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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 24, 



have some leather-colored; all seem to 

 winter alike. They are outside, paclit in 

 chaff. I have a few colonies of common 

 bees, and one peculiarity I have noticed is, 

 that on the bottom-board of the common 

 bees there are quite a few tiny white wax- 

 scales, while I And none among the Italians. 



By the way, the American Bee Journal 

 appears to be gettiug better and better, 

 every issue seems to be an improvement on 

 the former one. Dr. Gallup's recollections 

 are just excellent. H. G. Qiirin. 



Huron Co., Ohio, Feb. 9. 



Wintering' in Canada. 



Lots of snow, and wind and weather 

 nowadays here. I have just 80 colonies of 

 bees in the cellar, aud only '2 out-doors, 

 and I believe there is more pain and suffer- 

 ing in those two than in the 80 that are so 

 snug and nice in the cellar. 



S. T. Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada, Feb. 3. 



New Union— ftuestion for Mr. Russell. 

 On page 125, Wm. Russell asks whether 

 the constitution of the new Union cannot 

 be made wide enough to take all in without* 

 having to pay two membership fees. Will 

 he kindly tell what there is in the new 

 coll^ritution to hinder exactly what he 

 wants ' Also, how be wouM go to work in 

 any different way than the new Union has 

 done, to get all united in one strong or- 

 guuization ? What does he want the new 

 Union to do before he joins ? 



iNQriRER. 



Success in Bee-Keeping'. 



I have been a bee-keeper five years, and 

 have made a success. I have not lost a 

 full colony in any way, and with the ex- 

 ception of 18114 I have had a good crop of 

 hiinf-y. When I began people told me that 

 bees did not pay any more, and some of 

 them had kept bees for several years with- 

 out getting any honey to speak of. In 189.5 

 I harvested 50 pounds per colony ; in 1S9B, 

 83 pounds per colony; and in 189r, 80 

 pounds. By 1S96 people began to enquire 

 how I managed, and last year they adopted 

 my plans, taken mostly from the American 

 Bee Journal, and they are getting to be bee- 

 cr. uKs. Big hives with plenty of honey, 

 and reasonable care iu winter, will solve 

 the problem for the farmer, as nearly as it 

 will ever be solved. W. S. Doner. 



Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Feb. 8. 



A Report for 1897. 



1 commenced the spring of 1897 with three 

 colunies of black bees, also bought one two- 

 frame nucleus of Italiaus, for which I paid 

 *l 85. I iucreast to Vi colonies, and took 

 no pounds of comb honey. The Italians 

 did not swarm until July 115, when I hived 

 the swarm and placed" them on the old 

 stand, removing the parent hive to a new 

 stand. The next day I was about to put a 

 super on from the parent hive; I took the 

 cover off, and there the first thing I saw 

 was a young queen on top of the sections. 

 1 put her into a glass, went back to the 

 hive and found another queen; I caught 

 her also, took the super off, and found two 

 young queens in the body of the hive. I 

 then divided the colony, and left a queen 

 in each part, making three from one 

 nucleus, and two queens over. July 20 the 

 two young queens were laying, and made 

 good colonies, with plenty of honey for 

 ■winter. D. Patterson. 



Decatur Co., Iowa, Feb. 9. 



F.ywort— Viper's-Bugloss— Bloodroot. 



I want to enter a mild protest against 

 What has been said lately iu favor of the 

 Simp-on honey-plant (Scrophularia nodosa 

 or tigwort). The honey is abundant in 

 eacu little cup, and may be all right for 

 feeding back to the bees; but in my opin- 

 ion unfit for table use. The>" A B C of Bee- 

 Cii 1 1 lire" describes it as a little dm-k .' It is, 

 in fact, as dark as charcoal, and of repul- 



Sweet i Glover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arraugrements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 frelg-ht or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 

 SB) 10ft 25Ib 50ft 

 Sweet Clover (white). .60 Jl.OO J'2.25 Jl.OO 



Alslbe Clover 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 (,»L'eens of 

 either 3 or 5 Banded Italians aud steel 



iir-y CarniolanN. More than :300 Tested 

 Queens to begin with. Untested, either race. 

