THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



29 



Henry Alley issued a souvenir number of 

 the ApieuUuriat last month, which was very 

 nicely gotten up, and contains more good 

 reading matter than for several months 

 previous. 



There seems to be a wide difference of 

 opinion among bee keepers as to the amount 

 of stores needed to safely winter a swarm of 

 bees. Mr. Doolittle writes at some length 

 in Gleanings, (Jan. 1st). His final conclu- 

 sioi. is that 15 to 20 pounds of honey is all 

 that is required to winter an average colony 

 from Oct. 1st to May 1st. This would be 

 for in-door wintering. For out-door winter- 

 ing about 5 pounds more would be required. 



The American Bee .Journal begins the New 

 Year with a new dress and entire change of 

 form, and now has 'd'l double column pages 

 each issue. The change is very much for the 

 better, and makes the old A B. J. more at- 

 tractive than ever, which is saying a good 

 deal. " May it live long and prosper." 



Should any of our subscribers fail to re- 

 ceive their magazine, we wish they would ad- 

 vise us on a postal card, and we will send 

 them the missing number. 



We recently enjoyed a two day's visit from 

 Mr. J. T. Calvert, A. 1. Root's son-in law, 

 and superintendent of .Mr. Root's immense 

 establishment. Mr. t alvert is a very pleas- 

 ant and unpretentious gentleman, thoroughly 

 wide aw, ike to the progressive requirements 

 of a business man of today, and one whom 

 it is a real pleasure to meet. We were much 

 pleased to have him with us. How pleasant 

 it is to find the representatives of two great 

 establishments, competitors in trade, on such 

 friendly terms. Unfortunately it is rarely 

 found to be the ease 



Our space is so taken up this month with 

 other matter that we are not able to adver- 

 tise our own goods at all. I his won't do, 

 our readers will forget that we manufacture 

 and deal in all kinds of bee supplies. 



Any one wishing to purchase a few swarms 

 of blacs bees is referred I > the advertisement 

 of C. A. Stilhnan, which will be found in 

 another column. 



Well, friends, our little journal has met 

 with a most pleasant and welcome reception 

 on all sides. We have received innumera- 

 ble words of praise and encouragement, aDd 

 the subscriptions and advertisements have 

 been pouring in on us at a rate far beyond 

 our most sanguine expectations. W T e thank 

 you sincerely fcr your words of kindness, 

 your many lists of names for sample copies, 

 and your subscriptions and advertisements. 

 Our columns are so crowded this month that 

 we were compelled to leave out several splen- 

 did articles, besides over a page of advertis- 

 ing. Now you cannot afford to loose the 

 former nor we the latter, so the only alterna- 

 tive seems to be for us to enlarge. Well, if 

 you will " keep it up," friends, we promise 

 you to do so soon, lly the way, several of 

 urn advertisers write us that they are getting 

 more replies to their ad's in the Bee-Keep- 

 EK than from any other source. 



W T e expected to have gotten out the first 

 edition of our Annual Catalogue several days 

 ago, but owing to our thoroughly revising 

 and enlarging it there has been some delay. 

 It is now in the hands of the printers and 

 will be mailed in a few days. If you do not 

 receive one apply tor one on a postal card. 



Jacob T. Timpe, of Grand Ledge, Mich , 

 offers to give a years subscription and 5 eyes 

 of his new seedling potatoes to all who will 

 send him GOc to pay for this magazine and 

 postage, etc., on the potatoe eyes. With it 

 lie will also give you a chance on his nuclei 

 foi- largest potatoe and also chance on nuclei 

 for naming that variety. See his advt. 

 m another column. 



Dewey's Peet Uage and Petrie's Swarm 

 Hiver will be illustrated in our next issue. 



The Bee-Keepers' Advance has not been is- 

 sued since Nov , and has doubtless ceased to 

 exist. We have been endeavoring to pur- 

 chase the subscription list from the owners 

 anil fully expected to have been able to an- 

 nounce the consummation of the purchase 

 this month, as we accepted the proposition 

 made us by the publishers of that magazine 

 some days ago, but for some unknown reason 

 they have not yet forwarded the list, and 

 possibly they will fail to do so. However, 

 in case we receive it, the former subscribers 

 to the Advance will receive the 1! hi:- Keeper 

 from now until the expiration of their sub- 

 scriptions. 



We mail several hundred copies of this is- 

 us of the Bee-Keeper to the bee-keepers in 

 New England so tiny can read the description 

 of the bi. 1, Nellis Hive We hope each one 

 who receives a sample copy win subscribe, 

 and also remember thai we can furnish the 

 hives in any quantity at lowest prices. 



