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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bee. 24-, 



good as the basswood flow of the East. 

 This plant is well named, for it takes 

 root whsrever it bends down to the 

 ground. The next is wild fireweed, 

 which is very abundant. It is a tall 

 weed, with a cone of flowers at the top ; 

 they start to blossom at the base, and 

 continue to blossom toward the top until 

 all the buds are gone. There are about 

 50 of these blossoms on a single stalk. 

 These latter two plants are both fine 

 honey-yielders. In early morning one 

 can see large drops of nectar in each 

 blossom. We also have here white 

 clover in abundance, buckwheat, mother- 

 wort and smartweed. These are the 

 principal honey-plants. 



Ray Sullivan. 

 Columbia Co., Oreg. 



A Three-Score-and-Ten Bee-Keeper. 



I have had fair success this year, for 

 one of 70 years and only limited expe- 

 rience with bees. I have used the Lang- 

 stroth hive since 1893, made some mis- 

 takes, but I think I have learned some 

 things of use to me in the future. I lost 

 five colonies last winter, mostly for want 

 of food. I started with 15 last spring, 

 two of them rather weak, and took 

 about 125 sections of honey and about 

 500 pounds of extracted, quite a nice 

 part of it being white clover honey ; and 

 later I took some very fair honey from 

 asters, golden-rod, smartweed, and other 

 fall flowers. I have sold about $33.00 

 worth of honey — comb at 12j-.i cents (in 

 crates of 24 sections each), and ex- 

 tracted at 10 cents, in packages of from 

 2 to 12 pounds each, selling in the 

 neighborhood and nearest towns — no 

 commission to pay. I have some 1.50 

 pounds of extracted to sell yet, and 

 plenty left for our own family (only 

 three of us). 



I bought three colonies recently at 

 $3.00 each. I had live swarms the past 

 summer, and all are now in fair condi- 

 tion — 23 colonies. 



I could not get along without the 

 American Bee Journal. I usually read 

 it twice over, and always take it before 

 any other paper. It comes very regular 

 on Friday mornings, and I am pleased 

 to see the good improvements in it, for 

 the benefit of its readers. Long may it 

 wave ! Geo. McCullough. 



Page Co., Iowa, Dec. 10. 



Honey from a Tree. 



I have put into winter quarters 77 

 colonies. They swarmed well the past 

 summer, but stored very little honey. I 

 sell all my honey in the home market, 

 receiving 20 cents per pound. 



I will endeavor to give the experience 

 of a friend of mine when he was initiated 

 into bee-keeping. Chambers Hooks was 

 the lucky man to come into possession, 

 near his residence, of a great amount of 

 sweetness by the labor of thousands of 

 Industrious inhabitants of a tree. After 

 a fierce battle of several hours, and 

 great destruction by brimstone and fire, 

 he became the owner of the great 

 wealth. Mr. Hooks is a large man, but 

 he was somewhat larger after the battle, 

 especially about the face. 



He went to the tree with two vessels 

 which were not sufficient to hold the 

 honey, so he made another trip. After 

 some thoughts of making a third trip, 

 he finally gave It up, and with great 

 difficulty packed the honey in the vessels 



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