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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar, 31. 19C4. 



and a number of years &go he was a subscriber 

 to the American Bee Journal, Ijut I never 

 tooii much interest in bees until last summer, 

 when they were all left on my hands. I at 

 once hunted out one of the old Journals and 

 sent ?1.00 for my subscription, and then it 

 was that my eyes were opened to the magni- 

 tude of bee-keeping. 



My bees are all in old-fashioned hives with 

 stationary frames, hives 13^oXl5 and frames 

 lOJo inches deep. They are, of course, very 

 inconvenient, and I shall hereafter put all 

 my increase into new Langstroth-Simplicity 

 hives and frames, and transfers the balance 

 into the same next fall. 



I enjoy the Journal very much, and hope it 

 will continue to send forth the good things. 

 H. E. Babcock. 



Monroe Co., Wis., March C. ^ 



Long Winter Confinement. 



The winter has been long, and I think there 

 will be great loss in bees this winter, especially 

 among those wintered out-of-doors. The 

 bees have had but one flight since Nov. 15. 



Adams Co., 111., Feb. 26. S. N. Black. 



Carrying in Pollen. 



The record is " broken all to bits." What 

 do you think, Feb. 28, and theliees just falling 

 over one another carrying in pollen? That 

 will about do, won't it? J. T. Reno, Jr. 



Cedar Co., Mo., Feb. 25. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



Bees are in fine condition ; I never saw them 

 in better shape at this time of the year since 

 I have been in the business. 



W. S. Feeback. 



Nicholas Co., Ky., March 1. 



Association and Individual Honey 

 Dealers. 



We would like to say a few words with 

 reference to Mr. Drexel's article read before 

 the Colorado Bee-Keepers' Association. We 

 are not opposed to commercial associations of 

 bee-keepers ; we were merely pleased to note 

 that one bee-paper had courage enough to 

 speak of what we all have seen, viz. : That 

 such associations are organized to make 

 money, and should pay for advertising, the 

 same as individuals. We do not want to be 

 misunderstood as being opposed to their mak- 

 ing money, either. Individual buyers must 

 make money, so also associations. The arti- 

 cle mentioned stated that the producers on 

 his side of the range got a better price for 

 their honey in 1902 than the Association at 

 Denver realized for their members. That was 

 the case in the Arkansas Valley, also, if we 

 are correctly informed. It is apparent, then, 

 that individual association buyers break even 

 for the seasons mentioned. It will be so on 

 to the end of the chapter, with the chances 

 somewhat in favor of the individal buyers 

 paying the best prices. Why? Because they 

 have their own interest at stake, and have to 

 consult with nobody before acting. 



For instance, an Eastern buyer came along 

 here early last August and bought a car from 

 us at a price 25 percent above what it proved 

 to be worth at the lime of delivery — Oct. 15. 

 He was not posted on the large general crop, 

 and we were. We tried to sell him several 

 oars, hoping thereby to benefit our customers 

 by taking that risk on our judgment, but did 

 not succeed in that. Individual, buyers often 

 buy on their judgment, which is offered as an 

 explanation of their sometimes paying more. 

 But these are small matters, and should be 

 so well understood that such criticisms would 

 not be written against us as a class, as a por- 

 tion of the article mentioned was. Honey- 

 producers need the individual buyers just in 

 proportion that the individual buyers need 

 them. Our interest lies mainly in producing 

 honey. We buy as a side-issue. We feel that 

 as such we would deeply regret the elimina- 

 tion of anybody who bought honey. 



Associatiuns have done a noble work in es- 



' tablishing grades, and we trust that yrmles 



may become uniform throughout the whole 



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