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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dec. 14, 1899. 



mostly white clover — 3.000 pounds of comb 

 and the balance extracted. The demand 

 has been good, and so the honey is mostly 

 sold. I have .5.5 colonie,^ in good condition 

 on the summer stands. I have lost only 

 two colonies in nine years in wintering. 



I want to thank you for the American 

 Bee Journal. May it live long to do 



good. H. C. MiDDLETON. 



Dekalb Co., Mo., Nov. 32. 



Another Poop Honey-Year. 



This has been another poor year with the 

 bee-keepers in this part of the State, as 

 bees have not accumulated enough to eat 

 since June 3. and the loss in queens has 

 been quite heavy. I lost 17 in swarming- 

 time, and bought only 7. I have 42 colo- 

 nies, and bought one barrel of sugar 

 weighing 370 pounds, paying $19.73, and in 

 10 days three-fourths was carried into the 

 brood chambers. J. H. Allen. 



Nansemond Co., Va., Nov. 29. 



A Good Year for^Bees. 



This was a very good year for bees here. 

 I had 33 colonies, spring count, increast to 

 CO colonies, and got I.UOU pounds of comb 

 honey and 3.000 pounds of extracted. I 

 so'd all or my honey in the home market — 

 comb at 10 and V2K{ cents per pound, and 

 extracted. 9 and 10 cents. I will send a 

 photograph of my apple-orchard apiary of 

 60 colonies, showing about two-thirds of 

 the colonies. Johm N. Michael. 



Caldwell Co., Mo., Dec. 1. 



[Mr. Michael has a very nice apiary, but 

 the photograph was not clear enough to 

 make a good engraving,;else we would re- 

 produce it. — Editor.] 



Poor Year Bute Fair Crop. 



This year has been poor for honey. Some 

 of the bee-keepers got none, but I got 700 

 pounds of nice comb honey from 15 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and 5 prime swarms, by 

 what I learned from the Bee Journal. 



C~_lli [O. F. Arnold. 



Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 4. 



The Bee Journal Suits Him. 



I am more than pleased with the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. I cannot do without it, 

 and I can't see how any other bee-keeper 

 can deny himself so much good bee-reading 

 and valuable information, when it is so 



cheap — only one dollar. I have 300 colo- 

 nies of bees. The American Bee Journal is 

 my teacher, and the main cause of my suc- 

 cess in bee-keeping. Isaac Hays. 

 Yakima Co., Wash., Nov. 39. 



Has Been Successful. 



I have been a bee-keeper for 10 years, 

 starting with two colonies of bees, and now 

 I have 55. I have had splendid success. 

 Wm. Decker. 



Nodaway Co.. Mo., Nov. 36. 



Too Much Rain for Bees. 



I have received but little honey from my 

 bees this year— about 1,000 pounds from 109 

 colonies, and stores enough for winter. We 

 have had too much rain nearly all spring, 

 summer and fall. T. H. Waale. 



Clarke Co., Wash., Nov. 39. 



Bees Hardly Paid this Year. 



Bees have hardly paid this year. I have 

 handled bees for the last 30 years, but this 

 has been the poorest year for honey I ever 

 had. I handled this year about 100 colo- 

 nies of bees, and got about 3,000 pounds of 

 extracted and about 500 of comb honey. I 

 had only four new swarms this year. My 

 bees are all packt for winter, and have 

 plenty of honey to winter on, altbo they 

 are very light in bees, not having bred up 

 in the fall. W. W. Taylor. 



Ottawa Co., Ohio, Dec. 4. 



His Bees Did Fairly Well. 



We are having Florida weather now, and 

 the bees are enjoying it. Yesterday they 

 carried pollen. My bees are in good shape 

 for winter. I have them on the summer 

 stands. We had a short honey harvest last 

 summer, altho I did fairly well. I got 1,000 

 pounds of comb honey and over 600 pounds 

 of extracted, from 43 colonies, and have it 

 all sold at 15 and 16 cents per pound, in 

 Washington, D. C. L. A. Hammond. 



