1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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at hand, and, with some help, managed 

 to get home through the dense woods 

 with his great wealth. The trunk of 

 the tree, being hollow, was filled seven 

 feet with the honey, and Mr. Hooks says 

 if he had spared the inhabitants another 

 year they would have filled it 10 feet 

 more. The honey was stored in two 

 places in the tree — one at the base and 

 the other 30 feet from the ground. 



J. E. Seybebt. 

 Armstrong Co., Pa., Dec. 9. 



Not Discouraged — A Bee-Escape. 



I went to the bank and borrowed the 

 dollar for my subscription, as I don't 

 propose to do business without the old 

 American Bee Journal, and I presume 

 Mr. York cannot run it unless we pay 

 up. 



I have taken this season about 1,300 

 pounds of honey from 30 colonies. I 

 was obliged to trade all of that honey off 

 at 9 cents per pound, and take groceries 

 at that. In order to have fall bloom, 1 

 sowed a patch of buckwheat; I got some 

 1,500 pounds of flour, and was obliged 

 to take that all in groceries. I have 

 sugar, tea, coffee, pepper, and allspice 

 in every corner of the house ; my pocket- 

 book is empty, but with my supplies of 

 groceries and 50 colonies of bees in the 

 cellar, what care I for silver or gold ? 

 It is true I will have to pay that note off 

 at the bank. Oh, well, York won't call 

 on me for a year, hence what is the 

 cause of my having to sell my crop at 

 such ruinous prices ? It is not foul 

 brood ; I guess it is paralysis. You may 

 think that I am scared, or discouraged. 

 Not by any means ; lam going to run 

 about 50 colonies of bees regardless, 

 and hope for better times. 



Now as long as honey is so cheap, and 

 my heart goes out for the poor bee- 

 keepers, I will make an offer, and do 

 something for them to cut down their 

 expenses. 1 am using a little bee-escape 

 of my own invention that I wish to give 

 to bee-keepers. Why not ? I can't do 

 anything with it. Every bee-keeper can 

 make his own escapes at a cost of a 

 penny apiece. I have worked it right 

 by the side of the best escapes that are 

 on the market. It is inferior to none of 

 them. If you want this let me hear, 

 and I will explain it through the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. E. J. Cronkleton. 



Harrison Co., Iowa, Dec. 7. 



[Of course, we all want to know about 

 that new escape, Mr. Cronkleton. Let's 

 have it before another season is here. — 

 Editor. 



Well Pleased with, the Business. 



Bees have dne very little for their 

 owners this last season, but as a rule I 

 think they will go into winter quarters 

 in good condition, and we then hope for 

 better results next season. I had 21 

 colonies, increased to 28 by natural 

 swarming, lost one by neglect, and so 

 now I have 27. My surplus honey this 

 season amounted to 650 pounds. I am 

 well pleased with the business, and can- 

 not afford to be without the Bee Journal. 

 M. T. FouTS. 



Polk Co., Tenn., Dec. 11. 



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Question;) 'Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



What About Having Good Hon- 

 ey Crops Again i 



Qnery 39.— What do you think of the pros- 

 pects for good honey crops in the coming 

 years as compared with 15 or 20 years ago Y 

 In other words, are we likely to have again as 

 good crops as we had then ?— Penn. 



H. D. Cutting— I think not. 

 Prof. A. J. Cook — I think not. 

 W. G. Larrabee — I do not think we 

 are. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — We expect to, in 

 Nebraska. 



G. M. Doolittle — Not as an average, 

 on account of decreasing flora. 



Eugene Secor — "The thing that hath 

 been, it is that which shall be." 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Yes, the clover 

 prospect has never been better, here. 



A. F. Brown — I see nothing to prevent 

 it. History often repeats itself, as the 

 sun rises and sets. 



Jas. A. Green — No, for most localities. 

 In some places more honey can be gath- 

 ered now than then. 



R. L. Taylor — Yes, except where some 

 of the honey-yielding growths, as bass- 

 wood, have been destroyed. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — In some localities 

 the honey-yield will improve ; in others 

 it will be more and more a failure. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott— They are very 

 good in my locality, but I do not know 

 anything about the outlook in Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Jas. A Stone — Yes, for the reason that 

 bee-keepers are waking up to the fact 

 that bees must have pasturage as well 

 as our farm animals. 



Dr. .1. P. H. Brown — Question too 

 hard for me. If the conditions prove 

 the same, I do not see why the crop 

 should not be as good. 



E. France — It depends upon the amount 

 of rain, and no man can tell what that 

 will be. We had plenty of rain this 

 year, and we have a good show of clover 

 for next year. 



C. H. Dibbern — Yes, I think the pros- 

 pects for good honey-yields in the com- 

 ing years are just as good as those that 

 have passed. It all depends upon sum- 

 mer drouths, and cold, snowless winters. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— I don't know. But I 

 don't know any reason why they may 

 not be as good as ever, if the honey- 

 sources remain the same. Just now the 

 prospect here looks as good as I ever 

 knew. 



P. H. Elwood — Yes, in some sections 

 of the country. In places where the 

 forage either from natural or artificial 

 causes has largely disappeared, we can- 

 not expect good crops. Also where the 

 country is overstocked. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — Solomon says, 

 " What has been, will be again ;" and he 

 was a wise man. I do not expect as 

 good crops in my locality as there were 

 20 years ago, for where flowers bloomed 

 then, is now covered with houses and 

 brick pavements. Wherever white clo- 

 ver has a rest for her foot, it Is now very 



