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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 25, 



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Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



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Pnll ralimi(i« of Italian Bees for $4.00. 

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23A4t Mention the American Bee Journal. 



that I'm a poor person to write flowery 

 articles on bee-culture. 



While attending school I read the 

 fable of the hen that laid a golden egg 

 every day, and her owner killed her, 

 thinking to get the gold all in a lump, 

 and he was surprised to find only what 

 was in other hens. And that is just my 

 experience with bee-culture — the same as 

 in other hens. If a person has a good 

 soil, works it well, plants good seed, and 

 he is blessed with a grcnviiig season, he 

 will harvest a good crop, be it potatoes, 

 corn or beans. I'm not the favored per- 

 son who harvests a crop of honey 

 whether there is nectar secreted in the 

 flowers or not. Mks. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, 111. 



Working Well. 



Bees are working well. I have had 

 one swarm so far. Success to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. It never misses to get 

 here. I hope it will have a prosperous 

 year for 1896. Hknby W. Brown. 



Scottville, Mich., June 5. 



Basswood Promises Extra-Good. 



I had 21 colonies of bees, spring 

 count. They are al! in good condition 

 now, with considerable white clover and 

 mustard in bloom. Basswood promises 

 to be extra-good this year. 



P. G. Abbott. 



Mt. Auburn, Iowa, June 11. 



Best Prospects in Several Years. 



The prospects for a good yield of 

 honey this year are the best in several 

 years. I started in the spring with 8 

 colonies, having lost 3 out of 11, which 

 were queenless. I have had 4 new 

 swarms — one in May, three the first of 

 June. The bees are doing well, consid- 

 ering the amount of windy and rainy 

 weather, for it rains most of the time. 

 The fruit-trees are loaded down with 

 blossoms, and raspberries, too. The 

 bees have commenced killing off the 

 drones, but there are plenty left yet. I 

 winter my bees on the summer stands, 

 in 10-frame Langstroth chaff hives. 



Ira D. Hyde. 



Worden, Mich., June S. 



Several Bee-Notes. 



While there is always much of interest 

 in the Bee Journal, the June 4th num- 

 ber seems unusually good. Mr. Daven- 

 port's and Mrs. Harrison's letters are 

 helpful, especially to beginners. 



I have for several years been buying 

 queens, watching the Bee Journal ad- 

 vertisements for "snaps;" never buying 

 more than two queens of one man, and I 

 can say 1 have never failed in but oue 

 instance to get good value for my money, 

 and I believe the Bee Journal adver- 

 tisers are men who will do as they agree. 

 The single instance mentioned was for a 

 g!1.50 tested queen that was fine colored, 

 but an " old lady " that should have been 

 laid on the shelf. She was almost be- 

 yond laying, and had I not reared a 

 young queen from her, she would have 

 been a total loss, as she died the next 

 winter, and 1 lost the colony in the 

 spring. 



The honey business must be about as 

 far down the toboggan slide as it can 

 get. I have sold nice white honey 



The P>ee-Keepers' Guide: 



Or Manual of the Apiary, 



By Prof. A. J. CoOK. 



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Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

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CHICAGO, ILLS. 



A Barffain-EARLY QUEENS. 



119 Colonics Italian Bees in Chaff Hives: two 

 acres land: good house: excellent well. 



Early Queens- Tested. $1.00 ; Untested, 

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^►For instance, it has a job lot of 200, OOo 

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