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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 4, 1900. 



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We have two siEes of clear fliut-erlass Jars, 

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shown by certain colonies for certain flow- 

 ers is often very markt. [n the writer's 

 apiary, at Lapstone, when the maize crops 

 and the (red) bloodwood are in bloom at 

 the same time, certain colonies can be re- 

 lied upon to fill their hives with the pale, 

 mild, sweet maize honey, and others with 

 the rich yellow, glutinous honey of the 

 bloodwood ; aud in this case it is remarka- 

 ble that even the wax secreted by the bees 

 after eating the two types of honey will be 

 different. The new comb wax from the 

 colony working on maize will be pure 

 white, and tender and crumbly to the 

 touch ; while the wax in the hive of the 

 colony working on bloodwood will be a 

 bright yellow, and tougher in texture." 





Report foF the Past Season. 



Bees did poorly in this locality the past 

 season. I had eight colonies, spring count, 

 increast to 10, and got only 1.50 pounds of 

 comb honey, which sold for 1.5 and 20 cents 

 per pound. Quite a few bees are kept here, 

 but most of them in a go-as-you-please way 

 and no surplus is gotten by such manage- 

 ment. M. P. LOWRT. 



Armstrong Co., Pa., Dec. IS, 1899. 



Honey Crop Short. 



I commenced keeping bees in frame hives 

 in 1895, and subscribed for the Bee Journal 

 also. I then had 13 colonies, but I have in- 

 creast to 70 now. I could have had more, 

 but I have been keeping down increase by 

 giving them shade, room, ventilation, etc., 

 honey being my chief object. The honey 

 crop was short here the past season. I ob- 

 tained only 1,600 pounds, in one pound sec- 

 tions from 47 colonies, spring count. I use 

 the tall sections and like them better than 

 the square ones. 



What I have learned thru the columns of 

 the American Bee Journal the last five 

 years has been worth a great deal more 

 than I paid for it, so here is my $1.00 for 

 1900. May the year 1900 be the most 

 prosperous year on record for the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, is my wish. 



V. V. RonsH. 



Adams Co., Ohio, Dec. 16, 1899. 



Pretty Well for a Side-Issue. 



My bees did very well this year. I use 

 the S-frame Langstroth hive, and run them 

 entirely for comb honey. I have 35 colo- 

 nies that produced 4,000 pounds of honey, 

 which brought 14 cents a pound in the St. 

 Louis market. This does very well for a 

 side issue, and I attribute my success to 

 the American Bee Journal. 



John Fleming. 



Calhoun Co., 111., Dec. 13, 1899. 



A Pennsylvania Report. 



Last spring we had every reason to ex- 

 pect a large yield of honey, especially those 

 who had taken proper care of their api- 

 aries. Of course, there were some losses in 

 wintering, and in apiaries where there are 

 many losses the bees that do get thru are 

 generally in a weak condition, and so 

 much is not expected. Tho the winter had 

 been severe, cared-for colonies came thru 

 strong, and the early blossoms were abun- 

 dant, and never in the more than 15 years 

 of my bee-keeping have the bees done quite 

 so well in building up as last spring. 

 Never, to my recollection, was there such 

 an abundance of elm and maple bloom. 

 Fruit-bloom was not so profuse. But, alas, 

 white clover bloomed abundantly, but no 

 honey. Basswood bloomed well, but it was 

 too cold and wet. 



What white honey there is brings 14 to 16 



