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Xh« Honey Almanac for t$90. 



By the time this JdiKXAL is iu the bauds 

 of sulttciibers, tbe new Honey Almanac 

 will be readj' for distribution, and orders 

 on hand will then be filled in rotation. 



Its ■i'.i pages are filled with interesting 

 facts, figures and suggestions concerning 

 the uses of Honey for Food, Bererages, 

 Cooking, Medicines, Cosmetics, Vinegar, 

 etc. Also, its effects on the human system 

 are tersely noted ; a brief refutation is given 

 of the TVilej' lie about manufactured comb 

 honey ; a short dissertation sets forth the 

 mission of bees in fertilizing the flowers, 

 and increasing the fruit product. Instead 

 of being an injury to fruit, bees are the 

 fruit-growers' best friends. 



Beeswax, its uses, how to render it, and its 

 importance as a commercial product, is de- 

 scribed, and IT useful Recipes are given. 



Each alternate Jiage is an illustrated 

 calendar for the mouth— making a complete 

 Almanac for the year 1890. 



This Honey Almanac places in the hands 

 (if bee-keepers a powerful lever to revolu- 

 tionize i)ublic sentiment, and create a mar- 

 ket for honey, by making a demand for it 

 in every locality in America. 



Wisdom would dictate that a million of 

 them be scattered by the first of January. 



We will ship them as soon as ordered. 

 Prices; *3.50 per 100; 500 copies for 

 AlO.OO; 1,000 copies for SI fi. 00, delivered 

 at the freight or express ofHce here. Tlie 

 bee-keeper's Card wjll be jirinted upon the 

 first page, without extra cost, when 100 or 

 more are ordered at one time. 



Mr. H. O. Kruschke writes as follows con^ 

 cerning these useful pamphlets ; 



Set forth all the merits of exlrndi'd homy, 

 for tlnat ueeds it the most. These Almanacs 

 will sell hiniey, where without them none 

 could be sold. 



I had occasion to take some extracted 

 honey to a neighboring town. I could not 

 tarry long there, so I left it in one of the 

 largest stores. 1 buug up a couple of my 

 large cards, gave the jiroprietor about 25 

 of the pamphlets ou '■ Honey as Food and 

 Medicine," and, naming the price the same 

 as comb honey, I threw in the tin pails. 



I left 100 pounds. None had been on the 

 market there siuce the days of Perrine ; and 

 that was not pure. The merchant was loth 

 to take it, but said he would see what he 

 could do. I went up to make collection 

 this summer, and the merchant told me that 

 it was hard to get customers to take it, as 

 they were afraid that it was glucose, etc. 

 But he handed to each one a pamphlet, and 

 in a day or two several asked for honey. 



If it had all been put up in small pails all 

 would have been sold in a short time. But 

 the laboring people do not like, or cannot 

 buy a large (juantity at a time; so hereafter 

 I \Cill put it up in small pails, and furuish it 

 to those who want a large supply, as much 

 as they desire, in their own receptacles. My 

 honey, this year, is quite dark, but my cus- 

 tomers do not object to that. I get 10 cents 

 per pound; or in pails, 12'.; cents per 

 pound for it. I hope you will gft '"oi-e 

 orders for the Almanacs than a 100,000 

 edition requires, and make half a million at 

 the start. I know they will be a gi-eat aid. 



Ree-Keepin$; in Soutli Africa. 



The method of bee-farming, as it is car- 

 ried on here, says a correspondent to Olmu- 

 inga, Is as follows : 



A native cuts a circle in the bark of a 

 tree, and about three feet above he cuts 

 another. Then he cuts iu a straight line 

 from one circle to another, and strips off 

 the entire bark as cut. While this is still 

 green, he refojds it in the shape of the tree, 

 and carefully sews up the centre seam, and 

 after folding the two ends in a more or less 

 square form, he sews them up, leaving an 

 entrance for the bees. His thread is bark, 

 and his needle is a thorn, and his punch is 

 his spear. This is his bee-hive, and it seems 

 to do excellently for this class of bees. 



The forests all about are well provided 

 with these hives, placed in the tree tops, 

 and it seems that the greater number of 

 these hives sooner or later become inhabit- 

 ed with bees. The bees here are not so large 

 as the honey-bees of North America, nor 

 are they much smaller. 



Swarms that have alighted about the 

 house from time to time are about the size 

 of a half bushel. Honey here is in abun- 

 dance, and very cheap. Honey is 10 cents 

 a bucketful (three gallons). Comb honey 

 we never see. The matter of extracting 

 honey is simple with the African ; he simply 

 cuts out the combs, and with his hands 

 squeezes out the honey. The honey is of a 

 richer quality, and much thicker than any 

 I ever saw in America. Probably the 

 climate is the chief agency in ripening the 

 honey to so fine a state. 



IVlarlcing; the Uees. 



The "funny-man '" of the Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 Bulletin, has this to say about the late de- 

 cision of a New York court about the bees 

 becoming trespassers when they visit other 

 lands than those belonging to their owner, 

 when out in search for honey. He says ; 



The fun will begin when the owner of the 

 land tries to find out .iust whose bees are 

 standing on their heads in Howers, or tak- 

 ing the honey from his buckwheat field. 



