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THE SMERICWPf BEE JOURNSk,. 



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I think that bee-keepers cannot prize 

 golden-rod too much in this locality. We 

 have five different varieties growing here, 

 and they are our main dependence for win- 

 ter stores, and in some years they furnish 

 most of our surplus honey. I also send a 

 sample of golden-rod honey. How does 

 this compare with golden-rod honey that 

 has come to your notice? 



This season there was no surplus honey 

 stored before Aug. 20, when the best honey- 

 flow commenced that I ever saw, and lasted 

 until Sept. 17. From 43 colonies, my sur- 

 plus was about 700 pounds of comb honey, 

 and 500 pounds of extracted. Bees in this 

 neighborhood are in good condition for 

 winter. F. J. Kkumm. 



Pleasant Bend, O., Nov. 7, 1889. 



|The plants sent belong to the numerous 

 family of asters, all of them being excellent 

 honey-producers, and if they bloomed in 

 July instead of in the Fall, they would be 

 of great value for their honey. 



The golden-rod honey compares favorably 

 with other samples sent to this office. — Ed.] 



Fine Rains for ^Vliitc Clover. 



We are having fine rains, which are good 

 for the white clover. I will soon send my 

 report in full. I think that I can "show" 

 with any of them, and it is not far from 

 what I thought it would be. 



John Blodget. 



Empire, Mo., Nov. 7, 1889. 



Uee-Keepingp in lovva. 



The past season was a very poor one in 

 this part of Iowa, which includes the whole 

 western portion of the State, but toward 

 the southern line of the State, I think that 

 the yield is better, with large yields in the 

 central and eastern parts of the State. Last 

 spring I put out of the cellar 50 colonies, 

 without any loss in wintering, but several 

 colonies proved to be queenless; I think this 

 was caused mostly after they were put out 

 — possibly I made some mistake in cleaning 

 them out. I sent to the South and pro- 

 cured queens in April, and they did well. I 

 got one queen from Georgia, that did ex- 

 ceedingly well. I think that it pays to get 

 queens, under such circumstances, from our 

 Southern apiarists. 



My yield the past season was only about 

 25 pounds per colony, with an increase of 

 30 colonies, all in good condition for win- 

 ter. The weather is warm, and the bees 

 are flying as in summer. Our small yield 

 in this section was not caused for lack of 

 bloom particularly, but more from atmos- 

 pheric conditions. I have never taken less 

 than 70, or more than 150 pounds, on the 

 average, in six years, untU the past season, 

 and I feel a little on the "cheap order" 

 now. I am not an enthusiastic admirer of 

 the golden-rod. Ezra J. Cronkleton. 



Dunlap, Iowa. Nov. 11, 1889. 



■■oinjoninsT <l»e Bees. 



I think that the " Honey Almanac " is a 

 grand thing. I would be pleased to do 

 more tor the Bee-Keepers' Defense Fund, 

 hut I feel unable to do so, for the following 

 reasons : During the honey harvest my bees 

 were poisoned to such an extent that I did 

 not take one pound of honey. I think that 

 it they had not been poisoned, I would have 

 had a harvest of eight or ten thousand 

 pounds of comb honey, as we had, in this 

 locality, an exceptionally good season. I 

 had only 3 swarms, and these came out 

 early, before the poisoning commenced. 

 My number, spring count, was 91 colonies, 

 .■ill in splendid condition. Others iniiv vet 



suffer as I have. I do not expect to have 

 the nefarious work repeated on me, for it 

 has been denounced in such strong terms 

 by all jjarties in this vicinity, that those 

 who did the mischief would rather the cir- 

 cumstantial evideuee was not so strong as 

 it is. I hare consulted legal authority, but 

 I am advised, as the evidence is onlj' cir- 

 cumstantial, to not undertake to prosecute. 

 There will be uo action Virought, and the 

 Union will not have any expense in this 

 case; but if they injure me so badly again, 

 I will assume the expense then. 

 San Jose, Calif. Moses Bray. 



Experience of'tiie iSeason. 



I started in the spring with 12 colonies 

 of bees, and some were very weak. I in- 

 creased them to 19 colonies, and prevented 

 swarming as much as possible. I took 

 about 400 pounds of honey, mostly ex 

 tracted, only about one-half crop, and have 

 rendered about 30 pounds of beeswax. I 

 have reduced my bees to 6 colonies, as I am 

 going to move to Columbus, O., this week. 



J. A. RlCKENBACHER. 



Gahanna, O., Nov. 4, 1889. 



International Bee-Association. 



The programme for the American Inter- 

 national Bee-Association, which is to meet 

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

 next, is not yet complete. However from 

 the following it will be seen that evei-y 

 effort has been made to have a good one. 

 The first session will be at 2 p.m. of the 4th. 



Bee-Keeping an Occupation for Women — 

 Miss H. P. BuUer, Campbellford, Ont. 



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

 Knight, Owen Sound, Ont. 



Shipping Queens — F. H. Macpherson, Bee- 

 ton, Ont. 



Disposal of the Honey Crop — Thomas G. 

 Newman, Chicago, nis. 



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 wUl give his annual ad- 

 dress which, doubtless, will be amusing 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 be purchased to and 

 from Gait or Woodstock. For further par- 

 ticulars, apply to the Secretary. 



Remember you must have a certificate 

 when purchasing your ticket for Brantford 

 on the Grand Trunk railway, 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. 



R. r. HOLTERMASN, ScC. 



Tlie 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 good, 

 practical Monthly. We can offer the Farm 

 Journal and either the American Bee 

 JointNAL or the Ili,u.strated HoiSie 

 JouuNAL from now until Dec. 31, 1890, for 



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 $1.00 

 Cthe subscription price). 



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BnSINESS MANAGER. 



gitsiness %ti\\tts. 



ITour Full Ad<lress, plainly written. 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



W You Liive near one post-office and t 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the I 

 address that we have on our list. ' 



GiTc a Copy of " Honey a8 Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I»r. miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



I* yo»i L^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>v Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 tor $1.80, 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 4Kx4J^ and 53^x5>^. 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preserre Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BI]^1>ER 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 Journal. 



Please -MTite 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. 



Pure Plienol <br 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 25 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 each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with 81.00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a premium. 



A Home Market 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 



