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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Pel. 18, 



It is a thorough and scientific system, and 

 the means for carrying it out can be found 

 in every home. No expense, and any 

 intelligent person can carry it out or apply 

 it. The new method is just as important in 

 preserving health as in curing disease. 

 Price, $1.00, postpaid. Dr. Dewey's two 

 books are extraordinarily good ; both to- 

 gether. s;ioo. 



Dr. Charles E. Page's works. '■ Natural 

 Cure of Consumption." and " How to Feed 

 the Baby." worth their weight in gold to 

 any one raising babies. " Pneumonia and 

 Typhoid Fever without Medicine," in tact 

 all fevers. He says just as I do, that all 

 fevers can be cured from a few hours to 

 three days. He has treated cases success- 

 fully by telegraph, at St. Paul and New 

 York, from Boston. 



Then you can get a book on massage, by 

 Dr. Taylor, 85 cents, by mail. That will 

 tell you bow to cure almost any kind of 

 disease mechanically, both by hand and 

 machinery, as it is sure to purify 

 the blood and equalize the circulation. 

 Massage is my principal method, although 

 I think I have made considerable advance 

 in my 40 years of practical experience. 

 Understand that, like my bee-keeping. I 

 learned this method before I ever saw the 

 books. 



Then there is Dr. Joel Shew's "Hydro- 

 pathic Family Physician." one of the very 

 best works on hydropathy for family use. 



Now understand, my bee-keeping friends, 

 that you can learn by these books a great 

 deal better than I could when I had to pick 

 it up alone, as you might say. I can now 

 step into a sick-room with all the confidence 

 that you can possibly have when you un- 

 dertake to open and examine a colony of 

 bees, with my knowledge of hygiene, exer- 

 cise by massage, hydropathy, etc. Instead 

 of killing pain, we remove the cause in a 

 very few minutes, and the pain ceases. 

 The fire bell rings the alarm of fire. What 

 would you do ? Stop the bell from ringing ? 

 No, by no means. Put out the fire, and 

 then there is no necessity of ringing the 

 bell. Dr. E. Gallup. 



[Upon receipt of the price named, we can 

 supply any of the books mentioned by Dr. 

 Gallup. — Editor.] 



Poor Season Last Year. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much ; it is always a welcome visitor. Last 

 season was a very poor one for my bees. I 

 had to feed them. I am a beginner, and 

 have but two colonies, but they are doing 

 nicely. Fred Hassmann. 



Madison Co., 111., Jan. 28. 



Prospect for a Good Honey-Flow. 



We are now about in the middle of our 

 •winter, or the time that we keep our bees 

 in their winter quarters. I examined them 

 a few days ago, and found all alive, and in 

 a healthy condition. The prospect is now 

 good for a good honey-flow next season. 

 S. B. Smith. 



Stevens Co., Minn., Jan. HO. 



Did 'Well I<ast Year. 



Bees did well last year— 8 colonies pro- 

 duced over 2.50 pounds of honey. I have I'J 

 colonies, 4 in Simplicity, (i in alternating, 

 and in box-hives. 1 will transfer the li to 

 alternating hives next spring. Comb honey 

 sells here at from 12] i to 15 cents per pound, 

 according to quality. Long wave the " Uld 

 Reliable." C. W. Drurv. 



Christian Co., Mo., Jan. 28. 



Ventilating a Bee-Cellar. 



We are having some pretty cold weather 

 here, with a stiff breeze, and 1 find it rather 

 diflicult to keep the temperature of my bee- 

 cellar right without closing the ventilators 

 more than 1 like to. At such times the 

 cellar smells quite rank, and the bees get a 

 little restless. I have no doubt but a little 



artificial heat, judicially applied, at such 

 times would be a good deal of benefit. If 

 5-inch iron piping, water tight, did not cost 

 so much, it would be, where the lay of the 

 land is suitable, a most excellent thing. I 

 have a fi-inch tile subearth ventilator com- 

 ing into my cellar, and with it there was no 

 difficulty in keeping the temperature right. 

 But the air came in so loaded with mois- 

 ture that I was obliged to close it. But 

 with a water-tight iron pipe there would be 

 no trouble from that source. 1 have no 

 doubt but that such an arrangeinent would 

 be fine for our dwellings. S. T. Pettit. 

 Ontario, Canada, Jan. 20. 



Bees Seem Active. 



Bees seem to be active this spring. I 

 wintered 75 colonies, mostly in Sframe 

 hives. I am going to transfer to 12-frame 

 hives soon. John Uphouse. 



Skagit Co., Wash., Feb. 2. 



Expects a Good Season. 



I see in the American Bee Journal that 

 others have such fine weather for the bees 

 to fly out. My 10 colonies were gathering 

 pollen up to Jan. 25. The weather has been 

 like spring. I think the coming season will 

 be a fine one for honey. W. A. Pellew. 



Nevada Co., Calif., Feb. 2. 



Only Half a Crop Last Year. 



I take seven papers, and \ think the 

 American Bee Journal is the best. The 

 good season 1 predicted last spring was cut 

 short by dry weather in June. I only got 

 50 pounds to the colony, which is half a 

 crop with us. There was no fall flow, 

 either. Nathan Richardson. 



Steele Co., Minn., Feb. 3. 



A Profitable Pleasure. 



