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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Pittsburgh, Pa.— Feb. 9, 1876.—" The 

 honey market has been very dull, honey 

 being a luxury does not find ready sale 

 during such an exceedingly hard season 

 as the past one has been in this section. 

 We hope for a better trade in such goods 

 this year. Our supplies with the excep- 

 tion of a few small lots from Virginia 

 have been brought direct from the Pacific 

 coast." Jesse H. Lippincott. 



Worcester Co. Mass.— Feb. 16, 1876. 

 — " I keep a few swarms of bees, not for 

 profit, but for the pleasure of seeing them 

 work and taking care of them. I very 

 seldom lose a swarm. I winter them on 

 their summer stands and take the whole 

 care of them. I go among them without 

 fear and am but seldom stung. White 

 Clover is our chief honey plant. I find 

 The American Bee Journal very in- 

 teresting." Mrs. Edward Brown. 



Carlyle, Kansas.— Feb. 23, 1876.—" In 



1874 bees were an entire failure here, and in 



1875 they were not much better. Last fall 

 they stocked up some, but made no sur- 

 plus honey. We scarcely ever get any 

 surplus honey here until smart weed, 

 Spanish needle, and corn are in bloom. 

 Some seasons there is considerable buck- 

 wheat sown, then bees do very well." 



Joel B. Myers. 



Eliza, Ills.— Feb. 19, 1876.—" On page 

 15 of American Bee Journal, in the de- 

 scription of section box the upright side- 

 pieces should be 6^ inches, instead of 

 1^. The 3^ inch mortice is cut by a saw 

 so set as to wabble. The 3^ inch thin 

 strip is laid in these mortices so as to 

 hold the frames in a box. In answer to 

 J. E. of Kansas. It is not like the boxes 

 described on page 108 of American Bee 

 Journal 1875, but these frames make a 

 continuous tight box except on the bottom 

 and ends. When these frames are put to- 

 gether there is on each side a continuous 

 groove, in which the thin strip fits ; this 

 being tacked at each end holds them all 

 together. Be careful to have this stufl' cut 

 out exactly as given in American Bee 

 Journal, page 15. Honey put up in these 

 frames when nicely made has brought us 

 5 cents more per pound. When filled 

 with honey one of these boxes will hold 

 about 25 pounds,andyet the frames can be 

 taken apart and one comb sold weighing 

 2 pounds, or 1 pound, if frame is small 

 enough. Clark and Harbison do not use 

 any glass in ends. I wish to — will some 

 one inform me through American Bee 

 Journal how to do so." D. D. Palmer. 



Please write names and postoffice ad- 

 dress very plain. Very often men forget 

 to give their post-oflice, and quite often a 

 man dates his letter from the place where 

 he lives, when the paper is to be sent to 

 some other oflice. 



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