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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



Ajtr. 15, 



" Queens Given Away." 



f Gray Carniolaiis and Golflen Italians,! 



We will give ;i fine Tested Queen (either race) 

 to all customers orderlnc (> Untested Queens, 

 and a fine Select Tested Queen to all who or- 

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 in August. 



Ora<tc and Prices April July 



of Bees and Queens jun^ sept: 



Untested Queen % .75 % .65 



Tested '• 1.50 1.25 



Select Tested Queen 2.50 2.25 



Best Imported '■ 5 00 4.00 



One L Frame Nucleus (no Queen) .75 .50 

 Two " •• '■ 1.50 1.00 



Full C!olony of Bees 



(in new dovetailed hive) 5.00 4.00 



We guarantee our Bees to be free from all 

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QBE HERE, Filend Bee-Keeper, the best 

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

 prices are none too low lor the present times, 

 so down go the prices for 1897 on Full l,lne 

 of Ree.KeeperH' Supplies. 



1 defy competition in ijuality and workman- 

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

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 Wax wanted at 2t>c cash, or 29c in trade, de- 

 livered. Atignst Weiss, Hortonville, Wis, 



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Up till tlic middle of Aiirll at these prices: 

 Untested, 7oo. ; Tested, $1.25. 

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18 years the Standard. The 4-lnch " Smoke 

 Engine." Is it too largo? Will it last too 

 long V Will save you lots of money and bad 

 words. Send for Circular. 6 sizes and prices 

 of Bingham Smokers and Knives. 



T. F. BIN<iHAin, Farwcll, mirh. 



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years there were great drouths, more ex- 

 tensive and long-continued than had ever 

 been known before. From my observation 

 I believe we may .safely assert that any 

 continued drouth, even though early in 

 the season, will be very prejudicial to 

 honey-production. This is very evident in 

 California. With an abundance of rainfall 

 in winter here, if we may judge by past 

 experience, we are almost sure of a good 

 crop. There seents to be just one excep- 

 tion, even though the rainfall is abundant, 

 there does come 'at rare intervals hot, dry- 

 ing winds which seem to be almost as 

 inimical to nectar-secretion as the drouth. 

 I have been led to think of late that very 

 likely in the East a long, dry winter with 

 little rainfall may have the same effect 

 that the winter drouth produces in Califor- 

 nia. We usually think that it is enough if 

 we have rains during the season of nectar- 

 secretion ; but from the experience in Cali- 

 fornia it seems equally necessary that there 

 should be abundant rains at other seasons 

 of the year. If we could be sure of copious 

 rains, and warm, genial weather during the 

 time of the flowers, I believe we could 

 safely predict a full crop of honey. 



I am glad to report about 23 inches of 

 rain for this region up to the present date 

 (April 1). With the exception of one rain, 

 this has come so gently that every drop has 

 done good; thus not only bee-keepers, but 

 all agriculturists, are rejoicing over the 

 prospects of bountiful harvests. The fruit 

 crop jor the coming year is almost sure to 

 be large, while the grain crop promises to 

 be greater than ever before. 



Los Angeles Co., Cal. A. J. Cook. 



Goldens are Fine Workers. 



I put into winter quarters 24 colonies of 



bees, and came out with 21. They are in 



fine condition. I have the golden beauties, 



and they are the finest woskers I ever saw. 



J. M. Clifford. 



Rains Co., Tex., March 29, 



Good Prospects for a Honey Crop. 



Bees have wintered well on the summer 

 stands. I lost only one colony out of 84. 

 The prospects for a honey crop are better 

 than for three years past. 



Alvin L. Heim. 



Warrick Co., Ind., March 31. 



Difference in Management. 



I cannot be without the American Bee 

 Journal as long as I keep bees. One of my 

 neighbors produced about 800 pounds of 

 honey from 1.5 colonies last year, while I 

 got 3,000 pounds from 31 colonies, spring 

 count. We have the same kind of bees, be- 

 cause he got his of me, and it must be the 

 management that makes the difference. 

 We live only }^' mile apart. 



J. GUDERIAN. 



Olmsted Co., Minn., March 29. 



A Double Lesson Learned. 



The weather is nice and warm here now. 

 The soft maples are just beginning to 

 bloom. The bees have been exercising 

 themselves quite lively the last few days. 



I believe the bees generally wintered well 

 in this part of the country. My own loss 

 was about the heaviest I have heard of. 

 1 lost about 1,'i per cent. About half of 

 what I lost starved to death. I knew that 

 they were a little light in stores, but I have 

 many times carried colonies through until 

 spring on a less amcunt of honey. The 

 trouble was, this winter, that there was so 

 much warm weather, and the bees could fly 

 so much that they used a great deal more 

 honey than usual. The others were lost by 

 the covers being accidentally blown off, 

 and the bees getting wet, and then the 

 weather turning suddenly cold. At all 

 events I have learned a double lesson — be 

 sure they have plenty of stores in the fall, 

 and that the covers are well weighted 

 down. Kl> JOLLEY. 



Venango Co., Pa., March 30. 



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Convention Notices. 



200SI.1I 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the Nor- 

 thern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held Tuesday, May 18. at the residence of 

 H W. Lee, at Peoatonlca. 111. All are cordi- 

 ally Invited to atleml. Means of conveyance 

 will bo at the station for the benefit, of those 

 coming on trains. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New Mlllord, ill. 



ronnecttcu*.— The Gth annual meeting of 

 the Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Associatlonwill 

 beheld at thecapltolat Hartford. May o, at 

 10::!0a.m. Let all Interested In bee-culture 

 make an extra effort to be present. 



Waterbury, Conn. Mils. W. E. Uiley, Sec. 



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