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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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BEES, HONEY, MONEY 



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This Eniersou stlff-cloth-board Binder 

 for the American Bee Journal we mall for 60 

 cents; or will send It with the Journal for one 

 year — both for $1.50. It is a very fine 

 thing to pi'eserve the copies of the Bee Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 the "Emerson," no further bluding is neces- 

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118 Michigan Street, 



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CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Has No Sag in Brood-Frame* 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



flas So Fisbbooe in Ibe Sarplos Hooej, 



aetnK ibe oleanost 1b nsnally workec 

 tbe qalokeet of any Foondatlon made 



J. A. VAN DEIJSEN, 



Sole MaDuraotnrer, 

 Bprout Brook MoniKomery Co.. N. T. 



The A. 1. R.iot Co.'s Goods ^^H^e'tllT."" 



Including their discounts for Goods wanted 



tor use another season. It will pay you to 



send mo list of Goods wanted. M. H, HliNT 



Cabh for Beeswaz. Bell Branch. Mich. 



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Member of Waterleaf Family. 



I send aplant that I may,learn the name 

 thereof. It is tbe first or among the first 

 things in bloom in this section, and bees 

 seem very fond of it, remaining with it 

 throughout the day. It grows along 

 marshy lands, and along the foothills near 

 them. Bees build up rapidly in early spring 

 when located near it. so it must secrete 

 nectar profusely. W. I. Copeland, M. D. 



Polk Co., Tenn., Nov. 3. 



[The plant belongs to the order, Hyriro- 

 pbyllaceEe, or waterleaf family; species, 

 Phacelia purchii. Its limits are Pennsylva- 

 nia west to the Mississippi river, and south 

 to Alabama. The flowering season is April 

 to June. The order to which it belongs is 

 small, but has markt nectariferous proper- 

 ties, as some of the species (not this one) 

 are provided with nectariferous grooves to 

 facilitate the extraction of the juice by the 

 bee. — Editor]. 



The Langstroth Monument Fund. 



Editor Yoek: — I send two dollars, one 

 of which is to renew my allegiance to the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union, and the 

 other to go into the fund for the erection of 

 a monument to Mr. Langstroth. 



It seems a little singular that after the 

 great benefit that has accrued to the bee- 

 keepers of this country through the inge- 

 nuity and perseverance of Mr. Langstroth, 

 there should be so much apathy displayed 

 by them in regard to this matter, and I am 

 inclined to the belief that there are many 

 hundreds of them, who, like myself, have 

 been a little careless or negligent about it, 

 but who. ever since the subject was first 

 brought to their notice, have been intend- 

 ing to contribute their mite. There is an 

 old saying, that what can be done at any 

 time never gets done, but I hope there will 

 be exceptions enough to this rule to provide 

 a sufficient sum to erect a suitable monu- 

 ment to the memory of bim who did so 

 much for the bee-keepers of this country. 

 David Hall. 



Wyoming Co., N. Y., Nov. 3. 



Bather Discouraging Report. 



Last tall I put 14 colonies of bees into the 

 cellar, and with three swarms this summer 

 made 17. Before taking out of the cellar, 

 three colonies starved; two of the new 

 swarms arose and bade me good-bye, think- 

 ing they could find a better country. Two 

 colonies the moths took possession of, and 

 the rest were robbed of honey, bees, and 

 all by stronger colonies; and I now have 

 four colonies left, three being good for the 

 winter, and one must be fed to winter at 

 all. You may lay some of it to me. but, as 

 tbe boy said, "lam not guilty of it all." 

 I took 60 pounds of honey, and the bees had 

 the rest. There will be less bees in Min- 

 nesota next spring than there are now. My 

 bees are blacks. The Italians get honey 

 from red clover, and the blacks cannot. 

 J, V. B. Herkick. 



Hennepin Co., Minn.. Nov. 15. 



A Very Dry Spell. 



We are having a very dry spell, no rain 

 having fallen for quite a while, and north 

 winds have about dried up all the moisture 

 there was in the ground. We had early 

 rains and for a time everything lookt 

 favorable for a fine season. The new grass 

 soon grew sufficiently for tbe hills to be 

 again deckt in verdure; but they are now 

 almost as brown as they would be in July 

 or August, when California is a dry coun- 

 try indeed. This is the time for seasonable 

 rains; farmers and others rush their plow- 

 ing at this season. Where grain has been 

 sown and started it is getting a bad set- 



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- 

 SB) 10a> 258) 50n> 



SweetClover 60 11.00 12.25 «4.00 



AlslkeClover 70 1.23 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



AlfalfaOlover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 56 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, 

 wanted by freight. 



Vour orders are solicited. 



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