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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Nov. 21, 19< 1. 



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m -t ^ T^ • '♦*^ '♦'^ wax. We are paying 



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one or two cents moreon a rod for PA(iE Fence? 

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•-^ .".r^^f^^^Yf?,,:'.: ,. ^H honey gathered from •: 



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honey at all ( 

 get enough of 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



This is the 

 known light-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswood blos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



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)4 cents per pound. Basswood Honey, >4 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 HOMEY 



The finest of their kinds produced 



try. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey: 



I've just sampled the honev vou sent, and it's prime. Thank you. I feel that I'm 

 something of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of honey of my own production 

 and then buy honey of vou for my own use. But however loyal one ought to be to the 

 honey of his own region, there's no denying the fact that for use in any kind of hot 

 drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to sugar, the very excellent quality 

 of alfalfa honey I have received from you is better suited than the hone; 

 marked flavor, according to my taste. 



McHenry Co., 111. 



. C. MrLLE 



sav, consult your "ABC ot Bee-Culture " as- 

 to"the safe methods of shipping comb honey, 

 and don't be surprised if you get low prices 

 for honey which arrives at its destination in 

 a leaky condition. 



Notwithstanding our efforts to introduce 

 honey as a staple article ot diet, it yet remains 

 more" or less of a luxury ; and those who can 

 afford luxuries can afford to insist on their 

 grocers supplying them with clean and appe- 

 tizing ones. Who can then blame the grocers 

 for preferring a case ot honey which looks 

 clean and fresh, to one that is sticky, and 

 consequently dirty ? Walter R. Axsell. 



Ramsey Co., Minn., Nov. 8. 



:^ 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 get ^ 



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



^ GEORGE W.YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. % 



Report fpom Alabama— Bitter 

 Honey. 



I have had fair success this year for this 

 locality, considering the very limited time I 

 can give to the bees, working as I do in rail- 

 road shops, and having only evenings. For 

 the first time since I have been keeping bees 

 they stored a surplus from white clover. I 

 got about 300 pounds. The Bow was stopped 

 by drouth, which was followed by excessive 

 rains; then again a very dry spell, so I got 

 no more honey till this fall, when quite late 

 there came a good flow, which proved to be 

 the best fall honey I ever got here, except 

 2 colonies out ot 26 that had bitter honey 

 (from yellow fennel). I do not know the 

 source of the rest, but from the time the flow 

 commenced I noticed a peculiar, faint, sour 

 smell from the hives, stronger in the night; 

 this odor is slightly noticeable in the honey, 

 which was so very thick that it was hard to 

 extract, and candied solid in a week or 10 

 days, exactly the color of butter. I got about 

 30 gallons. " Have you any idea what plant 

 they got it from ? Albert E. Isa.\c. 



Morgan Co., Ala.. Nov. .5. 



[We can not even guess as to the source. 

 Perhaps some of our Southern readers can 

 tell.— Editor.] 



IntPoduetion of Queens. 



.Mr. Editor;— 1 am not greatly interested 

 in the philosophical discussion between 

 Messrs. McNeal and Whitney, but I am inter- 

 ested in the matter of introducing queens; 

 and if there is some way easier than the usual 

 ones I want to know it If Mr. McNeal's 

 plan ot introduction may be relied on as safe, 

 there will be advantage in using it. but some- 

 times a little deviation will result in failure. 

 In one respect his instructions seem hardly 

 explicit enough. He says: "Do not smoke 

 the bees constantly, but smoke and pound 

 alternately, for two or three minutes only.'' 

 That may mean to smoke two or three min- 

 utes, then pound two or three minutes, then 

 smoke two or three minutes, and so on. If 

 that is the meaning, will be please tell us how 

 long, in all, the pounding and smoking is to 

 be continued ? it may, however, mean that 

 the whole time ot pounding and smoking is 

 to be only two or three minutes. If that is 

 the meaning, will he please tell us how long 

 to smoke each time, and how long to pound ; 

 For it might make some difference whether 



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