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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 30. iyU4. 



the arid States for their supply of this tooth- 

 some sweetness. 



I also believe that our bee-keepers will re- 

 ceive a fair price for their product, which, it 

 the flow is good, and care is taken, will grade 

 high. Considerable of last year's crop is still 

 in the hands of dealers, but I note that it is 

 nearly all " off grade,'' and will by no means 

 complete with the new crop. In Colorado we 

 export only the two grades. No. land No. 2, 

 and in the East they usually pass as fancy 

 and No. 1. The " off grades " are either ex- 

 tracted or sold at home at a lower price. — H. 

 C. Morehouse, in Gleauings in Bee-Culture. 



Bee-Keeping of the World. 



United States, 4.500,000; Germany, 3,000,- 

 000; Austria, 1,800,000; Spain, 1,700,000; 

 France, 1.000,000; Great Britian, 500,000; 

 Holland, 3.50,000; Belgium, 300,000; Den- 

 mark, 100,000; Greece, 50,000; Switzerland, 

 30,000 colonies. 



If these figures are correct, the United 

 States may well arrogate to herself the proud 

 title of " the greatest bee-country in the 

 world.'' Just fancy a country producing 

 honey which, loaded on cars, would make a 

 train '25 miles long ! Austria is undoubtedly 

 one of the leading honey-producing nations, 

 and excels in organization, for she has a bee- 

 keepers' association numbering over SOOO 

 members. Their income, amounting to over 

 £1500 is augmented by a public grant of 

 about £600, and they insure all bee-keepers 

 irrespective of the number of colonies in their 

 possession, for the small charge of less than 

 6d., guaranteeing to "make good any losses 

 from foul brood, lire, theft, ete." In no 

 other country on the continent, however, is 

 agriculture so well organized or so success- 

 fully carried on as it is in Germany ; and her 

 bee-literatnre is second to that of no other 

 country, while for scientific knowledge of 

 bee-anatomy she stands an easy first.— British 

 Bee Journal. 



New Bee-Papers. 



(.)u' an average, each year witnesses the 

 birth of a new bee-journal; and, it might be 

 added, the death of a journal. Of course, all 

 journals cannot be equally valuable, but un- 

 less a new journal possesses some point of 

 superiority, there is little hope for its success. 

 Bee-keepers are slow in adding to their list a 

 journal no better in some respect, than the ones 

 they are already reading. If the main object 

 of starting a l^ee-journal is to put money in 

 the bank, disappointment will come as surely 

 as night follows day. A man may hope to 

 make a living publishing a bee-journal, but if 



Langstrothonthe 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



This' is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over SOO pages, being revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

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 to be wonderfully helped on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $1 .20, or club 

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 mail it as a premium for sending us 

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This is a splendid chance to get a 

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