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Jan. 12, 1899. 



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they are lighter in weight. They were not 

 filled as well as they should be, for on an 

 average they weighed about 12 ounces per 

 section. I dare say the plain section will 

 take the lead in ISfl'J, altho this was a very 

 poor year to test them, on account of the 

 poor honey crop. W. H. Helm. 



Lycoming Co., Pa., Dec. 13. 



Report fop 1898. 



I value the American Bee Journal very 

 highly. I started in the spring of 1S98 with 

 six colonies of bees, increast to 10 and sold 

 $32 worth of honey. If you would call that 

 good luck, then I owe it all to the instruc- 

 tions 1 receive through the American Bee 

 Journal. Arnold S. Reeves. 



Cheboygan Co., Mich., Dec. 15. 



Honey-Dew for Winter Stores. 



The past season was practically a fail- 

 ure here. I got about 140 pounds of buck- 



wheat honey. There was a great deal of 

 honey-dew in this part of the country, and 

 I think, generally speaking, that there was 

 more or less of it left in the winter stores. 

 and I will predict a great mortality among 

 the bees in this section. I was very carefi'l 

 to see that there was none of it left in 

 mine. My bees had their hives full of good 

 buckwheat honey, and never went into 

 winter quarters in better condition. 

 Venango Co., Pa., Dec. 15. Ed Jolley. 



Quite Cold Weatlier. 



Bees apparently up to date are doiug 

 well. The weather has been yuite cold, the 

 coldest morning registering six degrees be- 

 low zero. I think in this locality, and I 

 think I may say safely in the county, the 

 honey crop is all disposed of. We are look- 

 ing forward to and making preparations 

 for next year's harvest. 



The American Bee Journal comes regu- 

 larly on each Thursday evening, and a wel- 



come guest it is. It is like an old and tried 

 friend, and I can tie to it. Long may it 

 live to bless and gladden the hearts of those 

 who take it and contribute to its pages. 

 Clark Co., Wis., Dec. 15. L. Allen. 



A Section Scraper, Etc. 



My report for 1808 is the smallest I have 

 had since I commenced keeping bees, six 

 years ago : but it is not bad in comparison 

 with my neighbor bee-keepers. 



I had 40 colonies, spring count, and 1,801 

 full sections, making an average of 41 sec- 

 tions to the colony. 



There has been a great deal said of late 

 ibout 8 section-cleaner made of an old sew- 

 ing machine and sandpaper or emery 

 wheel. I have an instrument made out of 

 Bisection of an old mowing machine. It is 

 t ne greatest labor-saving tool there is in 

 tie business. When I take off a surplus 

 else of honey, before I take out a wedge, 

 while everything is tight and solid. I scrape 



