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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 1, 



FAIRYLAND OF FLOWERS. 



A Popular Illustrated Botany for the Home and School. 



By MARA L. PRATT. 



Author of '^American History Stories,^' *■ Young Folks' Library of American ITistory" etc. 



^Vk have no licsita- 

 tion in .saying that you 

 will rind it just the 

 l)0()lv you need to 

 teat'li al)out Nature, 

 her flowers and her 

 ])hints in a common- 

 sense way. How 

 many who have tried 

 to teach l)otany to the 

 little folks have stum- 

 bled over the harsh 

 unsympathetic terms. 



Lessons on the ordi- 

 nary flowers, even, 

 have often been ren- 

 dered too difficult — 

 much less could one 

 attempt anything like 

 a Flora. 15ut here a 

 comi)lete Flora is 

 given without a hard 

 unscientific term. The 

 common name so dear to children — and to adults, too, for the mat- 

 ter of that — are good enough. For the first time this suliject is 

 presented so that it becomes, as it should bo, a veritable Fairyland 

 for the little ones. 



Hundreds of illustrations of flowers — so necessary yet so scarce in most 

 botanies — adorn its pai^es, wliile the charm of Miss Pratt's inimitable style is 

 thrown over all. The pretty poems, legends and stories connected with the child- 

 ren's favorite (lowers also find their place within its covers. 



It's a handsome (|iiarto book, one you and your pnpils will treasure at home, as 

 ■well as in the school. 



ThouEth many illustrations have been added, we shall continue for the present to 

 publish it at the popular price of $1.00. 



A»n I UiAnnl iiff'iinn • We will mail this great Flower Book, postpaid, 

 Vlll LlOerai UllCrS: for.fl.OO;orforSl.75wewillsenditwiththe 



Bee Journal for one year ; or we wn man it free 



as a prerulurn for sending us Two New Subscribers (.f'i. 00) to the Bee 

 Journal for a year. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Mention the American liee Journal. 



40 acres of land Bultable for the Krowlnp of 

 oranges, lemons or olives ; situated In San 

 Diego Co., Calif., with a well-equlpt apUry of 

 ViO colonies of bees In grood condition ; :i- 

 room house, with nood water. Apiary pro- 

 duced over five tons of fine comb honey from 

 00 colonies of bees In 1895. Price, $;,0U0. 



Address. Dr. F. J. PAKKEK. 

 HA:it 935 5th St., S-VN DiKGO, Calif. 



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 Hrahmas— *1.25 per SlttUifT. Also, will stiiQ' 

 and mount liirds and Animals to order: price, 

 lor small birds and animals COo. and upward. 

 PIniilM for milR clieap-lted and Black 

 Kiiepburry. and Slrawborry. 



MUS. I,. V. AXTEI4L., 



U<isi':vii,i,K, Warrtn Co., iMi. 



Qej;)eral licn)s^ 



Bees Doing Well. 



Bees are doing well. I took tbem out of 

 the cellar about 15 days ago. Success to 

 the American Bee Journal. 



Ray Co., Mo., March 2H. Peter Galle. 



Have Great Anticipations. 



I began keeping bees in 1803, by purchas- 

 ing one colony, and have increast, by buy- 

 ing and swarming, to 18 colonies, most of 

 which I think I will get through to flower 

 time. It has been quite unfavorable for 

 bees here for the i>ast two years. We were 

 frozen out in the spring of 1895, and 

 drowned out in IsOfi, but we are looking 

 forward to the season of 1897 with great 

 anticipations tor a good honey year, as 

 most things point in that direction. 



I would not attempt to get along without 

 the American Bee Journal. 



V. F. Taylor. 



Upshur Co., W. Va., March 16. 



Wintered Finely. 



We had a very mild winter here— hardly 

 any snow, and not very cold. Bees win- 

 tered finely. I like the way Editor York 

 goes after the fraudulent commission-men, 

 and those that adulterate honey. I think 

 Mr. Skaggs' suggestion is a good one, on 

 ]iage 1(34. 



I like the Bee Journal very much, and 

 would not miss it for a good deal. 



Where can I get seed of the Simpson 

 honey-plant? George Lacy. 



Livingston Co., N. Y., March 19. 



[Apply to the seed dealers who advertise 

 in the Bee Journal.— Editor.] 



Everything on the Boom and Bloom. 



Bees here are on the boom. Brood-rear- 

 ing is going on nicely, but was somewhat 

 backward last week, owing to the tempera- 

 ture taking a drop from 70 degrees, Fahr., to 

 43 degrees, but it has again risen in the last 

 three days to 81 degrees. Everything is on 

 the boom, from the old Mississippi river to 

 plants and flowers of all kinds. Plums 

 have bloomed, and bees gathered a little 

 nectar from them. Dandelion is beginning 

 to bloom, but the bees do not work on it at 

 all. Peaches are blooming, and bees gather 

 both pollen and nectar from them. The 

 large black or dewlierry is blooming pro- 

 fusely in waste places and swamps. White 

 clover is beginning to get white all over 

 with flower-heads, but they do not seem to 

 furnish any nectar until May, when we 

 have some real hot weather, and every- 

 thing is dry. Sunflowers are springing up, 

 which means a good supply of pollen and 

 nectar about swarming-time. 



James B. Drurt. 



Orleans Co., La., March 3. 



Heavy Loss by Fire. 



On March 5. while Mr. and Mrs. Van 

 Allen were away from home, getting their 

 little boy's broken arm drest, the bee-house 

 owned by Mr. Van Allen caught tire in the 

 roof, caused by a chimney burning out. It 

 was not discovered till the Hre had made 

 such headway that it was impossible to 

 save the liuildiug or any of the contents. 

 There was a strong wind at the time, which 

 carried the flames over the outside cellar- 

 way, so that it was not pos.sible to get into 

 the cellar to save any of the -13 colonies of 

 bees in winter quarters. The loss on the 

 building and contents, including bees, sur- 

 plus combs, automatic extractors, and 

 other supplies stored there at the time, is 

 $2,300 to f3,500. We were carrying some 

 insurance at the time (we get $900 from 



