1697. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Qei;)Gral Itetrjs* 



Bees Did Well. 



Bees did well in this section this ye 

 Mine averaged from 75 to 150 pour 

 to the colony. Wm. M. Dick 



Ford Co., III., Oct. 8. 



Seport for the Season. 



I have 40 colonies, all kept in square 

 straw-hives. I took 620 pounds of 

 honey this season, having had only 11 

 colonies last spring. 



A. F. Landstream. 



Buena Vista Co., Iowa, Oct. 7. 



Bees a Failure Two Years. 



Fro'Ji 3fi colonies spring count, I got 

 250 pounds of comb honey this year, 

 and can't sell that for over 10 cents per 

 pound. M_v bees are in good condition 

 for winter, I think, and perhaps they 

 will do better another year. 



Thos. Wickersham. 



Whatcom Co., Wash., Oct. «. 



Bees Didn't Do Very Well. 



My bees have not done very well this 

 seasor, owing to hot winds in the spring. 

 I have doubled them this year, and some 

 colonies gave 50 pounds of surplus. 



It seems to me some of the writers in 

 the American Bee Journal could use 

 more charity in expressing their views 

 on the different subjects discust in the 

 paper. 



If the American Bee Journal came 

 daily It would not be too often to suit me. 

 R. H. Yearsshaw. 



Sacramento Co., Calif. 



From a Former Subscriber. 



Several numbers of my old acquaint- 

 ance—the American Bee Journal— came 

 to my desk yesterday, and I have gone 

 through all of them with avidity. Ow- 

 ing to drouth I dropt out of bee-keeping 

 and dropt the Bee Journal, some years 

 ago, and am surprised to find how few 

 new names appear among its regular 

 contributors. The "Question-Box," for 

 example, seems the same to almost a 

 man, as when my own name appeared 

 in it. True, there is that fellow from 

 ' the land of the Hottentot and Kaffir, 

 who seems to dip his pen in well-spiced 

 ink. and who has come into our bee- 

 world since I have been out of it. Out 

 of it I have been ; but rather perforce, 

 for our seasons have been so exasperat- 

 ingly bad that it seemed folly to stay in, 

 unless I could move to a better location, 

 which I still hope to be able to do. 



From 120 colonies drouth cut me 

 down to 4 for several years; then in 

 1896, I got up to 7, and got about 75 

 pounds of hean'sease, in the fall, which 

 was extra good. This year I got up to 

 14 CTlonies, and have taken about 000 

 pounds of comb honey, mostly white clo- 

 ver. The first super taken off this year 

 was almost exclusively from black lo- 

 cust, (dcdsia tiU^ni), white in color, and 

 the mildest in flavor I have ever tasted 

 — soft, smooth, yet richly sweet. 



In one number I see an account of 

 fish being stung to death by a bee. I 

 never saw a fish stung by bees ; but yes- 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish 'Wbite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7 cents per pound; 2 cans 

 In one case, 6J^ cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 '4 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



Ht^" A sample of the honey will be mailed to an Intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



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Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

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They have also one One of the Largest Factories and the latest 

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Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and Is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and -whitest 

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I have clipped 19 queens, and must say the 

 Monetle Queen-Cllppin? Device Is by far the 

 beet invention ever made, and wilt be wel- 

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 could not do without one now. 



Dr. Geo. L.\cke, Newburgh. Ind. 



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The Monette Queen-Clipping Device WORKS 

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