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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 





Honey Crop a Failure.— O. E.Sayler, 

 Pleyto,+o Calif., on Nov. 24, 1885, 

 writes : 



I have failed to see anything in the 

 Bee Journal from this part of 

 California, from the fact, I suppose, 

 that we have not much to say for this 

 year, as the honey crop here was an 

 entire failure ; but we hope for some- 

 thing better next season. 



Elements of Royal Jelly.— J. Ruth- 

 erford, Scrauton,oPa., on Dec. 4, 1885, 

 says : 



In answer to Query , No. 1G7, 1 would 

 say that a full statement will he found 

 on page 232, quoted from Dr. Donhoff ; 

 also, the following is the composition 

 of the chyle, according to iin analysis : 



Water (by heat) 80.237 



Albuminous mutter (coapulable) 3.510 



Fibrinous matter (apontaneously coagula- 



ble) 0.370 



Animal extractive matter (soluble in water 



only) 1.233 



Animal extractive matter (soluble in water 



and alcohol 0.332 



Fatty matter 3.601 



Salts, alkatin chlorid, sulphate and car- 

 bonate 0.710 



Total lOO.OOO 



Report— Mild Weatlier.— W. Adden- 

 brooke, North Prairie, o. Wis., on 

 Dec. 4, 188-5, writes : 



I started last spring with 83 colonies 

 of pure and liybrid- Italians, and in- 

 creased thera, by natural swarming, to 

 160 colonies. I did not accept any after- 

 swarms. My surplus honey crop 

 amounts to 2,300 pounds of white 

 clover honey in 114-pound sections, 

 and 1,200 pounds of extracted lioiiey. 

 It was a poor season, too, being wet 

 and cold. I have now 140 colonies all 

 ready for the cellar, but we are liaviiiir 

 very mild weather. Last year, bees 

 were taken into the cellar on Nov. 

 2(1. I wintered 130 colonies last win- 

 ter, and only lost 3. 



have had many calls for honey since 

 I sold all I had for sale. I must tender 

 my thanks to the Bee Journal, for 

 fron? its pages I learned all that I 

 know about keeping bees. 



Bees in Winter Quarters.— E. T. 



Jordan, Harmony, *o Ind., on Dec. 4, 



1885, writes : 



Last spring I began with G colonies, 

 sold one, and bought 8 colonies of 

 black bees in box-hives, which I 

 transferred to the Langstroth hive 

 and Italianized. I secured 2.50 pounds 

 of comb and extracted honey, and 

 increased my apiary to 42 colonies, by 

 division. They were fed one barrel 

 of sugar syrup in the fall, and the 

 hives packed on the sides and top 

 with chaff cushions. I put them into 

 the bee-room on Nov.27. It is a double- 

 walled room tilled in with 8 inches of 

 sawdust. The mercury has not been 

 below 43° in it yet. 



Good Report.— H. M. Cates,Shideler, 



Ind., on Nov. 23, 1885, says : 



In the winter of 1883-84 I lost all of 

 my bees excepting 4 colonies. I am 

 through with wintering bees out- 

 doors, when it can lie avoided. Tlie 

 fall of 1884 found me with 25 nice 

 colonies of bees, and after the winter 

 was over I had only 5 colonies to 

 commence the iiast season witli, 

 which I have increased to 15 colonies. 



1 worked them for comb honey, and 

 obtained 3.51) pounds of the nicest 

 honey I ever saw— so nice that by 

 taking some 85 pounds of it to the 

 Delaware County Fair, I secured the 

 first premium, much to the surprise 

 of some older bee-men who had here- 

 tofore captured it. 1 have sold about 

 300 pounds of my honey at 20 and 25 

 cents per pound — tlie most of it being 

 sold for 25 cents per pound— and I 



Convention Notices. 



^~ The annual Convention of the Indi- 

 ana State Bee-Keepers' Society will lie held 

 at Indianapolis, Ind., on Jan. 20 arid -1, ISSIj. 

