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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 21, 1901. 





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A Beginner's Report. 



I have been keeping- bees for over 

 two years. I boiig-ht 5 colonies at $7.50 

 each, in Lang-stroth hives. I took off 

 300 pounds the first season, and in- 

 creast to 11 colonies. The next season 

 I secured 800 pounds of extracted and 

 200 pounds of comb, and increast to 

 21 colonies. In the fall I sold the 21 

 colonies at $5.00 each, and went out of 

 the business, because I could not stay 

 at home to care for thera properly, but 

 I still take the Bee Journal, and enjoy 

 reading- it. I think I did well for a 

 beginner. J. A. Moss. 



Missoula Co., Mont., Jan. 24. 



Honey-Failures a Matter of Locality 



I have read in the Bee Journal of 

 the hard times bee-keepers have had 

 in Southern California in consequence 

 of the rather dry seasons, and fear that 

 others may get the impression that 

 there were general failures of the 

 honey crop all over Southern Califor- 

 nia. I would like to say in justice to 

 this part of the country, that the fail- 

 ures were more a matter of locality. It 

 is quite true that the last three years 

 we have not had the average rainfall, 

 but in spite of that, in well adapted 

 localities, there is always some honey 

 secured. 



For instance, last season I secured 

 over 5,000 pounds of surplus honey 

 from 36 colonies, which is about 140 

 pounds per colony, and increast to over 

 80 colonies. Most of the bee-keepers 

 in this vicinity and the neighboring 

 valleys got as much, and some even 

 more. Mr. J. M. Hambaugh secured 

 150 cases of extracted honey, each con- 

 taining 120 pounds net, which is about 

 200 pounds per colony. These are not 

 bad results for a dry year, and show 

 what we may expect in a good season. 

 One of our country stores shipt two 

 car-loads of honey to Germany the past 

 season, and two more car-loads were 

 consigned to the East. 



Since Christmas bees have been col- 

 lecting nectar and pollen from man- 

 zanita, eucalyptus, pepper-trees, wild 

 gooseberries, currants, California lilacs. 



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Queen-Rearing- in France, 



-by- 



Giraud-Pabou 



314 queens from one hive. 



How it was done. 



Illustrated by 3 half-tone engravings. 



Candied vs. Bottled Liquid Honey, 

 by Chalon Fowls 



I bottled honey. 



Wintering- Bees in Clamps, 



(From Bee-Keepers" Review 



-by- 

 W. Z. Hutchinson 



Four illustrations. 



No one is better qualified perhaps- 

 than Mr. Hutchinson to write on this 

 subject. His many years' experience 

 wintering bees in Michigan should 

 give weight to his opinion. 



Conversations 



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Doolittle 



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 always find DooUttle's writinfjs full of practi- 

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 with his writings are invited to read a series of 

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Gleanings for Jan. 15th. 



Co-Operative Org-anized Work, 

 by R. C. Aikin 



Its benefits demonstrated; The Colorado 

 Honey-Producers- Association an information 

 scheme; The work of the Association outlined. 



An Extracting- Outfit, by W. A. Gilstrap illustrated. 



Mintle's Lig-htning- Section-Folder 



Illustrated. 



Stray Straws, 



-by- 



Dr. C. C. Miller, 



Every Issue 



These " Straws " appear in every issue of 

 Gleanings, constituting one of its most valua- 

 ble features. Dr. Miller reviews nearly all of 

 the bee-journals publisht, American and For- 

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 in these ''Straws," thereby receiving much val- 

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Pieking-s from Our Neighbor- 

 ing- Fields, 

 by Stenog, Every Issue 



For several years Gleanings readers have 

 been privileged twice a month to enjoy short 

 ?4uibs from this writer's pen. Not only does- 

 he give us articles full of value gleaned from 

 other journals, but they are so enlivened by his 

 vein of humor that they are eagerly read by alU 



Gleanings for Feb. ist. 



Our Honey-Bottling Sympo- 

 sium, 

 Fully Illustrated, by 



G. A. Deadman, 



Earl C. Walker, 



and Walter S. Pouder 



The Personnel of the Utter Trial 

 by E. R. Root 



How to wash bottles ; Filling with 

 hot honey or cold ; Bottles with corks- 

 or self-sealing tops; Temperature of 

 honey to be bottled. 



The right kind of honey for the purpose; Mix- 

 ing honevs to secure a flavor; Why honey 

 should be heated in the bottles. 



Siy.e and construction of vats for heating the 

 bottles of honey; Tumblers vs. jars or bottles. 



The Belgian-Hare Business, 



by W. K. Morrison, 



of Devonsh ire, Bermuda 



Co-operative Organization, 

 by R. C. Aikin 



A fair statement; Extravagant 

 statements ; Bees and rabbits not a 

 good combination. 



Plans outlined; Intelligence bureau; Why 

 simple co-operation fails; Business must be at 

 the bottom; Government's duty ; A continuation 

 of this writer's article which appeared in Jan. 

 15th Gleanings. 



Cuba, 

 by The American Tramp 



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Cuba, 



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