1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



779 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish 'White Alfalfa Extracted Honey, in 60pound tin cans, on 

 board cars iu Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 8 cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 1% cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 1% cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



E^'" A sample of the honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity, and what we ship will 

 be equal to sample. 



Now it seems to us here is a splendid chance for any bee-keeper to supply his 

 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 

 pound in 5-pound lots, or 50 cents for 3 pounds. Some may be able to do even 

 better than that, though we think that enough ought to be sold at these prices to 

 make a fairly paying business out of it. Give it a good trial. Push it. It may 

 grow into a nice winter's work for you. 



GEORGE W. YIIRK & CO., 118 Micliiffan Stred, CnirAGO. ILL. 



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Experience with Bees. 



My work with bees dates back only 

 six years. I began with one colony of 

 hybrids, caught on an oak bush near my 

 father's barn. Later I decided to try 

 bee-keeping for a livelihood. I sub- 

 scribed for the American Bee Journal, 

 and have been a constant reader ever 

 since. I always try to make a colony 

 pay expenses the first year. I purchase 

 them, and have succeeded so far. My 

 average yield per colony has been 60 

 pounds. In lS9-i the yipld_ was 113 

 pounds per colony; in 1S95, 45 colo- 

 nies, spring count, produced 5,000 

 pounds, mostly comb honey. In lS9fi, 

 8,000 pounds of comb honey and 2,000 

 of extracted, from 90 colonies, spring 

 count. This year has been the poorest 

 of the six. 



I make my own hives, 8-frame Lang- 

 stroth, which I think, after repeated 

 trials, are best suited to this locality. I 

 hive swarms on full sheets of foundation, 

 and use full sheets in the sections. I 

 have had returns from but one shipment 

 this season, and that netted me lO cents 

 for dark comb himey. I sell most of my 

 extracted in the home market. 



I winter my bees in an out-door cellar, 

 keeping the temperature at 4(1° to 45^, 

 and have not lost any to speak of. My 

 130 colonies are all in the cellar now. 

 Jas Lightfoot. 



Eau Claire Co., Wis., Nov. 16. 



A Bee-Experience — Mailing Queens. 



In the fall of Ib'-Jo I bought two colo- 

 nies of bees from a neighbor. I put 

 them into a store-box, and packed straw 

 around them, and they came out in good 

 condition last spring. I increased to six 

 colonies, and sold one, which leaves five. 

 I saved all the swarms, while my neigh- 

 bors let half of their bees go to the tall 

 timber. Oue man told me he let 34 

 swarms fly off; another lost all he had. 

 One farmer caught five swarms, and I 

 transferred three of them, and they are 

 doing well. 



This is a good bee-country, as we have 

 acres and acres and acres of white clo- 

 ver. It grows in fence-corners, along 

 the roadside, and everywhere else. 

 About six miles north sweet clover is 

 making its appearance, and we will have 

 it here, too. We have lots of catnip, 

 some wild flowers, and flowers of all 

 kinds. Mustard grows wild here, but I 

 don't see any bees on the smartweed 

 here. 



My bees are hybrids and blacks, but I 

 will Italianize them, as I want nothing 

 but Italians. I bought three Italian 

 queens this fall, introduced them, and 

 they are doing finely. 



I want to say that I agree with H. 

 Galloway, on the queen-shipping ques- 

 iton. I sent to Ohio for my first queen, 

 and she arrived dead ; she had only 

 about half a dozen bees in the cage. I 

 sent her back, and the dealer sent me 

 another one ; this time the cage was so 

 full of bees that I could hardly see the 

 queen at all. I put the cage in the col- 

 ony, and the bees ate the queen out in 

 good condition. I sent for one more, 

 and it, too, came in bad condition, with 

 only a few bees. I put the cage in a. 

 colony that had been queenless for two 

 weeks, and the queen died ; the bees did 



