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VOL. XXXIV. CHICAGO, ILL, DEC. 6. 1894. 



NO. 23. 



^ GEORGE W YORK.%p' 



I*rof. Cook, writing from Claremont, 

 Calif., Nov. 20, says this: 



We are having lovely weather. My bees 

 have gathered quite a little honey this fall 

 — mostly from the pepper-trees. This is a 

 lovely country. A. J. Cook. 



A XreiueudoitM Honey- Yioltl.— 



" Gleanings " tells us of an Australian bee- 

 keeper who, in the season of 1891-92, 

 "started in spring with 63 colonies, in- 

 creased to 120, and extracted a little over 

 48,000 pounds of honey — an average of 750 

 pounds, spring count." The bees were 

 "Italians and hybrids, in 20-frame 'long- 

 idea' hives." But the honey season in 

 Australia lasts almost a whole year. It's a 

 fine yield, just the same. 



Xlie Amateur ISee-Keeper is the 



name of a neat 64-page pamphlet, 4x7 inches 

 in size. It is written by that practical 

 Missouri bee-keeper, Mr. J. W. Rouse, and 

 published by the Leahy Mfg. Co. It should 

 be read by every bee-keeper, whether an 

 amateur or not. A new and second edition 

 has just been issued, the first 1,000 copies 

 being disposed of in only two years. It is 

 nicely and fully illustrated. Price, post- 

 paid, 25 cents; or clubbed with the •• Ameri- 

 can Bea JourBal " for a year— both, $1.15, 



IVebrasIca Apiarian Exhibit, at 



the State Pair in September, was as usual 

 a prominent feature of the annual show. 

 Mr. E. Whitcomb was in charge, which, of 

 course, from the very start, insured a suc- 

 cessful exhibit. A Nebraska report of the 

 Fair said that the apiary department was 

 ornamented this year by some beautiful 

 work in beeswax by Mrs. Whitcomb. One 

 of the most handsome designs consisted of 

 a lyre with a bunch of flowers at the base. 

 She exhibited a basket of wax flowers, 

 flowers made of birds' eggs, statuary and 

 other pieces nicely executed. 



William James, of Pleasant Hill, showed 

 a miniature house made by bees on a frame- 

 work placed in the hive. 



Ernest Bessey and Winnie Stilson ex- 

 hibited large collections of honey-producing 

 plants. 



August Davidson, of Omaha, S. A. Smith, 

 of Gage county, Stilson & Son, of York, 

 and Superintendent Whitcomb, all hat 

 large exhibits, considering the unfavorable 

 season for honey-producing in that State 



I^oti^ of" Honey will be consumed by 

 Chicago people the coming winter. There 

 are quite a number of bee-keeping honey- 

 sellers in town now, and they all know how 

 to dispose of honey. Mr. Byron Walker, 

 the " tall sycamore " bee-man of Michigan, 

 came last week, and he will put thousands 

 of pounds of nice honey in the grocery 

 stores. 



Then we understand that Mr. F. Grabbe— 

 once a part owner of the "American Bee 

 Journal"— has opened a store on the west 

 side of the city, and is wholesaling honey 

 at a fair price. 



Mr. H. F. Moore is here— a young lawyer 

 wbo thought he'd leave the old Ohio farm 



