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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 9, 



WINTRY 

 WEATHER 

 WEAKENS 



the system, lowers the vitality, and 

 decreases the power of resistance 

 against colds and chills. Many peo- 

 ple are feeling weak and shivery 

 .-just now. They complain of cold 

 "hands and feet. Their blood doesn't 

 circulate properly ; the raw, bleak 

 air seems to go right through them. 

 Others feel worn out. and lack vigor. 

 They are bilious, nervous, have 

 backaches, headaches, and a pale, 

 sallow complexion. All these symp- 

 toms indicate that the liver and 

 kidneys are out of order. Feeble 

 circulation of the blood shows that 

 the system is in a very low condi- 

 tion. People who feel like this are 

 facing some dangers they little sus- 

 pect. 



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for pneumonia, influenza, or some other 

 dangerous complaint when you are in 

 this state! 



If you have any of these symptoms, 

 and are not feeling as well as you ought 

 to feel, do not wait until you are laid 

 up with a serious illness. Act at once. 

 Take something that will build up the 

 system, put the blood in healthful 

 motion. and act on the liver and kidneys. 

 Prevention is better than cure. 



There is only one way to get well. 

 There is only one remedy that can 

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 is Warner's Safe Cure which is recom- 

 mended and prescribed by physicians 

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 liver and kidney complaint, bladder 

 trouble or Bright's disease. It is the 

 great standard remedy .the best remedy, 

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If your health needs attention, do 

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lA13t MentUmthe American Bee Journal. 



there was no stores for them, so I put a 

 feeder on top — a common box-feeder — and 

 packed them down in leaves. I put about 

 12 inches of leaves on top of the feeder, and 

 packed the sides the same as I did for win- 

 ter. Then I fed sugar syrup till the first of 

 the year, then on each warm day I fed 

 warm syrup, and, as a result, in the spring 

 that was my strongest colony, and the first 

 to swarm. So, my dear brother, never be 

 tempted to steal what a little care can give 

 you. 



I hope that our unfortunate brother may 

 read this letter and profit thereby. 



Tarentum, Pa. E. C. Culbert. 



A Young Bee-Keeper's Report. 



I have been keeping bees for three years 

 in frame hives. This has been a hard year 

 here for bees, and also for their keepers. I 

 had to feed for winter stores. I have 14 

 colonies in fair condition. I got a war- 

 ranted queen from a Missouri breeder, and 

 she is a beauty, but what robbers, stingers, 

 and swarmers they are ! 



The old American bee Journal is a friend 

 indeed. I am glad that the editor gives the 

 boys a chance. I am one of them. 



J. W. Holder. 



Hebbertsburgh, Tenn., Nov. 2(1, ISUo. 



The Season in New Hampshire. 



Bees in this locality did fairly well the 

 first part of the season. They built up 

 well in the spring, and gave a good in- 

 crease. The latter part of the season they 

 barely held their own, so we had to feed for 

 winter. 



In preparing my bees for winter, I re- 

 duced 43 colonies to 2i, by uniting. I fed 

 sugar syrup till each colony had 3U pounds 

 of stores. Those that were not in chaff 

 hives I put into outer cases packed with 

 planer shavings. I put a thick porous 

 cushion over the frames. I leave the en- 

 trance open, shading it with a board lean- 

 ing against the hive, removing it whenever 

 it is warm enough for the bees to fly. My 

 bees, prepared in this way, have wintered 

 without loss the last three or four winters. 

 J. P. Smith. 



Sunapee, N. H., Dec. 5, 1895. 



Only the Second Poor Crop Year. 



I cannot well do without the American 

 Bee Journal. I have kept bees here since 

 1ST8. and this is my second year to fail of 

 getting a good crop. I lost 15 colonies last 

 winter, by freezing and starving, although 

 they had plenty of stores. My 30 colonies 

 remaining, increased to 60, but gave only 

 400 pounds of surplus honey. The asters 

 failed to bloom in September as usual ; they 

 always give us a large amount of honey. 

