Mar. 16, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



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tracted, and 43.2 tons of aoinb honey from 

 440 colonies; and lots of other bee-keepers 

 did better than I did. And 1S9S was not 

 nearly so good as 1896, and a little better 

 than 1897. R. H. Fkat. 



Tulare Co., Calif., Feb. .5. 



"California White Clover Honey!" 



Some grocery stores in this city are sell- 

 ing extracted honey put up at Chicago in 

 one-pound glass jars. It is all liquid with a 

 small piece of comb honey floating in it, 

 and is labeled "California White Clover 

 Honey. Franklin McVeagh, Chicago." It 

 is retailed at 10 cents per Jar. Is there 

 such a thing as California white clover 

 honey ? I had some curiosity to taste it, 

 but did not like to buy any of it. 



Jos. M. Niemann. 



Jackson Co., Iowa, Feb. IS. 



[Yes, Mr. Niemann, we got a sample of 

 the same stuff you refer to, here in Chi- 

 cago. It is a most villainous liquid. Of 

 course it never saw California, but was put 

 up by the firm named. What a pity that 

 those who put up such vile stuff, and palm 

 it off as honey, can't be put where they 

 can't defraud honest people. It is simply a 

 form of robbery, and often carried on by 

 people that would feel terribly insulted it 

 they were called common thieves, which 

 they really are. All the difference between 

 them and those that often are sent to the 

 penitentiary is, that the former are often 

 millionaires, and the others are poor fel- 

 lows. — Editor. 1 



Bees in No. 1 Shape. 



I presume all the readers of the Bee Jour- 

 nal will be glad that our little smoker api- 

 ary of 144 colonies showed up on Feb. 21 all 

 right, with no more dead on the bottom- 

 boards than usual, while the mercury was 

 10 degrees lower than for three years past. 



My long, high entrances, all wide open, 

 tnabled me to clean the bottom-boards very 

 handily of dead bees. Much has been writ- 

 ten about wide entrances of late. All of 

 my bees are treated alike, all having '„- 

 inch high by 12 inches wide, wide open, en- 

 trances. The hives have shrunk in weight 

 since Nov. 10, an average of 11 pounds 

 each, and now have 18 pounds all sealed 

 honey, and no brood. They are dry. clean, 

 and in No. 1 shape. T. F. Bingham. 



Clare Co., Mich., Feb. 24. 



Bees Seem in Good Condition. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much indeed, and find much valuable in- 

 formation in its columns. Tho a sub.scriber 

 for little more than a year, I feel I could 

 not get along without it. 



I have 130 colonies of bees wintering on 

 the summer stands, and seemingly in good 

 condition. Btees had a good flight to-day. 

 I have this winter made 12.5 hives for use 

 next summer, so you see I have not been 

 idle. I have a nice 2i.i'-story honey-house 

 in which I can conveniently work in the 

 winter. Wm. J. Stewart. 



Utah Co., Utah, Feb. IS. 



Something to Aprest Fepmentation. 



On page S3, Cogitator savs that Mr. Hart 

 wants salicylic acid to put in his sour 

 honey. I do not think I do. It may be all 

 right for some embalming purposes, or in 

 some ointments, but. as Cogitator says, I 

 should hardly think it healthy as a diet. 



The honey was supposed to be ripe 

 enough to work with, but aside from that 

 feature it was all extracted within two 

 days, and put up in Mason jars, pints and 

 quarts. If unripeness is the matter, why 

 would not all the honey be affected the 

 same way '. Whereas nearly all of it is 

 nice, and only four or five quart jars show 

 a little fermentation, but not bad. 



The article I referred to said the recipe 



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