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THE AMERlCAi^ BEE JOURNAL. 



October 6, 



The Bee-Keeper' s Guide 



This I5th and latest edition of Prof. Cools's 

 magrnillcent book of 460 pages, in neat and 

 eubstantlal clotli binding, we propose to give 

 away to our present subscribers, for ttie work 

 of getting NEW subscribers for tlie American 

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A description of the book here la quite un- 

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 day. Fully illustrated, and all written In the 

 most fascinating style, The author is also 

 too weU-known to the whole bee-world to re- 



?uire any introduction. No bee-keeper is 

 ully equipped, or his library complete, with- 

 out" The Bee-Keeper's Guide," 



Olven For 2 New Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

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 to the two new subscribers— simply the Bee 

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Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

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 copy of Prof. Cook's book free as a premi- 

 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent forjl.35, 

 or we club it with the Bee Journal for a year 

 —both together for only 11.75. But surely 

 anybody can get only 2 new subscribers to 

 the Bee Journal for a year, and thus get the 

 boo AS a premium. Let everybody try for if 

 Will you have one ' 



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New London, 



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

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They have also one One of tbe Largest Factories and the latest 

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that there Is In the State, The material Is cut from'patterns, by machinery, 

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G. B. LEWIS CO., WATERTOWN, WIS. 



Special Agent for llic Southwest — . 



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See Honey Offer on page 634. 



threw it over me; then I went to killing; 

 those under cover, and when I got through 

 murdering bees you couldn't see my face 

 or bands for beestings. My flesh swelled 

 considerably, and I felt a little unpleasant 

 for a few days. 



I finisht unloading after the angry bees 

 had settled down a little, and got them all 

 in good shape. The next day I concluded I 

 wanted some honey, so wife and I, after 

 dinner, prepared to take it. Of course I 

 put on the bee-veil, and my wife had on an 

 old bonnet. You see. I knew the bees 

 couldn't hurt that old bonnet, and I knew 

 my face wasn't beeproof, for I had it tried 

 tbe day before, (I had a veil but didn't 

 think to put it on when I commenced to un- 

 load the bees.) 



Well, you ought to have seen us- march- 

 ing out to take our first honey. From the 

 first hive we got *27 sections, well filled and 

 capt over, and one partly filled ; from the 

 second hive *24 sections, well filled ; the 

 third hive 28 sections; the fourth hive, '24 ; 

 the fifth hive, no honey above; sixth hive, 

 28 sections; seventh, filled but not capt 

 ov«r. This last one we left on. 



This is more honey than we ever had 

 seen at one time. It is as nice and as white 

 or light as can be produced. I think my 

 experience as a bee-keeper has been very 

 pleasant so far — except the unloading, 

 which might have been a little cooler for 

 me, but I am not discouraged one bit. 



H. C. KUTKENDALL. 



Clark Co., 111., Sept. 26. 



Crop Better than Expected. 



The honey crop here is better than I 

 thought it would be. I have taken off, up 

 to date, about four tons of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey from TO colonies. 



Dan Clubb. 



Tulare Co., Calif., Sept. 19. 



Not Half a Crop of Honey. 



This county has shipt out over 30 carloads 

 of honey in one season, but this year we 

 won't have half a crop. My bees averaged 

 only 30 pounds per colony. The yellow 

 butterfly is taking the honey as fast as it is 

 secreted in the alfalfa, leaving only wild 

 flowers for the bees to feed and breed on. 



B. A. HODSELL. 



Maricopa Co., Ariz., Sept. 19. 



Report for Two Seasons. 



Last year my bees would do nothing but 

 swarm. I started with one colong, which 

 cast three swarms, without storing a pound 

 of surplus, and in about seven weeks the 

 first swarm cast one without working any, 

 leaving me pretty nearly disgusted with 

 bee-keeping. From the four colonies I got 

 IS pounds of comb honey, but this year, 

 with three colonies and not a single swarm, 

 I have harvested, up to date, 138 pounds of 

 comb honey, I attribute the difference to 

 two reasons: 1st, better management; 

 2nd, the fruit-bloom was all killed this sea- 

 son so the bees did not get started until 

 late in tbe season. The flow began sud- 

 denly after a rain, June '28. I have sold 40 

 pounds in town here (or 15 and 20 cents a 

 pound, and will keep the rest for home use. 



E. Bkasel. 



Creek Nation, Ind. T., Sept. 27. 



Bather Hard on ftueen-Breeders. 



I started with 17 colonies in the spring. 

 and all seemed to be in good condition 

 when I took them out of the cellar. A cold 

 spell came in April, and they dwindled con- 

 siderably and six lost their queens, but 

 they did fairly well after all. Considering 

 the dry summer we have had here, they 

 stored quite a lot of honey, but hardly any 

 swarmed. 



There is one thing practiced by a num- 

 ber of queen-breeders in the States that 

 bee-keepers should expose through the 

 American Bee Journal, and give their 

 names. That is, advertising something 

 wonderful, and then sending queens that 

 are entirely worthless. One man says he is 



