1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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We have a few of these Emerson stiff cloth- 

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 They make a splendid permanent binding, 

 and hold a full jear's numbers. The old price 

 was 7-5 cts.. postpaid, but we will mail you one 

 for only 60 cts., or with the Bee Journal for 

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16 TO I AGAIN. 



An Illinois farmer writes for an aceDcr for our 

 fence. Has had some in use several years and his 

 next uelKhbor has aretruIarobje<t Jebson. having DO 

 lessilian nixteen diflTerent stvles of wire fence 

 on his farm After tesrinBand coniparinR for years, 

 he declares the Page Ipans thpm al i. 



PAGE WOVEI^ WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, IMich. 

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you want to use them again. If one is 

 careful, he doesn't need to drop any 

 syrup whatever. 



The dishes may be made as large as the 

 front of the hive will accommodate, and 

 boxes made large enough to cover them. 

 The outside of the box should rest on the 

 outer edge of the bottom-board, so that 

 no bees can get in from the outside. 

 Others may have used this same kind of 

 feeder. 1 do not know whether they 

 have or not, but at any rate I claim no 

 invention and no patent. It suits me 

 because it is simnlo, easy and safe. 



I use the portico hive described by 

 Mr. Theilmann, some time ago, in the 

 "Old Reliable." H. P. Willson. 



Pembina Co., N. D., May lU. 



Good Honey Season Lookt For. 



My bees came through the winter in 

 poor condition, but they are building up 

 very fast now. Fruit-bloom was very 

 good, and as we had pleasant weather 

 the bees were not idle. I am looking for 

 a good honey crop this year, as we have 

 had plenty of rain this spring. White 

 clover is just comiuencing to bloom now, 

 and I hope it will yield well. 



Success to the "Old Reliable." ' 



F. N. Black. 



Cooper Co., Mo., May 19. 



Poor Season in 1896. 



The past season bees did very poor. 

 From 20 colonies, spring count, I got 

 125 pounds of section honey, about 100 

 pounds of extracted, and increast to 25 

 colonies, which I undertook to winter on 

 the summer stands ; I lost 10. I think 

 the loss here will be about 50 per cent., 

 but what are left have a bright prospect, 

 if warm weather comes, as white and 

 Alsike clover look better than for years. 

 We hope that prosperity may strike 

 them hard, and the farmer also. 



W. RiCKEL. 



Kosciusko Co., Ind., May 24. 



Spring Loss — Crimson Clover. 



My bees came through the winter in 

 most excellent condition, and did not 

 dwindle in the spring. When the apple 

 trees began to bloom they were strong 

 enough to work in the supers, and we 

 began to put supers on, but in two days 

 I began to notice how few bees were fly- 

 ing, and upon examining the hives every 

 one lookt as if they had cast a swarm, 

 but only about enough bees were left to 

 care for the brood, and in some hives it 

 lookt as if the brood did not have 

 enough left to feed the larvM properly. 

 I do not know of any one spraying fruit- 

 trees in apple-blossom time, but it looks 

 as if it was so. I know our neighbors 

 do spray their fruit-trees, and for two 

 years we have had an article put in our 

 local paper, telling of the danger to bees 

 of spraying in fruit-bloom, and of the 

 uselessness of spraying them, and so 

 took it for granted that everybody knew 

 better than to do so. 



We would call it spring dwindling if 

 the bees had not been so strong up to 

 the very day the apple-trees opened their 

 blossoms. I was working with the bees 

 right along every day, then clipping 

 queens' wings, and noticed the almost 

 sudden decrease of bees. 



I wish we had a law making it a 

 crime to spray in frnlt-blooming time, as 

 it will do but little good to simply tell 



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