BEE-SUPPLY All Exhibition and Sample-room duced prices in order to make room for new goods. Better write to-day and save from ten to fifteen per cent. FIVE PER CENT SPECIAL DISCOUNT is allowed on all orders for new stock purchased from us this month for immediate or future shipment, so send list of your requirements if you want to purchase Bee Supplies, the best that are made, at absolutely rock-bottom prices. Do not forget our Bee-Book,' How to Make Money in Bees." which is a complete guide to profitable bee-keeping, tells you how to buy bees, what are the best bees to buy, how to locate the hives-in fact, tells you all that you will need to know to make bees highly profitable as a business or for pleasure. With this book goes our large, Illustrated catalog, sent free of charge. BLANKE MFG. & SUPPLY CO. Queens of MOORE'S Produce workers that fill the supers, and are PRICES-Untested, $1.00; six, $5.00; 12. $9.00; 24. $16.00; 50 or more, 60 cts. each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Descriptive circular free. I am now filling orders by return mail, and shall probably be able to do so until the close of the season. J. P. Moore, Queen-breeder, Rt. 1, Morgan, Ky. Clark & Pike LANDSCAPE ENGINEERS BEE ARME are our specialty. Winter your bees in PROTECTION HIVES. BOSTON, MASS. S Liberal early-order discounts. A. G. Woodman Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan BEE-SUPPLIES WE ARE WESTERN ACENTS FOR "FALCONER" Write for fall discounts-we can save you money. C. C. Clemons Bee-Supply Co., Kansas City, Mo. 128 Grand Avenue 25 YEARS' PATENTS PRACTICE CHAS. J. WILLIAMSON, Rooms 304 to 307, Savings Patent Practice in Patent Patent Counsel of 2 Years for $1 or New Bee-book Free No. 1.-We have some extra back copies of the American Bee Journal for each month of 1911; and so long as they last we will send all these copies and to the end of 1912 (to a new subscriber) for only $1.00. This makes two years for the dollar. 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HERE is the most liberal clubbing offer ever made-an opportunity for every reader of this publication to secure, absolutely free of cost, two of the most practical, most authoritative, most indispensible books ever written on the big subjects of profitable poultry and bee raising. The names of Hicks and Townsend are known in every poultry and bee community in America. Their writings are always in demand because they know the subjects which they undertake to discuss. Many thousands of copies of these two great books have been sold-- Canadian postage on this offer, 50 cts, Extra; Foreign postage, 75 cts. extra Do You Love SWEETS? He said you can attain to royalty by loving sweets. "He who knows what SWEETS . are in the ground, the waters, the plants, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments, is the rich and royal man." "HOW to come at these?" Aye, there's the rub. How many people miss them! and perhaps some of these many, strange to say, keep bees. Want to know how? Send $1.00 for a year's subscription to The Fertile Locate in this Land of Fortune. Make a good living- and a good profit - at raising bees and honey along with apples and other fruits. The clover and alfalfa fields of the Northwest make beeraising specially attractive. Ready markets and high prices for all you can produce. Delightful climate, fertile valleys, irrigated land, choice Government land open to Homesteaders along the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY Very low fares to the Northwest. Ask for free L. J. BRICKER, Gen'l Imm. Agt., YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE This Book was Written by the And it is a story which most vividly portrays the Fifty Years Among the Bees C. C. MILLER 352 pages; illustrated throughout by the author; substantially bound in cloth; $1.00 per copy. Fifty Years Read the Author's Preface: In the year 1886 there was published a little book written by me entitled "A Year Among the Bees." In 1902 it was enlarged, and appeared under the title “Forty Years Among the Bees." In preparation for the present edition I undertook the revision with little thought of the number of changes to be made or the number of pages to be added in order to bring it up to date (about one-eighth being new matter), but it is hoped that the changes and additions may make it of more value to the reader. As I began bee-keeping in 1861, fifty years ago, the present name seems appropriate. However much some personal friends may like the brief biographical sketch that occupies the first few pages, others may think that the space could have been better occupied. There remains, however, the privilege of skipping those few pages. Most of the pictures are from photographs taken by myself or under my immediate supervision, at least so far as concerned "touching the button;" the