There ai-e difllculties in the way of his 

 wife to stitch his initials in the wings of all 

 the bees from his apiary, as she would mark 

 the corner of his handkerchief, or the north- 

 ern zone of his stockings. Nor would it be 

 a pleasant .job to use a rubber stamp and 

 mark each one of his honey insects. The 

 latter would object to this — pointedly. 



Cattle may be branded, and sad-eyed 

 sheep can be frescoed with a brush and 

 paint, but the bee is not formed by natnie 

 to wear the monogram of its owner. Neither 

 has iinture fitted the bee with a safe handle 

 whereby it could be held while undergoing 

 the process of marking. The most amiable 

 boy would decline holding a bee for such or 

 any other purpose — at least would refuse to 

 hold nmre than one. Even to catch and 

 insert a healthy bee in a device made for 

 the holding process would entail unpleasant 

 result* to the catcher. 



The tresspassing of honey-bees in New 

 York State will go on in spite of the 

 Supreme Court, and the busy and buzzing 

 trespassers will go unstamiied. 



Frank Leslie's Popular Muiithhj, for 

 November, is crowded from cover to<over 

 with pictures, stories, decriptive and 

 biogi'aphical articles, scientific lore, poems 

 and seasonable literary side-dishes, is a 

 striking illustration of the scope and full- 

 ness of the modern magazine. 



Preparing: Bees ibr Winter. 



Successful wintering of bees depends 

 largely on preparations made before cold 

 weather sets in, such as uniting weak colo- 

 nies, feeding, etc. The extra food must be 

 given so early that the bees can seal up 

 their stores. Unsealed comli during winter 

 is not healthful food. Whatever variety 

 of food is given them, the moisture that 

 arises from the bees during cold weather 

 enters the unsealed stores, and produces 

 disease. 



It is far better to look to this important 

 matter during the honey season, and pre- 

 pare frames of sealed honey to supply all 

 colonies that need food. But, in our greed 

 for a heavy croj^, we are apt to lose sight 

 of this, and when feeding-time comes, we 

 buy sugar, at high prices, to supply these 

 wants. 



Uniting bees, and supplying all colonies 

 with fertile queens, is of primary impor- 

 tance. As we have the advantage of mov- 

 able-frame hives, we should thoroughly ar- 

 range the brood-nest in every colony so 

 that the brood shall occupy the center of 

 the hive or combs. It a frame of brood is 

 carelessly set on one side, the bees occupy 

 the other side, and the brood separates. 



After properly arranging the hive and 

 providing a good queen, we are ready to 

 feed. The food will be stored around the 

 cluster of bees. Frames of comb filled with 

 pollen near the cluster of bees are consid- 

 ered injurious to bees during winter. This 

 has been our experience, and we take par- 

 ticular pains to either remove such frames 

 from the hive, or place them outside of the 

 lirood-nest. 



Bees should not cluster on frames filled 

 with pollen during winter. They use too 

 much pollen as food, and it has a tendency 

 to produce diarrhea. — Amerimn AgrieiMuri-il 

 for Xuvember. 



Wew Postal Cards. 



The new postal cards soon to be issued 

 will vary in size. There will be three sizes 

 when the contracts are finally taken up- 

 one, a fine, delicate card for ladies' use, 

 much smaller than that now in circulation, 

 and much finer quality. Finely calendered 

 paper will be substituted for the old buff 

 1 ilotting-paper. An intermediate card of ' 

 the same size as the one now in use will be 

 retained, and a new large card will be in- 

 troduced that can be used for business pur- 

 poses. It will be large enough to allow a 

 bill-head thereon, besides the other matter. 



Subscriliers who do not receive this paper 

 promptly, will please notify us at once. 



Convention fWotices. 



IW The Interniitional Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet in tlie coiirt-tiouse, at Branlford. Ont., 

 Canada, on Deienjber 4. 5, and 6. IHSH. All bee- 

 keepers are invited to attend, and State and District 

 bee-lieepers' societies are requested to appoint del 

 elates to the convention. Full particulars of the 

 meeting will be given in due time. Anyone desirous 

 of becoming a nieinber. and receiving the last Annu- 

 al Report bound, may do so by forwarding «I.U0 to 

 the Secretary.-H. V. Uoltekmann. Sec. Romney, 

 Ont., Canada. 



tW At the request of several bee-keepers, I here- 

 by make a call for a meeting at Uigginaville. .Mo., on 

 Thur'^day, Nov. 14. is.si), at 9 a.m.. for only one day, 

 for the purpose ot organizing a bee-keepers' associ- 

 ation. Let all bee-keepers attend, that can do so. 

 J. W. KODSE, Santa Fe, Mo. 



r^- The Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual meeting in the Supervisors' 

 Room of the Court House, at Kockford. Ills., on 

 Dec. 16 and 17, 18»i). D. A. FDLLKK, Sec. 



