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.lloldy Conibm, eH-.— R. P. Blades, 

 C'armi, Ills., on Jan. 3, 1889, writes : 



I had one colony that gave me 1.56 pounds 

 of comb honey the past season. I had 17 

 colonies ill all, and put them into the cellar 

 on Nov. 2.5. I put them all on the summer 

 stands to-day to give them a flight, and 

 found, on examination, that the combs were 

 nearly all moldy. The bees appear to be 

 ill Rood condition. 1 would like to know 

 what to do, or whether moldy combs will 

 hurt the bee.s. The brood-frames are full of 

 honey. I use the Simplicity hive with 10 

 tranies. 1 learned in uniting bees after 

 sundown, that they will not sting. It ap- 

 pears that at that time they have no guard 

 out to watch for robbers, and so they let 

 them come in peaceably. However, I give 

 them a putf or two of smoke in the hive. 

 My bees did well the past season. 



[The molding will do no harm. Let the 

 bees take care of that.— Ed.] 



Fall Crop of Honey.— Wm. Hill, of 

 Prophetstown, Ills., on Dee. 31, 1SS8, says : 



On Dec. 12, 1887, I put 41 colonies into the 

 cellar, and leit 4 on the summer stands. 1 

 took them out of the cellar the last of 

 March, 1888, and lost 4 colonies by spring 

 dwindling. My bees had, one good day's 

 work on willow ; I had put a good colony 

 on scales, and it put in 8J^ pounds of willow 

 h,>ney. It was cold and rainy through 

 fruit-bloom, and tlie bees did nothing. 

 White clover and basswood bloomed, and 

 the bees got just enough to keep up breed- 

 ing. The last of August they commenced 

 to work on heart's-ease and other fall 

 flowers. I secured about 1,700 pounds of 

 the nicest fall honey that I ever had, one- 

 half being extracted, and the rest comb. I 

 put in the cellar on Nov. 37, 45 colonies in 

 good condition, and left 8 on the summer 

 stands. They appear to be doing well. 



Keaiitif III YVeatlier— Qniet Bees 



—Joshua Bull, Seymour, Wis., on Dec. 31, 

 1888, writes : 



We have had most beautiful weather here 

 all the past fall. " Indian summer " con- 

 tinued clear up to Christmas Dav. We did 

 not have any bad storms until Dec. 26, and 

 then Old Winter came howling In, and 

 brought us about 8 or 10 inches of snow. 

 On the morning of Dec. 28, the mprcury, for 

 the first time this season, went down to 

 8' below zero ; but it was thawing again on 

 Dec. .30, and it is very mild to-day. My bees 

 are resting very quietly, both tliose out-of- 

 doors and those iu the cellar. 



Producing: Extracted Honey, 



etc.— C. W. Dow, Lynn, Mass., on Jan. 8, 

 1889, writes : 



I was very much pleased with the ar- 

 rangement of the Index fcr the last volume 

 of the Amehican Bee Journal. I have 

 got it bound already, and it makes a very 

 valuable book. 



1 read somewhere in the American Bee 

 JoLHNAL, of a correspondent who prac- 

 ticed giving his bees hall-depth wide frames 

 to be filled with comb, and then used for ex- 

 tracting. The idea seemed to me to be a 

 good one, and just before the white clover 

 bloomed, I arranged cases for four hives, 

 with seven shallow frames in each, and 

 filled with comb. The result more than 

 pleased me, for I secured the largest 

 and best lot of white clover honey that I 

 have had In the 20 years that I have kept 

 bees. The bees filled the frames solidly 

 full of comb 2 inches thick. I extracted it 

 before the honey was sealed over, and 1 



found that it was heavier, and better ripened 

 than any 1 ever had before. I also saved 

 the troulile of uneajiping. I like the plan 

 so well that I sliall try it on all of my hives 

 next season. Why has it always be^ the 

 custom to produce extracted honey in the 

 same depth of comb that brood is reared in, 

 when the bees always store their surplus 

 honey in combs 2 inches thick, when they 

 have their own way ? 



