American Hee Journal 



Octulxr, i:jolS, 



Extracting Arrangements oi M. H. .Micniili-> 



)K \'i:.M I KA. Cal. 



it has been too cool and dry for good 

 results for surplus there. One season 

 1 had goo colonies in this apiary dur- 

 ing the winter, and in the spring they 

 were distributed to out-apiaries. 



The end view (see first page) with 

 liuildings at the end, is froin the same 

 apiary, showing the warehouse and large 

 shed to work under in the shade, and 

 for storage purposes. You will notice 4 

 telephone wires at the house. They lead 

 to out-apiaries, and 2 wires lead to the 

 main line of the Home Telephone Com- 

 pany's lines. The extracting house is 

 hidden by the trees. 



The photo of extracting rig shown 

 herewith is from the same apiary. In 

 tlic near future I expect to have this 

 extracting house larger, more convenient 

 and up to date. That is, I have some 

 inventions of my own to install to make 

 it the most complete of any in South- 

 ern California. This is not meant for a 

 lioast, but from general observations 

 here the rig will prove for itself. 



The picture with extracting house in 

 the center (see first page) is my Ra- 

 mona Apiary. This is not completed. 

 It also contains 500 colonies, mostly 

 moved to the bean-fields this season to 

 save them from starvation this bad 

 year. 



I have a power Root extractor to run 

 by an electric motor to be put in this 

 apiary, as the main line Power Com- 

 pany's lines run within a few hundred 

 feet of the apiary, but they have tint 

 run out their sub-stalion lines as yet. 



I have other nice apiaries, but I have 

 no good pictures of them. 1 have lo- 

 cated nearly all of my apiaries in the 

 bottom of canyons, so the bees could 

 reach their hives with the least labor 

 possible when loaded with honey. Thcv 

 can soar dotvn to their hives. Conse- 

 quently results are belter. 



M. H. MKN'i>r,KsoN. 



Piru, Calif., Aug. 18. 



Honey Season in Colorado 



.\ letter received Scptemljcr 21, from 

 K. C. Aikin, of Loveland, Colo., has 

 ibis to say about bee-keeping in Colo- 

 rado this year : 



few years. Denver and Northern Colorado 

 have not enough honey this year for home 

 demand.". 



It is very unfortunate for Colorado 

 bee-keepers that the honey-crop is so 

 short there this year. But what is one 

 locality's loss may be another's gain, for 

 the Eastern markets in sotne years have 

 been pretty well loaded up with Colo- 

 rado honey. Of course it is always very 

 fine honey and generally in good de- 

 mand. This year, however, it will not 

 enter into competition. 



By the way, Mr. Aikin is a candidate 

 for governor of Colorado. 



Starting New Bee-Papers 



Editor Hutchinson has had experi- 

 ence. And from that experience be 

 draws the following sane conclusion, in 

 which we, after an experience of nearly 

 25 years, in publishing a bee-paper, most 

 heartily concur : 



"Many b;c-journaIs have l}een born, breaithed 

 a ftw times, and died, during the last 25 

 years. If my memory serves nie correctly, 

 there were once 8 bee-journals bdng pub- 

 lished at the same time in this country; 



just at present there are only tlirc"; and I 

 believe this is the smallest number there has 

 been at one time m the last quarter of a 

 century. Many of the journals that fell by the 

 wayside did not deserve to live. They pos- 

 sessed little merit. Others were quite fair 

 journals; but the cold, hard fact remains that 

 the field for bee-journalism is limited. 



"Notwithstanding this terrible object lesson — 

 terrible to those who put in their big dollars 

 and bright hopes — it is likely that others will 

 follow in their footsteps. To make a suc- 

 cess of starting a new bee-journal now would 

 require barrels of money, unusual ability, and 

 years of hard work, all of which turned into 

 straight honey-production would bring ten 

 times the profit. To the man about to em- 

 bark in such an enterprise mv advice is. 

 •Don't'." 



We suppose the foregoing was i-allcd 

 out through the discontinuance of tht- 

 late American Bee-Keeper, which of it- 

 self, could not possibly be a profitable 

 venture at 50 cents a vear. 



Pleased with American Bee Journal. 



In a letter from Mr. Edwin Bevins. 

 of Leon, Iowa, dated September 21, he 

 has these words of appreciation for this 

 Journal : 



I am pleased with the appearance of the 

 American Bee .Tournal. I am also pleased 

 with the prosi>erous and substantial look it is 

 taking on. May you have, as you deserve, 

 great success with it, and may its circula- 

 tion meet and exceed that of its greatest rival. 

 Edwin Hevins. 



Mr. Harry C. Mosher, of Dowagiac. 

 Mich., writes thus kindly: 



The Journal is very, very fine. Keep up 

 the good work. "Dr. Miller's Question-Box" 

 is alone worth the price of the magazine. I 

 am renewing at the new price (75 cents) as 

 the Journal is worth it. 



l[.\RRy C. Mosher. 



These are only samples of the cordial 

 expressions we arc receiving from some 

 of those who know the real value of a 

 bee-paper that is gotten up on tlie lines 

 followed by the American Bee Journal 

 We appreciate such encouraging w-ords 



Hsndling Bees at a Fair 



Mr. Robert A. Holeka'mp, of St. 

 Louis, Mo., made a display of honey at 

 the St. Louis County Fair, and on three 

 consecutive days exhibited bees in a 

 cage. He was in the cage about l^S 



E. E. Kennicott and ijtiiek Bkavk Hf:i;-HiNTKHs. 

 ((Jlenview. 111. This tree yielded over 4 gallons of clover honey.) 



