Jan. S, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



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Conqueror 3-in. etove. Doz. 



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case that were filled, and the outside just 

 as well finisht as the inside. We had a sep- 

 arator outside of the last row of sections — 

 before we put in the spacing board — and 

 thought that was why they filled so well to 

 the outside. Even tho some of the cases 

 had but few sections of honey in them, 

 they were filled out to the wood better 

 than we ever had the open sections filled. 



And as to the trouble with the plain sec- 

 tions shipping well, there is no question but 

 that they are far ahead of the others, for 

 the reason that the honey is so firmly 

 united to the wood that it would be a hard 

 matter to break it; and the face of the 

 honey, we have seen no instance in which 

 it protruded even with the wood. 



Another thing, they are so easily cleaned. 

 Jas. a. Stone & Son. 



Sangamon Co., 111., Dec. 8. 



Bees Did Nicely. 



My bees did nicely during last summer. I 

 have IS colonies now, and they went into 

 winter quarters with plenty of stores, so if 

 none of them die during the long winter, 

 through some unforseen cause, I will have 

 a splendid start next spring. 



I am very fond of the American Bee 

 Journal, which comes regularly every week 

 during the year. My wife also likes it very 

 much. Arnold Gerlach. 



Shawano Co., Wis., Dec. 12. 



A Poor Season. 



The past season was poor here ; I got 300 

 pounds of surplus honey from ^2 colonies. 

 A man 30 miles west got l',500 pounds from 

 80 colonies; another near me got three 

 pounds from 50 colonies. C. E. Morris. 



Carroll Co., Iowa, Dec. 12. 



Bees Did Well. 



I think my bees did well. I started last 

 spring with 16 colonies, and now have 51, 

 and got SOO pounds of section honey. The 

 bees are all on the summer stands, well 

 packt in chaff hives, with plenty of honey. 

 Rot H. Moored. 



Osceola Co., Mich., Dec. 7. 



Not a Good Season. 



The past season was not a very good one 

 for honey in this locality, but my bees are 

 in good condition for winter. 



John S. Dowdy. 



Logan Co., 111., Dec. 9. 



A Three-Yeap-Old's Report. 



The American Bee Journal is indispensa- 

 ble to me. It has proven a sure guide, with 

 what little common-sense I could mix in 

 with it. It is my only text-book; when I 

 want to know anything concerning 

 my bees, I take the last year's numbers, 

 turn to the index, and soon find what I 

 want to know. 



I started in three years ago, a green-horn, 

 with two colonies. The first year I got .50 

 pounds of comb honey from one colony; 

 lost one queen in swarming, by two swarms 

 settling together, consequently I did not 

 get any honey from the queenless one. I 

 increast to four colonies. 



The next year (1S97) was a total failure, 

 and everybody had to feed for winter 

 stores. 



Last spring I started with 6 good swarms, 

 got 300 pounds of comb honey in one-pound 

 boxes, and .300 pounds of fine extracted, be- 

 sides increasing to 15 good colonies, after 

 doubling up for winter. 



My bees are all pure Italian. I requeened 

 all my own, and sold a few queens. My 

 queens are all purely mated. From one 

 colony I took 100 pounds of well-filled comb 

 honey, and from another 150 pounds of fine 

 extracted honey. The hives were so full of 

 honey when preparing for winter, that I 

 took out from one to two full frames, and 

 will save them tor spring use. 



It was so dry the latter part of the past 

 season that I did not have any fall flow. 



I sold my honey from house to house at 



