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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mov. 11, 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



This 15th and latest edition of Prof . Cook's 

 magnlflcent book of 460 pa^es. In neat and 

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 of greitlnp NEW subscribers for the American 

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A description of the book here is quite un- 

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transfer the 4 others to Simplicity 10- 

 frame hives. I increast them to 14 colo- 

 nies the same year, and gave them Ital- 

 ian queens, '6 and 5 banders. I obtained 

 no surplus honey, in fact lO of the colo- 

 nies I had to feed granulated sugar. I 

 wintered them all right. In the spring 

 of 18117 I had 12 good colonies, and 2 

 drone-laying queens. The queens I 

 killed and gave them each frames of 

 eggs and brood, from which they soon 

 had queens. 



This season I have increast from 14 

 colonies to 41. All are now in fine con- 

 dition for winter. 1 have had only one 

 swarm hived in an empty hive. I made 

 the increase by dividing. 



I have all my queens dipt after the 

 bridal trip. I had one colony divided 3 

 times, and then got 56 poundsof surplus 

 honey from it. I used full sheets of 

 foundation in all my hives the past sea- 

 son in the brood-chamber. 



I have something to say about 3 and 5 

 banded bees. I did not have to feed a 

 single colony of 3 banded bees this year 

 nor last. I have taken 300 or 400 

 pounds of surplus honey this season, 

 and not a drop of surplus has been 

 stored by the 5-banders. 



T. J. Baxter. 



Craven Co., N. C , Oct. 25. 



Figwort — Poor Season. 



Since seeing the picture of the Simp- 

 son honey-plant in the American Bee 

 Journal, I have noticed a weed that 

 grows in the cornfields and along the 

 roads which very much resembles it. I 

 enclose parts of the plants and would 

 like to know If it Is the same. [It has 

 every appearance of being the same 

 thing.— Ed.) 



This has been a poor season with us. 

 It was so rainy during the white clover 

 and Alsike honey-llow that the bees 

 could gather but little, and that was of 

 poor quality. The fall flow was light, 

 but of good quality. 



I increast from 13 colonies to 21, and 

 took 5.")0 pounds of honoy, which was 

 better than my neigtibor did. This is 

 my third year with bees. 1 started with 

 but 2 colonics, each of which swarmed 

 but once the first year, and one of the 



s jvarms skipt, and then one of the old 

 ones died the first winter. I think I 

 have done pretty well. 



I will not say that I could not get 

 along without the Bee Journal, but I 

 will say that I could not afford to be 

 without it. Her.man D. Stei'han. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., Nov. 1. 



StoredLots of Nectar— Poultry Doctor. 



My bees stored lots of the luscious nec- 

 tar in the past season, and I am afraid 

 my home market will get a little weak 

 before I get through with my crop, 

 unless I can work It up some with honey 

 leaflets. 



Thanks for the book "Our Poultry Doc- 

 tor" you sent me last spring. My fancy 

 poultry has, every spring, about June, 

 been plagued with diarrhea, and many 

 of them die, and nothing that I could 

 find around here would either cure or 

 prevent. But "Our Poultry Doctor" 

 saved every chick. It is a dandy — worth 

 its weight in gold. Elisha Carey. 



Bucks Co., Pa. 



Has the Figwort Honey-Plant. 



I was reading G. W. W.'s description 

 of figwort the other day, and while walk- 

 ing through the hills to-day I found sev- 

 eral of the plants. It is a wonder I did 

 not find them in the summer when they 

 were in full bloom, but I think my bees 

 found them as they are about '4 mile 

 from my hives. Some of the plants are 

 one foot tall, and loaded down with seed- 

 pods, and allho we have had three good 

 frosts there are a few blossoms there yet. 

 Some of the stalks measure li inch, and 

 are growing among the rocks where it 

 looks as if nothing would grow. 



R. Bkntlky. 



Pike Co., Mo,, Nov. 1. 



Results of the Season. 



"The harvest is past, the summer Is 

 ended, " and my "honey-tank attach- 

 ment " Is not filled. My record is il colo- 

 nies, spring count (one quoenless, with 

 laying workers), increastto 10 by natur- 

 al swarming, with dipt queens, and I 



have taken off TO pounds of comb honey, 

 which is not half enough for my " home 

 market." I have two light colonies and 

 shall unite them. The rest are strong 

 in bees, with plenty of stores for winlei. 

 It is raining again to-day, and we hope 

 to see the ground well soakt this fall, 

 and look for a better year in 1898. 



A. B. GiNNER. 



Cass Co., Nebr., Oct. 16. 



Bees Didn't Do Well. 



Our bees have not done very well this 

 season. Basswood bloom was all killed 

 by a late frost, and they have not workt 

 much on white clover. We lost one 

 colony by their becoming queenless. I 

 like the Bee Journal very much, and 

 hope I shall he able to take It another 

 year. Mrs Sophia J. Tuttlb. 



Blue Earth Co., Minn., Ojt. 23. 



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It makes the way from Wt-alfiiess to 

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is illustrated with a number of Anatom- 

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