 75 ets. each; June and until October oO cents 

 each. Tested Sl.OOeioh. Good Breeders. $2 

 each. Straight 5-Bauded or "Faultless" 

 Queens, $5.00 each. SiitisfdCtlou guaranteed. 



GEO. W. HUFSTEDLER, 



Successor to Uufstedler Bros., 

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That covers the whole Aplcultural Field more 

 completely than any other published, send 

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PATENT WIRED COMB F0UHDATI03 



Has No iNag in Hrood-Framet 



Thin Flat-ISottom FouodatioD 



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Belnp tbe oleanesl is QBually workec 

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J. A. VAN DEUSEN, 



Bole MaDQfaotnrer, 

 Sprout Brook MontKOmery Co., N. Y. 

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sive taste and smell as the plant itself. 

 Seeing it recommended, I bought some seed 



few years ago to try the honey. I am 

 done with it now. 



About the same time I tried another 

 honey-plant he viper's-bugloss. called also 

 " blue thistle " (Echium vulgare) ; it is a 

 biennial, and a good fertilizer it we judge 

 from its large, long taproot. -A B C of 

 Bee-Culture" says that "it produces a 

 beautiful white honey ;" now this is not ex- 

 actly the case with the plant I have had. 

 The honey is rather dark, like that of buck- 

 wheat, but tbe flavor is all right. Each 

 plant in a good soil will produce S to 10 long 

 stalks, and, each of these, hundreds of nice 

 blue, reddish flowers, from July to October 

 in my place. Animals will not touch it on 

 account of its prickly leaves. It is also a 

 medicinal plant, as the borage. 



I have also had quite an experience with 

 the blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis), of 

 which there is an abundance here. Bees in 

 early spring revel on its white flower to 

 gather the reddish jiollen — one of the ear- 

 liest flowers here. It is a sight to see three 

 or four bees trying at the same time to get 

 a load of its pollen. The plant is a peren- 

 nial, and most easily propagated from the 

 root; and since it blooms before any leaves 

 are out, may be spread under shady spots. 



H. DUPRET. 



Province of Quebec, Canada. 



The Prospects in California, Etc. 



I was very fortunate the past year in 

 securing a good crop of honey, part comb 

 and part extracted. The former I disposed 

 of at an average of 10 cents, and I hold the 

 latter for better prices, and judging from 

 present prospects the coming season is des- 

 tined to score another failure. As a rule, 

 the greater portion of our rainfall comes 

 previous to Feb. 1. but up to this time the 

 precipitation has beeu iu small quantities 

 and at long intervals, and never before 

 during my 10 years' residence in this State 

 have I vvitnest such discouraging prospects 

 for those who are dependent upon grain- 

 production, as the present; and then this 

 has a special bearing on our own industry, 

 for they, as a rule, succeed in securing a 

 crop when we fail. 



Those who were present nt the State 

 convention enjoyed a rare treat in meeting 

 and listening to Thos. W. Cowan, and I de- 

 sire to say that there is plenty of room for 

 such as he, at all times and on all occasions, 

 in this, the Golden State. 



Geo. W. Broiibeck. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., Feb. 2. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



My bees are in flue condition at present 

 in the cellar, with the ttmperature at 40 

 degrees above zero. 



\Ve are having some cold weather now, 

 with plenty of snow, which I think is a 

 good thing for clover, which was in fine 

 condition last fall. We almost always get 

 a good crop of honey when we have plenty 

 of snow. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

 for about 15 years, and I had it stopt at 

 New Years because I thought I was going 

 to leave the bees, and go at something else, 

 but as long as I keep bees I want the Bee 

 Journal. I was away and saw Willian An- 

 derson, who lives about 12 miles from my 

 place; he has about 100 colonies, and has 

 never read any bee-paper, so I got him to 

 let me send and get the American Bee 

 Journal for him. He takes great interest 

 in bees, and winters them in a cellar. His 

 bees were in good condition when I was 

 there. J. F. VVikth. 



Henry Co., 111., Feb. 3. 



Looking Ahead — Season of 1897. 



The winter is rapidly drawing to a close, 

 and I presume all bee-men are directing 

 their thoughts an i planning for the coming 

 honey harvest, which of course we expect. 



Bees in this locality went into winter 

 quarters strong in stores and in numbers, 

 and up to date have wintered well. We 



