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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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Ed. Am, Bee Keeper, Dear Sir: — 

 The past season has been one of pros- 

 perity with nie. 1 commenced this 

 season with (50 colonies of hees and in- 

 creased to 118 by natnral swarming. 

 I reared also nearly !)(> queens this 

 year, ahnost every one of which are 

 now doing duty in the hives. 



I have just purchased nearly the 

 entire apiarian outfit of one of our 

 neighbors, comprising 30 colonies of 

 hybrid bees, so I now have 148 colou- 

 onies, a small part of which are pack- 

 ed on their summer stands, 



I have secured o, ()()() pounds of 

 honey, all of whicli is white clover and 

 basswood. Have also secured between 



85 and 40 pounds of beeswax, almost 

 all of which was secured by the aid of 

 a Solar Wax Extractor. The Solar 

 Wax Extractor is a great convenience 

 and I could not think of getting along 

 without one. 



• The Amekican Bee Keeper is an 

 ever welcome visitor. 



Yours truly, (r. F. Tubes, 

 Ann in Creek, Nov. 5, 1896. 



Ed. Am. Bee Keeper, Dear Sir, — 

 I have been keeping bees for several 

 years and on the whole luive been 

 fairly successful, although during the 

 past two years my honey crop has 

 been comparatively small. 1 Hud that 

 in bee keeping as in (jtlier things, one 

 must give it his attention and make a 

 business of it in order to reap a satis- 

 factory reward. Bees can not lake 

 care of themselves any more than cat- 

 tie, sheep or horses. The more care- 

 fullv thev are looked after and their 



requirements provided for the better 

 is one repaid. 



I like the American Bee Keeper 

 very much and for several reasons. 

 You do not seem to be afraid to " speak 

 your mind" whenever occasion re- 

 quires without regard to whether or 

 not it hits any of the " big guns," and 

 although you are yourselves large 

 dealers in supplies you do not fill your 

 columns with items and articles rec- 

 ommending your goods to your sub- 

 scribers as some others do whom I 

 might mention. In fact, without 

 flattering yoUj I wish to say, the Bee 

 Keeper is run on a more business- 

 like plan and in a more impartial 

 manner than any other bee paper I 

 know of. It makes one weary some- 

 times to read the effeminate articles 

 that frequently are printed in some 

 of the bee papers. They remind 

 me of the gossipings of a church 

 society \vith their "brother" this 

 and "sister" that. Keep right on 

 giving us a good, clean, business 

 (not religious) bee journal, and yon 

 will find that the majority of your 

 readers will be much pleased. 



Yours truly, Charles J, Mead. 



Utica, Nov. 1, 1896. 



[The above is in line with several 

 letters we have received during the 

 past two or three years. Heretofore 

 we have thought best not to publish 

 anything of this tenor, but the fore- 

 going so nearly expre.-^ses our senti- 

 ments that we have given the letter in 

 full. We have always endeavored to 

 be impartial and we have never been 

 a toady to anyone. We have no axe 

 to grind and have nothing but the 

 kindliest regard for the publishers of 

 other bee papers. What we say at 

 any time through our columns only 

 expresses our convictions and no of- 

 fense is ever intended. — Ei>.] 



