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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 11. 1900. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. York & Co. 



118 Micliigan 8t., Chicago, 111. 



(Entered at the Post-Oflfice at Chicag-o as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter.J 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 



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 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

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 tion is paid. For instance, '* DecOO" on your 

 label shdwi that it is paid to the end of De- 

 cember. 1Q1H3. 



Subscription Receipts— We do not send a receipt 

 for money sent us to pay subscription, but 

 change the date on your wrapper-label, which 

 show."* vou that the money has been received 

 and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon applica- 

 tion. 



Reformed SpeMing.— The American Bee Journal 

 adopts, the orthography of the foUow'ng Rule, 

 recommended by the joint action of the Amer- 

 ican Philolog cal Association and the Philo- 

 logical Society of England: — Change 'd"" or 

 "ed" final to **t" when so pronounced, except 

 when the "e" aff tis a preceding sound. Also 

 some other changes are used. 



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I^^Weekly Budgets 



Mr. E. E. H.\sty, of Lucas Co., Ohio, 

 writing us Oct. 3d, said : 



" This is the last day of the 21st yes r 

 of my ownership of this apiar3' — and 

 about the 49th since I helpt to found it, 

 by going with m_v father to get its two 

 initial hives." 



Raymond J. Clark, the 23-year-old 

 son of L. J. Clark, of Winona Co., 

 Minn., mysteriously disappeared from 

 Winona, Minn., Aug. 18. 1900, and has 

 not been heard from since. Any in- 

 formation as to his whereabouts would 

 be thankfully received. 



Mr. Michael Joyce, of Clay Co., 

 Nebr., called on us Oct. Sth. He re- 

 ported the seasons for two years as 

 failures, most bees dying from lack of 

 food. He now has 10 colonies, and 

 averaged 50 pounds this year. The 

 prospects for next year appear good, 

 as they have had plenty of rain this 

 fall. 



Senator G. W. Swink is the great 

 muskmelon and honey producer of 

 Otero Co., Colo. Early in September 

 a Chicago commission firm received 

 and sold 100 cases of Mr. Swink's fine 

 comb honey at 17 cents a pound, which 

 was one or two cents above the mar- 

 ket. It was said to be as fine honey as 

 ever came to Chicago. The firm hand- 

 ling the honey say they intend feeding 

 Chicago people on the luscious Colo- 



rado muskmelons 

 the rich honey i 

 same locality. 



in summer and on 

 n winter from the 



Mr. C. p. Dadant called on us last 

 Wednesday, when on his way home 

 from his European trip. He reports a 

 splendid time, and will write a number 

 more letters about his long trip. He 

 was looking well, but was very glad to 

 get home once more. He had a de- 

 lightful reception at the Paris Bee- 

 Keepers' Congress. The name of Da- 

 dant seems to be as widely known in 

 France as in America — and that is no 

 small thing. 



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Alfalfa Honey in Utah. — Uinta 

 County seems to be one of the best 

 localities in the State of Utah for fine 

 alfalfa honey. A local newspaper 

 publishes a long article on the subject, 

 closing with these paragraphs : 



"The crop of honey produced in this 

 county this season has been a phe- 

 nomenal one when the facts are taken 

 into consideration, because of drouth 

 the second crop was a partial failure, 

 and the entire cultivated area of the 

 county does not exceed 30,000 acres. 



"The people from all parts of the 



country unhesitatingly pronounce our 

 honey the best that they ever tasted, 

 and our people often boast that honey 

 produced here is the best in the world. 



" By making a great effort we have 

 secured a report of the amount of 

 honey produced this year by a ma- 

 jority of our bee-keepers, tho there are 

 several yet to hear from. ■ Following 

 are the figures : 



"James Hacking, 24,000 pounds; 

 Geo. Freestone, 14,000; Green & Cran- 

 dal, 20,000; Jacob Collier, 10.000; 

 Weeks Bros., 8,000 ; Richens & Chris- 

 tensen, 35,000 ; Geo. Glines, 8,000 ; C. 

 C. Bartlett, 45,000 ; J. H. Holgate, 25,- 

 000 ; G. W. VanGundy, 26.000 ; Bart- 

 lett Bros. & Merkley, 53,000 ; Lewis 

 Lind, 7,500 ; Grin Perry, 8,000 ; Thomas 

 Bingham, 4,500; George Langston, 

 7,200 ; Abner Richens, 10.500 ; Alfred 

 Powell, 8,100 ; Philly Stringham, 4,200. 

 Total, 318,400 pounds." 



We have just received a carload of 

 alfalfa honey from the county men- 

 tioned in the above, and it is a fine 

 article. Our prices are given below. 

 There ought to be no trouble to de- 

 velop a large local demand almost any- 

 where with such beautiful honey to 

 offer to the public. 



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Extracted Honeu For Sale 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY,..*... 



This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey gathered in 

 the great Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't get enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well • known 

 light-colored honey gathered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 bass wood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Honey : 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, 15 cents — 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-potuid can, 9,!2 

 cents per pound ; two cans, 9 cents per potind ; fotir or more cans, 

 H}z cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering 

 two or more cans you can have half of each kind of honey, if you so 

 desire. This is all 



EE-SmUTELJ FWEE BBE8' SMEY, 



The finest of their kinds produced in this country. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey : 



I've just sampled the honev you sent, and it's prime. Thank 3'ou. I feel that 

 I'm snraetbinix of a bereiic, to sell several thousand pounds of honev of my own pro- 

 duction and then buy honey of you for my own use. But however loyal one oui^ht to 

 be to the honey of his own rej^ion, there s no denying the fact that'for use in anv 

 kind of hot drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to sugrar. the very 

 excellent quality of alfalfa honey I have received from you is better suited than the 

 honevs of more niarkt flavor, accordiufj to my taste. C. C. Miller. 



McHenry Co., 111. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would sug-gest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of 

 the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, 

 can get this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



Address, 



GEORGE W.YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 





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