Washington Co., Md., Dec. 4. 



The Des Moines Incubator Co. — .\s an evi- 

 dence of the universal interest taken iu artificial 

 incubation, and the confidence which the whole 

 world places in American-made incubators, we 

 refer to an order recently received by the Des 

 Moines Incubator Co., of Des Moines, Iowa, 

 thru their New York agents, for a shipment of 

 14 machines to f;ro to parties in Sydney, Aus- 

 tralia. Better send to them for their attractive 

 catalog, and see the ^'■ood thingrs they have to 

 offer. Always mention the American Bee Jour- 

 nal when writing, please. 



The Hawkeye incubator Co., of Newton, Iowa, 

 is one of the younger concerns, full of vim and 

 enterprise, manufacturing incubators. They 

 make very broad claims for their None Better 

 Incubator, claims which we believe the ma- 

 chine and the company can make gocd. They 

 are making a special claim for simplicity and 

 durability — points which every purchaser will 

 readily appreciate. They send their catalog 

 free. Write them for it, and say you saw their 

 advertisement in the American Bee Journal. 



Illinois. — The executive committee of the Illi- 

 nois State Bee-Keepers' Association have 

 changed the date of the ninth annual meeting 

 to Dec. 26 and 2", 1819. It is understood that all 

 the railroads will make half rates during the 

 holidays. The State Horticultural Society and 

 the State Teachers' Institute hold their annual 

 meetings at the same time, and all at the State 

 House, so that it will be a great inducement for 

 a good attendance. We e.xpect to have a fine 

 program for the occasion, and a good time, as 

 bee-keepers always do when they get together. 

 Come, ever.vbody! 



Latek. — Since the insertion of the previous 

 notice the railroads, thru the Western Passen- 

 ger Association, have refused to make a single 

 fare rate for the round trip, but made the rate 

 of one fare and a third for the round trip. If 

 any one when purchasing a ticket is refused the 

 one-third rate for the round trip, he must de- 

 mand a certificate showing that he paid full 

 fare coming, and together with the Horticul- 

 tural Society we expect to have much more than 

 100 in attendance, and thereby get the above- 

 named rate. 



Bradfordton, 111. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Michigan.— The annual meeting of the Mich- 

 igan State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Thompsonville, Benzie Co., Jan. 1 and 2, 

 1900. There will be reduced rates on all rail- 

 roads, and a special rate has been secured at all 

 the hotels there at 75 cents per day. There will 

 be an e.xhibition of the famous willow-herb 

 honey, also of all the leading supplies used in 

 the apiary, and latest improved implements. 

 At least two, and perhaps three, of the A. I. Root 

 family will be present, and other noted men. 

 Everything indicates the largest meeting held 

 in years. The subjects discust will be those 

 nearest the heart of the bee-keeper, so come pre- 

 pared to give your views, in exchange for the 

 views of others. It will more than repay you 

 for all the time and expense to attend. 



Fremont, Mich. Geo. E. Hilton, Pres. 



New York.— The 34th semi-annual meeting of 

 the Seneca County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in K. O. T. M. Hall, at Romulus, 

 N. Y., on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1899, at 10 o'clock 

 a.m. Among the subjects and those to discuss 

 them are these: " Comb vs. Extracted Honey 

 for Profit," J. C. Howard, followed bv H. L. 

 Lyke. " Why I Quit the Bee-Business," B. D.. 

 Scott, Fred S. Emeus, J. F. Hunt and Natt 

 Sutton. Prospecls for next season, H.McLallan. 



Frank Benton, of Washington, D.C., .Assistant 

 Entomologist U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 will be present and address the meeting at this, 

 time, and take part in the discussions. 



Romulus, N. Y. C. B. Howard, Sec. 



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