there is snow on the ground, you will surely 

 be convinced of what I say in regard to this 

 diarrhea. Or let your wife do as my wife 

 did two years ago— hang out a big washing 

 near the bees that harl not been out for a 

 longtime. She surely had her clothes all 

 to wash the second time— they were spotted 

 all over. 



Now. Mr. Heise, I don't claim to know 

 everything about the honey-bee. although 

 my experience is self-experience. I stand 

 open to conviction, and am thankful for the 

 same. As I have said, 1 have handled bees 



