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it would be best to start out with a few, 

 until I understood the care of bees bet- 

 ter. I shall act on your suggestion, and 

 come there to look around for myself — 

 that is always the most satisfactory way. 



I thank both yourself and your hus- 

 band for you kind offer, and will be glad 

 indeed to have your help and advice. 

 Were it possible, I should come right 

 away, but circumstances will not per- 

 mit. My mother-in-law is a helpless in- 

 valid — has not walked in 25 years— her 

 limbs are drawn and twisted with rheu- 

 matism, and in these late years she has 

 been a great sufferer from kidney and 

 other trouble. Out of eight children she 

 has only one daughter, one son and my- 

 self left. She leans and depends so much 

 on me, that I have not the heart to leave 

 her, although I think it would be to my 

 advantage to do so. I fear she will not 

 be with us many months (possibly 

 weeks) longer, hence my desire to have 

 some plan in view for mine and my chil- 

 dren's future. 



Are there public schools in your place? 

 That would be an item of importance to 

 me, having so many children to educate. 



Again thanking- you for your interest 

 and trouble, and hoping to hear from 

 you again, if not asking too much, I am, 

 Yours very truly, 



Mks. B. B. R. 



p. s.— Would you advise me to sub- 

 scribe for the paper you so kindly sent? 

 I thought it would be a good idea to be 

 reading up on the subject, then I 

 thought perhaps it would be better to 

 learn by experience, as I find 1 always 

 do better that way. Please advise me. 

 Your letter served to give me strength 

 and courage, for it seems to me what 

 one woman has done, another can do, if 

 she will only persevere, and not be dis- 

 couraged by the dilBculties that must 

 arise. Mrs. B. B. R. 



Now, dear friends, I do not wish you 

 to understand that I am not willing to 

 answer letters by mail, etc., but I would 

 be proud if I were so circumstanced in 

 life that I could devote at least a part 

 of my time to helping those that I could 

 help. But I have yet to work hard for 

 my living, and my time is not my own — 

 it belongs to my family and my business, 

 and it is a great burden on ray strength 

 to answer all these letters. 



Why, you see my report got into the 

 common press of the country, last year, 

 and reached England, France, Germany, 

 etc., (and I am sorry to say It was some- 

 what magnified before it got across the 



ocean), and the letters that have teemed 

 in to me for ten months past, would sur- 

 prise any one; and all from people ig- 

 norant of bees. I do not care to have 

 my report published any more. 



Well, now, to the point : I am paid to 

 write for the American Bee Journal, 

 and to answer questions through its 

 columns is "copy" for me, and good 

 reading for all beginners, and good mat- 

 ter for the Journal, as this is one 

 branch of the Bee Journal to answer 

 questions, and be of as much help to its 

 readers as possible, and if a bee-keeper, 

 not now a subscriber to the Bee Jour- 

 nal, will send me his or her subscrip- 

 tion, and ask questions, I will take 

 pleasure in answering in full, and give 

 all the information I can. When you 

 must have a reply by letter, please ex- 

 cuse me if it is cut short, and do not 

 accuse me of selfishness, for I trust you 

 may believe me when I tell you I have 

 not the time to answer you by letter. 



In conclusion, I will say that this 

 is my advice to all beginners : Get some 

 bees, subscribe for the Bee Journal, 

 aslf questions, and soon learn to be a 

 bee-keeper. Jennie Atchley. 



Beevilie, Bee Co., Tex. 



Best Season in Ten Years. 



Mrs. Atchley : — This is the best sea- 

 son I have had in the ten years I have 

 kept bees. My 27 colonies, spring 

 count, have increased to 49, and I have 

 taken 9U0 pounds of comb honey, and 

 2,700 pounds of extracted, and still 

 honey is coming in from buckwheat. 

 C. J. Baldridge. 



Kendaia, N. Y., Aug. 80. 



Profitiftltic Kee-Iieepiiig-, by Mrs 



Atchley, will continue for some time in her 

 department of tbe Bee Jouhnal, at least 

 each alternate week. Until further notice 

 we can furnish the back numbei's from May 

 1st, beginning with her >' Lessons," to new 

 subscribers who pay .fl.OO for a year's sub- 

 scription to the Bke Joukxal— that is, we 

 can commence their year with the number 

 having the first lesson, if they so desire. 



Capons and Caponi^ing:, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls; and thus how to 

 make the most money in poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bee Journal one year for $1.10. 



