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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 16. 



honey this year ; and Mr. Graham, of Ventura and Los An- 

 geles counties, over 50 tons. The quality of the honey Is said 

 to be exceptionally fine. Nearly four carloads of honey for 

 only two bee-keepers seems like a good deal. But in Califor- 

 nia they are used to big things. 



Mr. Wm. S. Barclay, of Beaver Co., Pa., is one of the 

 old contributors to the columns of the American Bee Journal. 

 He has been suffering from paralysis the past year or so, but 

 in a letter dated Sept. 6 he says he is better. We are glad to 

 hear this, and hope he may soon fully recover, and be able to 

 send on contributions again. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott, editor of the Busy Bee, called on us 

 Monday, Sept. 6, when on his way home from the Buffalo 

 convention and visiting In New York State. He was feeling 

 well, and went home determined to push things harder than 

 ever in the line of bees and bee-keeping among the farmers of 

 our country. Mr. Abbott was a great help at the convention. 

 He is always ready to do his share of the talking. 



Mr. p. a. Lindskoog, of Sac Co., Iowa, gave us a. short 

 call Tuesday, Sept. 7. He is not only a bee-keeper, but one of 

 the large farmers of his State. He came to Chicago with two 

 carloads of stock, and found a fair market. We are glad to 

 know that finally the deserving farmers are getting at least 

 reasonable prices for what they want to sell. When the 

 farmer is doing well, then everybody else will soon feel better. 



Mr. T. E. Orr, of Pittsburg, Pa., publisher of that valu- 

 able magazine — The Home Monthly — dropt in to see us last 

 week when on his way home from a trip through a portion of 

 the Northwest. Mr. Orr is a man whom it is a pleasure to 

 know. And his magazine is one of the very best and cleanest 

 publisht today. We expect soon to make our readers a very 

 tempting offer, by which they will easily be able to enjoy the 

 regular visits of The Home Monthly. 



Mr. B. Walker, of Osceola Co., Mich., reported Sept. 3 

 that willow-herb honey is very scarce this season. He says he 

 knows of only one lot of 2,000 pounds or less in northern 

 Michigan. We had gotten the idea somehow that willow-herb 

 was a sure yielder every year. Mr. Walker has taken some 

 large crops from that source in years gone by. 



Later — Sept. 8 Mr. Walker wrote : " Bees are booming 

 on fall flowers, and are gathering faster than any previous 

 flow this season." 



Dr. C. C. Miller, writing us Sept. 4, said that he had 

 "been under the weather for two, three, yes, four or five 

 days ; able to be around most of the time, but having neither 

 strength nor ambition for what I feel ought to be done." We 

 fear the Buffalo convention and trip was a little too much for 

 the Doctor. When a " boy " gets to be fi6 years old he can't 

 stand cjuite as much as when 50 years younger. But a con- 

 vention without Dr. Miller is — well, it's not nearly so good as 

 when he is present. 



Dr. E. Gallup, of Orange Co., Calif., was 77 years old, 

 Aug. 22 — last month. For a man of his age to keep about 

 100 colonies of bees, it must keep him "Gallup-ing" around 

 pretty lively. But it just seems to agree with him, and he 

 really enjoys the work. He reports that a neighbor — John 

 Fox — has 14 tons of honey this season, and his bees in good 

 condition for next seasan. 



We expect to publish some very interesting bee-articles 

 from Dr. Gallup shortly. Look out for them. 



Mr. C. F. Martknson, manager of the G. B. Lewis Co., 

 of Watertown, Wis., called on us Sept. S. Mr. Martenson has 

 been with that well-known firm for about 10 years, having 

 workt up through every department, until now he is one of its 

 main-stays. He is also a practical bee-keeper, having taken 

 about 60 pounds per colony this year. We were much 

 pleased to make Mr. Martenson's acquaintance, especially as 

 he represents one of our very best advertising patrons. The 

 name — G. B. Lewis Co. — is the synonym for good workman- 

 ship, good goods, and square dealing. 



Mr. Joiix McAutiiuh, of Ontario, at a meeting of the 

 British association of scientists, hold in Toronto last month, 

 gave " a practical demonstration upon bees, showiug two colo- 

 nies (the 16th generation) which exhibited remarkable and 



distinctive characteristics. By selective breeding up to the 

 29th generation, Mr. McArthur had establisht a remarkable 

 yellow race of bees, with extremely mild temperaments, and 

 his exhibition aroused considerable interest." 



