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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



233 



PUBLISHED MDNTHT.YBY 



HE W. T. FALCONER MANFG. Co. 

 H. E. HILL, - EDITOR. 



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THE DEACON ILL. 



The following, received September 

 21, explains the non-appearance of 

 Deacon Hardscrabble's usual letter in 

 this issue. We all hope the deacon 

 may soon be restored to his usual state 

 of good health: 



Dear Bro. Hill 3 



The Deacon is sick and the Deacon a 



saint would be! 

 But if the Deacon gets well just see 



what a saint is he. 



Fact is, Harry, I've overdid the loll- 

 ing and 'twixt that and the wear and 

 tear on my nerves by the sayin's of 

 some o' the boys, I'm clean laid up. 

 Doc. says I need a change, so I'm 

 goin' off on a sea trip, but I reckon 

 the old machine is about wore out. 

 Howsomever, you may see me bob 

 up serenely bye and bye. Till then, 

 au revoir. 



John Hardscrabble. 



According to the Rocky Mountain 

 Bee .Journal, "The honey crop of Col- 

 orado, v^'hile much better than last 

 year, will not average half a crop for 

 the entire State. The honey, however, 

 is of exceptionally fine quality." The 

 same spicy little journal observes fur- 

 ther that "to judge by the quotations 

 that are being sent out, the 'bears' are 

 in control of the Chicago market. Hap- 

 pily, Chicago is not big enough to set 

 the prices for the whole country." 



Nearly one hundred bee-keepers 

 were in attendance at the Hamilton 

 County Bee-Keepers' convention Sep- 

 tember 14, at Cincinnati; and it is re- 

 ported to have been one of the 

 most successful meetings ever held in 

 the Buckeye State. We are, naturally, 

 gratified to learn that some very kind 

 remarks concerning the American Bee- 

 Keeper were made upon that occasion, 

 for which we desire to express thanks. 



Writing in the Bee-Keeper's Record, 

 ^^■illiam McNally says: "For the sec- 

 1)1 Ml year in succession Scotch bee- 

 kifpers have to be content with a poor 



in]), which, on striking an average, 

 will, I think, only teach about one-half 

 th.'t of ordinary seasons.'' 



Our Kansas City correpondent, as 

 an illustration of the excellence of the 

 honey crop in that vicinity, states: 

 "One of our bee men, who has two 

 apiaries, informs us that he has 35,- 

 000 pounds of comb honey in one- 

 pound sections, and bees still at work." 



The California crop is estimated at 

 about one-third of the "full'' quota. 



