732 T«B; MMBKICMEf mMM JQiPMHMIU. 



Then came sweet clover, golden-rod, etc., 

 from which they gathered enough for win- 

 ter stores— not a starvation amount either 

 —and 850 pounds of very thick, bright 

 yellow extracted honey, which does very 

 well for Michigan this year. Comb honey 

 in this market retails at 15 cents, while I 

 getl2V:< cents for my extracted honey in 

 fruit-cans, or $1.00 for a 10 pound pail. So 

 long as I can sell my entire crop at home, at 

 these prices, I do not think that I shall 

 bother with comb honey. My bees have 

 paid me at the rate of $100 per month, tor 

 the actual time spent in caring for them 

 this year. 



I derive so much benefit from simple sug- 

 gestions by my brother bee-keepers, that I 

 want to mention a very convenient and 

 cheap shade for hives, made out of old 

 baiTel-staves nailed on strips one inch thick 

 by 2 inches wide, and the length j-ou want 

 the width of the shade. Nail the staves on 

 in single cover with a space between, and 

 then another cover over the openings. 

 They are light, and convenient to put as a 

 temporary cover over many things, when 

 not in use on the hives. An old bee-keeper, 

 to whom I showed them, exclaimed, "Just 

 the thing!" J. M. Clark. 



Hillsdale, Mich., Nov. 1, 1889. 



Bees in Giood Condition. 



M}' crop of honey is almost all sold, at re- 

 munerative prices— 8',.2 cents for extracted, 

 and 131.2 cents for comb honey. I think 

 that bees are in good condition to winter. I 

 shall put about 150 colonies into the cellar, 

 which is the proper place to winter bees in 

 Minnesota. H. H. Rosebkock. 



Owatonna, Minn., Nov. 2, 1889. 



Report for the Season. 



In 1888 I put 39 colonies into winter 

 quarters, and 28 came through the winter. 

 I sold 2 colonies in June for $5.00 each, 

 increased the balance to 55 colonies, by 

 natural swarming, and took 3,000 pounds 

 of honey in one-pound sections — about 

 2,000 pounds of white honey, and 1,000 

 pounds of buckwheat. I have over 2,000 

 pounds on hand yet, over half of which is 

 white honey. A. F. Wheeler. 



Rossville, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1889. 



IIo^v to Rear (tueens, etc. 



I commenced with 1 -1 colonies of bees in 

 the spring, aud increased them to 30, and 

 extracted 3,000 pounds of honey. I call 

 that good for a beginner. I would like to 

 know how to rear (.lueens from an imported 

 mother. Peter Eiil. 



Sherrill's Mount, Iowa, Oct. 31, 1889. 



FRead Doolittle's Queen-Rearing book, 

 and you will learn all about it. — Eo.] 



Crolden-Rod Honey— Ilee-Cellar. 



Our good old Granite State is not, strictly 

 speaking, a honej'-producer ; but in the 

 Connecticut and Androscoggin valleys, 

 there is some fine bee-pasturage. The 

 weather here the first of the season was 

 all that one could desire; the bees were 

 breeding rapidly, aud gathering honey fast. 

 About July 5, it began to I'ain, and it rained 

 all through July and August; by Sept. 1 

 my 80 colonies of bees were almost desti- 

 tute of honey. About this time the golden- 

 rod began to bloom, sun began to shine, 

 and the bees went to work, and they did 

 work for about four weeks, earlj' and" late ; 

 .so that by Oct. 1, the 80 hives were pretty 

 well filled with a fair qiumtity of fine comb 

 honey in sections to spare. Golden-rod did 



jt, for we have no other source of fall 

 honey. The honey was a transparent am- 

 ber, quite thick, and the flavor was very 

 good ; crushed in the comb, and put up in 

 glass jars, it attracted a good deal of atten- 

 tion at the countj' fair this fall. 



