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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



}lovember 3 



in sbippinp; than the common sections. 

 They are much more easily manipulated. 



I have IB colonies, very strong (and from 

 40 to 50 pounds o( honey in each hive.) all 

 packt away on the summer stands for 

 vp'inter. i R. B. Woodward, M. D. 



Perry Co., Ohio, Oct. 20. 



About One-Third of a Crop. 



The early part of the past season was very 

 poor for bees — rainy and cool weather — and 

 bees starving just before white clover came 

 into bloom. Some of my colonies did not 

 recover in time to store any in the sections. 

 The strong colonies did very well, and my 

 average was about one-third of a crop of 

 fall honey. I sell all o£ my honey in the 

 home market. 



I could not get along without the bee- 

 papers. I often find one article worth the 

 year's subscription. James Ives. 



Burlington Co., N. J., Oct. 24. 



Bees Did Very Well. 



My bees did very well this year, as they 

 averaged 50 pounds a colony. 



D. B. Abbott. 

 Osage Co., Kan., Oct. 24. 



A Good Report. 



Last spring I had left 17 colonies, and in- 

 creast to 34. The honey crop in this part 

 of the country was very good. I got 1.000 

 pounds of extracted honey, making an av- 

 erage of nearly 00 pounds per colony, 

 spring count, which 1 sold in the home 

 market readily at 10 cents a pound. 1 

 think that is pretty good for a second 

 year's trial of selling Jioney. 



A neighbor of mine, who is an experi- 

 enced bee-keeper, started with 115 colonies 

 last spring, and at the close of the harvest 

 told me he harvested 10,000 pounds, which 

 he is also trying to dispose of in the home 

 market, at 10 cents a ponnd. Now if every 

 bee-keeper would try to do that, the large 

 city markets would not be crowded with 

 honey. C. H. Voigt. 



Kewaunee Co., Wis., Oct. 17. 



Poor Season for Bees. 



This has been a poor season for bees here. 

 Early in the season they laid by stores in 

 the brood-chamber; dry weather com- 

 menced in July, and has continued until 

 October. I started with 2S colonies, and 

 doubled the number during swarming sea- 

 son. The new swaruis did not all store 

 honey enough for winter, and most of them 

 will die unless fed. My neighbors have 

 fared no better. A. J. Gushing. 



Dunn Co., Wis., Oct. 12. 



Anti-Bee Space Again. 



Good for Doolittle and Aikin. When 

 they agreed in their discussion that the 

 movable frames in beehives ' are of no use 

 to the bees, and are of no use to the bee- 

 keeper who never lifts them out of the 

 hives," they hit the truth exactly. And I 

 esteem it as virtually saying the same thing 

 of the bee-space. I have admitted its con- 

 venience first, last, and all the time for the 

 bee-master in a warm climate where the 

 winters are mild, and the bees are kept in 

 cellars till warm weather comes again ; but 

 1 should consider that the large bee keepers 

 who count their colonies by tile hundred or 

 thousand, are of a number that would 

 make a very small percentage of the vast 

 army who leave their bees on the summer 

 stands through the severe season. And 

 why should we labor, and indulge in ill 

 humors to keep the multitude in ignorance 

 of what would be better for them, because 

 a few others have a right to prefer a more 

 costly convenience ? That invective fellow 

 who said that Mr. Chrysostom "could 

 hardly be worthy of much notice " because 

 he praised the antibee-space hive should be 

 informed by some cool-headed friend that 

 resorting to insult never gives weight to 

 argument with the sensible reader. The 

 box-hive, and the frames with close-fitting 



Sweet i Clover 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order- 



5ft> 101b 25B) 50a> 



Sweet Clover 60 11.00 J2.23 14.00 



AlslkeClover TO 1.23 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 53 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



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Goods at Root's Prices, 

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ind every thing used by 

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ends in tbe eonimon-sense hive (from which 

 Mr. Chrysostom says he copied) both con- 

 tain the snug principle of tbe hollow treis, 

 where the All-wise God made the bees to 

 live; and while we may modify and im- 

 prove the receptacle, we can never do so 

 safely by eliminating the principle of com- 

 pactness in a cold climate. 



