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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 18, 1900. 



We call your attention to our P A pi^TMri .p A cp 

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Insures Arrival of Supplies in Neat Condition 



Bj the use of this lig"ht, strong', and tigfhtlj-woven packingr-case 

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 resulting- from railroad handling. 



Q. B. LEWIS CO. Bee.Keepers' 



Watertown, Wisconsin. Supplies ^^^^ 



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 Special Southwestern Agent. 



YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, 



You have a right to expect that, because you are entitled to it. To 

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 of this plan are many and obvious. This plan 

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 Bclllnj; vehicles and hariic»*B to eon* 

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till the 4th day, when with but few excep- 

 tions all will be well. 



Burlap bagging is best for packing over 

 fratnes with corncobs across the frames to 

 give passage over them. Then fill up th& 

 super with carpet, old clothing, or chaff, 

 as most convenient. We winter our bee& 

 on the summer stands here. 



The past fall was an ideal one — plenty of 

 rain and snow, and not cold. The bees had 

 an outing the other day. 



1 began last spring with 13 colonies— on& 

 of these queenless — and increast to 32 good, 

 strong colonies. I reared some queens, 

 bought some, and used quite freely of foun- 

 dation. I took 500 pounds of alfalfa comb 

 honey. Considering the amount of alfalfa 

 that we now have in this part of Kansas, 

 and the great amount of moisture that we 

 are having, the coming season promises to 

 be a boomer. Comb honey is retailing at 

 18 cents. 



The " Old Reliable " is up to date, and if 

 you are fortunate enough to be a subscriber 

 and will read it you need not fail to b& 

 thoroly informed, nor fail to enjoy this, 

 goodly land of milk and honey. 



Silas Harteb. 



McPherson Co., Kan., Dec. 26, 1899. 



Bees Didn't Do Well. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much, and I would not be without it ; it is 

 a great help. Bees did not do much good 

 last season in this part of the country — 

 hardly enough to keep them, and 1 bad to- 

 feed. I had tour colonies in the spring, and 

 increast to six by the nucleus plan. 



W. C. Stortz. 



Mason Co., W. Va., Dee. 23, 1899. 



Putting Bees in Early. 



I saw in the American Bee Journal that 

 some one put a few colonies of bees into 

 the cellar Nov. 7. He thinks that is pretty 

 early to put in bees, so he tried only a few 

 colonies to find out how it works. He prom- 

 ises to give the results in the spring. I as- 

 sure him that the result will be good, it it 

 works with him as it does with me. I put 

 my bees into the cellar Oct. 30. We had 

 quite a warm spell after that, but I left 

 them in, and they are all right now. I also 

 will give the results next spring. 



In 1898 I put them early into the cellar, 

 and took them out late in the spring, and 

 they came out all right. I never before 

 saw such strong colonies in the spring. 



This year has been a very poor one for 

 honey here. When we first put the bees 

 out there was a slight flow from poplar and 

 maple, which was stored in the brood 

 apartment. Next came dandelion, and 

 white oats. These filled the hives up pretty 

 well, and the bees began to cast swarms. 

 When the flow was over there came a long 

 spell that there was hardly anything for 

 them to work on, before white clover and 

 basswood came into bloom. Basswood did 

 not last long, and it was too dry for clover, 

 but buckwheat helpt us out; it started 

 brood-rearing for the fall, and filled up the 

 brood apartment, so the bees have at least 

 buckwheat honey to winter on. Buckwheat 

 is sometimes quite a source of comb honey 

 here, also for extracted. Jos. Bethke. 



Sauk Co., Wis., Dec. 19, 1899. 



Honey Season a Failure in 1899. 



The American bottom in the vicinity of 

 St., Louis seems to have been a failure the 

 past season in the matter of honey. I lost 

 30 out of 65 colonies the winter of 1898-99. 

 They had plenty of stores but it was too 

 cold for bees on the summer stands. I ob- 

 tained some more from a neighbor, started 

 with 40, increast to 50, but got only about 

 50 pounds of comb honey. Bees got very 

 strong on white clover— as strong as I ever 

 saw — but after that there was nothing. 

 Heartsease and smartweed they did not 

 work on, and of Spanish-needle 1 saw none. 

 The fall asters, or whiteweed, were caught 

 by frost as they were coming into bloom, 

 and after that the bees did not visit them. 