I began bee-keeping for pleasure by pur- 

 chasing three colonies of hybrid bees June 

 3. 1803. Since that time I have secured 

 11,240 pounds of surplus honey, and in- 

 creast to 125 colonies, which I have now in 

 winter quarters, all in good condition. My 

 bees have not had a flight since Oct. 27. and 

 it will be 70 days yet before they can go 

 out. It seems strange to us up here when 

 we hear bee-keepers down South talking 

 about their bees not having a flight for six 

 weeks! Will J. Sarff. 



Todd Co., Minn., Feb. 4. 



Reports A Good Honey-Crop. 



My honey crop was a good one the past 

 season. I was so lame last spring that I 

 thought best to sell part of my bees, and 

 disposed of all but SO colonies, and from 

 that number I got 0,000 pounds of comb 

 honey, all in one-pound sections, and it is 

 all sold long ago, and I have my pay. It 

 sold for 13 cents per pound, all but 200 

 pounds of very light-weight sections that 

 were shelly or not capt and properly filled. 

 One man has sold my honey for more than 

 25 years in Boston. Ira Barber. 



St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Jan. 30. 



The TJnions and Amalgamation. 



I am sorry to see so much discordant feel- 

 ing as has been workt up over the amalga- 

 mation question. Instead of uniting the 

 apiarists of the United States, it seems at 

 present to look like the opposite. When I 

 joined the Union 1 did not expect to need 

 its help, and never have. I joined to help a 

 good cause. Likewise, I expect to become 

 a member of the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union, amalgamation or not, because 

 we need that especial line of work lookt 

 after, and 1 feel, with the able hands at the 

 bead, good work can and will bo done, and 

 not require any great amount of money, 

 either. But work for a law against adul- 

 teration that will cover the United States, 



then make use of it, by collecting evidence 

 and letting the public prosecutors do the 

 work. The Union should ' stand to " and 

 see that it is done, and a few cases will 

 " settle their hash." 



But I feel that I cannot leave this subject 

 without censuring "Union" for his un- 

 called for insinuations in regard to Mana- 

 ger Newman's honesty. I would feel con- 

 siderably " scarce " in trusting such things 

 in his (Union's) hands, if I knew who he 

 was, but as he was ashamed to back his 

 article by signing his name, we know him 

 not. And when he has proven himself by 

 good works, as the General Manager has, 

 we will have a better opinion of him. 



Dr. G. a. Millard. 



Los Angeles Co. Calif., Jan. 23. 



[Doctor, we think you are just a little 

 wrong about thinking that " Union " made 

 insinuations about the present Manager's 

 honesty. We don't think that anybody 

 ever questioned his honesty at all. But if 

 you refer to the objection made to the bal- 

 lots passing through the General Manager's 

 hands, then we must agree with " Union." 

 It certainly is not businesslike to have the 

 ballots received by the principal ofiicer of 

 any organization, especially when that 

 ofliicer is a candidate. While it has been 

 done so heretofore, that is no reason why 

 such an unusual procedure should continue. 

 Neither should the General Manager desire 

 to have an election so conducted, in our 

 opinion. A committee, specially selected 

 for such duty, we think, is the only proper 

 way to do it. We hope that hereafter, no 

 matter who is General Manager of the 

 Union, the ballots will not pass through his 

 hands. It is better to avoid the very ap- 

 pearance of an opportunity for criticism in 

 a matter of this kind. — Editor. 



Results of the Past Season. 



My bees did fairly well the forepart of 

 last summer. I started with 4 colonies last 

 spring, increast to 11, 2 swarms absconding 

 to the woods, leaving 9 for over winter. I 

 am at present trying to winter one colony 

 on the summer stand, that baiely covers 

 four frames, thinking perhaps I might 

 learn a little by it. I winter all on the 

 summer stands. We have had some cold 

 weather since Jan. 1, it being down to zero 

 and 4 degrees below, and still the bees seem 

 to be all right so far. 



Edwin Trittenbach. 



Northampton Co., Pa., Feb. 4. 



White House 'Whitewash. 



This was mentioned by C. W. Curry, on 

 page 76. Brushes more or less small may 

 be used according to the neatness of the 

 job required. It answers as well as oil paint 

 for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper. It 

 retains its brilliancy for years. There is 

 nothing of the kind that will compare with 

 it, either for inside or outside walls. Color- 

 ing matter may be put in. made of any 

 shade you like. Spanish brown stirred in 

 will make red-pink. Finely pulverized 

 common clay well mixtwith Spanish brown 

 will make a reddish stone color, etc. Green 

 will cause it to crack, and should not be 

 used, as the lime injures the green. 



Republic Co., Kans. Wm. H. Eaoehty. 



Report for 1896. 



The bees in our section did fairly well 

 last year. We had, for us, a large quantity 

 of white honey from the basswood and 

 clover, and it was very nice not to have 

 very much of the buckwheat and other red 

 honey from the fall flowers. We bad a 

 frost every month in the year at my place. 

 I sold and doubled my bees down to 80 colo- 

 nies in the spring. We had the flr.st swarm 

 May '35. the last one Aug. '28. I put 100 

 colonies, good and poor, into the bee-house 

 last fall, and sold four in swarming time. 



We are very much pleased with the Bee 

 Journal, and always give it the preference. 

 Andrew M. Thompson. 



Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 21. 



