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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 13, 



spun tobacco (as I had no other), and put 

 in a full day with the bees. One might 

 think it strange that I could occupy all of 

 the time between sunrise and sunset at 

 that time of the year, but if any one doubts 

 my statement, .n'ust let them make it known 

 and I will explain. 



But thinking of the old adage, " A faint 

 heart," etc., I stuck to the bees, and we 

 stuck together, and I have them yet; and 

 as the desired information in regard to 

 wintering is given in the Bee Journal of 

 Nov, 25, I feel confident that they will be 

 with me in the spring. 



Nov. 24 I had occasion to call on a neigh- 

 bor who was fortunate enough to get a col- 

 ony last spring; they swarmed, so that he 

 had three colonies in the fall. During a 

 conversation with him he spoke of his bees, 

 and askt me to go and look at them. On 

 approaching the first hive he said, "This is 

 the strongest: it has the bottom full, and 

 has stored some honey besides." 



Upon removing the cover, I said, " No 

 live bees in that hive." 



He replied, "Yes, it is nearly full." 



The super was removed, and the frames 

 taken out one by one, until all were out — 

 10 in all (Langstroth, I think) and exam- 

 ined. Each frame bad a full comb, and 

 some honey on each side, in spots varying 

 in size from about one to three inches in 

 diameter, all near the top of the frame, the 

 other parts being eaten out. There was a 

 small bunch of dead bees in the top of the 

 frames near the front of the hive, but not a 

 live bee to be found. The hive was a new 

 one, and apparently clean otherwise. The 

 hive entrance was open the full width. The 

 man said he lookt at them about two weeks 

 before, and they were all right. Were 

 they robbed before it became cold, or what 

 was the trouble? Scbsckiber, 



Dane Co., Wis., Nov. 29, 1S97. 



Superseded Queen— Good Season. 



In regard to the colony of bees I wrote 

 about on page 809, having lost their queen, 

 the weather turned warm here today and 

 gave me a chance to examine the hive, ani 

 I found it contained a beautiful queen and 

 a strong colony of bees, with plenty of 

 winter stores. It seems to me now that 

 the old queen died of old age, and the bees, 

 seeing her condition, superseded her some 

 time ago. This is another proof that two 

 queens can exist in the same department of 

 a hive at the same time, under certain con- 

 ditions. 



The past season was good in this locality, 

 principally white clover, of which I never 

 saw so much. My colonies yielded a sur- 

 plus of 136 pounds per colony, all white 

 clover extracted honey. 



I have only a small apiary, situated at 

 my home in Kentucky, a suburb of Cincin- 

 nati. I keep bees for pleasure only, still 

 they yield a nice little sum every year, 

 which pays me for any little trouble I may 

 be put to in attending to them. Extracted 

 honey sells at 1.5 cents per pound here, and 

 I don't have to go out of the house to sell 

 it either. J. N. Ladenburgeb. 



Newport Co., Ky., Dec. 8, 1897. 



Appreciated All Around. 



Dear Sir and Publisher:— Please find 

 enclosed money order for .$1.00 (the price 

 received for 10 pounds of nice honey sold) 

 to renew my subscription for 1898. I see 

 many write that they C!tii7 get along with- 

 out the "Old Reliable." Now I maJd get 

 along, but I don't intend to so long as I 

 can trade the surplus labor of one colony of 

 bees for 24 hours for 12 months' reading of 

 the Bee Journal— .VJ copies of the American 

 Bee Journal for one day's surplus, and a 

 fine premium thrown in ! Who of the many 

 thousands in this " Grand Old Union of 

 States," that have a few colonies of bees, 

 would not be glad to give twice 10 pounds 

 of their best honey to some old, practical 

 bee-master, for a half hour's visit every 

 Friday afternoon ; who would go out some- 

 where among the bees with you, sit down 

 and tell of his travels, experience, discov- 



miiiiiUmiiiiiiiimiiiiy 

 T ^c Bee-Keepers ' Rgyjg^Y 



Closes Us Tenth Year With Substantial Improvements. 



Increase in Size. 



Beginning with the Dec No., eight more pages are 

 added; making thirty-six in all. 



Better Paper. 



Heavy, white, sized and super-calendered paper is used 

 in printing the Dec. No., and its use will be continued. 



New Type. 



The Dec. No. is printed \\nth large, clear, new type 

 of that beautiful style called the Ronaldson. 



A Beautiful Cover. 



The cover is of extra heavy, smooth, cream - colored 

 Paradox, printed in that warmest and richest of all 

 colors — claret. 

 A Fine Frontispiece. 



As a frontispiece, printed on 8o-lb., Ivon,- Enameled 

 paper, is a half - tone, made from a photograph, of a 

 comb badly infected with foul brood. A more perfect 

 picture of such a comb has never been made. In short, 

 the Review will now compare favorably with the high-class 

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 As to the value of the information that it contains, here 

 is a partial list of 



CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER. 



Foul Brood. 



Many descriptions of foul brood have been given, but 

 none the equal for detail, exactness and clearness, of 

 that given by Mr. R. L. Taylor in the Dec. Review. 

 With this description, aided by the accompanying en- 

 graving above mentioned, no one need fail in positively 

 identifying foul brood. Not only this, but Mr. Taylor 

 also gives plain simple and exact methods for getting 

 rid of the disease. 



The Plain Section. 



Jlr. L. .\. .^spinwall has used this style of section for sever- 

 al seasons, and in the Dec. Review he enumerates its many 

 advantages, and illustrates and describes the st^-le of super 

 and separator with which he uses it. He also illustrates a 

 simple machine for cleaning propolis from sections of this 

 style, nearly as rapidly as they cau be handled. 



First Premium Wax. 



The finest wax, that of a clear, pearly, " dandelion yellow," 

 wax that for two years in succession took first premium at 

 the Wis. State Fair, was made b)' Edward Ochsner, and in 

 the Dec. Review he tells exactly how it was rendered. 



Shipping Comb Honey. 



The bee-keepers who never have cause to mourn the loss 

 of honey broken in shipment, would be more plentiful if 

 all could read in the Dec. Re\-iew of the simple 3'et novel 

 method employed by J. E. Crane to prevent the trucking 

 and ' ' dumping "of heavy crates of honey. 



But there is not room to tell more ; better send fi.oo 

 for the Review for 1898, and receive the Dec. No. free ; or, 

 if you prefer to see that issue before subscribing, 



Send Ten Cents, 



In silver or stamps ( either U. S. or Canadian ), and the 

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 three other back numbers. This will give you a fair idea 

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 the ten cents that you have paid may apply on the sub- 

 scription. A coupon will be sent entitling you to the 

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W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



