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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 10, 1901. 



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Revised by Dadant— 1899 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and oug^ht to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 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- 



plained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helpt on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for SI. 25, or club 

 it with the American Bee Journal for 

 one j'ear — both for SI. 75; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with S3. 00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

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The "Know It All" Kind. 



I have been trying to get new sub- 

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 but the bee-keepers around here seem 

 to " know it all," thothey find there is 

 something lacking when they compare 

 their honey-yield with mine, which 

 is usually two or three times larger 

 than theirs. H. C. Binger. 



Shiawassee Co.. Mich., Dec. 29. 



Bees In the Cellar. 



My 36 colonies of bees have been in 

 the house-cellar since Nov. 17th, with 

 the temperature from 38 to 45 degrees. 

 The bees are quiet and dry, and there 

 are perhaps a quart of dead bees on 

 the cellar-floor. I have been looking 

 at the bees and their workings thru a 

 low-power magnifying glass, and feel 

 that what a high-power microscope 

 would reveal must be wonderful. The 

 bees and the bee-hive are a constant 

 source of wonder and surprise to me. 

 F. W. Hall. 



Sioux Co., Iowa, Dec. 25. 



Bees in Fair Condition. 



I commenced keeping bees two j-ears 

 ago, getting my start from a colony of 

 bees that I found in a knot-hole in the 

 side of the house. 



This year was almost a failure here. 

 We secured no surplus, but our bees 

 are in fair condition for winter. I 

 think this locality is all right ; I am 

 going to give it a fair trial, anyway. 



The American Bee Journal is just 

 what every bee-keeper needs in his 

 business. Success to it. 



Dan N. Haskin. 



Lancaster Co., Nebr.. Dec. 21. 



Gathering Pollen and Nectar. 



During the forepart of the past sea- 

 son we had such a drouth as was never 

 known here before. Bee-keepers, as 

 well as those in other lines of business, 

 were very much discouraged, and ex- 

 pected very little profit but the July 

 and August rains brought new life, 

 and the result was better than ex- 

 pected. 



My yard contained 29 colonies, 

 spring count. They increast to 56, 

 and stored a surplus of over 1,000 

 pounds. 



On page 776 (19001, Mr. Davenport 

 refers to a statement made some time 

 ago, that bees do not gather both 

 honey and pollen on the same trip. I 

 tioticed the same statement, and 

 thought if it were true at all it most 

 certainly was not universally so. My 

 observation confirms what Mr. Daven- 

 port says. I never thought of making 

 a test at the hive-entrance as he did, 

 but have observed closely the bees on 

 the honey-pollen flora. Their every 

 movement and appearance were con- 

 vincing that they were loading with 

 both honey and pollen. This was es- 

 peciall)' noticed on the bloom of the 

 high bush cranberry. This bloom is a 

 cluster formed by a number of small 

 blossoms, whose petals touch each 

 other, forming a beautifully archt sur- 



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