AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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• PUBLISHED BY ■ * 



GEORGE W. YORK& CO. 



' CHtCAGOLJILL.. — 



ONE DOLLAR FEB, YEAR. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 

 GEORGE W. YORK, 



Editors. 



Vol. XXI, My 14, 1892. SO. 3, 



Jaunty plumes and nodding grasses. 



Hum of bees and cannon boom, 

 Under dewy skies and starlit, 



Booms that bui-st in fiery bloom. 

 Lilt of robin, blare of trumpet. 



Brooklet's flow, and rocket's whiz. 

 You can guess without the telling 



J ust what merry month it is ! 



—Selected. 



Great Britain has had an excel- 

 lent honey season this year ; at least it 

 is so reported. 



This Means You.— When order- 

 ing any of the books or articles which 

 we offer clubbed with the Bee Journal, 

 or otherwise ; or when sending anything 

 intended for us, such as subscriptions to 

 the Bee Journal, or matter for publi- 

 cation, be sure to address everything to 

 —George W. York & Co., 199 Ran- 

 dolph St., Chicago, Ills. 



The American Bee-Keeper 



for July says: "It seems almost a 

 certainty that a hard winter or spring, 

 one during which there are heavy losses 

 of bees, is followed by an abundant 

 honey-flowing season. The previous 

 two winters have been mild in most 

 parts of the country, and consequently 

 almost all bee-keepers brought their 

 colonies through with little if any loss, 

 and when the time for the expected 

 honey-flow was at hand, everybody was 

 ready with large and numerous colonies 

 to gather it, but it came not. 



"Clover, the past two years, has, in 

 most localities, yielded but sparingly of 

 its nectar. Last winter was not severe, 

 but the past spring has been one of the 

 most disastrous ones for bee-keepers 

 that we have had in a number of sea- 

 sons. Many colonies went into winter 

 quarters with insufficient stores, and 

 unless fed artificially, the long, wet 

 spring was too much for them, and 

 many dwindled away and died out com- 

 pletely, while hardly any came out 

 strong and in good condition. 



"The season has now advanced enough 

 to cause us to feel confident it will be an 

 exceptionally good one for those who 

 have the bees to gather the honey." 



By Return Mail — Beautiful 



Queens of the 5-banded variety. Don't 

 miss this chance. One untested queen 

 in July, $1.00 ; 6 for .$5.00. August 

 or September, 1 untested queen, 75 

 cents ; 6 for $4.00. — J. F. Michael, 

 German, Darke Co., Ohio. 



Nearly One-Half of the bees, it 

 is thought, were lost throughout the 

 country the past winter and spring. 

 What a fine chance for those that are 

 left ! Honey will be worth something 

 this year. 



You are Invited to send in 

 something for publication from your 

 experience, that may help your fellow 

 bee-keepers. 



