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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 20, 



in 8 to 12 pounds each, and kept it up 

 for several days. This cold damaged 

 the bloom just enough to cause it to 

 secrete nectar very heavily. With 

 bright, fair warm, days following a light 

 freeze, I think in case of some flowers 

 the cold is a benefit rather than other- 

 wise. 



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Good Average Per Colony. 



I have 21 colonies of bees put away for 

 winter, and 2,000 pounds of comb honey was 

 the season's result last summer. 



J. H. LOGEMANN. 



Worth Co., Iowa, Dec. 17, 1897. 



Bee-Management in Washington. 



I notice on page 747 items from Chehalis 

 and Lewis counties. Wash. I wjuld like to 

 know how these writers manage their bees. 

 Perhaps they will let us know. It has been 

 a poor season, my average being 53 pounds 

 per colony, two-tnirds comb. 



Herman Ahlers. 



Clatsop, Co., Oreg., Dec. 10, 1S97. 



Good Honey Season. 



The past season was a good one for honey 

 in this locality, altho tne crop of white 

 honey was quite short, owing to the cold 

 weatner nearly all the month of June. My 

 134 colonies increast to 155, and gave me 

 9,000 pounds of honey, about 1,100 pounds 

 of it being comb. A. W. Smitu. 



Sullivan Co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1897. 



Electric Swarm Notifier. 



I find the American Bee Journal a great 

 help. My bees had a nice fligbt yesterday. 

 I notice on page 2S,s an item by J. Jd. 

 Williamson, saying he would publish the 

 working of his electric swarm notiher, but 

 he has not done so yet. I tor one should 

 very much like to hear from him through 

 the Bee Journal. B. W. Hall. 



Merrimack Co., N. H., Dec. 13, 1897. 



Bees Did Well the Past Season. 



I put 40 colonies of bees into a shed 

 boarded tight on the north and west, with 

 open front to the south, with some boards 

 tackt up to shade them Irom the sun. 1 

 put on empty supers, and a Hill's device of 

 my own make, and filled them with cush- 

 ions or blankets, old clothing, etc., and 

 packt behind and between with straw. 

 They will be left as they are now till time 

 to put on sections next season. My bees 

 did well the past season. I sold my honey 

 in the home market at S^^ and 10 cents ; 

 swarms at $1.25, and colonies this fall at 

 *3.50. Noah Millek. 



Johnson Co., Iowa, Dec. 10, 1S97. 



Results of the Past Season. 



The past season has been about an aver- 

 age one for honey. The yield in many 

 localities in this county has been better 

 than for years, owing, i think, more to the 

 condition of the colonies than to the nectar 

 secreted by the dowers. My reason for 

 thinking so is, that last spring I was unable 

 to attend to my bees "at the right time,'' 

 on account of illness, resulting from my 

 " experience " in Dixie Land, some 30 years 

 ago, and as a result some colonies stored 

 quite a Une lot of honey, while others did 

 nothing. I believe that if all my colonies 

 had been alike strong. I would nave had 

 the best yield I ever had. 



I cannot agree with my friend from Som- 

 erset county, this State, that bee-keeping 



Sweet \ Glover 



And Several Otiier Clover Seeds. 



We have made arransrements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order; 



5B) 101b 25ft) 50* 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Alslke Clover 70 $1,25 J3.00 $5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5,00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, it 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are sobclted, 



GEORGE W. YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal ■when ■writing. 



Southern Home 



of the Honey-Bee 



Is now ready for your orders for Quekxs of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians and Meel 

 CJr.iy CarnlolaiiK. More than 300 Tested 

 Queens to begin with. Untested, either race. 

 75cfs, each: June and until October 50 cents 

 each. Tested $1,00 each. Good Breeders. $2 

 each. Straight 5-Banded or ■■Faultless" 

 Queens, $5.00 each, satisfictlon guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Hufstedler Bros., 

 3Atf BEEVILLE, Bee Co. TEX. 



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MAGIC PRESS 



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This Press is of mal- 

 leable iron and brass. 

 Non-breakable chim- 

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 to 4000 per day, or 

 more, according to 

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 One closing and open- 

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 or full sheets. This 

 \ear a Fine Eff?-Tester 

 t^oeswllhit. supply 

 dealers write for cut 

 for your own eat Alog. 

 Have told in thirteen 

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 your supply dealer 

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 cheapest yet made. Size 7x8^4 Inches. 