Eastman Kodak Co. "did the rest." C. C. MILLER. In his capacity as editor of "STRAY STRAWS," in GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, Dr. Miller has become one of the most loved and widely read bee-keepers on the subjects pertainining to bee-keeping. This new edition of his popular book is sure to be in considerable demand. At the regular price of $1.00 per copy this book ought to find a place in the ready-reference library of every bee-keeper; but when offered in combination with GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE one year, 24 issues of the biggest bee-paper in the world-the bargain is too good to miss. Send your order to-day! The A. I. Root Co. . Root Co... Medina, Ohio A PECULIAR FALL; CLOVER TAKING A NEW START. LAST Spring was excessively hot and dry, and many of us expected an early frost; but up to this date, Oct. 28, no severe frost has occurred in our locality. On the other hand, we have had rain, rain, rain, almost every other day. Farmers are complaining that they can not get their crops from the fields nor get in their wheat. But what is tough on our friends the farmers is good for bee-keepers. The clovers are making a wonderful growth. The setback they received during the spring and summer will be more than made up by favorable conditions this fall. BEES AT THE CALIFORNIA APPLE SHOW; BEES AND FRUIT. AT the California apple show we understand that the bee-keeping industry was well represented. This combination is as it should be, because bee-keeping and fruitgrowing go well together. The fact is, they are almost inseparable. The time was when there was antagonism between the fruitgrowers and the bee-keepers of California; this was markedly so in the case of the peargrowers and the bee-keepers. That sort of antagonism has now given way to a feeling of co-operation, and the acknowledgment has repeatedly been made by the most progressive fruit-growers of the country that the bees are their best friends. MARIAN HARLAND ON HONEY. If IF Marian Harland derives any pleasure in "knocking honey" as she is doing in some large full-page advertisements of another food product, it is her privilege and right we suppose; but will not thousands have less confidence in her opinion on cookery and food products than formerly? her statements that honey is "distasteful" and has a "cloying quality" were true we could accept them with some complacency. If by "cloy" she means that honey leaves a strong aromatic flavor in the throat, that may be true of some honey. That is what most people like. If she means that it stops up the system she is clearly wrong. Honey does not "clog nor "stop up the system. It has the very opposite effect. It is often taken and recommended as a NO. 21 mild laxative. As to its being "distasteful," ask the dear people of this country who annually consume twenty million dollars worth every season. Why is honey always used as a basis of comparison when the sweetness of other food products are mentioned? It is the finest and most wholesome sweet in the world, and has been so recognized for centuries. Some leading physicians are recommending honey for sick people and invalids. See what is said on this subject in another column. DEATH OF R. W. HERLONG, OF FORT WHITE, FLA., ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE BEEKEEPERS OF THE UNITED STATES. WE regret to receive the following letter from our correspondent, Mr. J. J. Wilder, of Cordele, Ga., announcing the death of Mr. R. W. Herlong, of Fort White, Fla. Mr. R. W. Herlong, of Fort White, Fla., died Oct. 11. As you know, he was the leading and most extensive bee-keeper in Florida, and well known to the bee-keeping world. We feel sad over the loss of one of the best in our ranks. He was sick only six days. We will try to get you more particulars, as we know you will be glad to make mention of his death. It will be remembered that our special correspondent, Mr. E. G. Baldwin, who has been writing a series of articles on Florida, wrote up Mr. Herlong in our issue for Aug. 1, this year. It seems that the deceased started eleven years ago with only three colonies of bees. From that modest beginning he increased until he had 900 colonies in 13 apiaries, ranging from 21⁄2 to 10 miles apart. He operated in a section where practically all his marketable honey came from ene source the partridge pea. While most of the bee-keepers of Florida produce extracted honey our friend ran almost exclusively for comb. It is not often that a bee-keeper can make such a record as this in so short a time as eleven years, and we should be pleased to get further facts in regard to his life. THE IMPORTANCE OF SELLING HONEY EARLY; THE WESTERN HONEY MARKET BEGINNING TO SAG. OUR readers will remember that we have preached the doctrine of selling honey early, and selling before the holidays. Sometimes |