October, igoS. 



American l^ee Journal 



xhe home demand. The bees haven't gathered 

 any surplus within the last 6 weeks^only 

 for their own needs — and I think the fail 

 flow will be light, although we can't tell yet. 



I winter my bees on the summer stands 

 packed in forest leaves, and they always come 

 through with a strong force in the spring. 



I want to write more about the honey-plants, 

 the honey-How, and the weather conditions in 

 this vicinity, some time in the future. 



Walter Goss. 



Gosport. Ind., Aug. 22. 



Honey Crop a Failure. 



The honey crop is a failure here. I have 

 not taken honey enough yet to pay for the 

 feed given the bees last spring. 



Leon, Iowa, Augustas. Edwin Bevins. 



Poor Honey Season. 



We have had a very poor honey season 

 here. It was too wet during May and June, 

 and too dry during July. 



(Dr.) J. F. Vigor. 



Pomona. Kans., Sept. 8. 



Apiary of C. A. Mangus. 



My apiary is located north of the city of 

 -Mtoona. It is in the best location in the city 



Hard to Start Sweet Clover. 



I have been trying^ to get a start of sweet 

 clover for 3 years, and had a good start of 

 the white variety around my bee-yard, but the 

 dry weather has killed it about all out. It is 

 very dry here, so much so that the golden- 

 rod is all drying u]i. The bees are not work- 

 ing on it as there is no nectar in it, I suppose. 

 . -V bees are doing little or nothing for me 

 this year as yet. I have every sort of hive, 

 patent, movable frame, and Italian bees. All 

 are very strong colonies. R. B. Perrv. 



Greenfield, Tenn., Sept. 20. 



Honey Crop a Failure. 



The honey crop here has been almost a 

 failure. There was a little clover, no bass- 

 wood and no buckwheat. Early promises did 

 not fulfill'. G. M. DooLiTTLE. 



Borodino,' N. V.. Sept. S. 



American Bee Journal 

 IVow 75c a Year. 



A Beginner's Report. 



years old. I started 



the 



I am just 

 bee-business in February last with 2 colonies 

 and now have 6, 3 of which are doing fin 

 work in the supers. I have lo-frame Danzei 

 baker hives. The only objection to the Dai 

 zenbaker hive is the bottom-board. I prefe 

 a solid board instead of so many pieces, a 

 they warp so badly. 



Today we had the first rain in nine week; 



C. A. .M.\N..l.s 



limits. It lunnbers 

 bandc.l Itali.ms. 

 Altoona, Pa. 



jnies, all 3 and s 

 C. A. .Mangus. 



No Fall Honey. 



I received the September number of the 

 Bee Journal. I am a reader, or was, of the 

 American Bee-Kceper. I regret to see it go 

 out of print, but I welcome the American 

 Bee Journal. 



There is no fall honey-flow here. Our last 

 supers are empty. July is our honey-month. 

 White and sweet clover are our stand-by flow- 

 ers, about so pounds per normal colonies of 

 surplus honey. This alludes to comb honey. 

 Extracted would go higher. I produce only 

 comb honey. Brood-chambers are amply sup- 

 plied. 



It gives me much pleasure to look down 

 the columns of the American Bee Journal 

 and see bee-keeping put in practise, but I 

 have this to say about those little" stingers— 

 they will never make friends with you. 



1). IIartman. 



Williamsburg. Kans., Sept. 20. 



A Fair Crop of Honey. 



We have harvested a fair crop of honey. 

 This would have been a banner viar for us, 

 but the drouth, and also several light frosts 

 in August, cut off the buckwheat flow, leaving 

 us with no fall honey. But bees are going 

 into winter quarters in fine condition. 



Geo. II. Kea. 



R.-y (Idsville, Pa., Sept. 19. 



The heartsease and smartweed honey-flow has 

 been on for 2 weeks, and it generally lasts 

 from 6 weeks to 2 months. 



I like the Americalti Bee Journal. 



E. Carlyle Goldsmith. 



Pond Creek, Okla., Sept. 4. 



Pretty Good Year for Bees. 



This year has been pretty pood here f( 

 bees. I had one colony that stored ll 

 pounds of comb honey. But I had so mat 

 poor queens that didn't do anything at all. 



J. E. POMEROV. 



Boring, Oreg., SejJt. 1. 



Fair Season for Bees. 



My bees so far have given about 50 pounds 

 of comb honey to the colony. I get 20 cents 

 in the home market. I am buying extracted 

 honey to supply the local trade 



Rockville, Ind., Sept. 5. 



W. Sappen 



Apiarian Pictures 



We would be gl.Td to have those who 

 can do so, send us pictures of bee- 

 yards, or of anything else that would be 

 of interest along the bee-keeping line. 



On September i, 1907, we placed the 

 subscription price of the American Bee 

 Journal at 50 cents a year. It was an 

 experiment for us. We have given it a 

 year's trial and are convinced that the 

 kind of a journal that we are getting 

 up each month can not be profitably 

 maintained at so low a price as 50 cents 

 Besides, it is worth more than that if 

 it is worth anything at all. No bee- 

 paper has ever been successful at 50 

 cents a year. \Ve have been giving 

 every month more valuable bee-litera- 

 ture, we believe, than was ever given 

 by any other monthly apiarian publica 

 tion at even one dollar a year. 



Bee - keepers are not cheap foll<s. They 

 bdieve in the "live and let live" princi- 

 ple. There has been a fair crop of 

 honey in most localities this year, and 

 it will sell at a fair price if properly 

 marketed. The cost of everything thai 

 goes into the making of the American 

 Bee Journal is now higher than for 

 years, and its 32 pages each month fair- 

 ly teem with helpful, interesting in- 

 formation — so they tell us who ought 

 to know. It costs a good deal to se- 

 cure it and put it up in such attractive 

 shape. The price should be one dollar 

 a year, but beginning with September 

 r, 1908, we put it at 75 cents a year 

 (3 years for $2.00, or 5 years for $3.00) 

 in the United States and its possessions, 

 also Mexico and Cuba (except in Chi 

 cago, where the postoffice departmeni 

 compels us to add 2 cents per copy for 

 postage, making it $r.oo per year). To 

 Canada it will be 85 cents a year ; to 

 other foreign countries, such as Eng- 

 land, Australia, etc., it will be $1.00 a 

 year. To South Africa and other coun 

 tries not in the Universal Postal Un 

 ion, it will be $1.25 a year. 



We believe that every one of our 

 readers who appreciates a good bee- 

 paper, will commend us for making the 

 change from 50 cents to 75 cents — 

 which on individual subscriptions is only 

 "a quarter" a year more, or about 2 

 cents a month more — that's all. 



We wish to thank all our readers for 

 the interest they are taking in the 

 American Bee Journal, and especial)- 

 for securing new subscriptions. On an 

 other page we make some liberal offers 

 for the work of getting new readers 

 We hope it will be kept up, and that we 

 may have a large increase in our sub 

 scription list. 



And now, wishing all our readers sue 

 cess in their undertakings, we are, 

 Faithfully yours, 

 GEORGE W. YORK & CO 



Chicago, 111., Sept. i, iqoS. 



Coiinoctioiit Con vtMi tion. 



The 17th fall conveiUion of the Con 

 neclicut Mee-Kecpcrs' Association will 

 be Iield h'riday, October 16, 1908, in 

 Room 50, State Capitol, Hartford, be- 

 ginning at 10:30 a. m. To all interested 

 a cordial invitation to meet with us is 

 extended. Matters of importance to 

 progressive bee-keepers will be discussed 

 by experts, James A. Smith, Src. 



llarlfunl, Coim. 



