,S98. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



717 



The Bee-Keeper' s Guide 



This 15th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 magnificent book of 460 pages, In neat and 

 substantial cloth binding, we propose to give 

 away to our present subscribers, tor the work 

 of getting NEW subscribers for the American 

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A description of the book here is quite un- 

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Given For 3 New Subscribers. 



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Send us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

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 um. Prof. Cook's book alone sent for tl.'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 ' 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, 111. 



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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, 

 and Is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and 'wllitest 

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 nirhliiau Street, CHICAGO, ILl. 



See Honey Offer on page 714. 



of seven colonies, 1.400 pounds of comb 

 honey, and 300 pounds of extracted, 



In the spring of 1898 I rented .31 colonies 

 of bees for the half, and moved them a half 

 mile. In April seven colonies died, so we 

 had only 24 left — the same as last year. We 

 have taken from the hives about 1,000 

 pounds of honey this year, mostly comb, 

 and have .% colonies in good condition for 

 winter. 



I use nothing but the lOframe chaff hive, 

 and think these are good, as I winter my 

 bees on the summer stands. 



I lost four queens in July, so I purchast 

 Italians to replace them, and then thinking 

 my bees were " running out." I bought in 

 all 1.5 Italian queens, which I introduced, 

 and I am very much pleased with them. 



We get 20 cents a pound for comb honey, 

 or .'$1.00 for six pounds. It sells as well as 

 other farm produce. S. D. Bardin. 



Berkshire Co., Mass., Oct. 31. 



Worst Year of All. 



I started with 2.5 colonies last spring, and 

 bought .'?4(l worth of hives and fixtures, and 

 got about 100 pounds of comb honey this 

 season, which is dark and not fit to put on 

 the market, I have kept bees a good many 

 years, and this is the worst year of all. I 

 will take good care of my bees this winter, 

 and will not let them starve. I hope they 

 will pay next year. F. McBride. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, Oct. 31. 



Dark Honey Crop. 



We had a good crop of dark honey this 

 year, but no white honey. The linden 

 bloomed full but secreted no nectar. Bees 

 are in good condition for winter. I have 

 83 colonies, and will winter them on the 

 summer stands. There is not much risk to 

 run here in wintering bees, if they have 

 plenty of stores. I never saw so mucli 

 honey-dew as there was here the past sum- 

 mer, and the bees gathered lots of it; it was 

 pleasant to taste, and thick, but dark. 



A .1. MrBRinE. 



Watauga Co., N. C, Oct, '24. 



A ftueen-Breeder's Reply. 



Being one of the American Bee Journal's 

 advertisers. I hope it will allow me space to 

 make some remarks concerning a commutii- 

 cation from J. Hambly, beginning on page 

 G3fi, It is not with the intention of getting 

 free advertising, for it is not worth much 

 at this season of the year, and will be for- 

 gotten ere the next season opens, but in 

 justice to myself, as every reader who 

 noticed ray advertisement could say, as did 

 Mr, Henry Swarting, Jr., of New York, in 

 a communication sent as soon as Mr, Ham- 

 bly's letter appeared: ''It looks to me as 

 if he sent that job at you." 



During my whole experience in selling 

 queens I have had to contend with only a 

 few of the pessimistic class, and I guess 

 every queen-breeder occasionally gets an 

 order that brings forth a smile, and enables 

 liim to read the man as well as the order. 

 The majority leave it to one's honor in fill- 

 ing their ctrders, knowing that tbe success 

 of tbe breeder depends upon his sending out 

 what is advertised ; while others will try to 

 secure a special selection by stating that 

 they have ordered snmple queens from a 

 certain number of noted breeders and will 

 patronize tbe one sending the best. No one 

 expects to hear from such a per.son again, 

 unless it is in the shape of a complaint. 



Like Mr. Hambly, some will ask before 

 ordering, whether one's queens are reared 

 to sell or for business, and invariably get 

 the reply, 'for both." 



For the close observer, Mr. Hambly tells 

 too much in his letter of complaint. He 

 says: 



"A cold spell came in April, and they 

 dwindled considerably, and six lost their 

 queens..., I sent to five different States 

 this season for queens, and was deceived in 

 nearly every one , . , , I got good queens from 

 some breeders," 



Mr. Hambly should have said, in justice 



