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THf AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 4, 



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We have killed high prices. Give me a trial 

 order and be convinced that, good Queens can 

 be reared for 50 cts. each. Untested. 50 cts.; 

 Tested, 75 cts. Golden Italians. 3-Bauded I- 

 talians, and Silver-Gray Carniolans. all the 

 same price. Best of Heferences given. 



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TEXAS QUEENS. 



If you are in need of Queens, let me have 

 your.'order. Prlce-Llst Free. 

 8A26t J. D. GI\ENS, Lisbon, Tex. 

 IteniUm. ttie A.nierican Bee Jov,Tita&, 



ought to give us a good fall flow. So 

 you see, vpith a few " ifs " and " ands," 

 our prospects are quite fair for this year 

 of grace, 1896. 



Bees are running out of stores, and 

 will probably need feeding before clover 

 blooms. I suppose if we should get a 

 crop we would have to give it away. 

 There has not been any honey crop now 

 for two or three years, and yet our home 

 groceries sell comb honey for 12};; cents 

 per pound. They call it "Colorado 

 honey," and if it is not bogus, I wonder 

 how much the man that produces it gets ? 

 I wouldn't think there would be much 

 left after paying freight and commission. 



I wish some reader In Colorado who 

 knows, would let us know whether there 

 is anybody in Colorado who can produce 

 comb honey and ship it to Iowa, and re- 

 tail it out for 12J^ cents per pound. 

 There was a neighbor of mine who has 

 had bees a long time, who saw this 

 honey, and who says it is "fed honey," 

 or, in other words, sugar-honey, so- 

 called. It seems to me this might be so, 

 as I don't see why our Colorado brethren 

 should sell their comb honey so cheap 

 that it can be shipped this far, after 

 being kept all winter, and sold cheaper 

 than our own honey is sold, and that, 

 too, when there is no other honey ou our 

 market. Of course, if they do it, and 

 will persist in doing it, I have nothing 

 further to say, but if this honey has 

 sugar in it, I would like to find it out. 

 E. S. Miles. 



Denison, Iowa, May 15. 



A Report for 1895. 



We started in with 39 colonies in the 

 spring of 1895. We had 175 young 

 colonies, besides some that we doubled 

 up, and those we kept no trace of. We 

 had 3,600 one-pound boxes, the rest 

 being broken comb. We sold it for a 

 shilling per pound. We put it in our 

 last fall's report as extracted honey, but 

 we did not extract any honey. We took 

 up 30 colonies, and sold all we could, so 

 we put 160 colonies into the cellar. 

 When we took them out this spring 

 there were three colonies dead, which 

 left us 157 to start with. We have 

 sold down, since we put the bees out, to 

 14:3, which we will keep this summer. 

 If any one wants any proof, we would 

 be pleased to have him write, and he 

 will get it. J. Z. Rhodes & Sons. 



Verndale, Minn., May 13. 



Interesting Nebraska Notes. 



In place of crying for rain, Nebraska 

 people just now are complaining of too 

 much rain. All the rain we didn't get 

 for the last two years appears to be com- 

 ing down all at once. It has rained 

 nearly every day this month, and farm- 

 ers begin to wonder how they will finish 

 their spring planting. 



To bee-keepers, though, the abundant 

 moisture means the growth of honey- 

 plants, and perhaps honey. Bees have 

 done well so far this spring. First came 

 the bloom from soft maple, yielding 

 enough honey to till the hives in good 

 condition for brood-rearing, which has 

 been steady and well continued till the 

 present time. The frequent rains for 

 the last three weeks have prevented 

 any vigorous honey-gathering, but as 

 part of nearly every day the sun comes 

 out, enough honey comes in for a living, 

 and colonies are getting pretty crowded. 



The first swarm of the season came 



Tlie Bee-Keepers' Guide: 



Or Manual of the Apiary, 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. 



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CHICAGO, ILLS. 



A Barffain-EARLY QUEENS. 



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Of Bee-Hives, Sections, Ship- 

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 and E\'erytliiug used in the 

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I want the name and address 

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The Largest Factories, 



^►and have tbe latest and most improved 

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 For Sections, the clearest and 



The Whitest Basswood 



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The Lowest Prices, f? 



^►For instance, it has a job lot of '200.00ty 

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