 The meeting's of tliis Soeiety liave \>vvn \'ery 

 successful in the past, and tlie eoniin;:- nieet- 

 ing promises to be still better. The me(.'ting: 

 will be held in the rooms of the State Board 

 of A^ricnlture, and it is one of a series of 

 meetings h*eld by the dilTerent Societies of 

 the State, which pertain to the specialties of 

 Agriculture, viz.. Dairying, W^ool-Growing, 

 Swine-Breeding, Poultry-Raising, etc. Re- 

 duced rates are offered at Hotels, and every- 

 thing possible will be done to make the 

 meeting entertaining and instructive. A 

 very complete program is being'prepared. 

 with ample time to discuss the important 

 subjects of particular interest to bee-keep- 

 ei-s. A cordial invitation is extended to all 

 bee-keepers, with the hope that they will at- 

 tend, and thus make the Convention of still 

 greater importance. 



Prank L. Doughekty, Sec. 



iW The annual meeting of the Cortland 

 Union Bee-Keepers' .Association will be held 

 in Union Hall at Cortland, N. Y.. on ,Ian. 1'2, 

 1881). at 10 a.m. It is hoped that all inter- 

 ested in apiculture will make an e.\tra effort 

 to be in attendance at this meeting. Those 

 unable to attend this meeting are requested 

 to send to the Secretary, reports of tlieir 

 apiaries from May 1, 1885, to Dee. 1, 188."). 

 W. H. Beach, Sec, Cortland, N. Y. 



OCR CLUBBIKG LIST for 1886. 



We supply the Aiiierlcau Bee Journal 

 for 1886, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first column gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 



The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00.. 1 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine 2 00 . . 1 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide! 150.. 140 



The Aplculturist 2 00.. 1 75 



Canadian Bee Journal 3 00.. 1 75 



Te.xas Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



The 7 above-named papers 6 50.. 5 50 



and City and Country ....2 00.. 150 



New York Independent 4 00.. 3 30 



American Agriculturist 2 50. . 2 25 



American Poultry Journal ...2 25.. 175 



and Cook's Manual 2 25.. 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman). ..2 00., 175 

 Binder for Am. Bee Journal. .1 75.. 1 60 

 Apiary Register— 100 colonies 2 25.. 2 00 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00.. 2 00 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (paper). .2 50. . 2 00 

 Quinby's New Bee-Keeping . .2 50. . 2 25 

 Langstroth's Standard Work .3 00.. 2 75 

 Hoot's A B C of Bee-Cujture. .2 25. . 2 10 



Alley's Queen-Rearing 2 50.. 2 25 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00. . 3 00 



Guide and Hand.Book 1 50 . . 1 30 



t^~ The annual meeting of the North- 

 western Illinois and Southwestern Wiscon- 

 sin Bee-Keepers' Association will be helii in 

 Freeport, Ills., on Tuesday, Jan. Ifi, 1886. 

 JONATH.ix Stewart, Sec. 



{W The annual meeting of the Champlain 

 Valley Bee- Keepers' Association will be held 

 in Middlebury, Vt., on Jan. 21. 1886. 



R. H. Holmes, Sec. 



IST" The ne.xt meeting of the Maine Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held at Skovv- 

 hegan. Me., on Jan. l!i. '.'u and 21, 1886. The 

 .Maine Central K. K. will sell tickets at one 

 fare (or the round trip. The Grand Trunk 

 K. K. will sell tickets at the same rate to 

 Lewiston, Me., to all who attend the meeting. 

 Bee-keepers everywhere are coi-dially in\'i- 

 ted to be present. Wm. Hoyt, Sec. 



Are you EIntitled to a pension? You 

 may be and maj- not know it. If you ex- 

 amine the Guide and Hand-Book .you will 

 soon find out. Thousands of things worth 

 knowing will be found in it. The Bee 

 JoiTiiXAL for 1886 and the Guide Book will 

 both be sent for $1.30. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



C^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $13,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To giTe away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



System and Success. 



t^~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



'* 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



Tlie Guide and flaud-Book,is a book 

 of ready reference and an encyclopiedia of 

 everything desirable to know. As a guide 

 to the home-seeker, it is invaluable. Its con- 

 tents are partially given on page 800, and. 

 will convince any one of its value. We do 

 not think any of our readers can afford to 

 do without it. As a book of ready reference 

 we find it of great value in our library. We 

 will send the Weekly Bee Jouhn^vi. for a 

 year and the Guide for SI. 30. 



Any person not a subscriber, receiving a 

 copy of this paper, will please consider it 

 an invitation to become a subscriber to it. 