 There are about 400 colonies of bees in our 

 immediate vicinity. 250 of which have 

 sprung from my stock, as I am always try- 

 ing to get my friends "into trouble" by 

 getting them to keep bees, and I have had 

 fair success in that direction, for this year 

 we are all in the same fix — very little 

 honey. But I console myself by knowing 

 that I have done some good and have got- 

 ten persons to keep bees and eat honey who 

 always claimed they had no use for either. 

 Success to the Bee Journal for the year 

 1896! C. A. Haines. 



East St. Louis, 111., Dec. 10, 1895. 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

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$3.00 Worth for $2.00 ! 



Until further notice, we propose to give you 

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Turkeys lor Market and Profit 25c 



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Kural Lile 25e 



Preparation of Honey lor the Market. .. lOo 



Bee-Pasturage a Necessity lOo 



Hlvel Use. by Doolittle 5c 



Foul Brood, by Dr. Howard 25o 



Foul Brood, by Kohnke 25c 



Foul Brood, by Cheshire 10c 



Bee-Keeplnglor Protit, by Dr. Tinker 25o 



Kendall's Horse- Book— Eng. or German.. 25c 



Silo and Silage, by Prof. Cook 25c 



Hand-Book or Health, by Dr. Foote 25c 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush 35c 



Potato Culture, by Terry 40c 



Carp Culture, by Root A; Finney 40c 



Strawberry Culture, by Terry & Root 40c 



Bienen Kultur. by Newman [German] — 40c 

 Winter Problem In Bee-Keeping LPierce] . 50c 

 Bee-Keepers' U'rectory. by Heury Alley. oOo 

 Advanced Bee-Culture, by HutcbinsoD. .. 50o 

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Hone So Blind as Tliose Wm Vvil! Not See! 



Said a fence maker to a wire maker, "Of 

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DODTeDtion Notices. 



Dr. P. C Circss. of Atchinson, Kans., 

 would like to communicate, confidentially, 

 with all persons who have consigned honey 

 to C. R. Horrie & Co., of Chicago, 111., with 

 unsatisfactory results. 



Wisconsin.— The annual meeting of the 

 Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6 and 7, 

 ISflo, in the capitol building at Madison. The 

 program will appear in due time. 



PlatteviUe. Wis. N. E. Finance, Sec. 



East Tennessee —The Southern East Ten- 

 nessee Bee-Keepers' Association will hold a 

 special meeting at Cookson's Creek, on Satur- 

 day. Jan. 11, 1806, beginning at 9 a.m. An 

 interesting time Is expected. All are invited 

 to attend, and especially those Interesied in 

 apiculture. W. J. Copeland, Sec, 



Fetzerton. Tenn. 



The Special Meeting of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In Chi- 

 cago, at the New Briggs House, northeast cor- 

 ner of Randolph St. and Fifth Ave., on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, Jan. 9 and 10. 1896— the 

 week of the National Cycle Show— when ex 

 cursion rates will be given on the certilicate 

 plan— for IM tare tor the round trip. Certifi- 

 cate must be secured at the starting point, or 

 no reduction will be granied on return. Be- 

 fore return ticket is secured, certificate must 

 be signed by the Secretary of the Cycle Exhi- 

 bition Company, and vised by the joint agent 

 of the railway lines, whose ofHof^s will be in 

 the Exhibition Buildiog. Tickets to Chicago 

 may be purchased (and certificate taken), on 

 any day between Jan. 1 and 11, and the return 

 trip commenced on any day between Jan. 4 

 and 15. Chicago hotel rales are 75 cents each, 

 per night, two in a room; $1.00 it one in a 

 room. Meals extra— pay tor what you order, 

 or go elsewhere for meals, if preferred. 



Bradtordton, 111. JAS. A. Stone, Sec. 



Xlie ^Vooden Hen is the title of a 

 small pamphlet issued by Geo. H. Stahl, of 

 Quincy, 111., which describes what he calls 

 " something new and novel for the boys." 

 Of course, it is In the line of incubators, 

 which he manufactures. Send your name 

 and address to him for a copy of the 

 pamphlet. His advertisement you will find 

 in this number of the Bee Journal. 