Kxliibiling: Itees, etc. — Mr. Noah 

 Cleinmoiis, Rock Bluffs, Nebr., on Jan. 3, 

 18S9, says : 



I have 13 colonies of bees that I got from 

 the woods in November, without any honey 

 or comb, and they are doing well in the 

 basement of my house. I feed them syrup 

 and ground oats, and they eat like chickens. 

 1 intend to take my bees and travel from 

 fair to fair next fall. 



" Wliat of llie l^iRlit ?"— Eugene 

 Secor, Forest City, Iowa, on Jan. 9, 1889, 

 writes thus : 



On Oct. 19 I besan taking my bees into 

 the cellar, and finished Nov. 9. If I hail 

 foreseen the winter, very likely I should 

 have left them on the summer stands for a 

 month ; for the weather has been very mild 

 up to this time. Bees could have flown 

 almost every day fill Christmas, and many 

 days since. It has been impossible to keep 

 the temperature of my cellar down to the 

 approved figure. It has ranged from 48° to 

 .53° all the time. Notwithstanding this fact 

 the bees have been remarkably quiet. After 

 a confinement of nearly three m<mths, there 

 are but few dead bees on the cellar floor. I 

 have not examined them closely, but they 

 appear to be all right. 



Itees did ^Vell. — A. C. Loomis, of 

 Grand Rapids, Wis., on Jan. 7, 1889, says : 



My bees did pretty well last year. I com- 

 menced in the spring with 8 colonies, in- 

 creased them to 14, and obtained 537 pounds 

 of comb honey. They swarmed a great 

 deal, and sometimes 1 put as many as 3 

 swarms into one hive. Two large swarms 

 went to the woods. 



<)iood Proxpeots for ]\ext Sea^ion 



—Joseph L. Flint, Marion, Iowa, on Jan. 7, 

 1889, writes : 



I commenced bee-keeping on June 8, 1888, 

 by purchasing one colony of Italian bees. 

 On June 22 1 bought one colony of black 

 bees, and they supplied themselves with an 

 abundance of winter stores, but gave me no 

 increase or surplus. The Italians swarmed 

 on July 4, 14 and 19, and stored S pounds of 

 surplus honey. I hive the first swarm on 10 

 frames full of comb foundation, and it filled 

 the hive, and gave uie 223.2 pounds of sur- 

 plus honey in sections. Swarm No. 3 had 9 

 frames with 3 iucli starters, and it filled the 

 hive, but produced no surplus. Swarm No. 

 3 went to the woods. The honey was mostly 

 basswood, buckwheat and white clover. 

 Bees did not work on red clover or golden- 

 rod. The prospect for an excellent crop of 

 white clover is good for next year. 



Xhe Xinie for Reading- has come, 

 with the long winter evenings. We have a 

 large stock of bee-books, and would like to 

 fill orders for them. To read and post up is 

 the way to succeed in any pursuit— in none 

 is it more important than in bee-keeping. 



^^s^MS 



AI.FREW H. NEYVIflAIV, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



^itsiwcss ^ottcjes. 



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 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on oiu- list. 



€iive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



Mr. lYliller's Book, " A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Aslekican Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year— we send both for 11.50. 



If yon I^ose Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



I^e«- ^Subscribers can obtain the full 



numbers for 1SS8 and 1889 for 81.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4J<x4)^ and 53^x5J^. 

 Price, 81.00 per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preser»-e Your Papers for future 

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 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm {a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 320 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at 8 cents per pound for 

 Amber and O cents per pound for White. 



In order to pay you forgetting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with SI. 00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a prcniiuni. 



Apiary Resister.— All who intend to 



be systematic in their work in the apiary, 



should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 



begin to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) f] 00 



" 100 colonies (320 pages) 125 



'• 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



