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1ME AM ERIC Ah BEE- KEEPER. 



now expired for the first volume of 

 the Bee-Keeper, you will please find 

 herein inclosed 50c for renewal anoth- 

 er year. 



I like the Bee-Keeper very much 

 and hope that other subscribers like it 

 as well. It is more interesting to me 

 than the other journals that I am 

 familiar with, and hope this will 

 be a continuance in the future. 



Wishing you a very happy and 

 prosperous New Year, I remain, 



Your true friend, 



Wampum, Pa. J. H. Jenkins, Jr. 



Editor of American Bee-Keep- 

 er : Here, as in many other places, 

 the honey crop was light, caused prin- 

 cipally, 1 think, from late breeding. 

 My bees are going into winter quarters 

 in fine shape, and I shall iu the spring 

 repeat an experiment which I tried 

 with one colony last spring, which is 

 as follows: (Allowing, of course, that 

 the bees have a fair amount of sealed 

 stores) . 



Take a knife and pare off or uncap 

 all the sealed honey in the hive. If 

 there is too much, do not uncap more 

 at a time than the bees can take care 

 of. I did this with one colony and 

 was more than surprised at the result. 

 In six clays every available cell in the 

 hive was filled with brood, and the 

 weather was not very favorable, as 

 bees could not fly more than half of 

 the time. . This was done March 27th. 

 This colony furnished 60 lbs. of sur- 

 plus in one pound sections, while oth- 

 ers equally as strong only gave 20 lbs. 

 of surplus. 



I do not know that this plan would 

 be profitable in every locality, but I 

 think it would. 



In the American Bee-Keeper for 



December, I noticed an article from 

 Lowry Johnson, in which he advocat- 

 ed a movable outside case which could 

 be taken off in the dooming and re- 

 placed again in the evening. I think 

 this would be an endless amount of 

 work, especially with a large apiary. 

 I use a 9-frame hive with frames 8£x 

 16i inches inside, and the hives are 

 double wall with space lh inches all 

 around filled with chaff or sawdust, 

 and I let my bees set on their summer 

 stands all winter with good results. I 

 believe a case that will keep out the 

 cold will, to the same extent, retain 

 the warmth. Yours, etc., 



S. J. Anderson. 

 Palouse City, Wash., Dec. 14, 1891, 



Editor American Bee-Keeper, 

 Dear Sir: Inclosed please find 50c for 

 one year's subscription to the Bee- 

 Keeper, for I think it is one of the 

 best journals of the kind, the price 

 considered, that there is in the field 

 for the advancement of bee culture. 



Yours truly, Peter L. VanAlen. 



Maiden Bridge, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1891. 



The January number of Lippincott's 

 Magazine is marked by several new 

 features: the first of sundry stories 

 and sketches illustrating journalistic 

 life and labors ; the first of a series of 

 articles on athletic subjects; an edi- 

 torial department headed " As it 

 seems," containing brief essays and 

 comments on various topics of the 

 times, literary and other; and notices 

 of several recent books, given in the 

 form of dialogue. 



Clear everything in the shape of ap- 

 pliances away after they are done with, 

 and place them where you can find 

 them readily for next season's use. 