I have just completed a honey-house 

 30x30 feet, 13-foot posted, with a cemented 

 bee-cellar beneath, which will winter about 

 300 colonies of bees. The cost of the 

 building w-as about $300. Honey (comb or 

 extracted) sells readily for 20 cents per 

 pound here. A. D. Ellingwood. 



Milan, N. H., Nov. 4, 1889. 



International Kee- Association. 



Mr. R. Holtermann, the efficient Secre- 

 tai'y, has sent us the following concerning 

 the coming convention : 



The progi'amme for the American Inter- 

 national Bee-Association, which is to meet 

 at Branttord, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 4 to 6, 

 next, is not yet complete. However from 

 the following it will be seen that every 

 effort has been made to have a good one. 

 The first session will be at 2 p.m. of the ith. 



Bee-Keeping an Occupatit>ii for Women — 

 Miss H. F. BuUer, Campbellford, Out. 



Cellar vs. Out-Door Wintering — R. Mc- 

 Knight, Owen Sound, Ont. 



Shipping Queens — F. H. Macpherson, Bee- 

 ton, Out. 



Disposal of the Honey Crop — Thomas G. 

 Newman, Chicago, Ills. 



Cellar Wintering— S. T. Pettit, Belmont, 

 Ont. 



Riding Hobby -Horses — Bee-keeping a rec- 

 reation from other pursuits, and an anti- 

 dote for disease — E. R. Root, Medina, O. 



Alimentary System or Apparatus of the 

 Honey-Bee— Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural 

 College, Mich. 



S. Cornell, Lindsay, Ont. — Subject not 

 given. 



The President will give his annual ad- 

 dress ^vhich, doubtless, will be anmsing and 

 instructive. 



Reduced rates, at least one and one-third 

 fare for return trip, may be secured on the 

 Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railway ; 

 the latter tickets must lie purchased to and 

 from Gait or Woodstock. Fur further par- 

 ticulars, apply to the Secretary. 



Remember " you must have a certificate 

 when purchasing your ticket for Brantford 

 on the Grand Trunk railwaj-, or Gait or 

 Woodstock on the Canadian Pacific rail- 

 way. 



Reduced hotel rates ($1.50) may be se- 

 cured at the Kirby House. The Commer- 

 cial Hotel also, close to the place of meet- 

 ing, is a good one-dollar house. 



The "International" Convention has a 

 strong claim upon every apiarist, and the 

 attendance will be very large, no doubt. 

 The Secretary is doing all he can to make 

 ample arrangements for the meeting, and 

 we hope that it will prove to be one of the 

 most profitable Conventions ever held. 



^^^M®^<SASt^.^^ 



Xlie Farm Journal. Philadelphia, 

 Pa., has the largest circulation of any agri- 

 cultural periodical in the world— 1.50,000. It 

 is now in its 13th volume, and is a eood, 

 practical Monthly. We can offer the Farm 

 Journal and either the Amkrican Bee 

 JouENAL or the Illustrated Ho.me 

 Journal from now until Dec. 31, 1890, for 



.fl.30. 



Or, we will give it free for one year to 

 any one who will send us one new sub- 

 scriber for either of our Journals with 81.00 

 (the subscription price). 



This arand offer should brin? us thou- 

 sands of responses at once. 



AL.FREI> H. r«E^VI»IAl\, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Sxtsiucss 3^otices. 



¥onr Full Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



If Von l>ive near one post ofiice and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on ovir list. 



Crive 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. Miller's ISook, " A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Joub- 

 NAL for one year— we send botli for $1.50. 



If you 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. 



ISew Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 tor 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 4):Cx4}i and .5}ix5J^. 

 Price, $1.00 per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preserve IToiir Papers for future 



reference. If you have no BI1%I>ER we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions tor the Bee Journal. 



Please \rrite American 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. 



Pio-e Phenol for Foul Brood.— 

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

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

 procured at this office at 35 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



In order to pay you for getting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offer. For eacli yearly sub- 

 scriber, with 81.00, you may order 35 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a premium. 



A Home Marlcet for honey can be 

 made by judiciously distributing the 

 pamphlets, "Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper 



