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prised to find they were the best hoEey-producers I had, and 

 gaye me a larger average than any in the yard. 



When the swarmiDg season came (we don't have many 

 swarms, say from 15 to 20 from 100 colonies) I hived the 

 new swarm on the old stand, and in four days I set the ex- 

 tracting super on the now swarm, put the parent colony in 

 another part of the yard, where I had a row of them ; then I 

 took all the frames, except three, away from them, leaving 

 those having the most brood and a queen-cell. About the 

 time the young queens commenced laying, I gave each an 

 empty frame. Of course they built nice worker-comb, and 

 did it in such a short time I soon had the extracting supers on 

 the lot, and got two good extractings from them the same 

 season. 



Then after the honey or extracting season was over, I 

 took all the frames, except three, from a number of colonies, 

 and started them in to build worker-comb, and kept it up un- 

 til I had all the combs I needed. Then when I set the extract- 

 ing supers back on those hives, I found them in the best con- 

 dition of any colonies in the yard. 



About this time I became so confident in the success of 

 my experiments that I ventured to tell it to others, but was 

 somewhat surprised to find they could not see it in the light I 

 did. One said : 



" No doubt you will get nice work-comb in that way, but 

 see what it costs ! For my part, I run my bees to make money, 

 and could not afford to have my bees build combs in the way 

 you suggest." 



Now I knew this party claimed he had a better locality 

 than mine for honey ; I also knew his average yield was much 

 less than mine, so he did not convince me that I was wrong. 

 Now, along comes Mr. Deacon with his very interesting arti- 

 cle. I feel so pleased to know that there is at least one who 

 thinks as I do on this subject. 



If you can find a place in the Bee Journal for this report, 

 I may some day write about other experiments I am making 

 on another line connected with our interesting pursuit. 



San Bernardino Co., Calif. 



Members' Reports of the Illinois Association. 



fThe first week in October Secretary Jas. A. Stone, of the 

 Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association, mailed these questions 

 to the members, which have since been answered as shown 

 below :— Editor ] 



1. How many colonies have you ? 



2. What are the prospects for a honey crop ? 



3. How much gathered to date? 



4. Is the honey gathered No. 1 or not ? 



M. M. Baldridge, Kane Co.— 1, 30. 2. When? None at 

 all. 3, Cannot state for the purpose wanted. 4, Very good 

 indeed. 



A. Y. Baldwin, DeKalb Co. — 1, TO, spring count; now, 

 85. 2, Good. 3, Something over 7,000 lbs. 4, All No. 1, 

 and fine at that. 



C. Becker, Sangamon Co. — 1, None. 2, No good. 3, 

 3,500 lbs. 4, Yes. 



S. N. Black, Adams Co. — 1, 8 in spring ; 29 in fall. 2. 

 Honey crop over. 3, 400 lbs. of comb honey. 4, '4 white 

 clover ; % fall honey. 



W. B. Blume, Cook Co. — 1, 44, spring count. 2, Good. 

 3, 2,970 lbs. 4, Most No. 1. 



W. S. Chaney, Tefferson Co. — 1, 50 after uniting. 2, Bad 

 for another year. 3, 1,000 lbs. of comb honey and 700 of 

 extracted. 4, Yes. 



Stoughton Cooley, Cook Co.— 1, 11. 3, 400 lbs. 4. No. 1. 



S. H. Herrick, Winnebago Co.— 1, 28. 3, About 1,100 

 lbs. 4, All No. 1 except unfinisbt sections. 



L. Kreutzinger, Cook Co. — 1,140 now; 100, spring 

 count. 2, Has been fair. 3, About 5,000 lbs. of comb honey. 

 4, Three-fifths No. 1 ; balance dark or No. 2. 



W. C. Lyman, DuPage Co.— 1, 80. 2, All gathered. 3, 

 About 2,000 lbs. 4, Nearly all No. 1. 



C. E. Mead, Cook Co — 1, 4 colonies and 7 nuclei. 2, 250 

 lbs. of extracted ; 55 of comb. None since Aug. 15. North- 

 east winds. 4, All No. 1 white, from clover, thistle and white 

 sweet clover. 



G. R. McCartney, Winnebago Co. — 1, 16. 2, No more 

 honey this year. 3, 300 lbs. 4, Yes, No. 1. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, McHenry Co.— 1, 295. 3, Not far from 

 17,000 lbs. 4, The very finest. 



Jas. Poindexter, McLean Co. — 1, About 160. 2, Ended. 

 3, About 4,500 lbs. of comb honey, and 500 of extracted. 4, 

 No. 1. 



A. P. Raught, Lake Co. — 1, 16. 3, 370 lbs. 4, About 

 half No. 1. 



E. F. Schaper, Porter Co., led.- 1, 90 to 100. 2, None 

 after this, this year. 3, 2,000 lbs. and over. 4, Good quality. 



C. Schrier, Will Co.— 1, 16, spring count; 22 now. 2, 

 Season is over. 3, 940 lbs. 4, Yes. 



L. Sylvester, Kane Co. — 1, 35 now ; 17, spring count. 3, 

 1,300 lbs. of comb honey, and 450 of extracted. 4, All white 

 and sweet clover. 



Geo. Thompson, Kane Co. — 1, 17. 3, Comb, 400 lbs.; 

 extracted, 800 lbs. 4, No. 1. 



J. C. Wheeler, Kendall Co. — 1, 458. 2, Last 6 weeks of 

 drouth has killed clover. 3, 9 tons of extracted ; 3 tons of 

 comb honey. 4, Good. 



G. W. Williams, Brown Co. — 1, I have 20 ; have sold off 

 some. 2, It has been very good. 3, I think between 1,500 

 1,600. 4, Some No. 1. 



Honey as Food is the name of a 24-page pamphlet, 

 3jfxb,'4 inches, which we are now printing for general dis- 

 tribution among those who should be users of honey. It is 

 just the thing for bee-keepers to hand to every one of their 

 customers, and also to those whom they would like to have as 

 customers. It is very handy in size — just right to go into an 

 ordinary business envelope. It contains 12 illustrations, five 

 of which are somewhat comic, and help to make it attractive. 

 There is a blank space for your name and address. About 

 yi of the pamphlet was written by Dr. Miller, and then we 

 added thereto many new and valuable honey recipes — for 

 cooking and for medicinal purposes. In all, it makes a neat 

 little pamphlet. Send name and address and we will mail you 

 a sample of " Honey as Food." 



Prices for quantities, postpaid — 25 for 30 cents; 50 for 

 50 cents; 100 for 85 cents : 200 for .$1.40. By express, 

 not prepaid, 500 for $3.00; 1,000, $5.00. 



Now let the orders come in, and we will do our best to fill 

 them promptly. Remember, a sample copy is mailed free. 



A Ne'W Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 



American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 



subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called "The Wood 



Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 



arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 



Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 



Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 



reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 



get It yearly. 



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 at this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

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