1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



327 



Forte Books 



YOU SHOULD HAVE 



IN YOUR LIBRARY 



First Lessons 



in 

 Beekeeping 



By C. P. DADANT 



A 175-page beginner's book, 

 well illustrated and cloth 

 bound. 



Price Postpaid $1 



A Thousand 

 Answers to 

 Beekeeping 

 Questions 



By C. C. MILLER 



Supplements other books by 

 answering questions not 

 usually taken up. Cloth 

 bound ; 290 pages. 



Price Postpaid $1.25 



Practical 

 Queen-Rearing 



By FRANK C. PELLETT 



Gives all the modern queen- 

 rearing methods, simply. 

 A good book for both the 

 scientific queen - breeder 

 and the amateur. Cloth 

 bound; 110 pages; illus- 

 trated. 



Price Postpaid $1 



Langstroth 



on the 

 Honey Bee 



Revised by 



C. P. DADANT 



"The Classic in Bee Culture" 



A full treatise on beekeeping. 

 Cloth ; 575 pages. 



Price Postpaid $1.50 



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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



HAMILTON, ILLINOIS 



! WINTER PROBLEM SOLVED 



BY 



THE HIVE WITH AN INNER OVERCOAT 



I ! 



The Inner Overcoats did it ££*,?: iSSTi^ffuSySS 



colonies, near Grand Rapids, Mich. Seven of these swarms were in Protec- 

 tion Hives with the Inner Overcoats, all of which came through in perfect 

 condition and without loss. Thirty of the swarms were in the hives without 

 the Inner Overcoats and they suffered a loss of some 40% to 50%. This 

 was a severe test, as the temperature went as low as 20 degrees below zero, 

 for many weeks. The value of the bees that were lost, had they been saved, 

 would have more than paid for new hives for the entire lot. 



Have you ever stopped to think what it would be worth to you to insure 

 your bees against winter losses? The life of a Protection Hive will be at 

 least 25 years. Now figure what the cost will be per year, spread over its 

 life time. You cannot afford to buy anything else. You need a certain 

 amount of protection from cool weather during Spring and Fall. Get away 

 from the winter packing-case nuisance, with all its expense, extra labor and 

 inconvenience. With Protection Hives you have a neat, compact and efficient 

 equipment. 



Protection Hives are made of % material in the outer wall and will last a 

 life time, as they are not permanently packed. The packing in a permanently 

 packed hive, in a comparatively short time, will absorb moisture, be- 

 come matted down and not occupy more than two-thirds of the space, and 

 will rot out the hive and otherwise get in bad order. When preparing Pro- 

 tection Hives for winter, a piece of burlap is placed over the top of the 

 frames and then two bottomless corrugated paper boxes, Inner Overcoats, 

 are telescoped down over the brood nest, in between the outer and inner 

 hive walls. This provides the burlap with two thicknesses of the corrugated 

 board on the sides and four thicknesses over the top as insulators. They 

 are removed in the Spring, and it takes not over two minutes to insulate a 

 hive for Winter or remove it in the Spring by this method. There are many 

 dead air space compartments in this paper and between it. 



Send for a special circular showing 10 large illustrations. It has been neces- 

 sary to advance prices, but for the next 60 days we will sell from one to five 

 sample complete hives in a place at $5 each. 



TIN HONEY PACKAGES 



2 lb. Friction Top Cans 

 2 lb. Friction Top Cans 

 2$4-lb. Friction-Top Cans 

 8J4-lb. Friction Top Cans 



10 



n cases of 24. 5 



n crates of 612. 5 



n cases of 24. 5 



n crates of 450. 10 



lb. Friction Top Pails 



lb. Friction Top Pails i 

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 in crates of 113. 



i cases of 12. 

 i crates of 100. 

 i crates of 203. 

 i cases of 6. 



Write for prices on Friction Top Cans and Pails and 60-pound Cans, giving 

 quantity wanted. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



