Jan. 25, 1900. 



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brought $:i.OO, frames 'JO cents, and the jars 

 ?;1.0U. (I have since raised the quarts T> 

 cents.) I was agreeably surprised to find 

 nearly every one to whom I showed honey 

 wanted it. I could have sold more. The 

 following Saturday (June 17) I sold all the 

 comb honey I took, and some extracted, 

 amounting to ?4. 55; the 24th. $5.05. July 1 

 I workt for a friend, so that he could look 

 after his peach crop. July 8 I sold ^5'J5; 

 July 33. in Mesilla Park and Las Cruces, 

 .^4 i'). I found sales rather slow, as fruit 

 was very plentiful, and was taking the 

 place. 



I now go every other Saturday to Las 

 Cruces with honey, as much to hold a few 

 good customers as anything, altho 1 trade 

 there. I And for one batching on a bee- 

 ranch in the country, with only people of a 

 foreign tongue for neighbors, the money 

 received is not by any means the only 

 source of profit. 



I am starting in the chicken business in a 

 small way, and want hens. I found one of 

 my customers raising chickens for the 

 table, and I exchanged roosters for pullets. 

 Last but not least, we make pleasant ac- 

 quaintances, see bright faces and happy 

 homes, and the children run shouting to 

 their mothers, "Here comes the honey- 

 man I" Edw. A. Chandlek. 



Dona Ana Co., New Mexico. 



Pretty Poop Year for Honey. 



One year ago I went into winter with 

 seven colonies, and lost only one. I win- 

 tered them on the summer stands in chaff 

 hives. The past year has been pretty poor 

 for honey, considering the late swarming. 

 They did not commence swarming till the 

 last of May, and it lasted until the middle 

 of June, 1 got about 30 pounds of surplus 

 honey. All went into winter quarters with 

 brood-chambers well filled with honey, I 

 bought the wedge top-bar frames, and don't 

 want any more of them. The old Hoffman 

 is good enough for me, Asa Rice, 



Muskegon Co., Mich,, Jan, 7. 



Bees Wintering Splendidly. 



My bees are wintering splendidly so far. 

 We had a splendid flow of honey from 

 Spanish-needle in September, so the bees 

 are in fine condition for winter, I have IS 

 colonies, and got 50 pounds of comb honey 

 and one swarm the last season. 



Geo. H. Weed. 



Carrol Co., 111., Jan. 17. 



Inky Drops and Smoker Fuel. 



I have been making bee-smokers for 31 

 years, and using them in my own apiary 

 33 (excepting five years when I had no 

 bees), and while producing comb honey 

 every season (excepting as above) 1 do not 

 remember having the inky spots referred 

 to on a single section. For the last five 

 years I have used tall sections exclusively, 

 and I do not use beo escapes. During four 

 years of that time I have used a 4-inch 

 smoker, and know that not a single section 

 or anything else has been injured by the 

 drops mentioned. 



The first thing that will be askt after 

 reading the above, will be. What does 

 Bingham use for fuel ? And it is proper 

 here to explain, that in the first place, con 

 venience and cost decide that matter, as 

 my smokers have always burnt anything 

 put into them The 4-inch is so large you 

 can pour the smallest chips from a basket 

 into it. So I scrape up a lot of dry chip- 

 dirt in my woodshed, and drop it on a wire- 

 cloth screen and shake out all the sand and 

 real dirt; then pick off all the very large 

 pieces of bark and use the balance for 

 smoker-fuel. 



In damp weather probably it would be 

 better to dry the stuff 1 use, but it burns 

 well enough, and so I don't take any pains 

 to dry it. But if the sun is bright, I fre- 

 quently set the fuel-box out where it will 

 be handy and in the sun. 



I should prefer to have the fuel hot from 

 a stove-oven or the bright sun. A wax ex- 



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