If Mr, Chrysostom has workt wonders 

 the past season with the common-sense 

 principle, which he honors, while the world 

 at large reports failure with the bees, is he 

 not worthy of a respectful hearing ? and 

 the principle worthy of a fair investiga- 

 tion ? "A word to tbe wise is sutBcient. " 

 "Common-Sense Bee-Keeping." 



Pennsylvania. 



Testing: Honey — Apis Borsata, Etc. 



Mr. H. L. Miller askt if there is any way 

 of testing honey to know if there is glucose- 

 in it? Well, my friend Vitzgall says there- 

 is a way. f ut one tablespoonful of honey 

 and three tablespoonfuls of alcohol in a 

 glass, and shake it well. After awhile all 

 will be dissolved, if it is pure honey; coni- 

 fern honey shows something not dissolved, 

 but honey adulterated with glucose shows 

 a muddy, whitish sediment. Now please 

 try and report. 



I notice that Secretary Wilson expects to 

 make an effort to introduce tbe giant East 

 Indian honey-bee — Apis dorsata — from the 

 Philippines to gather all the sweet juices in 

 our red clover field. These bees are said to 

 build combs five or six feet long (wired?) 

 and four feet wide. Our standard is i% 

 inches. Manufacturers of bee keepers' sup- 

 plies may be a little puzzled about a handy 

 Ul-frame hive with such dorsata dimen- 

 sions ; but tbe bees are not here yet. 



We ought to have tbe red clover with or 

 without Apis dorsata. Let me suggest 

 how without: Pastor Weygandt discov- 

 ered that a strong queen can be secured by 

 taking out tbe larv* from a queen-cell and 

 putting in a larvse from a worker-bee a few 

 days yijHuijer. An older larvjf would give 

 a weaker or feebler queen; a younger one 

 will improve tbe whole development, and 

 should also improve tbe tongue. I would 

 like to see Mr. Doolittle report on this ques- 

 tion. Queen-rearing for red clover honey 

 would mean an increast quantity, it not a 

 better quality of honey. The finest honey 

 is imported from Greece; it is honey gath- 

 from roses. Why can we not have those 

 roses here ? Let somebody go for Apis dor- 

 sata and somebody else for roses. About 

 sweetness and aroma there is nothing like 

 "Rodomel;" it is the finest honey in the 

 old part of our globe, and tbe new should 

 have it. J. Volkert. 



Chesterfield Co., Va. 



Colorado.— Tbe rolorado State Bee Keep- 

 ers' Association will bold their annual con- 

 vention Nov. 30 and Dec. I and 3, 1898, in the 

 State Capitol Building. Denver. The Horti- 

 culturists meet Nov. 28. 29 and 30. our first 

 day beinK their last. This arrangement will 

 give members of both a chance to attend tbe 

 other's meeting and discuss common in- 

 terests. R. ''. Aikin, Pres., Loveland, Col. 



F. Kauchfuss, Sec, EI5 ria. Col. 



Ontario.— The annual meeting of the On- 

 tario Bee-Keepers' Association will he held- 

 In Guelph. Dec. 6, 7 and 8, 1898. uwlng to 

 the Guelph Fat Stock bbow, the Gueiph Poul- 

 try and Pet Stock Show, and the Experimen- 

 tal Union meeliug on the same dates, there 

 will be a large meeting of bee keepers, and 

 each association will be a help to the other, as 

 many are Inierpsted in all the different meet- 

 ings. All are cordially invited to attend the- 

 meetlrgs. W. ConSK. Sec, 



StreetsTlUo. Ont. 



Illinois,— Tbe Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will bold its 8tb annual meeting 

 at the State House in Springfield, Nov. 16 and 

 17, 1898. We will have tbe advantage of one 

 lure and a third for the round trip— open rate 

 — along with the Odd Fellows, whose meeting 

 Is the third Tuesday of November. Our Asso- 

 ciation has been petitioned by tbe Northern 

 Illinois Bee- Keepers' Association to take the 

 proper steps to secuie the same foul brood 

 law for our State as that of Wisconsin. Excel- 

 lent board is secured at26 cents per meal and 

 lodgings just as reasonable. The one dollap- 

 for membership lee also entitles you to the. 

 American Bee Journal forone year. 



Bradtordton, 111, JAS. A. Stome, Sec. 



