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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 7. 



any thought of telling a big story. I only 

 intended to say that we have a little honey 

 in this State, and that I can divide and get 

 fome honey. I think from the result I did 

 obtain, 1 could almost or quite obtain the 

 results reported, that is, taking it as the 

 editor explained, by taking the whole in- 

 crease, as we have a very heavy fall flow. 



The statement I intended to make was 

 that, from a colony artiflcially made, that 

 is, onf artijicial sivarnt hived on oiih/ .startertt^ I 

 took off 137 one-pound sections of honey. 

 Now, how the figure of the 1-pound sec- 

 tions got fastened on to the 137, Icannot un- 

 derstand. But I could tell a story much 

 larger than I intended, but I don't want to 

 get the reputation for big stories. 



Clay Co., S. D. Thos. Chantry. 



[It looks as if we got Mr. Chantry's fig- 

 ures somewhat mixt. We are glad to give 

 the correction. — Editok.] 



Results of the Past Season. 



We had a good flow of white clover honey 

 till July 4, and got some of the finest honey 

 I have seen. But we had dry months of 

 July and August, and the bees stopt short 

 carrying in any honey until the first of 

 September, when we had a good honey-flow 

 again, but it was of a dark color. Our 

 average was 75 pounds per colony. We 

 have had a mild winter so far, and bees are 

 wintering well, both in the cellar and on 

 the summer stands. J. G. RiSLOW. 



Winnebago Co., Iowa, Feb. 21. 



First Flight Since Thanksgiving. 



The bees had a good flight here Feb. S— 

 the first since along about Thanksgiving. 

 They are afl'ected with dysentery, and have 

 spotted the hives considerable. I have lost 

 but one colony, that starved with honey on 

 the opposite frame, the weather being so 

 cold that they could not reach it. It was in 

 a single-walled hive. To-day the weather 

 is more springlike, and for the bees favor- 

 able, with no bottom to the roads, the mud 

 being so deep that it is almost impossible to 

 get around with a team. J. M. Young. 



Cass Co., Nebr., Feb. 14. 



Anti-Adulteration — Gathering Pollen. 



I am deeply iuterested in the pure food 

 and drug movement. I think it is one of 

 the most important subjects now before 

 the American people. It seems to me that 

 enough poison has gone down the throats 

 of the people in adulterated food. The 

 bees have been confined to the hives but 

 three or four days at a time this winter. 

 They have been gathering pollen from 

 maple and elm for some days. The honey- 

 flow is not afl'ected here by rainfalls in the 

 same way it is in California. For instance, 

 the poplar is the first important flow, 

 and at that time of year we have sudden 

 heavy rains which frequently come when 

 it is in bloom, washing away the nectar. 



I could not think of doing without the 

 American Bee Journal. Jno. M. Kelly. 



Jackson Co., Ala., Feb. '22. 



Btilcl 'Winter— Manzanita Honey. 



I lost one of my colonies last fall by 

 worms, being unable to attend to them, 

 but I have 13 colonies left to start with in 

 the spring. We have had a very mild win- 

 ter here so far. The bees have been gath- 

 ering pollen for about two weeks from the 

 willow and hazel. The peach blossoms are 

 beginning to open. I am afraid we will 

 have an early spring, and kill all our fruit 

 if the weather doesn't change. Our coldest 

 nights this winter were about the first two 

 weeks in January. My bees look fine. I 

 am just able to hobble out to my bee-house. 

 I have a bee-house with two rows of hives 

 facing ease and west. I do not think we 

 can do without a bee-house here, on ac- 

 count of the long, hot summer. 



I have noticed that the manzanita does 

 not bloom every year. I would like to hear 

 from some of the others about manzanita 



A Good Bicycle Free 



Now, then, young men and young 

 ladies, also boys and girls, take advan- 

 tage of this offer and get a Wheel 

 (A THOROTTGHIiY GOOD ONE) with 

 a little work. To increase our circula- 

 tion we have made arrangements with a 

 first-class concern in this city to furnish 

 us with their well-known 1898 Model 



ALAMO WHEELS 



at a price wnich enables us to give one FREE as a precnium for sending us 

 50 Xe'w Subscriptions to the Bee Journal at §1.00 each. You can send 

 them in as taken, and when your list of 50 is complete, we will ship your beautiful 

 vihea], freight paid, to your nearest depot. ■ This wheel retails in the ordinary way 

 at $50.00 — and it concerns nobody but ourselves how we managed to get in on the 

 inside cut price. For 40 Subscriptions we will ship a Juvenile of the same make. 

 Below we give specifications: 



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Special Asent for tlie Soutiiwest — 



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



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PRICES OF BINGHAM PERFECT 



Bee -Smokers and Hoiiei]- Knives I 



Smoke Engine Uarneatsjaoker made) 4-in. Btove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



Doctor. . . . : 3H in. stove. Doz. 9.00 ; " 1 . 10 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Doz. 6.50; " 1.00 



l.artre '2}4-in. stove. Doz. S.fiO; " .90 



Plain "^-in. stove. Doz. 4.75; " .70 



Little Wonder (weight 10 ounces)... li-in. stove. Doz. 4.5o; " .60 



Honey-Knife Doz. 6.o0; " .80 



Bingham Smokers have all the new improvements. Before buying a Smoker 

 or Knife, lonk up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEARS FOR A DOLLAR; ONE-HALP CENT FOR A MONTH. 



l>ear Sir:— Have used the Conqueror L'i ye irs. 1 was always pleased with its 

 workings, but thinking 1 would need a new one this summer, I write for a circu- 

 lar. 1 do not think the 4 inch Smoke Knuine too large. ^ 



January UT, 1-97. Truly, W. li. Eagerty, Cuba, Kansas. 



Mr. Bingham. Dear Sir:— Please send per mail a 4-inch Smoke Engine. Ihave 

 one of vour Smokers; it is too small in time of trouble. 



February 21, 1H98. A. V. Seward. Riverside, Calif. 



9.\9t T. F. BINGHAM, Farwell, Mlelilgan. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



Wisconsin, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

 securing the best lumber at the lowest price for the manufacture of 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



They have also one One of the Largest Factories and the 



and most-improved machinery /or the manufacture of 



latest- 



Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there Is in the State. The material is cut fromjpatterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and -whitest 

 Bass-wood is used, and they are pollsht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

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