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cellar under my house ; it i3 12x30 feet. I 

 have kept it at 45° to 50°, except once when 

 It was 52°. Tlie temperature keeps risinK 

 when there is but little ver\tilation to the 

 cellar. Why isthis ? I think that it is only 

 natural that tlie bees would gradually raise 

 the temperature, especially after breedina 

 begins, and the thermometer outside indi- 

 cates only 20° to 45°. 



Dr. Tinker's new method o( working bees 

 for comb honey, described on page 25, I 

 think will not work. The bees will only 

 average 40 pounds of honey per colony, and 

 his second brood-chamber will hold that 

 amount, which would have to be extracted ; 

 and his half-Blled brood-frames would be 

 filled too much with brood-comb, etc. 



IVo ^iui-pIiiM Ilouey for S Years. 



—Rev. John Hunt, Plain City, O., on Jan. 

 29, 1889, writes as follows : 



My account of the bee-business in this re- 

 gion is not encouraging ; for the last two 

 years it has been a failure. During that 

 time I have received no surplus honey, and 

 have been obliged to teed with sugar syrup. 

 I had 17 colonies in the fall, but not any of 

 them being strong, 1 reduced them to 9 by 

 uniting. I am hoping in this way to have a 

 better chance to carry them through the 

 winter. Thus far they appear to be doing 

 well. This winter has been mild and open, 

 and I think that it is favorable for the bees. 

 My neighbor bee-keepers are not doing 

 niucli better than myself. We hope that the 

 next season will witness a revival of the 

 white clover, which has been killed out by 

 the severity of the weather in time past, or 

 some other cause. 1 rejoice that there is 

 sulllcient enterprise to maintain a weekly 

 bee-paper in the interest of apiculture. 



Ilee»« <tiiiet in <lie Cellar.— C. G. 



Ridout, Hutchinson, Minn., on Jan. 24, says: 



I began in the spring of 1888 with 5 fair 

 colonies, increased them to 12, and obtained 

 500 pounds of light comb honey, nearly all 

 clover and linden. The 12 colonies this fall 

 which I put into the cellar, were all strong, 

 and had plenty of stores, more than they 

 f needed, I think : but I would rather they 

 ' would have too much than not enough, 

 which is frequently the case with many. 



1 would like to ask a question, viz : The 

 winter in this section has been unusually 

 warm, and my bees were put into the cellar 

 early last fall. So long as they remain 

 quiet is it best to leave them undisturbed in 

 tlie cellar, or should they be given a flight ? 



[Do not disturb them unless they become 

 restless.— Ed.] 



I'V-ediii;;' Itee.s in Winter.— Geo. 

 W. Ogden, De Kalb, Mo., Jan. 29, writes : 



The last year has been a hard one, but we 

 must try again. 1 shall, at least. 1 have 

 20 colonies flying to-day. They are on the 

 summer stands. 1 fried the cellar last win- 

 ter, and 1 cannot say that I prefer it. 1 

 think that if bees have plenty of honey or 

 syrup, they will be all right in this State. 

 At least 25 per cent, of the bees in this 

 ( county will starve. 1 have fed lots of bees 

 during the last 20 days, for my neighbors. 

 They all have the Langstroth hives. 1 turn 

 the syrup into the empty combs, from 5 to 10 

 pounds to the colony, in a few minutes. I 

 have kept bees tor 25 years, and have not 

 lost any money by it yet. but 1887 and 1888 

 were poor seasons with me. 1 got 150 pounds 

 of honey last year, and 2 swarms, and lost 

 10 colonies by starvation in August. I put 

 27 colonies out of the cellar last March. 

 1 he beekeepers are going to organize on 

 Feb. 2, at Agency, in this county. 



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AL,FREI> II. NEWSIA."*, 



BDSINESS MANAGER. 



It You Uve near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Caive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I»r. Ifliller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Ameuican Bee Jotrn- 

 NAL for one year— we send both for $1..50. 



If yon l.iOse 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^eiv iiinltscribei-s can obtain the full 

 numbers for 18S8 and 1889 for $1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Uoxes — to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4!<x43^ and 534x5^. 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or $8.50 per 1,000. 



I*reser»-e Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BIJ^MER we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Jouknai., 



Please write Avwrican Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 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 220 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at s cents per pound for 

 Amber and » cents per pound for White. 



In order to pay you forgetting nciv 

 subscribers lo 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 premium. 



Apiary lt«'sister.— All who intend to 



be sjstematic 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) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) .... 1 35 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



lletl I.,al»elN for Pails.— We have 



three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, $1 for a hundred, with the 

 name and address of the bee-keeper printed 

 on them. Smaller quantities at one cent 

 each ; but we cannot print the name and 

 address on less than 100. Larger quantities 

 according to size, as follows : 



Size A. Size B. Size C. 



250 Labels tl..-)0 $2.00 $2.25 



500 Labels 2 00 li.OO .^..^O 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



«" Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Alfalfa Clover.— For cultivation of 



this honey-plant, see page 245, of 1888.— 

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

 —Per lb., 22c. ; per peck, $3.00 ; per half- 

 bushel, f.5.50 ; per bushel of 60 lb., SIO.OO. 

 If wanted by mail, add 10 cents per pound 

 for bag and postage. 



Always Mention your Post-Office, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state the old as well 

 as the new address. 



Money in Potatoes, by Mr. Joseph 

 Greiner. Price, 35 cents, postpaid. This 

 is a complete instructor for the practical 

 potato-grower, and explains the author'.* 

 new system in 40 interesting lessons. It is 

 for sale at this office. 



Pure Plienol tor Fonl Brood. — 



Calvert's No. 1 phenol, mentioned in Che- 

 shire's pamphlet on pages 16 and 17, can be 

 procured at this office at 25 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



Yucca Brnslies, for removing bees 

 from the combs, are a soft, vegetable fiber, 

 and do not irritate the bees. We supply 

 them at 5 cents each, or .50 cents a dozen ; if 

 sent by mail, add 1 cent each for postage. 



WeM'ill Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with $2.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



Sinimins' mon-J^Marmiiij;; Sys- 

 tem, and the Ameuican Bee Jouknai. 

 for one year, for SI. 25. The subscription 

 to the Bee Journal may begin anew at 

 any time. 



We Supply Chapman Honey-Plant 

 SKKI> at the following prices : One 

 ounce, 40 cents ; 4 ounces, SI ; }4 pound, 

 S1.75 ; 1 pound, SS. One pound of seed is 

 sufficient for half an acre, if properly 

 thinned out and re-set. 



Wood Knoiis'I'-- Andrews & Lock- 

 hart, of Patten's Mills, N. Y., on Oct. 13, 

 1888, wrote as follows concerning their use 

 of the advertising columns of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal : 



We got more orders from our advertise- 

 nieiit in the AMi:i:ir ax Bee Journal than 

 from all the other bee-papers put together. 



