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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 17, 





How to Sell Honey. 



I have sold over r),()00 pounds of honey at 

 retail, and have calls every day for more. 

 My method of selling is to put 10 pounds in 

 a tall gallon crock, and sell it for 9U cents, 

 jar and all. Let every bee-keeper do the 

 same, and less honey would go begging for 

 a market in the large cities. 



Lenawee Co., Micb. C. A, Huff 



[Mr. Huff evidently practices what he 

 preaches. Others could go and do likewise 

 in the way of selling honey. When your 

 own crop runs out, send for some of the 

 alfalfa and basswood honey we offer in 

 these columns. A small sample of either 

 by mail, for 8 cents, to cover postage and 

 packing. — Editor] 



High or Low Elevation for an Apiary. 



In the answer to Maine on the above 

 question, on page 54, Dr. Miller says be will 

 yield the floor to any one who can throw 

 light on the subject. 1 am unable to fully 

 answer the question, but my experience 

 may throw on a little light. 



Last spring I placed two colonies of bees 

 on the roof of an eight-story factory in 

 Brooklyn, near the East river, and they 

 gathered for me 150 pounds of nice comb 

 honey, and I do not think they would have 

 done better if they had been on the ground. 

 I am wintering them on the roof, well pro- 

 tected. They are in good condition, and all 

 rightnow— Feb. 7. Brooklyn. 



A Report for 1897. 



I commenced in the spring of lS9r with 15 

 colonies; 1 had six swarms, increasing to 

 21, and got about •)« pounds of surplus 

 honey from most of them, tho I didn't get 

 more than 25 or 30 pounds from some 

 They gathered honey very fast in the fore- 

 part of the season, tho it was too dry in the 

 fall at the time that we get our best honey 

 We have a fine fall honey weed here tho I 

 don't know the name of it. It yields the 

 hnest honey that I ever saw. It grows 

 very tall and has a fine bloom. It is a 

 little like the boueset. 



Hurrah for the American Bee Journal '. I 

 don't see how I can do without it We 

 have been taking six regular papers for a 

 long time, and when they get here the Bee 

 Journal is the first and the last one that I 

 read-, W. W. But Y. 



Calloway Co., Ky. 



Results of the Last Season. 



1 like the Bee Journal better every year, 

 and always look forward to the night it 

 arrives with pleasure. I have learned all I 

 know from it, and would like to see more 

 of my bee-keeping friends subscribe for it. 

 Last season was the best I have had ; from 

 two colonies of Italians I took 2.52 pounds 

 of extracted and 28 of the whitest and best- 

 filled sections 1 have ever seen. After tak- 

 ing off the sections I put on a second story 

 ■with ten frames half filled with founda- 

 tion ; eight days after 1 extracted nearly (iO 

 pounds, making a total of 'J6. Another col- 

 ony built their combs, and I extracted 150 

 pounds from them. I averaged .50 pounds 

 of comb honey per colony. My bees are all 

 Italians, in 10-frame Langstroth hives. I 

 am making a few 12-frame hives. Mine 

 are all double-walled, packt with two 

 inches of chaff. I believe in large hives. 



Ontario, Canada. James Laidlaw. 



Bee-Keeping in South America. 



I read the Bee Journal with the greatest 

 interest, but sometimes it is difl!ieult for me 

 to understand how old, settled questions, as 

 about the necessity of comb foundation. 



Only 6 «ts. per Pound in 4 Can Lots or Over. 



Finest Alfalfa Honey ! 



IT SELLS ON TASTING. 



The Honey that Suits All 

 Who Buy It. 



We can furnish 'Wttite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, In 60-pound tin cans, on 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices : 1 can, in a case, 7 cents per pound ; 2 cans 

 In one case, G}4 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 6 cents. The Cash must accom- 

 pany each order. 



A sample of the honey will be mailed to an Intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packiug, etc. We guarantee purity. 



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Mr. Abbott sells our Hives and Sections at factory prices. 



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They have also one One of the Larg-est Factories and the latest 

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Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



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