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B. n. Ivi:>5, Austin, Texas, writes:— "I 

 beffto be excused tor contradictiuff "Pur- 

 cliase"' on page 'iOo vol. lo. No. !♦, of A. 1>. .1. 

 lie savs '"bees express no more love for tlu'ir 

 kee]>ers than for a stranger," my experience 

 Ls different. 1 left m v bees in the country in 

 Mav and went to town where 1 remained 

 until Nov. Wlien 1 left them I could stand 

 near the hives and in front of them without 

 fear of molestation, and could work with the 

 bees without protection. 



But when I returned I coiild not go near 

 them, they would not let me stand near the 

 hives, and it was several days bt'fore tliey 

 becauu:" ac<iuainte<l with me, but when they 

 did. thev allowed me the same privileges as 

 before 1 left. 



Joirx T. CoNXLEY, Union, Ky., writes :— 

 "The bee business is at a low ebb in Boone 

 Co., Kv. We have never recovered from 

 the disaster of lsi)'.)-"70. In the spring of 

 ISTO there was not left in this large county 

 as many as 10 swarms of bees. Movable 

 frames were never introduced imtil since 

 that time, they are only used now by 3 or 4 

 lersons. Italian bees are very scarce here. 

 ly bees paid me last season over 225 per 

 cent. I use the Laugstroth 21 frame hive ; 

 have never seen an extractor in use. "The 

 old Log Gum " is common, and in use in 

 every neighborhood about here yet. This 

 has been a disastrous winter on bees in old 

 lioone Co. They are all dead as far as 

 heard from ; lots of honey in the hives, 

 combs sweet, clean and bright. My bees 

 are Italians, all went into winter (luarters 

 strong in numbers and in good condition. I 

 have lost two swarms ; winter on summer 

 stands. What kills the bees ? Who can 

 say ?" 



Sallie Dick, ]Nraple Grove, Mo., writes : 

 — "We wanted to extract, and as we could 

 not wait to send off for a machine, my hus- 

 band made one. lie ordered a galvanized 

 iron can with shoulders for the running gear 

 to rest on : and then procured some wire 

 cloth, coarse mash, to hold the frames in ; 

 put a stay in the bottom of can with iron or 

 steel point in the end of wooden upright ; 

 on top of wooden upright was a small wood- 

 en wheel attached to a larger one by a 

 leather band. We extracted '28 gallons of 

 the nicest honey, I tliink made from golden- 

 rod, by the color. I would not do without 

 the extractor another year for anything. 

 Om- bees are put away in good order. We 

 made our yard fence on the west, with 

 boards titting togethei', and by setting a row 

 of posts in front shorter than the fence so 

 that a roof is formed from the fence to 

 them. Our hives are placed there, packed 

 with straw an<l boarded all around. The 

 entrance of hives are open on the east, one 

 board left off' at the bottom. But on cold 

 days a board is placed along on the east to 

 keep out cold wnids. We have six stands 

 in the cellar. It has been very cold here for 

 the last three weeks ; the ground is frozen 

 hard. The nu'rcury standing from above 

 to 1.5 below zero. 



I wish ,Iohn L. Crabb, of Onawa, Iowa, 

 would give a description of his honey ex- 

 tractor through the Jouunal. A man can 

 give so much better description of such 

 things than I can. He says in the last 

 JouRXAL that he can make one in half a 

 day that will extract a barrel a day. He 

 says it would make us laugh to see his ex- 

 tractor. Why not indulge us in a good 

 laugh ?" 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Manager. 



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