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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 25 



colony put up no surplus, and there were 

 three or four of them. 



The four acres of crimson clover I sowed 

 in the fall of ISUn was a total failure; there 

 was Dot a dozen live plants on the whole 

 piece last spring. 



I sowed, last spring. 3T acres of Alsike 

 clover; it caught well, and lookt nice last 

 fall, and as it is only about l'^ miles from 

 my bee yard, I am expecting wonders from 

 it next summer! 



1 have about 1,100 pounds of comb honey 

 and 300 pounds of extracted yet on hand. 

 Sales have been rather slow on account of 

 the low prices of other produce; and I will 

 not ship to a commission house, preferring, 

 if I have to give it away, to give it to my 

 neighbors, rather than to the commission- 

 men. And, Mr. Editor, my dollar is ready 

 as soon as the new Union is in working 

 order, to help straighten out dishonest 

 commission-men, and stop the sale of glu- 

 cose under the name of honey. 



And, say, when the law to prevent the 

 adulteration of honey is drafted, don't you 

 think it would be a good idea to put in a 

 clause requiring those that use full sheets 

 of foundation in their sections of comb 

 honey to state the fact on each package of 

 honey, or each shipping-case, at least ? I 

 think if they were required to do so, that 

 within two years those that use full sheets 

 of foundation or drawn combs in their sec- 

 tions would be scarce. 



I furthermore believe that a great many 

 people would buy comb honey that do not 

 now if they did not have to chew a whole 

 mouthful of wax to get the honey, or every 

 time they took a taste of honey. And I 

 even believe that it can be made to pay to 

 breed queens from the colonies that build 

 the tenderest comb, I find quite a differ- 

 ence in comb built by different colonies 

 during the same time, and from the same 

 honey-flow, and, so far as I can see, both 

 under the same conditions. 



S. La Mont. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., Jan. 30. 



[We have eaten quite a good deal of 

 comb honey the past few years, and, from 

 chewing it, never would have known that 

 foundation had been used in producing it. 

 It seems to us there is a vivid imagination 

 somewhere when any one is annoyed by so- 

 called "fishbone" in honey. Pure bees- 

 wax, though indigestible, is not injurious 

 to health, we believe. No, we'd better try 

 to stop the adulteration of extracted honey 

 first. Comb honey can take care of itself 

 awhile yet.— Editor.] 



From an Arkansas Bee-Keeper. 



At presfnt I have 20 colonies, Sin box- 

 hives and iri in frame hives without any 

 comb-guides. They built the comb in bad 

 shape. I use two honey-boxes on top of the 

 hive crosswise, which I take off when full. 

 My hives are 1(1 by 1-1, outside measure, by 

 ]() inches deep, with to 7 frames to the hive. 

 Now I am sadly disappointed. I thought 

 this spring I would buy good, standard 

 hives, but alas, I am in the drouth-stricken 

 region, and not able to buy. I am trying 

 to make the best of it I can. as lumber does 

 not cost me anything, as I own a half-in- 

 terest in a sawmill and live iu a pine-tim- 

 bered country. A. R. Yandell. 



Scott Co., Ark. 



The Bee Journal's Advertisers. 



EoiToii YoKK: — Ever since I have been a 

 subscriber to the American Bee Journal I 

 have never neglected to read the advertise- 

 ments. 1 have had dealings with quite a 

 number of the advertisers, and never had 

 reason to complain. On the contrary. 1 

 have been so well pleased with certain 

 dealings that 1 was going to write and tell 

 you about them, but never did so because 1 

 thought you probably knew, without my 

 telling it, that your advertisers were all 

 right. 



Last summer I bought nine queens from 



Mens 



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ARE 

 MANY 



;ind often seem to 

 be Rrcater than sUo 

 i.s able to bear. This 

 is doubly true wiiou 

 sickn^'ss comes to hor 

 and leaves In its witko 

 that condition oi lassi- 

 tude which bespeaks a 

 broken down condition 

 The most fruitful causes of 

 these conditions arc 

 FEMALE COMPAINTS, 

 Bright's Disease, 

 Urinary Troubles, 

 General Debility, 

 AND Malaria. 

 A sure and effectual remedy 

 for these and all diseases result- 

 ing from, disordered Kidneys and 

 Liver Is 



It is a purely vegetable prep- 

 aration that has cured thou- 

 sands and will euro you. 



Large sized bottles or new stylo 

 smaller ones at your nearest store. 



<^f^.tiav, Uio Anwricar^ Bee /O'ttr'^vi', 



PATENT WIRED COMB FOUNDATfOH 



Has No Sag in Brood-Frame* 



Thin Flat-Kottom FoundatioD 



Has Ko Fisbbone Id tbe Snrplas Bone;, 



BeiDK the cleanest la usually workeo 

 tbe qalchesl ot any Foundation made 



J. VAN DEIJSEN & SONS, 



Sole ManntaotarerB, 



Sprout Brook Montgomery Co., N. Y. 