In a letter received Sept. 6, Mr. McArthur had this to say 

 about sweet clover as a honey-plant : 



" Sweet clover is the bee-keeper's best friend, but how 

 slow they are to believe it. It is as hard to knock it into 

 their heads as it is to make the consuming public be- 

 lieve that honey is the cheapest and best sweet and food 

 placed on their tables." 



Now New Subscribers 



4 September— Oct.— Nov.— December 4 



4 MONTHS FOR 25 CTS. 



18 Weeks — 18 Copies — of the American Bee Journal for but 

 25 cents ! Can you afford to miss that f 



The Report of the Buffalo Convention 



will be in the American Bee Journal during these 4 months. 

 This Report alone will be worth §1.00 — but you get all for 

 just the 25 cents, besides a lot of other excellent apiarian 

 reading-matter. If not now a subscriber, hadn't you better 

 send on that 25 cents and enjoy at least « trial trip of the 

 old American Bee Journal ? 



Get Your Bee-Keepiag Friends and Neighbors 

 to Take the Old American Bee Journal. 



We would like to have each of our present readers send us 

 tivo neiv suhscrihers for the Bee Journal before October 1, 

 1897. That surely will not be hard to do, when each will 

 need to pay only 25 cents for the last 4 months of this 

 year, or only about 6 cents a month for the weekly 

 American Bee Journal. Any one with only a colony or two 

 of bees should jump at such an offer as that. 



Now, we don't ask you to work for us for nothing, but 

 will say that for each tv^o new 25c. subscribers you send us, 

 we will mail you your choice of one of the following list: 



Wood Binder for the Bee Journal 20o. 



50 cotiles ot lexdet on "Why Eat Honey '/" 200. 



50 ■■ '■ on " How to Keep Honey " 20c. 



50 •' " on •■ Alslke Clover" 20c. 



1 copy each "Preparation of Honey for the Market "(lOo.) 



and Doolittle's " Hive T Use " (5o.) 150. 



1 copy each Dadauts' ■'Handling Bees" (8c.) and " Bee- 

 PasturaKe a Nece-islty " (lOc.) 18o. 



Dr. Howard's bools on " F)ul Brood." 23c. 



Kobnke'8 " Foul Broc d" book 23c. 



Cbeslilre's " Foul Brood " book dOo.) and Dadants' " Hand- 

 ling Bees"[8c] 18c. 



\)r. Fuotc'B Hand-Hookof Health 25c. 



Rural Lite Book 25c. 



Our Poultry Doctor, by Fanny Felld 25c. 



Poultry for Market, and Profit, by Fanny Field 25o. 



Capons and Capoui/.log 2oC. 



Turkeys for Market and Profit 25c. 



Green's Four Bookson Frult-Growing .. 25c. 



ttopp Commercial Calculator No. 1 25c. 



Silo and SilaKB. by Prof. Cook 25c. 



Bionen-Kultur [German] 40c. 



Kendall's Horse-Book [EngliBh or German] 25c. 



1 Pound White Clover Seed 25c. 



1 " Sweet " '■ : 25c. 



1!4 ■• Alslke " " 25c. 



IW '■ Alfalfa " " 25c. 



1(4 '• Crimson " " 2oo. 



The Horse— How to Break and Handle 20o. 



We make the above offers only to those who are now sub- 

 scribers ; in other words, no one sending in his own 25 cents 

 as a new subscriber can also claim a choice of the above list. 



The Horse— Ho-w to BreaU and Handle.— 



This is a pauiphlel of o'2 pages, giving complete instructions 

 for breaking and educating colts, teaching horses to drive, 

 and for use under the saddle, together with many instructions 

 which have never before been publisht, and which are the re- 

 sult of the author's experience covering a period of 20 years. 

 By I'rof. Wm. Mullen, with whom the editor of the Bee Jour- 

 nal Is personally acquainted. Price, postpaid, '20 cents ; or 

 given as a premium for sending us one new subscriber to the 

 Bee Journal for the rest of the year at 50 cents. 



