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Qcj;)Gral M^n)s^ 



Gathering' Pollen. 



My bees are gathering pollen and honey 

 from the pussy willows and manzanita. 

 W. A. Pellew. 

 Nevada Co., Cal., Feb. 12. 



For Curing Sour Honey. 



To take the sourness out of honey, put it 

 on the stove and heat it hot; then put in '.j 

 teaspoonful of soda or saleratus into each 

 two gallons. S. Way. 



Kane Co., III. 



Good Prospects for Next Season. 



Prospects are good in this locality for a 

 good honey year. I have lost but 6 colo- 

 nies out of ISO up to the present time. 



W. H. H. Lawuexce. 



Monterey Co., Cal., Feb. 7. 



Best Season in 10 Tears. 



The past season was the best in 10 years. 

 Increast my T.i colonies to 131, and took off 

 7.GU0 pounds of honey. 150 pounds of it 

 being comb, and the balance extracted. 

 A. W. Smitu. 



Sullivan Co., N. Y., Feb. 8. 



Cold Weather, but Bees Alive. 



I prepared 24 colonies for winter on the 

 summer stands. We had very cold weather 

 for some time. I lookt the other day, ex- 

 pecting to find the weak ones all dead, but 

 there were live bees in every hive yet. 



E. J. FUSSELMAN. 



Mahoning Co., Ohio, Feb. 8. 



Bees Wintered All Right. 



My bees are out every day, strong and 

 in full force. I have 35 colonies on the 

 summer stands, and every one came 

 through the winter all right. Long wave 

 the American Bee Journal '. 



Lee Co., Ga., Feb. 10. R. P. Johsson. 



Splendid Work— Report for 1896. 



The splendid work of the American Bee 

 Journal the past year, in exposing swind- 

 lers and adulterators, ought to bring all 

 honest bee men to its support. I am in 

 favor of uniting the two Unions, and my 

 money is ready as soon as it is accomplisht. 



We have 01 colonies in the cellar, <('/ in 

 the New Heddou hive, in fine condition. 



The season of IS'JO was jioor with us. 

 Basswood was a failure. Honey came in 

 slow. I increast from 63 colonies to 128, 

 and got 4,000 pounds of honey, half ex- 

 tracted. D. R. Van AMBCRGn. 



Benzie Co., Mich., Feb. 14. 



The Season of 1896. 



Bees did fairly well last year. Of the 

 ■'•'■' colonies put into the cellar Xov. 15. 1895. 

 I took ont last spring 53 alive, lost two after 

 they were put out, leaving ."il colonies, 

 spring count, including three or four that 

 were hardly worth counting. I increast to 

 !tO, and had four skip for the woods, mak- 

 ing an even 100. 1 dropt back by loss of 

 queens and robbing to 89, and put into the 

 cellar. Nov. 17. 1S9U, 88, leaving one outside 

 to winter, I secured 3.(X)0 pounds of honey, 

 all from white clover, linden, and buck- 

 bush. We had no fall flow here, and secured 

 no surplus after Aug. 1. 



The colony that did the best was a second 

 swarm, hived June 4. It filled the hive and 

 five supers of 28 sections each, every section 

 capt and finisht completely. The net weight 

 in supers waa 125)^ pounds. The poorest 



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Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight niililon feet of lumber, thus 

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Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of the Largfest Factories and the latest 

 and most-improved machinery for the manufacture of 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there Is In the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and 'whitest 



BasS'lVOOd is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

 and Basswood forests, and possession of mills and factory equipt with best 

 machinery, all combine to enable this firm to furnish the 



Best Goods at the Lowest Prices. 



Send for Circular and see the Prices on a Full Line of Supplies. 

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