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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 25, 1901. 



APIARY OF MBS. ARTIE BOWEN, OF MERCED CO., 



melt, and they were nice and yellow before I 

 put them in, but after they were melted into 

 wax I never saw such black stuff. A bee- 

 keeper told me that he thought it was the iron 

 kettle that did it. 



My apiary is in the orchard. I had 110 col- 



onies, and the apricot trees were in full liloom 

 when the picture shown herewith was taken. 

 The people in the picture are the two young 

 men who had rented the apiary, and a young 

 woman who was \vorking for us. 



1 don't care for long-tongued bees. I have 



Best 

 White 



Alfalfa or Basswoood Extracted Honey ^ 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY....... 



This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey gathered in 

 the g^reat Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't get enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well-known 

 light-colored honey g'athered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 basswood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



A sample of either, oy mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, IS cents — 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-pound can, 9J2 

 cents per pound ; two cans, 9 cents per pound ; four or more cans, 

 8j4 cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering 

 two or more cans you can have half of each kind of honey, if you so 

 desire. The cans are boxt. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 



enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of 



the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, 



can get this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



Address, 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Please mentloa the Bee Journal when writing advertisers. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 





This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. W Ss^IjBIIt 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., CHICAGO. 



no use for long-tonjrued women, and I ami 

 afraid they might lie like them — using their 

 tongues where they have no business to. 



Fruit-trees are in full bloom, and the bees 

 are humming. 



I like the American Bee Journal very much. 

 (Mrs.) Artie Bowen. 



Merced Co., Calif., March 5. 



Poor Locality for Bees. 



This is a had country for bees ; most of them 

 have starved to death this winter. I will have 

 to feed mine as soon as the weather is warm 

 enough. I have not lost any colonies yet. It 

 is snowing every day. John Berxt. 



Polk Co., Nebr.. April 2. 



Feeding Sugar-Candy to Bees. 



On page 201 Dr. Miller asks for the expe- 

 rience of those who have fed candy. One 

 winter I fed a number of colonies with candy 

 made as per directions given in " ABC of Bee- 

 Culture." and I am sorry to say that it was a 

 dead failure. The candy seemed to be all 

 right, but the bees were all dead before they 

 were put out in the spring, with the exception 

 of 3 or 3 colonies, and they died a few days 

 after they were put outdoors. One such ex- 

 perience is enough for me. I have a suspicion 

 that the cheapest and best way to feed in win- 

 ter is to give them comb honey — a cheap grade 

 would do, of course. I fed it to some of my 

 colonies during the past winter. 



Hennepin Co., Minn. Wm. Russell. 



Taxing Bees in Iowa. 



I notice on page 211 you discuss the ques- 

 tion of taxing bees. In this State the list of 

 exemptions includes 10 colonies of bees, all 

 poultry, and various other articles, and then 

 says that all other personal property is taxa- 

 ble, which includes all bees over 10 colonies. 

 Now, right there is the injustice — exempting 

 10 colonies. How would it seem to exempt 10 

 acres of land, 10 cows, 10 hogs, etc., all thru 

 the list of personal property > Isn't it the 

 same principle ? Why should'nt I pay taxes 

 on 10 colonies as well as my neighbor on 40 or 

 50 ; And don't you suppose 10 will be about 

 the usual number owned by the average run 

 of bee-keepers in February or March, which is 

 the time our assessor generally gets around ? 

 And who will pay under this law * Only those 

 who have workt up so large a business that 

 the public, including the assessor, would A-xow 



i Grove City Rabbitry ! ^ 



^ Prince Leopold, Ivanhoe, ^ 



Donovan Boy, 



nd other high-bred Belgian stock. 

 Youngsters, 3 months, $3.iiO, or 2 for fS.OO. 

 For pedigree, write 

 WM. M. WHITNEY. Kankakee III. 



A an, 



J Youn 



Please mention the Be 



nal. 



If you want the Bee-Book 



That covers the whule Apicultural Field more 



completely than anv other publisht, 



send Jl. 25 to 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Claremont, Cal., 

 " Bee=Keeper's Guide." 



Liberal Discounts to tbe Trade. 



