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LEAHY MFG. CO., Higginsville, Mo. 



them all, or took off the covers, and every- 

 thing had the appearance of being all 

 right. 



My colonies are all heavy ; about 4 had a 

 little spare honey, and the refet have all 

 they gathered, and that was no more than 

 the law allows People must look to some 

 other quarter than Minnesota for spare 

 honey this winter. 



My bees have been uglier the past season 

 than I supposed it was possible for them to 

 be. What little boney they stored they 

 mixt in with pollen, as tho it was done on 

 purpose for the millers to work on. Pollen 

 makes a millers' paradise. 



J. V. B. Herrick. 



Hennepin Co., Minn., Jan. 4. 



Unite to Down Adulteration. 



I am glad to see that the bee-keepers of 

 the United States have seen fit to have grit 

 enough to raise a voice against the burden 

 of adulteration. I see by the Bee Journal 

 that there are so many bee-keepers who are 

 farmers, and as I am a farmer myself. I 

 think if farmers and bee keepers could only 

 bring their heads together as a body, and 

 bring this dreadful adulteration business to 

 a higher point in the minds of the people, 

 I firmly believe that something could be 

 done. We know there is no class of people 

 that is defrauded more than the farmer and 

 the bee-keeper, for they try to raise a pure 

 article for an honest living, and for the 

 welfare of the masses of the people, but 

 they are headed off by adulteration or imi- 

 tation. The farmer is the victim of adul- 

 teration from the fertilizer he buys to raise 

 his crops with down to the pepper he uses 

 on the table ; and the bee-keeper is cheated 

 on every hand. Fellow-men. let us put the 

 brake on that destructive wheel. 



George Sage. 



Greene Co., Ind., Dec. 24. 



in the spring and 138 in the fall. The mis- 

 take I made was leaving my fall honey to 

 extract late in the fall, only flnisBing ex- 

 tracting Dec. Ifi. and it was candied badly. 



I always winter my bees in the cellar, 

 and in cold weather I always have a fire 

 over them night and day. The chimney 

 comes from the bottom of the cellar, and 

 has a six-inch hole in it for ventilation. I 

 put one-inch blocks under the front of the 

 hives to raise them from the bottom- 

 boards. I never lose a good colony unless 

 they starve to death. Chas. Blackburn. 



Buchanan Co., Iowa., Dec. IS. 



A Good Year for Honey. 



The past was a good year for bees in this 

 part of Iowa. My bees came out of the cel- 

 lar in good condition. Three starved to 

 death in the cellar, and one spring dwin- 

 dled. It was the worst spring for robbing I 

 ever saw. I had to cover lots with hay. 

 The best way I have found to stop robbing 

 is to cover the hive with a sheet, and occa- 

 sionally turn it. 



It paid last year to send South to get 50- 

 cent queens. The colonies of the queens I 

 got from there did not swarm. From sev- 

 eral of them I got 1G8 sections of honey, 

 and from the best of my own I got a little 

 over 100. I got 11,000 pounds of honey, 

 1,700 being comb and the rest extracted. I 

 think that is pretty good from 89 colonies 



Report for Last Season. 



I had nine colonies last spring in the Hig- 

 ginsville hive and three in box-hives. I in- 

 creast to IS by natural swarming, and ex- 

 tracted 1.200 pounds of nice honey, with 

 300 pounds of comb honey. My bees did 

 well. We had a drouth which cut off the 

 fall flowers, or I would have gotten a larger 

 yield. My bees were in good condition to 

 go through the winter. I have them packt 

 on top. on both sides and one end, with the 

 open fronting southeast. I have no cellar, 

 so I winter them on the summer stands. 



I have been taking the Bee Journal for a 

 little over a year, and I owe my success to 

 it in managing my bees. I would not be 

 without it for double its cost. I hope the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union will be a 

 success. I would like to see the two Unions 

 united. I think they could do better work, 

 as it would be stronger and better able to 

 fight the enemies of the pursuit. 



W. S. Smithet. 



Monroe Co., Mo., Dec. 20. 



Bee-Conventions and Fairs. 



I do not want to be clast among the 

 critics, but I noticed the report on page 821 

 (1897), by J. P. West, President of the Min- 

 nesota Bee-Keepers' Association, that met 

 in St. Paul, Dec. 8, 1897, one day and then 

 adjourned. Well, perhaps they did the 

 right thing to decide to meet in St. Paul 

 the same time that the State fair meets, 

 but at the time of the fair you will find that 

 you must neglect either one or the other. 

 To have your exhibit will be all right, but 

 to have a convention at the same time you 

 will find that you will neglect both. As 

 Mr. West says, a great many members are 

 horticulturists; very true, and that is the 

 very reason they cannot do justice to both. 

 As far as the reduced rates are concerned, 

 that part is all right. It is a better season 

 of the year, I will acknowledge, but we had 

 an experience with the Southern Minnesota 

 Bee-Keepers' Association ; we appointed 

 the time of meeting at the same time the 



Sweet I Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arranprements bo that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5fc 10B> 25ft 50ft 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 $1.00 $2 25 $4 00 



Alsike Clover 70 1.25 .3.00 5 75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5 00 



AlfalfaClover 60 l.OO 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.60 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, it 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



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Is now ready for your orders for Qdeens of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians and Steel 

 fir»y CarnlolanN. More than 300 Tested 

 Queens to begin with. Untested, either race, 

 75 cte. each ; June and until October 50 cents 

 each. Teeted $1.00 each. Good Breeders. $3 

 each. Straight 5-Banded or '■Faultless" 

 Queens, $5.00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



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