1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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credit for the same, as I happen to know 

 -how the dark ones did in this locality 

 this season at honey-gathering. It is a 

 well-known fact that many bee-keepers 

 who keep black bees think the Italians 

 are no better than blacks, only that 

 queen-breeders want to keep np the 

 boom to sell queens. Experience teaches 

 me to keep the Italian bees first, last, 

 and all the time for profit, and I have no 

 queens to sell, either. 



Fall flowers came into bloom earlier 

 the past season than usual, and the bees 

 seemed to work pretty well on them, but 

 they did not furnish nectar like they do 

 some seasons, and only strong colonies 

 furnished any surplus. 



I began the season with 74 colonies, 

 and increased them to 87, which are in 

 fair condition for wintering, and all will 

 be kept on the summer stands except 15 

 colonies. My crop of honey was 2,255 

 pounds, about two-thirds extracted and 

 one-third comb, and all sold but a small 

 amount. 



In the near future I will tell how I 

 sell my honey, as we want a market for 

 our honey as well as to get the crop it- 

 self. C. A. Bunch. 



Marshall Co., Ind. 



An Extra Good Year. 



This has been an extra-good year for 

 bees here. I have 43 colonies in good 

 condition for wintering on the summer 

 stands I am in southwest Missouri, 30 

 miles from Ft. Scott, Kans. I sell most 

 of my honey in our county seat at 15 

 cents. I work for comb :.ioy 



Some commission men^^ ^louth Water 



Street, Chicago, tried ha>(l to get me te 

 ship to them, but I am a reader of tho 

 "Old Reliable " American Bee Journal, 

 and did not get caught. I want the Bee 

 Journal to come, as it is worth more 

 than the subscription to me. 



Vernon Co., Mo. J. H. Hightower. 



Short Honey Crop. 



My honey crop was short this year — 

 not more then % of an average crop. 

 The word "average " means about 30 

 pounds per colony. I get no basswood 

 honey here, what little there is finishes 

 out with the white clover, about July 

 15, and that finishes the surplus crop 

 for the year ; and if the late flow fails, 

 then I must feed for winter. The latter 

 was the case this fall. I have 60 colo- 

 nies of bees on the summer stands, and 

 six others in my care. I pay ground 

 rent for my apiary, fully half a mile 

 from my residence, on account of its be- 

 ing too thickly settled on all sides of me. 

 John Bebkey. 



Easton, Pa., Nov. 2. 



Hunting Wild Bees — Reasoning. 



In giving my experience in hunting 

 wild bees, I will say the worst bother 

 that I have ever experienced in locating 

 them was in finding them where I least 

 expected — in a log or stump, or even 

 some bush, where they had settled and 

 continued to stay. In my first experi- 

 ence of hunting wild bees, I have been 

 fooled many a time by cutting a tree too 

 soon, that is, before the swarm had 

 really taken possession of the tree, as 

 hey will often work very strongly in a 

 tree for several days before the swarm 

 t,o s into it. They will never go in until 

 they have the hollow thoroughly cleaned 



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Who Buy It. 



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

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

 in one case, 1)4 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 7'-| cents. The Cash must accom- 

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

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 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-ponnd lots, or 50 cents for 3 pounds. Some maybe 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. 



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