Jan 17, 1907 



American l^ee Journal 



Cxp^ric^nces j 



Bees Did Fairly Well 



My bees did middling well the past season. 

 Some did very well, while others did nothing 

 more than till the brood-chamber, but not one 

 section. I have taken the American Bee 

 Journal for over 20 years. We sell our honey 

 around the place at 13 cents a section, or 2 for 

 25 cents. It less than one pound, it goes for 

 10 or 8 cents. Others we use ourselves or for 

 feeding to the bees. The colonies are all 

 heavy with winter stores. 



George Hodges. 



Belmont, N. T., Dec. 29, 1906. 



Last Season a Total Failure 



I have kept bees (usually about 100 colo- 

 nies) for about 30 years, and the past season 

 is the first absolute, total failure I have ever 

 had. I have now only 52 colonies. 



GilsoD, 111., Jan. S. C. W. McKowN. 



Poof Season, But Living in Hopes 



I had 64 colonies in the spring of 190fi, and 

 got 734 pounds of extracted honey, and 1065 

 pounds of comb honey. This honey was fair 

 to good, but very little of it was choice or 

 fancy. I sold nearly all of it to my home 

 trade at lO).,' cents a pound for extracted, and 

 from 14 to 16 cents a pound for comb honey. 

 I have now 90 colonies in good condition, 

 and, like almost all other bee-keepers, live in 

 hopes. TuEO. Rehorst. 



Campbellsport, Wis. 



Season Short and Dry 



The honey season was short in our part of 

 Missouri. My 12 colonies averaged 40 pounds 

 each. The Italians did belter, for I took off 

 as high as 3 supers of honey from each of 

 them. I had one swarm. It was too dry for 

 honey here last summer. C. E. Baker. 



Milan, Mo., Dec. 20, 1906. 



From "a S-Year Old" 



The first of January marks the close of my 

 third year as a subscriber to the American 

 Bee Journal. I am owner of a small apiary, 

 and have on hand about 600 pounds of honey 

 for the season's work. I find the Journal 

 very helpful in my work. J. Krapp. 



Linden, Iowa. 



Secured a Good Yield of Honey 



I live at the foot of the Adirondacks, or the 

 Spur— not very good for a bee-keeper, but I 

 manage to get quite a bit of honey. The 

 past season was very fair here. With 26 colo- 

 nies, spiing count, I increased up to 39, and 

 have 2350 pounds of honey— 1400 comb and 

 the rest extracted ; besides, we have honey 

 every day for our own use. 



My bees are very heavy in stores for winter. 

 I have them in the cellar in a room by them- 

 selves. Our honey is clover, basswood, buck- 

 wheat, and heartsease for fall. I make my 

 own hives, bodies, covers, and bottom-boards. 

 I use the Hoffman frame and the 4J^x43o' sec- 

 tions. No trouble to sell all the honey 1 had, 

 and had to buy more. I have had to contend 

 with black brood. It was hard to get it 

 cured to stay cured, on account of the box- 

 hive farmers and carelessness of the farmer 

 bee-keepers : that class of bee-keepers in this 

 part of our town are now out of bees, and it 

 will be a good thing for those that are hee- 

 keepers. I could not teach them. They cared 

 for only enough honey for their own use — 

 only poor stuff at that, with bte-bread and 

 larviB all mashed together. They would not 



take a bee-paper, claiming it was useless to 

 goto the expense of frame-hives, and they 

 knew all about it — more than any paper could 

 tell them ! They are " wild " now, when they 

 see me taking super after super from a hive, 

 and call me a wizard. I love the bees; love 

 to watch them and care for them, and to at- 

 tend to all their little wants — and large ones, 

 too. E. M. Lawrence. 



Mayfield, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1906. 



Home Demand for Honey 



I got about 2S00 pounds of honey the past 

 season. lam getting quite a good home de- 

 mand. I shipped .5110 pounds, but am afraid 

 I will run short at home now. 



Hugo Zachgo. 



Danforth, 111., Dec. 7, 1906. 



Poorest Season for Surplus 



My bees were all in winter quarters in good 

 shape, Nov. 20. I think the past season was 

 the poorest for surplus honey that I ever saw. 

 Some of my best colonies filled one super, 

 while others had to be fed. 1 work for comb 

 honey, as a rule. 



Success to the " Old Reliable." 



John Cline. 



Darlington, Wis., Dec. 31, 1906. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Minnesota. — The Fillmore County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet in the Court 

 House at Preston, Minn., on Friday and Sat- 

 urday, Jan. 25 and 26, 1907. 



Canton, Minn. P. B Ramer, Sec. 



Vermont. — The 32d annual convention 

 of the Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in the parlors of the Addison House, 

 Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 24, 1907. 



Shoreham, Vt. W. G. Larraeee, Sec. 



Colorado. — The 27th annual session of the 

 Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in the Chamber of Commerce Build- 

 ing, Denver, Colo,, Jan. 22 and 23, 1907. The 

 State Horticultural Association, the State 

 Forestry Association, the Dry Farmers' Con- 

 gress, the American National Stock Growers' 

 Association, and the Colorado Cattle and 

 Horse Growers' Association, will all hold 

 their annual sessions in Denver during the 

 same week. Besides this there will be the 

 greatest live stock show held in Denver ever 

 west of Chicago. The railroads have made a 

 fare of one and one-third for the round-trip 

 for this week, which should assure us a large 

 attendance. A section-putting-up contest 

 will be a feature of our meeting. 



G. J. ToMLiN, Sec. 



Frank Rauchfdss. Vice-Pres. 



Wisconsin.— The annual meeting of the 

 Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Court House, at Madison, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 6 and 7, 1907. 

 Reduced rates on all railroads, but if you can- 

 not obtain them, ask your agent for full fare 

 receipt. By courtesy of Mr. Bacon, of the 

 G. B. Lewis Co., arrangement has been made 

 to have a stenographer in attendance, to lake 

 a verbatim report of the entire proceedings, 

 which will be published for the benefit of 

 members and interested bee-keepers. This 

 feature will make this the most interesting 

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 Question-Box will be the main feature, and 

 we want every bee-keeper who has one or 

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 the Secretary prior to the convention, that 

 they may be properly arranged. Questions 

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 tion, but mail them prior if possible. We 

 also want a good honey display, so bring 

 your choice samples of honey or anything of 

 interest. Pres. France will speak on the In- 

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 of Bees. Every person may become a mem- 

 ber, for one year, by the payment of $1.00, 



which will also make him a member of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, which 

 alone costs $1.00; and every member of the 

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 the same money, become a member of both. 

 Ladies may beeomo members by the payment 

 of 50 cents for National dues. Kindly make 

 remittance for membership dues before the 

 meeting, to the undersigned. 

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