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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



SI 



piinoramic •succession before bis be- 

 wildered imagination. This was his 

 first real conception of what "frenzied 

 finance" really meant; but it was grat- 

 ifying to feel that patient waiting had 

 been rewarded at last. However, it 

 would not do to betray tlie fact that 

 he was guilty of being associated with 

 anything pertaining to the vanquished 

 bee whom his benefactor-to-be had so 

 coni])letely put out of business. A let- 

 ter head would give it away; vso Avith 

 the business sagacity of an Addicks 

 with a lead pencil in his left hand 

 upon a plain sheet of cheap i)aper, he 

 wrote: 

 Inland Review: 



Akron, Ohio, Dear Sir. I am sentling 

 the twenty ct-<. an postage -stamps, and 

 hope .vou will send me your receipt 



that tells how to make good healthy 

 l)ee>s honey loi- ."» cents a pound, 

 yours truly, 

 Hari-y Hill, T^ort I'ierce, Fla.' 



The capital to obtain necessary in- 

 formation was not to be an obstacle 

 in so important a matter; and as he 

 had twelve cents that liad not yet been 

 spent, he had noi great difficulty in se- 

 curing a loan of eight cents more,from 

 a friend who had but recently come 

 to town. So it remained only to buy 

 and enclose the .stamps and wait. 

 Again, he v^Mst wait, but a little while. 

 Rut T'ncle Sam's mail service is sure 

 and rapid. The days dragged by until, 

 at last, it came. 



Here it is. We give it freely in fac 

 simile to our readers, -so that vre may 

 all henceforth enjoy luxury and idle- 

 ness. Help yourself, dear reader: 



Mr. .J. L. Byer, Markham, Out., 

 wrote, March 11: "Our 300 colonies 

 wintering out of door-s seem to be 

 wintering well, although they have not 

 had a flight since November 1st." 

 March 15, Mr. W. J. Davis, Younjs- 

 ville. Pa., had this to say of the situa- 

 tion: "We are still in the embrace of 

 winter. Mercury at zero this morn- 



ing, with from one to two feet of snow 

 on the ground. Bees in winter quar- 

 tens since November 11, but they ap- 

 pear to be standing it well." Many 

 similar reports have come in, to indi- 

 cate that notwithstanding the severe 

 winter, prospects for safe wintering 

 are encouraging, and plans for taking 

 care of the coming harv&st are being 

 made everywhere. 



