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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



May 



ing, and when you take the sides off 

 the frame comes out easily. 



Yours truly, Mrs. J. W. B. 

 Waterloo, :March 29, '97. 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., 

 Gentlemen : Enclosed find subscrip- 

 tion price for the Bee Keeper for '97. 

 I have six swarms of bees at home 

 and three in the country six miles 

 away. I got about four pounds of 

 comb honey last year. Bees did noth- 

 ing. They never did do anything in 

 Lowell, There is no bee pasture. I 

 lost one swarm that had no stores, al- 

 though I put out syrup in pans for 

 them.' If bees cannot store enough 

 to carry them through the winter when 

 it it is put out for them they may 

 starve. My only regret is that they 

 did not all die. I pay out from three 

 to five dollars every year for queens, 

 but never see any good results ; also 

 buy three or four dollars worth of 

 sugar and I get from nothing up to 

 $2.00 worth of honey. When I only 

 had one swarm in an old box hive I 

 used to get 30 lbs., with two hives 

 about 10 lbs., with seven to' ten hives 

 nothing, so I only want one hive. I 

 gave away several swarms and I guess 

 I will sell the rest. 



Several years ago I sent for an Ital- 

 ian queen. The man sent me a Holy 

 Land queen. I introduced her all 

 right but the bees never made a pound 

 of honey. They did nothing but 

 swarm and always on Sunday. 1 sup- 

 pose that was because they were so 

 Holy. Well, I want no more Holy 

 bees. Just the old-fashioned black 

 bees are the only ones that ever made 

 any box honey for me. 



Yours truly, E. H. W. 



Lowell, Mass., April 5, 1897. 

 [We regret to hear of so much mis- 



fortune from E. H. W. We think his 

 methods must be extremely faulty. It 

 often occurs that a colony of bees 

 fails to store any surplus honey even 

 in a locality where there is apparently 

 plenty of forage. We would suggest 

 that E. H. W. purchase a good feeder 

 and use it next time instead of setting 

 syrup out in pans.] 



The W. T. Falcoxer M'f'g Co., 

 Gentlemen: The goods which I order- 

 ed a short time ago were received in 

 fine condition and are second to none 

 in quality. I enclose another order 

 ;!; * :^ ^ ^ Thanking you for 

 promptness and square dealing, I re- 

 main, Yours, &c., A, D. Watson. 



Mansfield, April 19, '97. 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., 

 Gentlemen: Please ship my goods as 

 soon as possible. My bees are in good 

 condition and I will look for swarms 

 as soon as the apple tree blossoms are 

 out. I want to be ready for them. I 

 have 160 swarms. 



I believe if all bee men would use 

 the Chautauqua hive they would have 

 less dead bees in the spring. We have 

 the Root chaff hive, the Falcon chaff 

 hive and the Langstroth, but prefer 

 the Chautauqua as bees winter so well 

 in it. Yours very truly, J. G. Todd. 



Nunda,:N. Y., April 22, 1897. 



Wm Gerrish, Bast Nottmgham, N. 

 H. , keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight by ordering from him. 



Garden Seeds as Premium. 



We will send the American Bee 

 Keeper one year and a box of choice 

 garden seeds, retail value $1.60, for 

 only 60 cents. 



