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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



New Preniiums for 1883. 



As the season for reading has now 

 arrived, we hope that each of our 

 subscribers will endeavor to send at 

 least one new subscriber for the 

 Weekly Bee Journal for 1883 and 

 thus not only help on the cause of 

 progressive bee-culture, but assist in 

 sustaining the only Weekly bee paper 

 in the world. 



Providence has smiled on the bee- 

 keepers during the past season, and as 

 a general thing they are abundantly 

 able to procure a good assortment of 

 bee-literature. 



In order to encourage every one who 

 keeps bees, be they few oj many colo- 

 nies, to thoroughly read the many 

 very interesting books on bee-culture, 

 now published, we have determined 

 to make liberal offers, which will be 

 available until January 1, 1883, as 

 follows : 



To any one sending us ifS for any 

 books they may select from our " Book 

 List," on the last page of this paper, 

 we will present the Weekly Bee 

 Journal for one year. 



To any one purchasing $4 worth of 

 books, selected from our " Book List," 

 on the last page of this paper, we will 

 present the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for six months or the Monthly for one 

 year. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1883, for the Weekly, 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy of 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with |(>, we 

 will send Cooks Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for the Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for 50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, with $8, we 

 will send Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for 100 colonies. 



For five subscribers, with $10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 200 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

 Root's A B C of Bee Culture, or an 

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year. 



To get any of the above premiums 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double the number of subscribers, and 

 the same amount of money. 



^" We will send Cook's Manual 

 in cloth, or an Apiary Register for 100 

 colonies, and Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, for $3.00 ; or with King's 

 Text-Book, in cloth, for $2.7.') ; or with* 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, $2.50. The 

 Monthly Bee Journal and either of 

 the above for one dollar less. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Strained ts. Extracted Honey. — The 



Cincinnati Gazette makes the follow- 

 ing comparative statement, showing 

 the difference between extracted and 

 strained honey : 



Before the invention of honey extrac- 

 tors, the so-called Cuban honey flooded 

 our markets. It was produced wild 

 in the trees of the West India Islands, 

 and with larva; in different stages of 

 development, and bee bread and other 

 impurities mashed into a promiscuous 

 mess, and thus shipped to New York 

 and Boston. Druggists then pretended 

 to cleanse and clarify it, but it was 

 not always done, and besides, it was 

 almost impossible to make it a pala- 

 table article, or fit for the use ot the 

 sick. Now {i much finer article is 

 used, even for manufacturing pur- 

 poses. • 



Bakers, tobacconists, meat curers, 

 druggists, compounders of liquors, 

 and other manufacturers, use honey 

 extensively, though they do not re- 

 quire for their purposes the choicest 

 of all brands, the white clover honey, 

 but instead the linden, buckwheat, or 

 poplar honey. 



The white clover honey is confined 

 to table use and medical purposes. 

 Jacob Vogel, pork packer in this city, 

 buys a barrel of honey every other 

 week from Mr. Muth for curing hams. 



Honey Production in Pennsylvania. 



—The Germantown, Pa., Telegraph 

 gives the following on honey-produc- 

 tion in Pennsylvania: 



Some tliirty or forty years ago there 

 was mnch more honey produced in 

 eastern Pennsylvania, and especially 

 in the counties contiguous to Phila- 

 delphia, than there is at the present 

 time, and we may ask why less atten- 

 tion is bestowed upon this really im- 

 portant branch of farm industry now, 

 than before. It cannot be on account 

 of the price obtained, for that is higher 

 now than we believe at any former 

 period. One person, who abandoned 

 the business, said that the bees gath- 

 ered les§ honey than forpaerly, in con- 

 sequence of tlie scarcity of clover 

 fields and other seeding resorts of the 

 bees ; but this can hardlj; be, as while 

 it is an undecided question that the 

 cultivation of clover has fallen off, the 

 increase of other bee pastures has 

 clearly taken place. Take for instance 

 the marked increase of flowers in the 

 garden of every farmer, as well as the 

 increase of vegetable crops, many of 

 which put forth immense quantities 

 of blooms. There are many of the 

 cultivated trees also that flower enor- 

 mously, and far more than make up 

 for all the other losses combined. We 

 rather think that the extra care that 

 bee culture requires, over any other 



business, to produce the same amount 

 of income, is the cause of its decline. 

 The honey culture, in fact, is a science, 

 and should inspire in those who pur- 

 sue it, a love for it outside of the 

 profit account, and in this case, the 

 enjoyment which it imparts, must be 

 considered as a part, and a very de- 

 sirable part, of the returns. 



The improved hives, which have 

 taken the place of the old, cumbrous 

 ones, that were so awkward in hand- 

 ling and failed to yield an equal sup- 

 ply of honey, when compared to these 

 remodeled ones, make the care of bee- 

 keeping much easier and pleasanter. 

 The small sections of honey make the 

 article much more salable than for- 

 merly, though they require careful 

 handling. Altogether, with due care 

 and a proper management of this 

 beautiful and interesting branch of 

 domestic industry, the apiary should 

 be found upon a dozen farms, where 

 it is now found only upon one. 



Systematic Labor will Win.— The 



Valparaiso, Ind., Vidette, of Oct. 26, 

 1882, contains the following notice of 

 a visit of its correspondent to the 

 apiary of Mr. T. S. Bull : 



Those who pay the closest attention 

 to their home interests, meet witli 

 surest success. System and sufficient 

 labor causes the poorest land in our 

 county to produce and amply repay all 

 pains. It was our pleasant opportunity 

 to call on an old resident, Mr. Theo- 

 dore S. Bull, not long since. Mr. Bull 

 showed us through his cellars, which 

 are arranged in separate apartments ; 

 one expressly for bees, accommodating 

 nearly 200 colonies, in such manner 

 that any temperature can be main- 

 tained. The next is a very large room> 

 arranged for milk and butter, with a 

 refrigerating cupboard where all kinds 

 of eatables can be kept in perfect con- 

 dition. Such a room as this is mucli 

 to the convenience of a house wife, 

 and the comfort of a family. The 

 next room was arranged for vegeta- 

 bles, easy of access and well ventilated. 

 These cellars are probably the best in 

 the country. 



\Ve were next conducted through 

 the bee house— consist ing of two apart- 

 ments—a work room and a store room. 

 Mr. Bull manufactures his hives, boxes 

 for lioney, rucks, and everything 

 needed in this line ; also comb founda- 

 tion to use in hives and boxes, thereby 

 saving much time and labor for his 

 bees. His honey extractor is a modern 

 invention, so that his bees can fill the 

 same comb several times. He then 

 invited us, if we were not afraid, into 

 his apiary, whicli was really a sight, 

 consisting of about one hundred and 

 eiglity colonies, wliich were the largest 

 and strongest we ever saw. He quietly 

 gave each a few puffs or smoke, and 

 then showed us the different queens 

 and explained their habits, handling 

 them as if they were flies. 



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