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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 8. 



PROF. A. J. COOK'S BOOK FREE ! 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



This 13th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 mag-niflcent book of 460 pages, in neat and 

 substantial cloth binding, we propose to give 

 away to our present subscribers, for the work 

 of getting NEW subscribers for the American 

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A description of the book here is quite un- 

 necessary — it is simply the most compiete sci- 

 entific and practical bee-book published to- 

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 most fascinating style, The author is also 

 too well-known to the whole bee-world to re- 

 quire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 fully equipped, or his library complete, with- 

 out "The Bee-Keeper's Guide." 



Oiven For 2 New Siib§criber8. 



The tullowlnp offer is made to present sub- 

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Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 JournaKwiih l'2. 00), and we will mail von a 

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 or we club it with the Bee Journal for a year 

 —both together for only $1.75. But surely 

 anybody can get only 3 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 bool as a premium. Let everybody try for it. 

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erally. Reports showed about half a 

 crop this year, except in the northerij 

 part of the State. We had a good meet- 

 ing, and an entertainment given us in 

 the evening after the first day by the 

 ladies of Winona city, was very much 

 enjoyed. E. B. Huffmann, 



Winona, Minn., Sept. 26. 



Chaiig;!!!^ the Stock, Etc. 



One man here was telling my folks a 

 new way to extract honey. He simply 

 sets a pan under the hive (they are box- 

 hives), and catches the honey that runs 

 out on a hot day. 



On page 599, Mrs. I. J. has a colony 

 of bees that won't work. One of my 

 neighbors had a swarm of common bees 

 that acted the same way, so I put some 

 of the comb into two frames, gave them 

 a new queen, carried the old hive off 

 about 12 rods, covered it up with a 

 sheet, put the new hive in the place the 

 old one was moved from, and the bees 

 went right to work. This was on July 

 25, and to-day that hive is full of Albino 

 bees, and all 10 frames are full of comb 

 and honey. It is new blood that such 

 bees need. 



I had 5 colonies last spring, and now 

 have 15. I use 8 and 10 frame hives, 

 and have 300 pounds of comb honey. I 

 could sell 1,000 pounds if I could pro- 

 duce it, but honey-dew would not sell at 

 any price. 



I do not know how I could get along 

 without the Bee .Journal and Gleanings. 



C, G, ASCHA. 



Hinsdale, Mass., Sept, 21. 



A Correction — Swarming. 



I wish to make a little correction of 

 my letter on page 588, where it refers 

 to bees that are s warmers. It makes me 

 say, "In some instances I have had 

 swarms from young swarms, which had 

 not taken place before with ray bees," 

 It should read : " In several instances 

 this season I have had swarms from 

 young swarms' swarms, which had not 

 taken place before with my bees." It is 

 not an uncommon thing to have young 

 swarms cast a swarm with my bees, for 

 they do that almost every season, but 

 when a young swarm's swarm cast a 

 swarm, it is rather remarkable, as far 

 as I know. 



Here is an instance concerning one 

 swarra, and I gave some attention to the 

 matter : An old colony swarmed quite 

 early; in fact, they sent out three 

 swarms, and in buckwheat time cast 

 another with a young queen. This old 

 colony's first swarm cast two swarms, 

 and their first swarm cast two more. 

 That is an increase of eight swarms by 

 natural swarming. The old colony here- 

 in referred to, after sending out the 

 three swarms, filled two cases of 18 sec- 

 tions each, with white honey, and 

 another set of the same in buckwheat 

 time. Their first colony filled two, and 

 their first swarm filled two sets also. The 

 first swarm of the fourth generation has 

 a set nearly filled. In fact, there are 

 three sets of 18 sections each on the 

 old swarm and its increase ; but for all 

 this my honey crop is light, compared to 

 some of the bee-men. H. b\ Newton. 



Whitney's Crossing, N. Y., Sept. 21. 



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