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AMERICAN BEE lOliRNAL 



July 17, 1902. 



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i uimm Honeu For sale i 



^ ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. ^ 



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Alfalfa ^ 

 Honey J\^ 



This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey gathered in 

 the g-reat Alfalfa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 get enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey J^ 



This is the well- 

 known light-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswoodblos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



l^ A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and post- 



[^ age. By freight — two 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 7>2 cents per pound ; 

 ^5 4 cans or more, 7 cents a pound. Basswood Honey, ^ cent more per 

 :^ pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. You 

 [^ can order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are 

 ^ two in a box, and freight is not prepaid. ADSOlUtCly PUfC BcCS' HonCy. 



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• Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



rr We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 S^ enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the 

 S above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get 

 ^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



^ QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



WfllllBfl wtedVoneu! 



State price, kind and quantity. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., 199 S. Water St., Chicago 



33Alf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



$ 



TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



We will [irescnt you with the first 5>.'i ,vou 

 takf in t" stiirt you in a jfood payinir tii Hi- 

 Send 10 cents for full line ol samples 

 and directions how to be^in. 

 DRAPER PUBLISHING CO.. CbIca{:o. Ilia. 

 Please mention Bee Journal "when wiitina. 



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Famous Italian Queens! 



BUCKEYE STRAIN OF 3-BANDED EONG-TONGUES are wonderful 

 honey-gatherers. One customer bought 10 dozen. Just think of it ! (He bought 

 a few last season as a trial.) 



MUTH'S STRAIN GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



As fine as money can buy. Either of the above by return mail, 7Sc each ; 

 6 for S4.00. Selected tested, best money can buy, $1.50. 



Full Line of the FINEST DOVETAIL HIVES AND SUPPLIES. 

 Send for Catalog. THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



Front and Walnut Sts., CINCINNATI. OHIO. 



I ^ Fancy Gl ansed Co mb Honey ^ i 



• ^ Any bee-keepers in New York or Pennsylvania producing either ^ 



.^ White Clover or Raspberry Fancy Comb Honey (in glassed sections), ^ 

 .^ will find it to their interest to write to the undersigned at once. ^ 



S GEORGE W. YORK & CO., f- 



i$ 144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ^ 



Please Mention the Bee Journal iJ^^xS^f.?... 



and that is : First get one or more text-books, 

 such as Langstrolh, Prof. Cook's, or " A B C 

 of Bee-Culture," and study the nature and 

 habits of the insects which you intend to 

 liandle. Either before or after, subscribe for 

 one or more good bee-papers. The outlay 

 will be but .«4.00 or .So.OO. I insist that this 

 is the only way to become successful, and 

 then you are ready to prevent swarming or 

 reduce it to a minimum. 



My bees average -^4.00 or .?5.00 per colony, 

 which I think does pretty well for this 

 localitj-. Then, others do not get anything,, 

 and their bees often die from starvation. 



I will give one of the ways I have to hold' 

 swarming in check : First, a deep entrance, 

 full width, and keep the bees in a grove with 

 plenty of sunlight, cool to work with, thea 

 the heat does not irritate the bees. Clip the 

 (|ueen's wings and hive the swarm on 5- 

 frames of starters, and put on the supers the 

 second day; in about 10 days move the other 

 4 frames to the center of the brood-nest, or, I 

 might say, when they have the 5 frames built 

 clear down put the 4 frames in the center, 

 and you have a nice colony and several 

 pounds of surplus honey. R. L. Haskett. 



Tipton Co., Ind., .June 29. 



Very Little Honey. 



There is very little honey from this (River- 

 side) County. I have S cases from 150 colo- 

 nies. .John C. Wilms. 



July 6, 1902. 



Too Much Rain. 



Rain, rain. Basswood is in bloom, but the 

 weather is inauspicious. Eugene Secor. 

 Winnebago Co., Iowa, July S. 



A Discouraging Season. 



I am sorry to say the prospects are very 

 discouraging here. Bees have to be fed to 

 keep them alive. I found 2 colonies to-day 

 starving out. It is so wet and cold, and no 

 white clover is in bloom yet. It looks as if 

 we would have a very poor year. If the bee& 

 live there may be a fall flow from heartsease. 

 I had only U swarms out of over 200 colonies. 

 N. Staininger. 



Cedar Co., Iowa, June 28. 



Poop Prospects in Southern Calif. 



The jirospects for honey are exceedingly 

 poor. The sages are all dried up on the 

 mountains, and an almost total absence of 

 moisture from fogs or showers have about 

 " done us up." Southern California will not 

 be in it this year. J. M. Hambaogh. 



San Diego Co., Calif., June 21. 



Bees Starving— No Honey-Flow. 



Bees are actually starving here. June was 

 wet and cold, with no honey-tlow at all. 



J. A. McGowAN. 

 ButlerCo.,Pa., July 2. 



Bees Not Doing Much. 



Bees are not doing much here. White 

 clover was almost all killed by the drouth 

 last summer, and there is not much bloom of 

 any kind for the bees to gather honey from. 

 Our only hope will be the fall honey crop. 

 Last year, at this time (June 20), I had some 

 colonies that had stored from 50 to T5 pounds. 



Coffey Co., Kans. J. M. Curistie. 



A Very Poor Season. 



This has been a very poor season in south- 

 western Wisconsin for the bee-business. Our 

 bees wintered well, but it was very cold and 

 windy, and the bees did not get any benetit 

 from the soft maple, which we have in abun- 

 dance. 



It was rainy and cold all during the dande- 

 lion and fruit bloom, so it was worth very 

 little to the bees. We all had to feed up to 

 June 10. more or less. After that time the 

 bees gathered enough to live on. June 17 I 

 talked with two bee-men, one of whom had 40 



