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We can furnish 'Willovr-Herb Extracted Honey, iu 60-pound tin cans, on 

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 home demand after his own crop is all sold. Or, why not begin now to create a 

 local honey-trade ? Order one 60-pound can first, and start out among your neigh- 

 bors and friends, and see what you can do. You ought to get at least 15 cents per 

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Qej^eral Itcrr)S> 



Bees Did Exceedingly WeU. 



My bees have done nothing for me the 

 past two years, but this year they did 

 exceedingly well. I had 26 colonies, 

 spring count, have increased to 37, and 

 extracted about a ton and a half of 

 honey. The honey Is nearly all white, 

 and I think it is the best quality of any 

 I have ever produced. 



Geo. S. Pebby. 



Farmiugton, Minn., Nov. 3. 



Report for the Season of 1896. 



I commenced last .Tune with two colo- 

 nies of bees, increased to 18, and got 

 200 pounds of nice comb honey. The 

 combined weight of the 18 is 1,420 

 pounds. My neighbor got nothing. 



I never saw a book on bee-culture till 

 1872, when, by chance, I saw a men- 

 tion of the American Bee Journal. I 

 have since gotten several standard books. 

 I can't do without the Bee Journal. It 

 has been a friend inneed, to me. Some- 

 times a single number is worth more 

 than $1.00 to me. W. D. Ckaig. 



Hindsboro, 111., Oct. 27. 



Odor from New Honey-Cans. 



On page 598, Dr. Miller asks a ques- 

 tion regarding odor from new honey- 

 cans. I have bought thousands of them 

 from experienced manufacturers, and 

 have had them fresh and clean, no odor, 

 and not any honey affected. There is a 

 distinct odor from kerosene cans, no 

 matter as to how they are cleaned, and 

 I should not advise any one to use them. 

 New honey-cans, from new hands at the 

 business, have a fault of using too much 

 muriatic acid for dipping the ends, con- 

 sequently there will be an acid odor. 

 M. H. Mendlbson. 



Ventura, Calif. 



Bee-Keeping in Indian Territory. 



I have 7 colonies of bees, and got 

 about 50 pounds of comb honey in all. 

 I am not disgusted yet, although I haye 

 had many a tussle with my bees. I am 

 just a boy, yet the folks call me "the 

 bee-man," for a joke. I could not get 

 along without the Bee Journal. There 

 are only three colonies of bees in town 

 besides mine. People have let the win- 

 ter problem get away with their bees. 

 It has been awfully dry here this season. 

 I have started to use the standard 8- 

 frame hive ; it is the thing I have been 

 looking for, for a long time. My bees 

 are in good condition for the winter; 

 they have from 50 to 60 pounds of 

 honey per hive to winter on. I never 

 take from the brood-chamber, as I think 

 it a poor plan. It has been wet weather 

 for a week or more here, but too late to 

 do any good. Robt. Williamson. 



Coalgate, Ind. Ter., Oct. 25. 



Not Much Swarming this Year. 



I had 10 colonies of bees last spring, 

 in 10 and 12 frame hives. 12 inches 

 deep. I had only two natural swarms, 

 and made two artificial swarms, and had 

 one swann to come from somewhere 

 else and settle right overniy other hives. 

 I saved them, so I now have 15 colonies 



