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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 12 



will prova advantageous ? Cannot every 

 bee-keeper see that it is for his advan- 

 tage to join with other bee-lieepers 

 spread all over the country, in an at- 

 tempt to better his condition ? Indi- 

 vidual efforts will cover but a small 

 territory, while a Union will cover the 

 whole ground, and take in the whole 

 brotherhood. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I would advise 

 every man (and woman, too, if she is in- 

 terested in honey-production) who reads 

 this to send in a dollar and become a 

 member of the Union. All the Union 

 needs is a large membership, and each 

 individual beekeeper should feel that he 

 is in duty bound to do his part toward 

 Increasing that membership. Send in 

 your dollar now, before you forpet it. 



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Swarming and Storing: Honey. 



Bees have been swarming since the mid- 

 dle of March. 'A swarm hived on March 

 17 and one on the 2Uth now have supers on. 

 Some old colonies have supers nearly full 

 of honey, and I have put on the second one. 

 South Alabama. 



Washington Co.. Ala., April 5. 



Heavy Freeze Put Things Back. 



We bad a fi'eeze here March 22, when 

 drones were flying and bees preparing to 

 swarm, but fruit is mostly killed, also corn 

 and garden vegetables, so it will be brown 

 and sear for a time at least, but warm 

 weather will soon cause all Nature to be 

 herself again. G. W. Bistline. 



Titus Co., Tex., April 4. 



Wintered Well— Worms. 



I have three colonies of bees which are 

 doing nicely. One is bothered with worm- 

 nests a little, but as they are in box-hives 

 we cannot do much with them in the way 

 of helping them to get rid of the worms. 

 They wintered nicely, as it was a good win- 

 ter for bees. They are on the summer 

 standf'. and had flights off and on all win- 

 ter. They are doing nicely, as it is warm 

 enough for them to be able to get pollen. 

 W. G. Sager. 



Venango Co., Pa., April 11. 



Cronkleton Escape and Press. 



Mr. Geo. W. Blair, of Mason county, 

 Mich., askt what bad become of E. J. 

 Cronkleton and his bee-escape. We are out 

 in Iowa, as usual. I am induced to write 

 only through respect to Mr Blair, not that I 

 care so much about my bee-escape, or any 

 other escape that is in" u.se. I presume the 

 Porter bee-escape is the best escape on the 

 market. I use his in my apiary. The dif- 

 ference is 12 to 1—12 bees go out of my es- 

 cape while 1 goes out of his. The way to 

 demonstrate this is to cut out a narrow 

 strip of the lower edge of the section-case 

 and insert a strip of glass instead, and then 

 lie down in the grass and take items. 



When 1 invented my escape I had several 

 things in view, the first being to take ad- 

 vantage of the natural instinct of the bees, 

 cheapness and rapidity of work, and venti- 

 lation. My escape costs but a few pennies. 

 It frees a case in from one to three hours. 



There is a difference in bees leaving the 

 cases, that I am unable to account for. 

 Some seem loth to leave, and others seem 

 very desirous to leave. These things I have 

 learned through an observatory section- 

 case. I said before. I take the advantage 

 of the natural impulse of bees. I have a 

 large unobstructed outlet; the bees come 



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Bee-Smokers ajid Honey- Knives I 



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Doctor 3J^ in. stove. Uoz. 



Conqueror 3-in. stove. Uoz. 



Iiar^e 2)^-in. stove. Doz 



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Little Wonder tweistlit 10 ounces)... 2-in. stove. Doz. 



Honey-Knife Doz. 



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

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Mr. Bingham. Dear Sir:— Please send per mail a 4-inch Smoke Engine. 1 have 

 one of yciur Smokers; it is too small in lime ot trouble. 



February 21, 1898. A. F. Seward. Riverside, Calif. 



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The Bee-Keeper' s Guide 



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