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Honey Almanac. 



This Honey Almanac places in the hands 

 of bee-keepers a powerful lever to revolu- 

 tionize public sentiment, and create a mar- 

 ket for honey, by making a demand for it 

 in every locality in America. 



Each alternate page is an illustrated 

 calendar for the month — making a complete 

 Almanac for the year 1890. 



Here is what is said of it by those who 

 have seen the Honey Almanac : 



I have .lust been looking through the 

 " Honey Almanac." Almanac! it is rather 

 a cyclopedia of useful knowledge. It re- 

 veals to us the wonderful curative powers 

 of honey. Who would not rather produce 

 it than be a King upon his throne i— Mis. L. 

 Harrison, Peoria, Ills. 



The " Honey Almanac " is a novelty, and 

 I wonder that such a publication has not 

 been thought of before. I am much pleased 

 with it, and think you do not misstate the 

 faqts when you say, " Wisdom would distate 

 that a million of them be scattered by the 

 first of January"— only in making the num- 

 ber too small. It is Just the thing to keep 

 honey before the people. It is a cheap 

 and permanent way of advertising honey.— 

 A. B. Mason, Auburndale, O. 



The " Honey Almanac " is just the thing, 

 n freely distributed it will sell tons of 

 honey, not only for the present, but in the 

 future. It is well gotten up, and the per- 

 son suggesting it should receive a vote of 

 thanks from all honey-producers.- H. D. 

 Cutting, Clinton, Mich. 



The " Honey Almanac " is at hand. The 

 idea is a novel and an excellent one. and I 

 believe it will pay well for bee-keepers to 

 put it into the hands of the people ; also to 

 secure places for it in conspicuous positions 

 where it may be read by many.— R. F. 

 Holtermann, Romney, Out. 



The "Honey Almanac " has just come to 

 hand, and X must say that it is just what it 

 was promised, and it is also just what bee- 

 beepers have been long in need of, a strong 

 lever, and instructor to enlighten the peo- 

 ple concerning honey for food as well as 

 medicine. It lacks nothing in matter of 

 interest, and is perfection in general.- 

 (Rev.) S. Roese, Maiden Rock, Wis. 



The "Honey Almanac" is just received, 

 and carefully examined. It surely will be 

 a powerful " worker " in the hands of the 

 producer of honey, as well as all who con- 

 template dealing in any way in a pure arti- 

 cle. One of the many grand features of the 

 Almanac, and of which every bee-keeper 

 should be proud, is the refutation of the 

 falsehood about so-called " artificial comb 

 honey." — J. M. Hicks, Indianapolis, Ind. 



The copy of the "Honey Almanac" is to 

 hand. We believe that it will be a grand 

 educational medium among the masses, 

 regarding the many uses to which honey 

 may be put. Being practical publishers, 

 we may say that the price is very reason- 

 able, and should make large sales; and 

 these, in their turn, should assist in dispos- 

 ing of the crop, if judiciously distributed. — 

 F. H. Macpherson, Publisher Canadian 

 Dec Journal, Beeton, Ont. 



The " Honey Almanac " is in every re- 

 spect good. Its recipes for cooking are all 

 truthful to my certain knowledge, and 

 should help to seU the honey crop. To get 

 honey into more general use, and get a 

 remunerative price for it has been the 

 hardest thing to accomplish in my long life 

 as a bee-keeper, and my progi-ess has been 

 slower and less satisfactory than in any 

 other branch of the business of bee-keeping 

 I have tried to master. 



To show you that our large crop of this 

 year has all been bought up and shipped 

 to the cities at 10 cents per pound, how 

 many tons of honey must a bee-keeper have 

 to see much money at this price? Our com- 

 petition is getting to be of the worst kind. 

 My honey crop is mostly in my honey- 

 I'oom, and will remain there until next 

 summer, unless I can get IS)-^ cents per 

 pound for white clover and basswood, and 

 8 cents for darker and buckwheat — all of it 

 in small sections. At these prices, bee- 

 keepers can only make one hand wash the 

 other. — R. Dart, Ripon, Wis. 



The " Honey Almanac " is received. It 

 is a beautiful piece of work, both typo- 

 graphically and in the "make-up." Con- 

 taining, as it does, so many valuable 

 recipes, etc., makes it a very convenient 

 piece of literature for every household. Let 

 me congratulate j'ou on your method of 

 handling the different kinds of honey on the 

 last page. It is well done. And the " Wiley 

 lie " is refuted in good style. I hope you 

 will be able to place an Almanac into the 

 house of every purchaser of honey during 

 this and the coming year. — ^E. L. Pratt, 

 Marlboro, Mass. 



The neat "Honey Almanac" came to 

 hand. I am surprised to note the many 

 uses enumerated to which honey may be 

 applied in cooking, medicine, etc. The 

 dealer in honey, aud the producer, could 

 well afford to supply the Honey Almanac 

 to their customers, and thus help the trade, 

 by spreading a knowledge of the uses to 

 which honey may be put. — L. P. Abbott, 

 Lewiston, Me. 