Mention the Avierican Bcc /euriw,''- 



Vell, O "f «'ll, <»"VEI.I-0»VZOMES 



Yellowzones for PAIN and FEVER. 



Honey - Clovers ! 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 by freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order: 



.5ft 10ft 25ft 50ft 

 Alsike Clover ... . « .70 J1.25 J3.00 « 5.75 

 Sweet Clover (white) 65 1.20 2.75 5.00 



White Clover 90 1,60 ;!.75 7.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, lor cartage, If 

 wanted by freight. 

 Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



H ATCHChickens «,T steam 



bUic MOUEL 



EXCELSIOR Incubator 



.Simplf, Per/rrt, Sel/ Rfgnlnt- 

 i„<l. ThoiiaiiTiiH In 8ufcc;.arut 

 i<1>L<ratt<iu. I.owrni pript'd 

 Orst-eluMN llBtohpr ninde. 

 UEO. II. NTAII~ 



1 14 tolgB S. nth WU Qiilnrv.Ill. 



44A26t Menliim the American liee Journal, 



four different breeders, who advertised in 

 tbe Bee Journal. They all came promptly, 

 and one was received and introduced with- 

 in 48 hours from the time I mailed the 

 order. All queens were safely introduced 

 by Dr. R. Gallup's favorite method. 



Right here let me say that I think Dr. 

 Gallup is a very interesting writer and 

 practical apiarist. Let him write often; 

 he will not be with us always. 



I introduced one queen in an observatory 

 hive, and watcht the proceedings. Tbe 

 queen was laying in 1'.^ hours. 



Mr. T. H. Kloer, one of your advertisers, 

 last year, sent me a colony of leather-col- 

 ored Italians about June 18, which gave 

 me 53 full sections of comb honey, and 60 

 pounds of extracted. I also got one arti- 

 ficial swarm from it, which gave me 30 

 pounds of extracted honey. I did not ex- 

 tract it, or extract any honey, from the 

 brood-combs. I use lU-frame hives. 



I was so well pleased with some supplies 

 I received from R. H. Schmidt & Co., 

 another of your advertisers, that I could 

 not retrain from writing this letter. That 

 new hive of theirs, I believe, is all right. 



Before I close I want to thank you, Mr. 

 Editor, for the nice index you gave us for 

 the last volume of your paper. I have used 

 it at least a hundred times already. To say 

 the least, I do not regret that I became one 

 of your subscribers. E. W. Brown 



Cook Co., 111., Jan. 28. 



Old-Time Honey Harvest Expected. 



Our bees have done us no good for the 

 last three years, on account of drouth, but 

 the past summer was unusually growthy, 

 and an abundance of white clover mani- 

 fested itself, and the present prospects are 

 for an old-time honey harvest the coming 

 season, especially to those who have fed 

 the past fall liberally. 



I am now disposing rapidly of my ex- 

 tracted crop of 18'.)l-n3. which heretofore 

 could not be sold at sufficient profit. I re- 

 ceive readily now I'Jij cents in bulk in 

 cans, and cans returned' It is a splendid 

 article. 



I have wintering on summer stands 42 

 colonies. 



Tbe American Bee Journal increases in 

 usefulness as the months go by, and no 

 progressive apiarist can afford to do with- 

 out its weekly vitalizing influence. 



Ross Co., Ohio, Jan. 28. O. A. CouY. 



Prospects for a Good Crop. 



The prospects in southern Indiana are 

 exceedingly flattering for a good crop o£ 

 honey next season. VVe have had a splen- 

 did rainfall, and white clover never lookt 

 better. There has been no crop from this 

 source in this county for flve years. That 

 zero weather in January robbed me of 15 

 eolouies of fine golden Italians, which I 

 had intended using for next season's queen- 

 rearing. They were left on the summer 

 stands, without packing, to test their win- 

 tering qualities. The leather-colored Ital- 

 ians came through all right, being stronger 

 in numbers. My crop of 1891) was only l'.j 

 tons, while J. J. Cosby .-.eeured 5,000 pounds 

 of fine comb honey. 



J. C. Wallesmevek, 



Vanderburgh Co , Ind., Feb. 9. 



Bee-Keeping Experiences. 



I was quite iuterestod in the account of 

 the case between Dr. Be^se and his town- 

 ship trustees, reported on page 40, having 

 known the Doctor from boyhood— iu fact, 

 it was through him that 1 became interested 

 in bees, and through him I invested my 

 first dollar in the business in subscribing 

 for the oUl monthly (then) American Bee 

 Journal, in l,8S;i, and I have taken it regu- 

 larly ever since, and must say I en.joy it 

 very much. My wife often says, ■• I don't 

 see what you find so interesting in bees and 

 bee-papers. It seems to me that they are 

 the same old thing, over and over." My 



