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ducers, it they coulJ be put into effect. 

 That is, compel every commission merchant 

 to have, say 10 or *J0 thousand dollar bonds, 

 and make tbem keep an account of every- 

 thing sold, to whom, and at what price; 

 then if a person felt dissatisfied, he could 

 find out if his goods sold for the returns 

 made. If a bond is necessary for a com- 

 mission firm doing business on the Board 

 of Trade, it is equally necessary for those 

 doing business outside. Any other man 

 holding a public trust is required now-a- 

 days to give bonds — commission men are 

 an exception. They are no more dishonest 

 than other men ; give any class of men such 

 a chance and they will be rogues; remove 

 the chance, and they will be honest. 



A SouTuERX MiMN. Bee-Keeper. 



Poor Season for Bees. 



I have been keeping bees for the last 40 

 years, but have never seen such a poor sea- 

 son for honey as the past was. I had about 

 45 colonies in the spring, that seemed to be 

 in pretty good condition, but did not get 

 five pounds of honey. But I am going on 

 the theory of " try, tiy again.'' My bees 

 at present seem to be in tolerably good con- 

 dition. I am waiting for the weather to 

 get cold before I put them into the cellar. 

 I have a good, dry cellar, well ventilated, 

 where it never freezes. My experience is 

 the experience of all the bee keepers in this 

 vicinity. N. Sanders. 



Henry Co., Ind., Dec. 20. 



Both at Gold-Standard Prices. 



Like the subscriber commented on in the 

 editorial on page SOS, I have to take gold- 

 standard prices for my produce, but 1 am 

 very thankful that I can pay for the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal on the same standard. I 

 intend to keep bees as long as I can make 

 them pay. and when they become unprofit- 

 able enough so that they will not pay the 

 small sum of 11.00 for the Bee Journal, then 

 I will drop it, and the bees also; but I want 

 the Bee Journal as long as I have the bees. 

 Success to the American Bee Journal! 

 Long may it live, and its pages never grow 

 less! S. LaMoxt. 



Wabasha Co., Minn. 



Drones Keared in Worker-Cells. 



No, sir; don't you believe it. that drones 

 are nut hatcht in worker-cells, for I had 

 two colonies do that very thing the past 

 season. I have followed the plan (or no 

 plan) of letting the bees do their own super- 

 seding of queens, but for some unaccount- 

 able reason the bees let the queens go on 

 laying eggs, and, alas, unfertile eggs, and 

 the bees could not rear a queen— at least 

 they did not. One colony, when given eggs 

 from another colony, reared a fine queen, 

 but the other one — no, sir, they would de- 

 stroy the eggs every time. So I sent for a 

 queen, and, to my surprise, I got her ac- 

 cepted, and she did good work. Heretofore 

 I have had no such experience. 



The past season was fairly good for 

 honey, though a few apiarists report ' Not 

 a bit of honey." The prospects are good 

 for another year. At, least white clover, 

 on account of so much rain, got a good 

 start. Geo. .Spitler. 



Clearfield Co., Pa. 



Honey from S'weet Clover, Etc. 



Will you please ask for the opinion of 

 those who have experience in growing 

 sweet clover, how many pounds of honey 

 per acre it will yield ? or how many colo- 

 nies it would require to gather the honey 

 from 10 acres of sweet clover ? 



Mr. Stolley. of Nebraska, thinks sweet 

 clover yields '200 to 300 pounds of honey per 

 acre, according to the season. 



I have 84 colonies on the summer stands, 

 and 2 in the cellar. Bees seemed awfully 

 light in the fall. I fed two barrels of sugar 

 and about 500 pounds of honey. I think 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish 'Wbite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars In Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 8 cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 in one case, 7. '4 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 7 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. Fine Bass^'OOd Flavor Honey at the same price. 



t^" A sample of the honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity, and what we ship will 

 be equal to sample. 



Now it seems to us here is a splendid chance for any bee-keeper to supply his 

 home demand after his own crop is all sold. Or, why not begin now to create a 

 local honey-trade '? Order one 60-pound can first, and start out among your neigh- 

 bors and friends, and see what you can do. You ought to get at least 15 cents per 

 pound in 5-pound lots, or 50 cents for 3 pounds. Some may be able to do even 

 better than that, though we think that enough ought to be sold at these prices to 

 make a fairly paying business out of it. Give it a good trial. Push it. It may 

 grow into a nice winter's work for you. 



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