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Sept. 26, 1901. 



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I umm Honey For sale | 



^ ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. >; 



^ Honey A^ ^. ^^'^^^'^'''^W^^ Honev A: f 



known lig-Iii-colored 

 hodey g"aihered from 



Alfalfa 

 Honey J^v 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey gathered in 

 the great Alfalfa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can 

 get enough of tt 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and post- 

 age. By freight— two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 8 cents per pound ; four 

 or more cans, 7"; cents per pound. Basswood Honey. H cent more per 

 pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. You can 

 order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are boxed. 

 This is all 



ABSOLUTELY PURE HOINIEV 



The finest of their kinds produced in this country. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey: 



I. I feel that I'm 

 y own production 

 ought to be to the 

 any kind of hot 

 excellent quality 



I've iust sampled the honey you sent, and it s prime. Tha 

 something of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of hon 

 and then buy honev of vou for my own use. But however lov 

 honey of his own region, there's no denying the fact that foi 

 drink, where one prefers the more wholesome houey to suga" ' 



of alfalfa honey'I have received fron 

 marked flavor, according to my taste. 

 McHenry Co., 111. 



i better suited tha 



of 



more at the top when on the jouncer, so as to 

 drive the Ijees down, then by giving the ease 

 two or three quiel! jars, the bees are nearly 

 all out, and one is saved hours of labor by 

 this simple operation. Mr. Martin, thanks! 



There is one other matter which is of more 

 or less importance to bee-keepers, and in re- 

 gard to which there seems to be a difference 

 of opinion, that I would like to refer to. It 

 is that of (lueen-exL-luders over the brood- 

 frames. I have never used one, neither for 

 comb nor extracted honey. Sometimes the 

 queen has gone into the surplus chamber 

 when run for extracting purposes, but very 

 seldom into a section-case, and not often in 

 the super. This yoar. after removing a large 

 number of cases, I have found that the queen 

 had occupied but two sections of the hun- 

 dreds taken from the hives. 



I attribute this freedom from intrusion of 

 the queen to the use of thick top-bars, care- 

 fully spaced, so that only a bee-space is left 

 between any two of them. 1 may be mis- 

 taken, but it my impression is correct, what 

 a saving of time, money, and trouble putter- 

 ing with zinc excluders. 



By the way, say to Mr. Baker (page 546) to 

 keep tallv of the sections from the colony 

 referred to. I have some long-tongued bees, 

 and shall strive to be at least a •■ close sec- 

 ond " when the season closes. 



Kankakee Co.. 111. Wm. M. Whitnet. 



:< Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. ^ 



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



?5 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 f,'et ^• 



;^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^. 



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



A California Report. 



I started the season of 1901, in March, with 

 340 colonies, increased to 2~0 colonies, and 

 have taken off 51, TOO pounds of extracted 

 honey, besides leaving the supers full. 



J. A. Odeblis. 



Orange Co., Calif.. Sept. 1'2. 



Faiply Good Season. 



The season was good until the drouth set in 

 in .July, when the excessive hot weather cut 

 the linden flow short. I secured 4000 pounds 

 of mostly extracted honey, from 61 colonies, 

 spring count, and increased to 110, which are 

 in good shape for winter. All of my honey 

 is sold in the home market. .1. M. Doudna. 



Douglas Co., Minn.. Sept. i:^. 



The Bee in California. 



Bee-keeping in parts of California is not 

 only a success but a real pleasure. The mild, 

 temperate climate does not necessitate the 

 careful housing of the bees, nor is it necessary 

 to And food for them during the winter sea- 

 son. The colony is placed in a. convenient 

 spot under some tree in the fence-corner. 

 They have shade, and also a wind-break. 

 Here they gather the nectar which we read 

 .lupiter sips. What men eat has somewhat to 

 do with their disposition, and those who eat 

 honey are blest with the kindliest disposition. 

 Therefore, if more honey was produced, and 

 more eaten, the race would reap a rich benefit. 

 This is no vague theory— it is a scientific 

 truth. 



The honey taken late in spring is often- 

 times of the very finest quality. The locust 

 blossom has given a generous contribution, 

 and this is one of the finest honey-producers. 

 The honey taken in the fall is enriched by 

 the alfalfa blossoms, and also from the blos- 

 soms of the mullen-weed. This weed does 

 not grow east of the Rockies. It also keeps 

 close to the ground, and is" of a very light- 

 blue color. The honey-gatherers seek out its 

 tinv blossoms with the same diligence that 

 the doves seek out its seed. It grows abun- 

 dantly on the pasture-lands. IZ^ 

 Honey retails for 10 cents a pound, or two 

 dollars a box. The.se boxes contain about 30 

 pounds when full. They do not have the 

 frames, and the honey is not in a condition 

 to retail as is the case with that made in 

 frames. 



Among the various! other sources from 

 which the California rancher may look tor an 

 income.he should give attention to bee-culture. 

 He l<nows and keenly realizes that he can not 

 ilepend any longer tipon wheat at the low 

 price of recent years, and, while he is looking 

 after other sources from which to receive an 

 income, he may do well to remember the bee. 



