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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 15, 



T)?e Weekly Budget. 



Mr. Eber Lucas, of DeKalb Co., III., wrote us July 6 

 'The bees are doing the best here they have In 15 years." 



Mr. Frank Snyder, of Jones Co., Iowa, writing July :'., 

 said : "My crop so far Is about 5,000 pounds, with prospect 

 for as much more." 



Mk. M. D. Andes, of Sullivan Co., Tenn., wrote us July 

 3 : '• Bees are doing nicely. They have swarmed too much, 

 tho, for best results." 



Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri— editor of The Busy Bee 

 — expects to attend the Buffalo convention. We shall be glad 

 to announce the names of others who Intend being present. 



Mr. B. G. Foat, of Racine Co., Wis., wrote us July 7 ; 



"I have 18 colonies, and they are doing fine. I receive 

 the Bee Journal every week, and It Is worth its weight In gold 

 — In fact, I cannot speak too highly of It." 



Mr. J. T. Calvert — Business Manager of The A. I. Root 

 Company— is now in California, having taken advantage of 

 the Christian Endeavor excursion rates. He expects to reach 

 home July 24. We hope to have the pleasure of seeing Mr. 

 Calvert again when on his homeward journey. 



"Sarah J. Eldredge and Albert J. Cook, married 

 Saturday, July 3, 1897, at Pasadena, Cal. At home after 

 Sept. 15, 1897, at Claremont, Cal." So reads an announce- 

 ment we received July 9. Our heartiest congratulations and 

 best wishes to Prof. Cook and his "queen." Long life and 

 abundant happiness be unto them. 



Dr. E. Gallup, of Orange Co., Calif., wrote us July 1 : 



" I send you a new subscriber to the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, who is by far the largest honey-producer in Orange 

 county. He informed me this morning that he shipt two car- 

 loads of honey last January — one to San Francisco and one to 

 Kansas City — and says he thinks both parties are going to 

 swindle him. May be California will roll up some honey this 

 season. I have now 88 colonies, and they are rolling In honey 

 every day ; but I have workt for increase more than for 

 honey." 



Mr. Wm. McEvoy — Ontario's successful foul brood eradi- 

 cator — has an article on page 435, which will answer several 

 questions that have been sent us lately. It Is the result of 

 the examination of samples of comb with dead brood sent to 

 Mr. McEvoy recently, and should be of real value to many 

 who, upon finding dead brood In their hives, fear that it is 

 foul brood. Read it carefully, and follow Mr. McEvoy's In- 

 structions. He's a safe guide In such matters, as well as in 

 every line of successful bee-keeping. 



Mrs. B. J. Livingston, of Martin Co., Minn., will be re- 

 membered by many as one of our best lady correspondents. 

 Recently we received the following letter from a sister of hers, 

 telling of a very great misfortune that she has met with : 



During the month of April I was commissioned by my 

 dear sisler — whom you all know as Mrs. B. J. Livingston — to 

 write you an account of the misfortune that has taken her 

 permanently from your midst, and from her beloved " ser- 

 vants," the bees. 



Early In January, she was smitten with a very painful 

 disease of the eyes. For three months she suffered terribly ; 

 and then, as a last resort, came to Mankato, to our good 

 oculist. Dr. James, to be treated. He found her suffering 

 from a disease which consists of enlargement of the pupil of 

 tho eye, and hardening of the eyeball Itself. A very difficult, 

 delicate, but entirely successful operation, was performed 



upon both eyeballs, Dr. Harrington assisting, and the painful 

 pressure relieved. 



After staying In Mankato two weeks, and undergoing 

 further treatment, she returned to her home, greatly Im- 

 proved. 



Mrs. Livingston's eyesight will probably never be good 

 again. She may never sew, write, or care for her bees or 

 flowers. Her life will most likely be shrouded in twilight. 

 But she has been the moving spirit In the big farmhouse and 

 garden, and the prevailing presence of the field thereof for the 

 past 30 years. Her children have risen up to call her blessed. 

 She can still smell the flowers and taste the honey. She has 

 earned her rest. She Is more contented and happy than many 

 who can see; and she has her reward. 



Delle S. Keenan. 



Surely, all our readers will join us in extending sincerest 

 sympathy to Mrs. Livingston in her sad affliction. We who 

 can see well cannot imagine how great must be the misfor- 

 tune of those who are deprived of their eyesight. Let us all, 

 who are blest with good eyesight, be thankful therefor, and 

 also hope that tho our sister may not again see as heretofore, 

 there may come Into her life some great blessing that shall In 

 a measure make up for the almost total loss of sight. 



Dr. a. B. Mason, Secretary of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, Toledo, Ohio, writing us July 5, said ; 



"Our thermometer said 95^ yesterday. Our bees are 

 gathering more clover honey this season than ever before, and 

 there Is still ' worlds ' of clover In bloom. Most of our apiary 

 sets on an adjoining lot, and right among and in the shade of 

 sweet clover, some of which is higher than my head, 

 and just nicely coming into bloom. From an upstairs window 

 (in my den) I can look down upon the apiary and acres of 

 sweet clover. It is 5 o'clock a.m., and hot. I extracted some 

 nice honey Saturday evening — too hot to work during the 

 day." 



Mr. N. E. France, of Grant Co., Wis., the State Inspec- 

 tor of Apiaries, wrote us as follows July 5 : 



"Once more I am home with my hired bee-boys. As they 

 wanted the Fourth for a holiday, I offered them a treat if they 

 would help me extract the honey to-day from the home bee- 

 yard. They began at 8 a.m., and had :2,100 pounds out by 

 noon, finishing soon after with 2,780 pounds. My crew are 

 now (3 p.m.) In the city playing a game of baseball — called 

 "France's Nine." Up to date we have extracted 27,135 

 pounds, with abundance of clover and basswood beginning to 

 open. I am getting many reports lately of cases of foul brood 

 cured where I have visited and prescribed treatment." 



Encyclopedia for Beeswax. — Some time ago we 

 offered a splendid work of eight large volumes, called "The 

 New Standard American Encyclopedia," having nearly 4,000 

 pages, and over 300 colored maps, charts, and diagrams. 

 Size of volume, 2 Inches thick, 83^ wide, and llj-^ long. As 

 per that offer, last publisht on page 18(), the eight volumes 

 were offered by freight for only.?L9 cash. We can furnish 

 a set or two at that price, bound in half morroco ; or will ex- 

 change a set for 75 pounds of yellow beeswax, delivered at 

 our office. You would be more than satisfied with the En- 

 cyclopedia, and a set of such books ought to be In every 

 family for reference. 



The Alsike Clover Leaflet consists of 2 pages, 

 with Illustrations, showing the value of Alsike clover, and 

 telling how to grow it. This Leaflet Is just tho thing to hand 

 to every farmer in your neighborhood. Send to the Bee Jour- 

 nal office for a quantity of them, and see that thoy are dis- 

 tributed where they will do the most good. Prices, postpaid, 

 are as follows : 50 for 20 cents ; 100 for 35 cents ; or 200 



for ()0 cents. 



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Tlie McEvoy Foul Brood Treatment Is 



given in Ur. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood; Its Natural 

 History and Rational Treatment." It is tho latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be In the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for .$1.10. _ 



Now is the Time to work for new subscribers. 

 Why not take advantage of the offers made on page 433 ? 



