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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 11. 



shoulil I antagonize you in your efforts to 

 do what you tbiuk to be right '. Is not the 

 present high state o£ civilization due to de- 

 partures '. All of man's beginnings are 

 small. All departures do not succeed. All 

 attempts do not revolutionize. I will let 

 you step aside in the new way, while I will 

 follow the old track a little further. I may 

 turn aside, or you may return. At any 

 rate, our journeys will end at the same 

 place. If you succeed, m: will have gained ; 

 if you fail, you will not have lost the re- 

 spect and admiration of your friends. 



C. C. Paksons. 



[Mr. Parsons, we think you are exactly 

 correct in not thinking it right to occupy 

 space in the Bee Journal with a discussion 

 of the proposed attempt in the line of a 

 spelling reform. It would be out of place 

 in a bee-paper. But we feel that, in justice, 

 what we have said so far in regard to it 

 was really necessary, so that all might un- 

 derstand our position. — Editor.] 



Bees Doing Fairly Well. 



The Feb. 11 issue of the Bee Journal must 

 have been miscarried by mail, as it did not 

 come to hand, and something seemed to 

 be wrong all last week, it not coming. It 

 seems we can't do without it. We have 

 two colonies of Italian bees, which are win- 

 tering on the summer stands. It is our 

 first experience with bees. They seem to 

 do fairly well. They had a good flight a 

 few days ago. I will increase my number 

 of colonies next summer. 



GUSTAVUS KOLLS. 



Hall Co., Nebr., Feb. 20. 



Bees Breeding — Many Frauds. 



Bees have wintered well so far. They are 

 breeding now. I have 24 colonies on the 

 summer stands. Bees went into winter 

 quarters rather light last fall. I got only 

 about one-half as much surplus honey last 

 season as the year before, but I hope tor a 

 good yield the coming season. 



Give the swindlers and adulterators fits ! 

 I hope it will not be long till we can have 

 laws in every State that will place every 

 one of that class behind the iron bars. But 

 the " honey frauds " are not the only ones. 

 There is a class of dealers in the " raw fur " 

 business who send out ■flaming circulars," 

 giving big price-lists, and when they get a 

 shipment of furs from a ' • greeny. ' ' they bite 

 bim beautifully. T. C. Kelly. 



Butler Co., Pa., March 1. 



A Few Honey-Recipes. 



I send you a sample of grape jelly made 

 with honey. This is the way it is made; 



GuAi'E Jelly Made with Honey.— I stew 

 the grapes until soft; mash and strain them 

 through cheese-cloth, and to each quart of 

 juice add one quart of honey, and boil it 

 until it is thick enough to suit. I keep try- 

 ing by dipping out a spoonful and cooliug 

 it. If you get it too thick it will candy. 

 Any other fruit-juice treat just the same. 



GiXGER Snaps.— One pint of honey, one 

 teaspoonful of ginger, and one teaspoonful 

 of soda, dissolved in a little water, and two 

 eggs. Mix all, then work in all the Hour 

 possible, roll very thin, and bake in a mod- 

 erately hot oven. Any flavoring extracts 

 can be added, as you may wish. 



Jumbles or Cookies can be made the 

 same way, without any sugar or syrup, but 

 add some shortening. In using honey for 

 any kind of cakes, the dough must be as 

 Ktiir with Hour as possible, to keep them 

 from running out of the stove. 



reaches out to sufferiinj Imiiijinity in il vl'ii 

 the form of .t. safe, sure ami efi'ec- -^ i''''^\ 

 tive remed.v for the ills to which f ^ rj 

 flesh is heir. That Is why restored \,-%I 



millions pay willing homage to 



ii^^M^p 



All experiment was passed long ago. 

 It is known to be a positive ciU'e 



for 



BRIGHTS DISEASE, 

 URINARY DISEASES, 

 FEMALE COMPLAINTS, 

 GENERAL DEBILITY, 

 AND MALARIA, 



and all diseases arising from disor- 

 dered Kidneys and J.^iTer. Easy to 

 take, leaves no unpleasant taste, pro- 

 duces no ill effects. 



Large sized bottles or new style 

 smaller one at your nearest Btore. 



Mention the 



crlcnn Bcc Joui^iwL 



Memorial Cards ! 



(Willi Portrait ou tlieiii) 



For presentntion upon the death of a dear 

 one, to relatives aud friends, have come into 

 vogue quite geuerally of late .years amongr 

 the American people. We furnish Ihem to 

 order. Send for free Illustrated circular and 

 price list. Prompt, and satisfactory work at 

 living prices. Address, 



O. S. UTTER & CO,, 

 Times Bulldlnj.'. - Chuago, Ills. 



For Sale, Cligice Italian Bees. 



Full Colonies at *5. 00 ; Nuclei, * I per Frame. 

 —Queens In Tlieir Season. - 



Also a Full Stock of the 



B. Taylor llaiidy 



Send lor Catalog, to— 

 F. A. CBOWELL, Granger, Minn. 



10E4t Please mention the Bee Journal 



, BEE-KEEPERS' 



SUPPLIES. 



