THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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warm and pleasanl,and everything looks 

 promising for iSgi. C. B. Blackstone. 

 Fel>. 22, Thorndiile, Texas. 



WHAT A " (iUKKNY " DID. 



Mr. H. Alley: Enclosed find ,$1.25 

 for which please renew my subscripiion 

 to the An for one year, and send the two 

 books as per advertisement. I find 

 the Api invaluable to the beginner and 

 the last year has shown that some of the 

 '•know it alls" niiglit peruse it to advan- 

 tage. 



One year ago I started in with tliree 

 swarms, one good one and two weak 

 ones. Being a "greeny" I wanted some 

 bee magazine to swear by or «/ as cir- 

 cumstances might dictate, so I sub- 

 scribed for Api. Following the advice 

 found in its pages I built up my swarms 

 until one was a boomer and the other 

 two not far behind. It was a very bad 

 season here and other bees in tliis vi- 

 cinity made no honey in the sections, 

 but mine were so strong that one colo- 

 ny maile over 100 lbs. of surplus and 

 the weak ones, after getting built up, 

 about 25 lbs. each. 



But the best of all is that while nearly 

 every swarm of bees in this vicinity have 

 died this winter mine are all right. 



Should like some of your queens but 

 haven't developed quiie "sand" enough 

 to open a hive and hunt for the old one. 

 Shall put my new swarms in Bay State 

 hives this summer which I suppose you 

 consider the next best thing to having 

 one of your queens. Hope the books 

 will come promptly as they doubtless 

 contain information wliich I am in need 

 of. Rush Vaughan. 



So. Pomfref, M. 



THE NAMELESS BEE DISEASE. 



THE liEMKDY UKCi OIMEXDEI) BY THE API 

 WOUKED A SPEEDY CLUE. 



We wintered fifty colonies of Italian 

 bees. Out of the fifty, twenty- four came 

 through badly affected with the "name- 

 less disease." We a])plied your salt 

 remedy published in January Apicultu- 

 Risi' and am glad to say that they are 

 now apparently well. 



Two years ago, only one colony was 



affected, and this during an abundant 

 harvest of white clover. We changed 

 the queen, and thouglit we noticed a 

 change for the better, but last year, this 

 same colony was diseased the same way 

 and six other swarms. 



The first colony affected by this time 

 had a very prolific and good queen, 

 which we did not like to destroy, so, 

 nonplussed as to what to do, we did 

 not do anything but let them alone. 

 Had it not been for your remedy our 

 hopes would liave been small indeed 

 this spring. Many thanks for this and 

 all the valuable matter in" your journal, 

 the American Apiculturist. 

 Mrs. Milton Cone, Chillicotlie, Mo. 



FASTENING FOUNDATION IN FRAMES. 



H. H. Nash, Santa Monica, Calif., 

 says this : "I have found a hot iron, one- 

 inch wide, with one end covered with a 

 cloth, the best thing for fastening foun- 

 dation. I lap foundation half inch on 

 comb guide of top bar, press down hard 

 and draw the iron from end to end." 



GOOD PROSPECTS FOR BEKKEEPERS IN 

 lEXAS. 



J. D. Givens, Lisbon, Texas, says : — 

 " We have a fine prospect for a good 

 honey harvest. My hives are strong in 

 bees, and are storing considerable hon- 

 ey." 



ALFALFA-CLOVER HONEY. 



Alfalfa honey is not only the finest in 

 appearance of any honey that I ever saw, 

 but It is also equal in flavor. It is al- 

 most, if not quite, as clear as water, and 

 yet, during a hot day in July, it will 

 scarcely run. It is as clear as a crystal, 

 and exquisite in flavor. Very likely the 

 producer has not a ton of such honey ; 

 but if he has, I should think it would be 

 a small fortune, if he could get it before 

 tiie class of people who buy gi't edge 

 butter, and things of that sort. And, by 

 the way, we are using alfalfa honey on 

 our table, day after day. I never ate 

 any other honey that suited so well, and 

 for so great a length of time. At ])res- 

 ent the outlook seems to be that alfalfa 

 honey is destined to lead the world. — 

 Gleanings. 



