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boxes, cracker-boxes, and nail-kegs, and 

 then croak about extracted honey being 

 mixed with sugar! They seem to think 

 that as soon as honey is extracted from the 

 oonib by machinery, it ceases to be honey. 

 There is a man living near this place that 

 owns over 100 colonies, who is so full of 

 envy, and so thoroughly impregnated with 

 ignorance, that he will not look at an ex- 

 tractor. This man brought his broken 

 combs to market in buckets, and sold it at 

 1 3 Vj cents per pound, so I was compelled to 

 sell my nice comb honej'^ for the same price. 



Our main dependence for honey is white 

 «lover and the asters. The golden-rod giows 

 in abundance in this county (Macoupin), 

 but it is of no value as a honey-plant. Bees 

 •do not work on it. 



LoDowicK D. Henderson". 



Staunton, Ills., Nov. 36, 1889. 



4aoldeii-Ro<I Honey. 



Gfolden-rod honej' is of an amber color, 

 and very thick. There are acres of golden- 

 rod on the bottom lands in Illinois and Mis- 

 souri, and the bee-keeper that looks after 

 his bees, can discover it the last of August 

 or the middle of September, by the strong 

 smell, but as sweet as honey itself. When 

 bees are getting golden-rod honey, the bee- 

 keeper will not need to watch them ten 

 _years, either ; but as there are lots of bee- 

 men who keep bees that cannot tell golden- 

 rod honey from basswood, or buckwheat 

 honey from clover, there will always be 

 «ome difference of opinion in regard to 

 color. For my part, I do not believe that 

 bees gather dark honej' from golden-rod, no 

 more than the milkman can get dark mUk 

 from a white cow. Let us hear from the 

 bee-keepers of the Illinois and Missouri bot- 

 tom lands, and see what they have to say 

 on the color of the golden-rod honey. 



As for the national flower, I think that 

 the sweet potato would get as many votes 

 as the sweet pea. Joil-^ Boerstleu. 



Vashon, Wash. Ter., Nov. 20, 1889. 



Packing Uees tor Winter. 



I have been experimenting with bees for 

 ten years, and have always made such a 

 miserable failure on account of wintering 

 them out-doors ; so this fall I had a lot of 

 old coal-oil barrels, that had been used for 

 water barrels; also some sugar barrels, 

 which can be bought for 10 cents each at 

 any grocery store. I found that by remov- 

 ing both the hive-cover and honey -board 

 from the Simplicity or the Laugstroth hive, 

 they would go into these barrels, some of 

 which I sawed off 2 inches. I used burlap 

 over the frames, slipped the hive into the 

 barrel, packed well with chaff, and tacked 

 four little pieces of boards around the edges 

 i)f the barrel, to keep out mice. Thus I 

 have a complete chaff hive for 10 cents. I 

 claim no patent on this, but if anybody can 

 construct a better hive for less money, I 

 would be glad to hear of it. 



B. G. McPherson. 



Clayton, Ills., Nov, 24, 1889. 



-%.iralfa as a Honey-Plant. 



I notice that some bee-keepers say that 

 alfalfa is a great honey -plant. It is a clover, 

 without doubt. I have some growing in 

 my bee-yard; it has been there several 

 years. It grows up early and large, and 

 blossoms freely, as the ground is moist and 

 fertile. All that time I have had no less 

 than 100 colonies of bees (Italians and na- 

 tives), yet I have never seen a bee working 

 upon the alfalfa blossoms, when at the same 

 time they would be just swarming on the 

 Alsike clover. D. F. L.vsiiier. 



Hooper, N. Y., Nov. 34, 1889. 



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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 honej", 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 ; 



The Hone}' Almanac is received. Have 

 been quite agreeably surprised with its 

 true value, to the producers of honey. Both 

 contents and appearance do credit to its 

 publisher. — W. M. Barnum, Angelica, N. Y. 



The Honey Almanac is uniquely tidy, and 

 compact in its general make-up, and re- 

 plete with useful recipes and valuable in- 

 formation. A copy thereof ought to be 

 placed in every household. — Joshua Bull. 

 Seymour, Wis. 



The Honey Almanac is a very good one. 

 Anything that calls attention to the great 

 value of honey must help its consumption. 

 — Emerson T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



The Honey Almanac is at hand. It is 

 unquestionably the most useful and attrac- 

 tive scheme yet introduced for advertising 

 the sale of honey. — F. A. Huntley, South 

 Omaha, Neb. 



The Honej- Almanac for 1890 contains 

 32 pages of facts, figures, and suggestions 

 for honey in its various uses, besides the 

 matter usually contained in Almanacs. A 

 very large number of honey recipes for 

 cooking are compiled. The varied uses of 

 honey as food and medicine are also dis- 

 cussed. The design of this Almanac is to 

 place in the hands of bee-keepers a lever by 

 which they can revolutionize public senti- 

 ment, and create a market for honey. Sen- 

 sational stories in regard to adulterated 

 honey are refuted. — Oleaninfjs in Bee-Cul- 

 ture. 



The Honey Almanac for 1890 contains 

 the usual caleudar,and some 20 extra pages 

 are filled with interesting facts and figures, 

 and suggestions concerning the uses of 

 honey for food, beverages, cooking, medi- 

 cines, cosmetics, etc. Beeswax, its uses, 

 how to render it, and its importance as a 

 commercial product are described, and 

 many useful recipes are given. If these are 

 distributed plentifully throughout the coun- 

 try, they should assist very much in educat- 

 ing the masses as to the use of honey, and 

 thereby largely increase the sale of this 

 product. — Canadian Bee Journal. 



Its 32 pages are filled with interesting 

 facts, figures and suggestions concerning 

 the uses of Honey for Pood, 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 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. 



Prices: ^2.bO per 100; 500 copies for 

 $10.00; 1,000 copies for $15.00, 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 

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