1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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flow from goldenrod and asters. We have 

 had flue weather, altho it has been pretty 

 dry. We have had no killing frosts yet, 

 and the bees are well supplied with winter 

 stores. The farmers around here are talk- 

 ing of spraying their apple trees when in 

 blossom next spring, and if they do I am 

 afraid it will be good-bye bees. 



C. H. Field. 

 Cumberland Co., Maine, Oct. 4. 



Getting Started with Bees. 



We have had our bees a little over a 

 year. In July, 1S97, a swarm of bees came 

 to us, and we cared for them. Last May 

 they swarmed three times. During the 

 past summer another swarm came to us. 

 They are doing well. My husband bought 

 six colonies, so now we have 10. 



We live in the woods, and they seem to 

 like it here. Mrs. Lorina F. Calkins. 



Martin Co., Minn., Oct. 5. 



Bees Did Reasonably Well. 



We have 1.3 colonies of Italian bees, and 

 they did fairly well the past season. The 

 honey-flow was not so good here this year 

 as it has been in former years. We do not 

 let our bees swarm ; if we want increase 

 we divide them. We sell all our honey in 

 the home market. Mart J. Heights. 



Beuna Vista Co., Iowa. 



A Rising Honey Specialist. 



I left Chicago over two years ago to seek 

 my fortune as a specialist. I am very 

 happy to be able to say that, so far, I do 

 not regret my venture. From .'ill colonies I 

 have taken three tons of honey, as nearly 

 as I can estimate it. I am working for a 

 moderate increase. I increast from 40 to 60. 

 It my hopes are realized, some day I shall 

 number my colonies by the hundred. I 

 started with 33 when I first came here, 

 bringing them with me. I took only three 

 barrels of extracted this season (and it is 

 fast disappearing), the balance being comb 

 honey. I shipt part of my comb honey to a 

 distant city and a good portion of it was 

 damaged in transit, and the comb was well 

 attacht to all sides of the section, too. 



Well, I have finally sold enough around 

 here to pay for a horse and market wagon, 

 and soon I shall start out to sell the balance 

 of my crop. I know my extracted honey 

 will soon be exhausted. I have been selling 

 buckwheat extracted at 5 cents a pound, 

 white clover at 8 cents, and basswood at 10 

 cents. The reason I charge more for bass- 

 wood is because I got only about 70 pounds 

 of it. It was only black bees that workt on 

 basswood here, and as I keep mostly Ital- 

 ians, my crop was mostly from clover. 

 Isn't it strange that my Italians should con- 

 tinue to work upon clover after basswood 

 opens, while the black bees leave clover and 

 go for basswood ? The above prices were 

 for quantities of three pounds and over. As 

 soon as I get away with my horse I shall 

 ask 10 cents for clover extracted and 6 cents 

 for buckwheat. 



I have come to be known for miles around 

 as " Honey Brown," and many are the 

 stories I hear about how "Honey Brown " 

 must adulterate his honey and feed his 

 bees, "for why should he get so much 



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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, lU. 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



"Wisconsin, 



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

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