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Mine are Fine Italian Bees. 



I am a beginner in apiculture, and a 

 great friend of the honey-bee. I have 

 enjoyed the work so far very much. I 

 have 51 colonies, which go into winter 

 quarters in good condition. During the 

 past season I took olT 300 pounds of 

 extracted-honey. It woiild have been 

 an excellent year for honey had the 

 drouth not set in. I notice one of my 

 colonies does not gather propolis ; or has 

 not during the past two seasons. I got 

 one swarm from this colony this season, 

 and have never found propolis in the 

 surplus cases. They are jet black bees. 

 I bought 24 Italian queens, and intro- 

 duced them into the hives of black bees. 

 They were fine queens, and proved to be 

 a success. Now all my bees are fine 

 Italians. I send you the Pittsburgh 

 Dispatch, and marked an item entitled, 

 " A New Artificial Honey." What com- 

 ment have you to make ? 



Moselle, Mo. James A. Powers. 



[Our comment is on page 37 — Ed.] 



That Cook-Book Premium. 



When the American Bee Journal 

 of Dec. 10 arrived, I was agreeably sur- 

 prised. On stepping into the house, my 

 wife, having it in her hands, looked up 

 into my face with a smile, and said: 

 " Are you going to take this paper next 

 year?" " Yes," I:replied, "we cannot 

 do without it." Mrs. Fisher, holding 

 the paper up, said : "I want this book," 

 and handed the paper to me. I read the 

 whole of page 766. " I wantthat cook- 

 book," said my wife a second time. "All 

 right, wife," I said, " we will accept the 

 offer, and you shall have that cook- 

 book. Now, dear reader, if you want 

 the eyes of your better-half to sparkle, 

 and a sweet smile to roll aci'oss her face, 

 just look up the Bee Journal, and let 

 her read what is offered on page 766 ; 

 then tell her that you accept that offer, 

 and that she shall have the book. Read 

 that page carefully, and see how much 

 is offered for $1.30. Show your friends 

 and neighbors that liberal offer, and you 

 will succeed in introducing the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal into many homes 

 where it has never gone before. Bro. 

 Newman gives us a first-class weekly 

 Bee Journal. Now let each reader 

 show his or her appreciation by getting 

 a few new subscribers, thereby enabling 

 the Journal to be a greater blessing to 

 bee-keepers in the year 1892. 



John D. A. Fisher. 



Woodside, N. C, Dec. 29, 1891. 



Wavelets of News. 



Successful Apiarists. 



To be successful in any business you 

 must be, love with it. No one can make 

 a success with bees when he takes it up 

 because bethinks there's " money in it," 

 He will soon abandon it in disgust." — 

 Missouri Bee-Keeper. 



Welcome Visitor. 



A welcome monthly visitor is the 

 Illustrated Home Journal, a fine 

 publication for the family and fireside, 

 devoted to fashion, music, household 

 topics, decorative art, and interesting 

 stories. — New Bedford, Mass., Standard. 



Bee-Keepers' Union. 



The Bee-Keepers' Union has done a 

 grand and good work in defending bee- 

 keepers. The Union has 571 members. 

 If a neighbor gets slightly offended at a 

 bee-keeper, his first attempt at revenge 

 is to work on the City Council to have 

 the bees declared a nuisance, and have 

 them removed from the city limits. — 

 Missoxiri Bee-Keeper. 



Many "Wavelets of News" are 

 crowded out this week. 



CouTention I^otices. 



l^"The annual meeting of the Colorado 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Denver, Jan. 18 and 19, 1892. 



H. Knight, Sec, Littleton, Colo. 



pw° The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet in Owatonna, Minn., on Jan. 

 20 and 21, 1892. Free entertainment will be 

 provided foi- those attending by the citizens 

 of Owatonna, and it is expected that the 

 railroads will carry those attending, at 

 reduced rates. The State Horticultural So- 

 ciety hold their annual meeting at the same 

 time. 



Wm. Daniorth. Sec, Ked W^ing, Minn. 



J^" The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its next annual meeting at the 

 West-End Turner Hall, on Freeman Avenue, 

 Cincinnati, O., from Feb. 10 to 12 inclusive, 

 1892, beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 

 10. All local associations should endeavor to 

 meet with us or send their delegates. Those 

 intending to be pi-esent, will please send their 

 names to the Secretary, at their earliest 

 convenience. The President will endeavor to 

 get reduced railroad rates, and also reduced 

 rates at hotels. The programme will soon be 

 issued, and all particulars published. 



C. F. MuTH, Pres., Cincinnati, O. 



S. R. Morris, Sec, Bloomingburg. O. 