JAMES CORWAC, D6S MOINES, IOWA. 

 3Dtt Please mention the Bee Journal. 



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That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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 forhU , 



Bee-Keeper's Guide. 



Liberal Discounts to the Trade. 



PATENT WIRED COMB F0DSDATI08 



Has No Sag In Brood-Framea 



Thin Flat-Kottom Foundation 



Has So Fisbbooe id tbe Sarplos Honey. 



BetnR the cleanest Is nBaally worked 

 the qalokest of any FonQdatlon made 



J. A. VAN DKUSKN, 



Sole MaDQiaotarer, 

 Sprout Brook Montgomery Co.. N. T. 

 Please mention Bee Journal -when -writing. 



BEE-KEEPERS ! 



Let me send you my 64- 

 page Catalog for 18M8. 

 J, m. JeiikiiiN, Wetumpka, Wa.. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writing. 



"don't pay," for our bees have always 

 paid us better (except one year) for labor 

 expended than have our cows, when we 

 sent milk to a cheese factory or made but- 

 ter at home. 



There was less swarming last year than 

 for years, as far as I have heard. 



I have sold all my honey in the home 

 market, for 12 cents wholesale for comb 

 honey, and 10 cents for extracted, for white 

 clover. 



It doesn't seem possible, but the " Old 

 Reliable" seems to be getting better all 

 the time. Geo. Spitleb. 



Crawford Co., Pa., Dec. 15, 1S97. 



Bees and the Apple Yield. 



We have come to look at the American 

 Bee Journal as a fixture in this household, 

 from oldest to youngest. I have 1*3 colonies 

 of bees that are on the summer stands, 

 with plenty of stores and aVery mild win- 

 ter so far, 



I wish to say to the bee-men that the 

 apple crop was a complete failure in this 

 State, but I have four apple trees that 

 have borne three years in succession. Peo- 

 ple came here and askt as to the cause ; and 

 in fact 1 was not able to tell the reason un- 

 til a gentleman from Pennsylvania 9aid it 

 was the blessed bees. Anyway, 1 got about 

 a dozen barrels of apples, lots of fun, and 

 some honey. Nathan A, Sleeper. 



Hillsboro Co., N. H., Dec. 13, 1897. 



A Report for 1897. 



The first part of the season, in this local- 

 ity, bees did fairly well, better than an 

 average on fruit-bloom, raspberries and 

 white clover. The honey gathered was 

 very nice, 



Tne last part of the season was unusually 

 good, the best we have had for eight years. 

 Golden-rod yielded abundantly. The honey 

 from it was good, milder in fiavor than 

 usual. 



The close of the honey season left my 

 bees in good condition for winter. This is 

 the first season for years that 1 have not 

 had to feed more or less for winter stores. 



As usual I reduced the number of my 

 colonies by uniting about one-third. They 

 are now in winter quarters on the summer 

 stands, with outer cases over the hives. 

 J. P. Smith. 



Sullivan Co., N. H., Dec. 14, 1897. 



Not A Good Honey Season. 



I have had ray bees nearly two years. 

 This has not been a very good season for 

 honey, only receiving about SO pounds 

 from the strongest colony, while the others 

 did not do much of anything. A year ago 

 last spring I started with two colonies, and 

 now have but 10. 1 started with five colo- 

 nies last spring. One colony cast a good 

 prime swarm, and in about six days they 

 cast another heavy swarm ; the next day 

 still another, and I lookt through the hive 

 and found four more queens. I took out 

 three queens, so they did not swarm any 

 more, and were in good condition when 1 

 put them away for winter. 



A. G. To'n^ERS. 



Polk Co., Wis., Dec. 26, 1S97. 



Bee-Keeping of Ancient Egyptians. 



We have before now seen accounts of 

 migrating apiaries. Writers tell us that 

 the season in Upper Egypt is some six 

 weeks earlier than in Lower Egypt along 

 the coast. Maillet tells ■ us the ancient 

 Egyptians were well aware of this. He says 

 there was an abundance of bees and honey 

 in that country, and that it was the custom 

 of that ancient people, each year, about the 

 first of October, to send their hives from 

 all parts of the country into Upper Egypt, 

 where they were placed on boats, numbered 

 and registered. As the waters of the Nile 

 subsided after the inundation, the flora in 

 that hot country came on rapidly. The 

 bees were allowed to remain a few days, 

 until it was thought they had foraged 

 about all they could, when tliey were moved 



