1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Bees Did Well— Bitter Honey. 



I cannot get along very well without the 

 " old reliable" American Bee Journal, and 

 I think all bee-keepers should join the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union ; it is 

 for our good, and all others concerned. 



Bees did very well the past season, but 

 our fall honey is so bitter that no one can 

 eat it. It has a very sickening taste. It 

 will be good to feed the bees to start breed- 

 ing in early spring. Robt. Williamson. 



Choctaw Nation, Ind. T., Dec. 5. 



Very Good Season. 



The past season was a very good one in 

 this locality. I started last spring with 4.5 

 colonies, increast 10, and took off 2,300 

 pounds of surplus honey. I think I could 

 have done better, but I had other work to 

 do, and had to neglect the bees somewhat. 

 This was my first season's work among the 

 bees. I can't get along without the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. J. L. Haight. 



Delaware Co., N. Y., Dec. 5. 



An Octogenarian's Keport. 



Altho SO years old this month, I still keep 

 a few colonies of bees, not so much for 

 profit as for pleasure. I have about a 

 dozen colonies, but my sight is so defective 

 that I cannot give them the attention they 

 require— too nearly blind to pick out a 

 queen — but I manage always to get some 

 honey. 



This cannot be called a honey country ; 

 we have a great abundance of white clover, 

 but it does not afford much nectar in many 

 seasons. I sowed sorfie sweet clover seed, 

 and I think it will prove a great boon to 

 bee-keepers here. In my garden it is still 

 in bloom. 



I very much enjoy looking over the Bee 

 Journal, and would want it if I kept no 

 bees. Last season my bees had a perfect 

 mania for swarming. Some colonies 

 swarmed four times, and one prime swarm 

 sent out four. Finally I got tired, and 

 dumpt two or three into the same hive, and 

 let them .settle the matter for themselves. 

 They were satisfied, and seemed to do well. 

 Is this mode of procedure common ? I will 

 try to prevent so much swarming in the 

 future. N. Ostrander, M. D. 



Thurston Co., Wash., Dec. 2. 



Poor Honey Season. 



It was a poor honey season here this year 

 — only about one-fourth as much honey as 

 last year, and not much increase in swarms. 

 I put 45 colonies into winter quarters — 29 in 

 a shed open to the south, packt in straw, 

 with Hill's device and two supers packt 

 with cushions, etc. ; 18 colonies in the cel- 

 lar, and two on the summer stands, one of 

 which is in a chaff hive, and one in a large 

 hollow log. Some will need feeding in the 

 spring. 



X like the American Bee Journal. 



Noah Miller. 



Johnson Co., Iowa, Dec. 6. 



Bees in Fair Condition. 



I commenced the season of 1S98 with IG 

 colonies, and did not get a new swarm, but 

 took off some COO pounds of comb honey. 

 I have just purchast ,50 colonies more, and 

 got them home and in winter quarters, so I 

 have, all told, 00 colonies. They are mostly 

 in Simplicity and Langstroth hives; some 

 are in chaft' hives. It was a very poor 

 swarming season in this (Erie) county ; 

 still the hives are well filled for winter. 



I am an old soldier, and used to keep bees 

 before and just after the Civil War, but for 

 the last 25 or 30 years I have not had any,' 



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And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

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 cash with order- 



5ft 10ft 25to 601b 



Sweet Clover 60 11.00 »3.25 14.00 



AlslkeClover 70 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover 80 1.40 3.00 5.00 



AlfalfaOlover 80 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3,60 



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