. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Price of Queens from Imported Mothers: Tested. 1-$ Un" .1— .75 — ..I,— Tested. 12— ted. it he G. F. DAVIDSON & SONS. Establisht 1885. Faikview, Wilson Co., Tex. 12Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. Bee^Keepers' Supplies. Just received a coosifrument of the fiaest up- o-date HIVES and SECTIONS we've had. They are 2d to noae. Complete line of Bee-Keepers* Supplies on hand, l-ees and Queens. Catalog free. THE A. I. ROOT CO., H. 0. ACKLIN, Hanager. 1024 Miss. Street, St. Paul, Minn. 14Atf Plea^^e mention the Bee Journa


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Price of Queens from Imported Mothers: Tested. 1-$ Un" .1— .75 — ..I,— Tested. 12— ted. it he G. F. DAVIDSON & SONS. Establisht 1885. Faikview, Wilson Co., Tex. 12Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. Bee^Keepers' Supplies. Just received a coosifrument of the fiaest up- o-date HIVES and SECTIONS we've had. They are 2d to noae. Complete line of Bee-Keepers* Supplies on hand, l-ees and Queens. Catalog free. THE A. I. ROOT CO., H. 0. ACKLIN, Hanager. 1024 Miss. Street, St. Paul, Minn. 14Atf Plea^^e mention the Bee Journal. If you want the Bee-Book That covers the whole Apicultural Field more completely thrui any other publisht, se[id$ Prof. A. J. , Cal., 1 OR HIS " Bee=Keeper's ; Liberal DJSLOunts to the Trade. each side of the Ijottom, these being covered with wire cloth so that the wax can pass thru. I also use a sack made of burlap with square bottom tlie size of the inside of the press. I have another plank to fit loosely in the press, wliieli 1 set the jack on. I use a jack with 2x1(1 inch screw. Set the whole thing on a large tub or trough with some water in it, and I am ready for business. I boil about '25 or 30 combs at a time in an old wash-boiler, having it as hot as I can make it. I have the sack in the press all ready, |iour the boiling wax into it, fold down tile sack, lay on the loose plank, screw down the jack, and the work is done. I can press it as dry as pomace that conies from a cider- press. After having done all this I refill the boiler, and let the next lot get hot while I am pressing the first. If the press is made strong, and the work is done right, from " to 30(1 combs can be prest in a day. Wm. Housel. Hunterdon Co., N. J., March "21. Prospects for a Good Honey Crop. I put 11 colonies into the cellar last fall, but they were not very strong, so I lost 4 of them. Last season was a very poor one for bees in this


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