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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 2A, 



(^ex)cra\ licn)s^ 



More than the Usual Bain. 



We have had more than the usual 

 quantity of rain for this early in the 

 year ; everything is just looking lovely. 

 I think with rain at the right time dur- 

 ing the spring, the coming season should 

 be a good one for the bee-keepers of this 

 State. W. A. Pryal. 



Oakland, Calif., Dec. 10. 



Too Dry for Bee-Keeping'. 



It has been so dry this year that bee- 

 keeping has run very low here. 1 have 

 been keeping bees four years, and now 

 have 25 colonies. My surplus this year 

 is one pound per colony, and no swarm- 

 ing. My average per colony each year 

 was 10 pounds. N. L. Webb. 



Fannin Co., Tex. 



Good Prospects for Next Year. 



My bees that are wintered out-doors 

 had a good, clean flight to-day, and those 

 in the cellar are doing well. The pros- 

 pects are good for a good honey crop 

 next season. Bees did very poorly here 

 the past season — about one-third of a 

 srop. I put my bees into the cellar Nov. 

 29. Success to the Bee Journal. 



L. E. Evans. 



Lenawee Co., Mich., Dec. 12. 



Currant and Manzanita in Bloom. 



It is almost too early here to make 

 any guess as to what the season for 

 honey will be. As you know, there was 

 but little in this county, or State, the 

 past season, and a great many colonies 

 came through in a weak condition, 

 though I hear of but few dying for lack 

 of stores. At the present time wild cur- 

 rant and manzanita are in full bloom. 

 They are the shrubs from which we get 

 our first honey, and it is all used in rear- 

 ing workers for the harvest in June and 

 July. Sage, wild buckwheat and sumac 

 furnish honey for the sections. 



Robert Campbell. 



San Diego Co., Calif., Dec. 9. 



Hardly "Manufactured" Comb Honey 



There are a great many bee-keepers 

 in this locality (Logan Co, III.), but, 

 generally speaking, they do not show 

 much interest in it. Most of them let 

 their bees build their surplus in the hive 

 "caps," and one old gentleman still uses 

 the old box-hive, and when he wants any 

 honey brimstones the bees and takes 

 their honey. He has kept bees for many 

 years, and has always used this plan. 



I take great pleasure in reading the 

 American Bee Journal ; it has been a 

 great help to me. 



Speaking of adulteration of honey, I 

 do not think there is a grocer in this 

 place but what has handled an imitation 

 of extracted honey. But 1 would like to 

 ask if any one ever knew of comb honey 

 being adulterated. We have had comb 

 honey shipped in here that wag put up 

 in one-pound sections, as nice looking as 

 any one ever saw, but there is not a par- 

 ticle of honey taste about it ; the sec- 

 tions are as clean and white inside and 

 out as they were when they left the 

 factory — no signs of bee-glue about 



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We can furnish 'Wbite Alfalfa 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, 7 '4 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 7 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. Fine Bass^vood Honey at ^ cent more per pound. 



It^" 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. 



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