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tliem I have transferred for the par- 

 ties to get rid of ttie badly soiled 

 combs, the ceils of which were well 

 Hlled with mud and sand. My bees 

 were saved 1)V first placing them on 

 tlie roof of the bee house, which sub- 

 sequently floated away, but not until 

 after 1 had transferred my bees to tlie 

 roof of my office, where 1 saved them 

 all, in good condition. All colonies 

 taken from the water were more or 

 less damaged, by depletion in num- 

 bers, and soiling of combs. Bees in 

 Southern Ohio, above high water 

 mark, and those kept out of the water, 

 are in excellent condition. They win- 

 tered well, coming through, well 

 stocked in bees and capped brood, 

 and have built up fast during the 

 spring, on early fruit bloom, which 

 was very abundant. Now we have a 

 most flattering prospect of white 

 clover blossoms, scattered with un- 

 sparing liand by a wise, over-ruling 

 Providence. Our honey harvest, this 

 year, cannot be other than excellent. 

 I look for my Bee Journal as for 

 my breakfast, with a keen appetite. 



R. A. MOLLTNEAUX. 



New Richmond, O., June 1, 1883. 



Peculiar Season for Bees. 



The past month has been the worst 

 May I have ever known for bees, and 

 as a consequence, bees are in poor 

 condition. Mine are in fully as bad 

 shape, if not worse, than they were 

 last year at this time, and vegetation 

 is at least a week later than then ; 

 and we thought last year was as bad 

 as a season could be. The season will 

 have to be a very peculiar one from 

 this time on, to allow us to obtain an 

 average crop of honey. 



O. O POPPLETON. 



Williamstown, Iowa, June 1, 1883. 



Cold and Backward Season. 



The season is very cold and back- 

 ward here. We had another frost 

 last night. Fruit is much injured. 

 Fruit and early forest bloom have 

 amounted to almost nothing for the 

 bees, on account of continual cold and 

 rain. Feeding is now the rule, in my 

 apiary, to ward off starvation, though 

 the hives contained very ample stores 

 in the fall. The colonies, however, 

 are nearly all very strong ; most of 

 them having clustered outside. Have 

 already had 4 swarms. Winter and 

 spring loss is less than 10 per cent. 

 The season is about two weeks late. 



H. D. BURKELL. 



Bangor, Mich., June 1, 1883. 



^p^ecial notices. 



Examine the Date following your 

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 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



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W e wish to impress upon every one 

 the necessity of being very specific, 

 and carefully to state what they desire 

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 at another, be sure to give us the ad- 

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Our Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weekly, 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy of 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook's 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 

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Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A new edition, revised and enlarged, 

 the new pages being devoted to iiew 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We liave put the price of them low 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 6 

 cents, postpaid; per dozen, 50 cents; 

 per hundred, $4.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good prolit. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 1 .50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



" Bees and Honey," for Beginners. 



The majority of those who buy bees 

 of me, depend upon me to get them a 

 reference book. " liees and Honey " 

 more nearly '" Alls the bill " than any 

 work I know of, especially for those 

 who buy ihat they may supply their 

 own family with honey, and not to 

 make a business of it. It combines 

 cheiipness, quality and quantity in the 

 right proportions. To one who has 

 purchased several colonies, 1 usually 

 have donated a copy of it. 



Lincoln, Neb. \i. M. Hawley. 



BeePasturageaJiecessity.— We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, and the seventh edition 

 of Prof. Cook's Manual of the Apiary, 

 bound in flne cloth, for $2.75, or the 

 Monthly Bee Journal, and the Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. As this offer will 

 soon be withdrawn, those who desire 

 it should send for the book at once. 



^f Do not send coins in a letter. It 

 is dangerous and increases the postage 

 unnecessarily. Always send postage 

 stamps, for fractions of a dollar, and, 

 if you can get them— o?ic-ce«t stamps ; 

 if not, any denomination of postage 

 stamps will do. 



t^ Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



Emerson Binders — made especially 

 for the Bee Journal, are lettered in 

 gold on the back, and make a very 

 convenient way of preserving the Bee 

 Journal as fast as received. They 

 will be sent, post-paid, for 75 cents, for 

 the \Veekly ; or for the Monthly, .50 

 cents. They cannot be sent by mail 

 to Canada. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



Sample Copies of theAMEKiCAN Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire t(> interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



