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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 5, 



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Address, HENRY Al,l.EY, 



6Ctt WENHAM, MASS. 



Barnes' Foot-Power Machinery. 



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 5(1 chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 l(X) honey-racks, 500 broad 

 frames, li.ono honey-boxes 

 and a trreat deal of other 

 worfe. This winter we have 

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THe RURAL CALIFORNIAN 



Tells all about Bees in California. 

 The Yields and Price of Honej-; the Pastur- 

 ase and Nectar - Producing Plants; the Bee- 

 Uanchee and how they are conducted. In fact 

 the entire field Is fully covered by and expert 

 bee-man. Besides this, the paper also tells 

 you all about Oaliroriila AarlcnUure and 

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THE RURAIi CALIFORNIAN, 

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 2. $1.00 per bushel. 20 New 

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 J. F. MICHAEI^, 

 lD6t (jttEENVILLE. OHIO. 



Mention thcjlmcrican lice Jonnml 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, and every- 



I thing that bee-keepers use. Root's 



C.oods at Root's Prieeii, and the 



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See reports of experiments with Comb Foun- 

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PACIFIC RURAL, PRESS, 



220 Market St„ - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



have been used to bees from boyhood, and 

 am a lover of the profession. This country 

 is too cold for me: I would like to find a 

 good location in the South, where I can 

 produce both honey and fruit. I would like 

 to correspond with some one living in a 

 good location for both bees and fruit, either 

 in East Tennessee, southwest Virginia, 

 western Georgia, western North Carolina, 

 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. 

 It some one living in the places named, and 

 where the location is suitable, will write 

 me a short letter, or send me their address, 

 I will consider it a favor. W. C. Nutt. 

 Eldora, Iowa, Feb. 10. 



WLoving Bees by Wagon. 



The question was asked on page 20 about 

 the way to prepare bees to haul overland 

 on a common farm wagon. As I have 

 hauled bees over rough mountain roads 

 with complete success, I can tell W. C. H. 

 how I prepared my bees. 



I made light bottoms and tops of i^-inch 

 lumber, and cut holes 5 inches square in 

 both bottom and top, and covered both 

 openings with wire-cloth, nailing 1-inch 

 square cleats on both tops and bottoms to 

 keep them from splitting; this will give 

 plenty of air. The frames were loose-hang- 

 ing, and I made some sticks -'sXl '4 inches 

 nailed crosswise, one over the frames at 

 each end. with small wire nails awled in, so 

 as not to .iar the bees too much while nail- 

 ing. Then I saw that all cracks were stop- 

 ped. I put a nail in each frame, and hauled 

 the bees SO miles. Place the hives length- 

 wise of the wagon. J. R. Gibson. 



Tucker, Mo. 



The Home Market is the Place. 



I have sold my apiary of bees, including 

 hives and " fixings," so I am out of the bee- 

 business for awhile at least. 1 have kept 

 bees for the past 22 years. In the spring I 

 intend to start in new. For the past two 

 years about all my honey has been mixed 

 with honey-dew, and I have had to sell it 

 for about half the price of white honey. 

 Taking all the years together, I have sold 

 tons of honey which paid a big profit for 

 the amount of time and money invested. I 

 never sold a pound to commission mer- 

 chants, and never have failed to find a 

 home market for all the honey I have had. 

 I think it is safe to say that thousands of 

 dollars are lost to bee-keepers in Vermont 

 every year by shipping their honey to Bos- 

 ton and New York to be sold on commis- 

 sion. Vermont produces no more honey 

 than she can consume herself, and would if 

 she had the chance, paying good prices to 

 the producer. I know a number of mer- 

 chants that get all their choice Vermont 

 honey by way of Boston cheaper than I 

 can afford to sell it to them here. Comb 

 honey sells here for 20 cents, and Western 

 extracted for 15 cents per pound. 



Sharon, Vt., Feb. 2. C. A. Maksh. 



Some Folks Need Educating. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott thinks it is just and 

 right to tax bees. Here in Wisconsin they 

 are taxed. Then comes our weed commis- 

 sioner and pulls up our sweet clover. I 

 sowed the seed on my own ground, and had 

 a nice, large field of sweet clover, but the 

 weed commissioner cut it down. I have 

 been a member of the Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 and I think it could help us in this matter. 

 I think our State has made a mistake. 

 Probably our officers are too poor to buy 

 honey, so they destroy our sweet clover. 



Pulcifer, Wis., Feb. 4. Henry Stark. 



Death of Mr. C. H. Pond. 



My father, C. H. Pond, died on the morn- 

 ing of Jan. 14, after an illness of several 

 months. He had been a sufferer from heart 

 disease for the past three years. He had 

 been engaged in horticulture and apiculture 

 for the past ten years. I shall continue in 



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GUS DITTMEK, AUGUSTA, WIS, 

 Reference— Augusta Bank. 16Att 



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PATENT WIRED COMB FODNDATIOH 



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