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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 26, 1905. 



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How to Use the Holder. 



Directions.— The Tool is fas- 

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For grinding Round • Edge 

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in them with syrup, giving these to the bees. 

 This plan has given good satisfaction. 1 use- 

 1 part sugar 1 part water, and 1 part honey. I 

 let this mixture stand for 10 or 13 hours, stir- 

 ring well and warming it a little at first, so 

 that it will dissolve nicely. When the sec- 

 tions are ready I lift the covers from the 

 hives, set in as many of them as I thinlc best, 

 and close the hive. The bees soon get used 

 to this and after they have been carefully 

 handled a few times they do not fly out. 



I have 3 colonies of long-tongued bees, and 

 they are good ones. They do work on red: 

 clover, for I and others have found them 

 working on it. With a glass we could see 

 them putting their tongues down deep into 

 the tubes of the red-clover blossoms. As we 

 watched them work we could plainly see them 

 lick the nectar out of the blossoms instead of 

 sucking it, as a great many say they do. They 

 may suck up syrup or honey, but they lick- 

 out the nectar first. 



I have 54 colonies of bees. I have been a 

 Ijee-keeper for 13 years, but have not entered 

 into it so extensively before. In 1903 I started 

 in the spring with 6 colonies, and put 34 into 

 winter quarters. In April, 1904, I had 16, and 

 increased to 54, which were in good conditioik 

 for winter. 



If I were to begin over again I never would! 

 use anything but plain sections, because they 

 are easily cleaned and packed, and are neater. 

 The holders are plain and easily cleaned aniJ 

 made. 



I sell all of my honey at home, charging 15- 

 cents per section for comb and 10 cents per 

 pound for extracted. I also get 32 cents per 

 pound for all the beeswax that I sell near by. 



We are on the highest point between the 

 Illinois River and the Mississippi, and we have 

 lots of white and sweet clover, but the flow 

 the past season was about X what it was the 

 previous year. A. N. Cookb.. 



Henry Co., 111. 



No Rain in Southern California. 



Sonthern California is still without raim 

 enough to do any good, and it looks now as 

 though we are to have another dry year. Bees- 

 are still being fed, but their owners are get- 

 ting a little tired of it. 



G. F. Merriam & Son. 



San Diego Co., Calif., Dec. 19. 



Great Demand for Extracted Honey 



I am now running 49 colonies for comb 

 honey, but I am going to fix up 10 or 13 more 

 for extracted honey, as the demand for this 

 article is so great that I can not fill my orders- 

 from drip honey or from broken comb. 



In 1903 I had nearly 6000 pounds of comb- 

 honey and this, year I secured about 3000> 

 pounds. Both of these years my honey was 

 all sold before Deo. 1, and people were asking 

 for more. I sell all of it direct to the consu- 

 mers, as the store-keepers will not buy any 

 unless it is almost given to them. 



I have 49 colonies of bees in good condition 

 in the cellar, and hope for a good season next 

 year. Chas. Luebeb. 



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