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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. "24, 



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Basswood Honey 



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Bees in Splendid Condition. 



Bees bad a spleadid flight last Thursday 

 (Jan. 13), so they are now in fine condition 

 to go through the winter. 



Geo. Spitler. 



Crawford Co., Pa., Jan. 18. 



Too Dry for the Bees. 



It is impossible for me to do without the 

 American Bee Journal. The last season 

 was too dry here in this locality for the 

 bees to gather much honey, but what I did 

 get was fine — all comb honey. I have 35 

 colonies of .5-banded Italians and hybrids, 

 in dovetailed hives. Geokge E. Ulkich. 



Dauphin Co., Pa. 



Good Year for Bees. 



I started beekeeping four years ago with 

 one colony, and last spring (1S97) I had 

 eight; from them I had -IS gallons of ex- 

 tracted, and 100 pounds of comb honey, 

 besides eight swarms. I now have 16 strong 

 colonies, and winter them on the summer 

 stands, in Langstroth 2story lO-trame 

 hives. We had a good year — white clover 

 plentiful, and honey very nice. 



Summit Co., Ohio. "Hiram Bradley. 



Deep Snow and Storm. 



The winter was very mild and pleasant 

 until about one week ago when we were 

 blest with a good foot of '"the beautiful," 

 making a good 18 inches of snow on the 

 level, and this morning we awoke to find a 

 terrible storm in progress, with snowdrifts 

 of enormous size, and all double-walled 

 hives outside of the bee-house literally 

 buried beneath the snow. It is one of the 

 worst storms 'that this section of the coun- 

 try has witnest in lU years. I hope it has 

 not reacht as far south as Chicago. 



From a •' snowed in " bee-keeper. 



Chas. E. Crawford. 



Oscoda Co., Mich., Jan. 23. 



[Yes, we got it here, too. — Editor.] 



Bee-Keeping in Mexico. 



We had a very nice year in 1897. The 

 rainy reason kept on tor a long time, with 

 a sufficient amount of water. Everything 

 did grow splendidly. Just now I am clean- 

 ing my coffee, which came out very nice, 

 ani is of good quality. Lately we had 

 some quite exceptional cold spells. The 

 temperature came right down to the freez- 

 ing point, but did not do any harm. 



My bees did not do so well as in the sea- 

 sons before, and I cannot explain why. 

 They had all the year around 3 to .5 frames 

 full of honey in the brood-nest, but did not 

 do much in the supers. I hardly had 

 enough honey to supply my regular cus- 

 tomers. The orange season is beginning 

 now, and I am full of hope for the year 



1S08. P. BCSSLER. 



Old Mexico, Jan. 20. 



Red Clover with Short Corollas. 



Again and again we bear and read of the 

 hope, and trials, to lengthen the tongue of 

 the bee so that the nectar from the corollas 

 of the red clover can be gathered. All ad- 

 mit the fact that red clover is one of the 

 richest honey-plants we have, but all de- 

 plore the fact that the corollas are so deep 

 and long that the bee cannot get at the 

 nectar. •■ If the bee only had a longer 

 tongue!" Yes. or if the corollas of the red 

 clover only were shorter! 



It is surely praiseworthy if bee-keepers 

 try to experiment to stretch the tongue of 

 the bee. for the nature of animals is change- 

 able. Look at the different kinds of cattle 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 

 SB) 10ft 25ft 509) 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 $1.00 $2,25 $4.00 



AlslkeClover 70 1.25 3.00 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. If 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. 



YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



Southern Home 



of the Honey-Bee 



Is now ready for your orders for Queens of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians and Meel 



CJr«y Carnlolanii* More than 300 Tested 

 Queens to beg-In with. Untested, either race, 

 75cts. each; June and until October 30 cents 

 each. Tetied $1.00 each. Good Breeders. $*3 

 each, btraig^bt 5-Banded or '"Faultless" 

 Queens, So.OO each. Oatisf action guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Hufstedler Bros., 

 3Atf BEEVILLE. Bee Co, TEX. 



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Chas. F. Mnth & Sou, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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