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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



entrance feeding, of which the Gray 

 Simplicity Feeder is one, and there is a 

 better one whose name I cannot recall. 



If you try this entrance feeding, you 

 will do well to pound on the hive and 

 stir the bees up thoroughly on the morn- 

 ing of a day when bees commence flying. 

 But you'll only do mischief if you try to 

 stir them up when they can't fly. 



What Ailed the Bees? 



I put 7 colonics into good winter quar- 

 ters, examining all when packing them 

 away, and they were in good condition. 

 I packed them with straw at the back 

 and sides, and with chafif cushions on 

 top, leaving a bee-space between the 

 brood-chamber and cushion. In three 

 weeks I found one colony dead, with 

 plenty of bees and a queen; also 35 

 pounds of honey. One week ago to-day 

 (Dec. 23rd) I found my best colony 

 dead. It had a beautiful 5-banded 

 queen that I introduced last spring, and 

 a good supply of bees and 40 pounds of 

 honey. I can see no cause for their 

 dying in that way. 



I commenced with two colonies last 

 spring, and obtained 140 pounds of 

 comb honey in one-pound sections. 



Akron, Ind. S. R. 



Answer. — I don't know, and anything 

 I could say would only be a guess. If 

 the two colonies were increased to seven, 

 after giving 140 pounds of honey, they 

 may have been too late in building up 

 and too weak for winter, but that may 

 have nothing to do with the case. It is 

 also possible that both were queenless, 

 or had bad queens, even though you did 

 give a fine queen to one of them. It 

 seems a little strange to have them die 

 so early as before Christmas, whatever 

 the trouble may be, and I shall be glad 

 if any one can help us out. 



Hootl^s Calenda^r fbi* 1894 is out, 

 and, like its predecessors, will be welcome 

 in any home which it enters. A happier 

 combination of calendar, of beauty and 

 utility, of art and advertising, has seldom 

 been produced. To be appreciated it must 

 be seen, the beautiful head of a girl, just 

 '• Sweet Sixteen," being lithographed in 

 many delicate colors, while the pad in plain 

 figures is pi'inted in harmonious and pleas- 

 ing colors. Get a copy of your druggtst, or 

 send fi cents in stamps for one, and 10 cents 

 for two copies, to C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, 

 Mass., proprietors Hood's Sarsaparilla. 



Xliese Folk.s Aavertise.— The fol- 

 lowing letter explains itself — read it, all ye 

 who want customers, and desire to build up 

 a good business : 



Editor Bee Journal. 



Bear Sir: — The small advertisement we 

 placed in your paj)er a few days ago, has 

 brought us more replies than we had bar- 

 gained for. At first we endeavored to re- 

 ply to each by letter, as well as printed 

 matter, answering in detail each question 

 asked, but they are piling in so rapidly that 

 we are compelled to ask all correspondents 

 in the future to bear patiently with us for 

 a few days, until their turn comes. We 

 will promptly mail printed literature on 

 receipt of the inquiry, and will, in addtion, 

 reply by personal letters as soon as possible. 



Appreciating the manifest large circula- 

 tion of the American Bee Journal, we are, 

 Yours respectfully, 



Jan. 5, 1894. T. J. Skaggs R. E. Co. 



The constant advertiser is the one who 

 profits most by his investment. Why not 

 order your advertisement in right away, if. 

 you want to get your share of the approach- 

 ing season's trade. We are here to help 

 you ; but you must first help yourself. 



Illinoii^ I>airyinen's Meeting". — 



The 20th annual meeting of the Illinois 

 State Dairymen's Association will be held 

 in Dixon, Ills., on Feb. 14, 1.5 and 16, 1894. 

 Dixon Is in one of the finest dairy sections 

 of the State. The invitation to go there is 

 from the Rock River Farmers' Club. Dixon 

 entertained the association a few years ago 

 in the best manner possible, and undoubt- 

 edly will do so again. W. R. Hostetter, of 

 Mt. Carroll, 111., is the efficient Secretary of 

 the association. 



Agi'lcnltiiral Advertising' is the 



name of a new monthly just started by 

 Mr. Frank B. White, The Rookery, Chicago, 

 Ills., who is a very ," white " man. The 

 first issue is a splendid one. It should be in 

 the hands of all publishers of farm papers, 

 or those who advertise in tliem. Price, 

 .fl.OO a year. 



Capons and Capoiiizingf, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls ; and thus how to 

 make the most money in poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bee JouitNAL one year, for $1.10. 



