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AMERICAN BEE JOURMaU 



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flowers, leaves and many apple, pear 

 and peach trees, and before there were 

 any more flowers many colonies per- 

 ished, and what pulled through were 

 very weak. Then the dry weather set 

 in, and continued nearly all summer, 

 and what little honey we did get was 

 fall honey. 



I will give our crop for the past two 

 years : 



Beulah apiary, from 120 colonies, in 

 1893, 9,000 ponnds of honey; 130 col- 

 onies in 1894 -3,500 pounds. 



Gentry apiary, 115 colonies in 1893 

 —8.400 pounds; 133 colonies in 1894 

 — 4,429 pounds. 



Wrights apiary, 63 colonies in 1893 

 — 7,200 pounds; in 1894 — 2,900 

 pounds. 



Riverton apiary, 87 colonies in 1894 

 — 2,224 pounds. 



Niles apiary, 109 colonies in 

 1,200 pounds. 



Home apiary, 41 colonies in 

 2,224 pounds; 54 colonies in 

 nothing to speak of, as I keep this api- 

 ary mostly for queen-breeding. 



I am keeping almost all kinds of bees. 

 I like the Golden Italian for beauty, the 

 3-banded for gentleness, and the blacks 

 for comb honey. But give me a direct 

 cross between the 5-banded or 3-banded, 

 and I will get the honey. 



All of my bees have gone into winter 

 quarters, with plenty of honey to pull 

 through until next May. 



I have tested the 10 and 8 frame 

 hives, side by side, and honestly believe 

 I can get 20 per cent, more from the 

 10-frame hives. 



I shall give them another trial the 

 coming season, also the different kinds 

 of bees — blacks, 3-banded, Golden Ital- 

 ian, Carniolan and hybrid — and weigh 

 the honey each time I extract, and re- 

 port through the American Bee Journal. 



The American Bee Journal came to 

 me like a lost friend, as I used to be a 

 subscriber for it about 10 years ago, 

 when I was in the bee-business in Mich- 

 igan. J. H. Sll'LF.S. 



Wrights, Miss., Nov. 29. 



Moved from Kansas to Texas. 



We have changed our home from Jew- 

 ell City, Kansas, to Webster, Harris Co., 

 Texas, and saw Mrs. Jennie Atchley and 

 family on Nov. 23. We had a pleasant 

 visit with them. It was too dry in that 

 part of the country ; bees did not do 

 as well as they could have done if they 

 had had more rain. 



This is a beautiful county, surrounded 



by good timber, and a beautiful lake 

 (called "Clear Lake") and Clear Creek, 

 and is not quite as level as some of the 

 coast country. It has better drainage. 

 It was rather wet here the past summer 

 — more so than it has been for 20 years, 

 so the old settlers say. Bees did not do 

 as well this year as they did last. I see 

 no reason why this should not make one 

 of the best bee-countries, as there are 

 blossoms all the year round. We have 

 had roses in bloom ever since we have 

 been here, and people are going to sow 

 alfalfa. There is no doubt but it will be 

 grown easily, as this is a country not 

 subject to drouth. Mes. L. P. Smith. 

 Webster, Tex., Dec. 5. 



Eight IViiinbei-s for lO Cents.— 



Yes, we will send the last eight numbers of 

 the American Bee Journal for 1894, to 

 any mw name, for only 10 cents (stamps or 

 silver). Now, here's a good chance to get 

 some of your bee-keeping friends started in 

 taking the Bee Journal regularly. You 

 just get them to read the eight numbers 

 mentioned, and more than likely they will 

 want to keep it up after that. If you have 

 three bee-friends that you want should have 

 the eight numbers, send us 25 cents with 

 their names and addresses, and we will 

 mail them to each. Remember this offer is 

 for the lad eiqJit numbers of 1894 — dated, Nov. 

 8, 15, 23 and 29 ; and Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 27. 



If, then, at any time between now and 

 Feb. 1, 1895, you can secure the subscrip- 

 tions of these " short termers " for the year 

 1895, you can count them as new subscrib- 

 ers and get the premiums as per our offers 

 on page 797 of this issue. Eight "short 

 term " subscribers at 10 cents each, will 

 count the same as one new subsci'iber for a 

 year, in earning premiums. 



If you wish sample copies to use in secur- 

 ing the " short term " or other subscribers, 

 let us know, and we will be glad to mail 

 them to you free. 



We ought to add thousands of names to 

 our list on this very low offer— S numbers 

 for 10 cents ! A^'ow Is the time for eai-itent work ! 



4H«I Bee .loiinialiii. — We have quite 

 a number of old copies of the American 

 Bee Journal, extending back perphaps 10 

 years. We will send these out at one cent a 

 co])y, all to be different dates, and back of 

 Jan. 1, 1894. Remember they are odd num- 

 bers, and you must let us select them. We 

 cannot furnish them in regular order, that 

 is, one or two months' numbers without a 

 break, but will mail you as many single or 

 odd copies as you may wish, upon receipt 

 of the number of cents you want to invest 

 in them. They will be fine reading for the 

 long winter evenings, and many a single 

 copy is worth a whole years' subscription. 

 Better send for ten or more copies, as a 

 sample order. Only a cent a copy, back of 

 Jan. 1, 1894. 



