400 



American "Bcc Jonrnalj 



December, 1909. 



them to fly. and that is not often, for we get 

 plenty of zero weather here, and lots ot 



snow. -lu 1 • t 11 



The 2 colonies I started in with last fall 

 came out in fine shape last spring. My opin- 

 ion is that outdoor wintering is the natural 

 way A friend of mine lost 60 colonies last 

 winter trying to winter them in his cellar. 

 He put in no colonies, with the above re- 

 sults. J- E. LUTTS. 

 Hamilton. Ont. 



No. 6.— Apiary of F.'D. .Look 



The yard contains 60 colonies and is run 

 for comb honey— no extracted— and the 

 honey is all sold within a few rods of the 

 apiary I never shipped a pound, and have 

 been at it is years. My trade grows as fast 

 as my apiary does. I had one-third of a crop 

 this year. F. D. Look. 



Campbell. N. Y.. Aug. 7. 



No. 7.— Apiary of Jay S. Kendall 



I am interested in bees, and have been 

 since I was Q years old. so I have had a little 

 experience in the last 17 years. At present 

 I have 12 colonies. They stored lots of 

 honey this year, and are good and strong this 

 fall. Enclosed you will find photographs 

 taken of them. One shows myself and wife 

 just going to take the honey off. Notice 2 

 Queens caged, which we arc going to intro- 

 duce. We both are interested in the bees. 

 Jay S. Kendall. 



Chemung. III.. Sept. 30. 



No. 8.— Apiary of W. S. Chapel 



I enclose two views of my apiary of 34 col- 

 onies in Danzenbaker hives. I started 5 years 

 ago with black bees, but in the last 3 years I 

 have requeened with red clover Italian 

 Queens from several breeders, and in every 

 case the aueens were all right, and I was 

 treated in a fair and honest manner. 



W. S. Chapel. 



North Troy. Vt.. Sept. 13. 



New Jersey Convention 



The annual meeting of the New Jersey 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in the 

 Assembly Room of the State House at Tren- 

 ton. Saturday. Dec. i8th. beginning atgijo 

 a.m. The program is not completed, but 

 there will be papers on Comb Honey Pro- 

 duction, Extracted Honey. Honey-Dew, Re- 

 Queening. etc. One or two speakers outside 

 of the State are expected. 



The forenoon session will be devoted 

 largely to the discussion of our Foul Brood 

 Bill— how to get it before the legislature in a 

 way that it will be favorably considered. 

 There will be appointment of committees, 

 annual election of officers, payment of dues, 

 etc. This will be a very important meeting 

 to all the bee-keepers of New Jersey, and 

 there should be the largest attendance we 

 have ever had. All interested bee-keepers 

 should be there and take part in the discus- 

 sions and offer suggestions. 



There will be Quite a little expense con- 

 nected with getting our Bill passed, and we 

 need all the annual dues of all members, and 

 also many new ones. If any cannot attend, 

 we should be glad to have them send the an- 

 nual dues (50 centsi, and ask for a printed 

 copy of our Foul Brood Bill. Bring along 

 samples of honey, beeswax, and honey-dew 

 for comparison, or anything else pertaining 

 to apiculture. 



Albert G. Hann. Scc-Treas., 



W. W. Case. Pres. Pittstown. N. J. 



"The Honey-Money Stories" 



This is a 64-page and cover book- 

 let 554 by 8j4 inches in size. Printed 

 on enameled paper. It contains a variety 

 of short, bright stories, mixed with facts 

 and interesting items about honey and 

 its use. It has 31 half-tone pictures, 

 mostly of apiaries or apiarian scenes. 

 It has 3 bee-songs, namely : "The Hum 

 of the Bees in the Apple-Tree Bloom," 

 "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey," and 

 "The Bee-Keeper's Lullaby." It ought 

 to be in the hands of every one not 

 familiar with the food value of honey. 

 Its object is to create a larger demand 

 for honey. It is sent postpaid for 25 



cents, but we will mail a single copy as a 

 sample for 15 cents, S copies for 60 

 cents, or 10 copies for $1.00. A copy 

 with the American Bee Journal one year 

 — both for 80 cents. Send all orders to 

 George W. York & Co., Chicago, 111. 



Our Liberal Premium Offers 



We offer many premiums in this num- 

 ber for the work of getting new sub- 

 scribers for the American Bee Journal. 

 We request every reader to help us in- 

 crease the list of regular subscribers. 

 It is not our aim to make more bee- 

 keepers, but to make better bee-keep- 

 ers of those who now are in the busi- 

 ness. Surely this is right. Why not 

 get your neighbor bee-keepers to take 

 the American Bee Journal? It will 

 pay you in more ways than one to do 

 such missionary work. We not only 

 pay you for it, but you will thus be 

 helping to inform the bee-keepers 

 around you how to conduct bee-keep- 



ing in the proper way ; how to keep 

 their bees free from disease; how not 

 to spoil the honey market for you and 

 themselves ; how — but there are so many 

 ways in which they would be helped 

 by reading the American Bee Journal 

 every month. And the cost is so small — 

 only 75 cents for a whole year — about 

 6 cents a month. We will be glad to 

 furnish free all the sample copies you 

 can use judiciously. Why not begin 

 now? 



Langstroth Book "Special" 



We have about 30 copies left of the 

 book, " Langstroth on the Honey- 

 Bee," of the edition just preceding the 

 last. It is practically equal to the 

 latest edition, and we will mail them so 

 long as they last, for 90 cents a copy. 

 (The regular price is $1.20.) Or, we 

 will send one of the above 90-cent 

 copies with the American Bee Journal 

 one year — both for $1.-50. Address the 

 American Bee Journal office. 



The Curious Cockerel and the Busy Bees, or He Found Out 



(Drawn especially for "Poultry Husbandry," by John S. Pughe.) 



R. Humilitlit 