To Si'icE AiM'LEs, Peaks oh Peaches.— 

 One quart of best vinegar, one quart of 

 honey, one-half ounce each of cloves and 

 stick cinnamon. Koil all together !"> niin- 



WANTED -ATTENTION ! 



4,^EE HERE, Fiiond Bcc-Keeper, the hest 

 O goods are none too good, and the lo-vest 

 prices are none too low lor the present times, 

 so dowu go the prices for 1897 on Full lilne 

 of Bee-Keepers' Suppllrs. 



1 defy coinpctilion In iiuallly and workman- 

 ship. Working Wax Into Foundation when 

 sent to me. a specialty. Write, without fall, 

 lor Catalog. My prices are worth looking at. 

 Wax wanted at 2(>r cash, or 2nc In trade, de- 

 livered. August Weiss, Hortonville, Wis. 



6A8t Mention the American Dee JuumaL 



^lo.n1'>-/^«<^1rc -V C'lioicc Lot of thor- 

 t>0CK6r6iS ougllhrcd B. V. Kocks, 9. 

 C. Black Mluorcas. S.C. Brown Iieghorns,*1.^5 

 each. Eggs Ironi same lireeds In season $1.2.5 

 lor 1."). Also Pl-AN'l'S-Strawherry, Bed and 

 Black Cap Uaspbprrv. 



Mrs. Li. <'. AX TElli, 

 7Atf UosEviLLK, Wairen Co.. III. 



utes. then put in the fruit, aud cook tender. 

 Put in a stone jar with enough of the syrup 

 to cover the fruit. It will keep as long as 

 wanted. 



For Sugar CruiNG 100 Pounds of Meat. 

 — Eight pounds of salt, one quart of honey. 

 2 ounces of saltpeter, and 3 gallons of 

 water. Mix. and boil until dissolved, then 

 pour it hot on the meat. 



I could send you more of such recipes if 

 you want them. W. A. Moore. 



Salt Lake Co.. Utah. 



[Yes, we are always glad to publish 

 tested recipes in which honey is used. We 

 can't have too many of them. It might be 

 well for the women-folks to cut them out 

 as fast as publisht, aud paste together in a 

 scrap-book. You might find them very 

 valuable, some day. 



The sample of grape jelly made with 

 honey is all right. Thauk you for sending 

 it.— Editor.] 



Prospects for a I/arge Honey Crop. 



We have some :ilO colonies to commence 

 the season with. The prospects seem favor- 

 able for a very large crop, and we have 

 had abundant rains lately, and the honey- 

 plants are putting forth a rank growth. 



I would be pleased to learn the address of 

 a dealer in Cyprian. Holy Land and Syrian 

 bees and queens. H. T. Chrismax. 



Fresno Co., Calif., Feb. 1. 



[Here is an invitation to some reliable 

 queen-breeder who has them, to offer them 

 for sale in these columns — the kind of bees 

 and queens askt for.— Editor.] 



Yellow Locust, Etc. 



Bees did only fairly well here last season. 

 They stored some surplus during the first 

 of the season, when after that we had so 

 much rain that it washt the nectar from 

 the flowers, and then we had a dry spell 

 when the bees ate most of what they had, 

 but later on in the fall we had an excellent 

 flow of nectar from wild asters and golden- 

 rod, which enabled the bees to gather 

 enough for winter stores, so I did not have 

 to feed much. 



I would like to ask a question: Is the 

 common or yellow locust a good honey- 

 producing tree ? I have a great deal of it 

 around me, and when in bloom I hear a 

 noise as if bees were swarming on the trees, 

 but a neighbor bee-keeper tells me that bees 

 do not gather anything from the locust. 

 How is it ? ' P. I. Hlffsiax. 



Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 15. 



[Will some one who knows, kindly report 

 as to the value of yellow locust as a honey- 

 yielder ?— Editor.] 



Wintering Well— Clover Looks Well. 



So far my bees are wintering all right. 

 There are some bees that wintered on the 

 summer stands in this vicinity, and they 

 seem to be all right. I winter them in the 

 cellar that I made two years ago out of 

 rock, with a temperature of 40 to 4i de- 

 grees. We bad some cold weather here 

 this winter; the coldest was :il degrees 

 below zero, but we are having fine weather 

 now, and everything indicates spring, 

 but we may have some cold weather yet. 



I never saw clover look as well as it does 

 now. The prospects are good for a good 

 crop of honey from clover. Alsike is bet- 

 ter on low laud than red clover, and it 

 makes fine bee-pasture. It will do pretty 

 well in a pasture. It is a true perennial. I 

 have had it growing ou my land for five 

 years, and it is better now than it was the 

 second year. There are about 100 acres 

 within two miles of my apiary, which num- 

 bers 00 colonies, mostly hybrids. 1 prefer 

 Italians, because they keep out moths bet- 

 ter than the blacks. My scale colony's gain 