It has been a pleasant task on my part to 

 examine the new "Honey Almanac." It 

 is certainly a very complete exposition of 

 honey, and its useful qualities. A judi- 

 cious circulation of the Honey Almanac 

 among the people cannot fail to bring the 

 good qualities of honey as a food and a 

 medicine in its most favorable light before 

 the public. — G. W. Demaree, Christians- 

 burg, Ky. 



The " Honey Almanac " is received, and 

 its contents are examined. It "fills the 

 bill to the dot." I am only sorry that over 

 3,000 cases of honey handled this season 

 does not each contain one. No honey 

 dealer should pack or ship a case of honey 

 without the Almanac accompanying the 

 same. — J. W. Bittenbender, KnoxviUe, loa. 



The "Honey Almanac" recently re- 

 ceived has been read with pleasure and in- 

 terest. I should judge that its contents are 

 of the right kind to fit it as a missionary in 

 the cause of honey production and con- 

 sumption. In one house it will be kept at 

 hand for use. — S. B. Ryder, Brandon, Vt. 



The " Honey Almanac " is received, and 

 judging from its make-up in general, and 

 the object of its issue in particular, I think 

 that it will be a great help in selling the 

 honey crop when distributed among the 

 consumers. It suits nie to a T.— J. F. 

 Latham, West Cumberland, Maine. 



I am pleased with the "Honey Almanac." 

 It is a useful, convenient, and interesting 

 pamphlet. I think it will encourage the 

 use of honey, and help to sell it. — Franklyn 

 Howland, Agricultural Editor of Standard, 

 New Bedford, Mass. 



The " Hone Almanac " is received. We 

 sell all our honey by the barrel. If we 

 were selling at retail we think it would pay 

 to give away a lot of the Almanacs. — E. 

 France & Son, Platteville, Wis. 



The " Honey Almanac " is just " a 

 dandy." I must have ^me of them. — L. 

 W. Lighty, East Berlin. Pa. 



Its 32 pages are filled with interesting 

 facts, figures and suggestions concerning 



the uses of Honey for Food, Beverages. 

 Cooking, Medicines, Cosmetics, Vinegar. 

 etc. Also, its effects on the human system 

 are tersely noted; a brief refutation is given 

 of the Wiley lie about manufactured comti 

 honey ; a shoi't dissertation sets forth the 

 mission of bees in fertilizing the flowers, 

 and increasing the fruit product. Instead 

 of being an injurj' 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 17 useful Recipes are given. 



Prices: §2.50 per 100; 500 copies for 

 SIO.OO; 1,000 copies for S15.00, delivered 

 at the freight or express office here. The 

 bee-keeper's Card will be printed upon the 

 first page, without extra cost, when 100 or 

 more are ordered at one time. Postage, 40 

 cents per 100 extra. All orders can now be 

 filled as soon as received. 



'ERIES 



EPLIES. 



Ventilation of Bees Wintered 

 in liie Cellar. 



Written tor the American Bee Journal 



Query 669.— How can I (rive my bees ven- 

 tilation in the cellar, this winter V Would it 

 do to put one thickness of sacking- on top of 

 the honey-board, then put on the cap 1 Last 

 winter I had trouble with dampness in the 

 hives. My cellar is very dry.— Iowa. 



I have no experience in cellar wintering 

 of bees. — M. Mahix. 



Leave the cap off entirely. Leave it on 

 the summer stand, and mark the number of 

 the hive on it. — D.^daxt & Son. 



Keep the temperature in the cellar even 

 at 45 to 50 degrees, Pahr., and leave the 

 cap off. Keep the mice out of the cellar. — 

 J. M. SnucK. 



1 only leave the entrance wide open. I 

 find they do just as well with a board cover 

 as with cloth, etc. — A. J. Cook. 



I do not make any provision for ventila- 

 tion above, but I like a large entrance. 

 Most of my hives have a two-inch space 

 under the bottom-bars. — C. C. Miller. 



I do not believe that your bees need any 

 more ventilation than they now have. The 

 " sacking " scheme will work well, just as 

 you propose. — James Heddon. 



Give large entrance ventilation, but never 

 give any top ventilation. If you confine 

 all the heat on top, you will not have any 

 dampness to cause trouble. — H.D. Cdttino. 



Put plenty of absorbents over the brood- 

 frames ; raise the body of the hives % of an 

 inch from the platform, by the use of 

 blocks, and keep the temperature as near 

 45 degi'ees as you can. — J. M. Hambaugu. 



By removing the bottom-board and leav- 

 ing the bottom of the hive open. The sack- 

 ing would do little good. 1 cannot think 

 that the dampness in your hives did any 

 material injury.— K. L. Tavlou. 



If you use the sacking in the manner you 

 propose, and raise the hive a full half inch 

 fi'om the bottom-board (in case this is 

 movalile), I should think that you would 

 have no trouble with dampness. If the 

 bottom-board is fixed, open the entrance 

 and all ventilating holes to their full 

 capacity.— J. P. H. Bhown. 



