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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



683 



Qet;)eral Iterrjs* 



Thinks it a Good Place for Bees. 



I think this is goiiiK to be a great place 

 for bees. There are about 4t)0 acres of 

 alfalfa within live miles of me, and plen- 

 ty of golden-rod scattered all over the 

 country ; also, there is some kind of a 

 plant that looks very much like the 

 Simpson honey-plant, but smells some 

 like sage. I notice a great many bees 

 working on it. C. H. Pettengell. 



Phillips Co., Kaus., Oct. IS. 



Best Season for Years. 



The past one was the best season here 

 we have had for many years. Comb 

 honey is selling for 10 and 11 cents per 

 pound. Chester Belding. 



Orange Co.,N. Y., Oct. 15. 



Report for 1897. 



I got about 200 pounds of honey from 

 the white sweet clover I sowed a year 

 ago, 100 poands from Alsike, and a few 

 sections of buckwheat. I had 384 

 pounds from 3 colonies. I have 5 alto- 

 gether, and one swarmed and got away. 

 I cut out all tjueen-cells, and they lost 

 their queen afterward, and one lost her 

 queen in the winter, i gave her foun- 

 dation with young brood and queen, but 

 they lost that ; this fail I doubled them 

 up. I will set out fifty locust trees in 

 the spring. Henry C. Motle. 



Hunterdon Co., N. J. 



A Cheap and TTseful Tool. 



A handy tool which is not expensive, 

 for loosening honey-boards, supers, hive- 

 bodies, and Hoffman frames, is an old 

 ten-inch file with the small end, that the 

 handle is used on, bent to a right angle, 

 and the other end drawn down to a thin, 

 sharp edge, and ground smooth an inch 

 or two back. As it is not valuable, and 

 exposure to the weather will not hurt it 

 for use, it can be left in the apiary 

 where it will be handy. This is better 

 than a screw-driver for such work, as it 

 is drawn down thin farther back, and 

 wider, so it does not mark the hives so 

 much. H. N. Chandler. 



Langlade Co., Wis. 



Peddling Honey — Good Advice. 



The honey harvest is now over for this 

 year, and 1 have got an average of SO 

 pounds per colony spring count, which 1 

 think is pretty good for an apiary of 25 

 colonies. I have increast to 35 good, 

 strong colonies, and sold about 12U0 

 pounds in the home market, at 10 and 

 V2M cents per section, and 1 know 

 where I can sell the balance of my crop. 

 If one is determined to sell, and will do 

 a little canvassing, he can always find 

 buyers. I sold about 600 pounds last 

 week, and was out only one day. Give 

 your customers a good nice section of 

 honey, and they will be sure to want 

 more next time, and tell their friends 

 about your nice honey, and in this way 

 your honey will do the advertising for 

 you. When I first tried to sell honey, 

 about five years ago, I could nolsell 100 

 pounds in a week, and was nearly dis- 

 couraged, but by selling only first-class 

 honey, trade has Increast wonderfully. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



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Low Prices Now! 



We can furnish 'White 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, HJ^ cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 '4 cents. The Cash must accom- 

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^~ 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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