THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The " Scarlet Wing" Story. 



I am quite astonished to rend in 

 No. 36, of the Bee Journal, a ridic- 

 ulous story from a correspondent 

 about my having a queen with four 

 hands and scarlet wings. Although 

 I hardly believe that any intelligent 

 apiarist has believed it, I wish you 

 would publish my formal denial. 



H. SONTAG. 



Cucamonga, Cal., Sept. 13, 1883. 



Parched Ground in Louisiana. 



We have had no rain for about one 

 month and a half, until to-day when 

 "we had a good one. The bees were 

 really discouraged at the drough. 

 There was hardly any honey secreted, 

 the soil split and left the roots ot 

 many plants bare to the heat of the 

 scorching sun, which ended their 

 honey secreting. Snake root, golden- 

 rod, smart-weed and boneset are 

 opening fast, and the bees are boom- 

 ing with full force to get all of the 

 nectar they can. 



G. E. SONNEMANN. 



New Iberia, La., Sept. 16, 1883. 



Intelligent Work. 



Bees have done passably well here 

 this season, though it has been very 

 dry, except in August. My 14 colo- 

 nies increased to 32, and I have about 

 600 pounds of comb honey, which I 

 am selling at 18 cents per pound. This 

 is a large per cent, over my neighbors, 

 and is the result of reading the Bee 

 Journal and the use of comb foun- 

 dation. I hope it will long continue 

 its weekly visits, and directed by its 

 present editor, that its mission may 

 be a successful one. B. H. Holt. 



Adel, Iowa, Sept. 19, 1883. 



6,000 lbs. of Houei from 30 Colonies. 



I have now 70 colonies of bees ; in- 

 creased from 30 in the spring; have 

 taken 6,000 pounds of honey, mostly 

 extracted, and of an excellent quality; 

 it is all basswood and clover honey. 

 I wintered my bees, last winter, in an 

 out-door cellar, built for the purpose, 

 and lost none in wintering, but lost 4 

 by spring dwindling. My bees were 

 in the cellar nearly 5 months. I have 

 Italian bees, and think them far bet- 

 ter, in every respect, than the native 

 bees. A. C. Sanford. 



Ono, Wis., Sept. 10, 1883. 



(^ The Cass County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, organized on the 15th of 

 August, will meet on the 10th of 

 October, 1883, in Logansport, Ind. 

 All persons interested in bees and 

 honey are respectfully invited to 

 come. De Witt Brown, 6'ec. 



^' The quarterly meeting of the 

 Marshall County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, will be held at the Court 

 House, in Marshalltown, Iowa, on 

 Saturday, Oct. 6, at 10.30 A. M. Sub- 

 ject for discussion, " Fall and Winter 

 Care." All interested, in this and 

 adjoining counties, are invited, for 

 we hope to have a good meeting, and 

 one of bene (it to all. 



J. W. Sanders, /Sec.,LeGrand, Iowa. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 .subscription on the Bee Journal. 



For safety, when sending money to 

 this ofiice get either a post office or ex- 

 press money order, a bank draft on 

 New York or Chicago, or register the 

 letter. Postage stamps of any kind 

 may be sent for amounts less than one 

 dollar. Local checks are subject to a 

 discount of 25 cents at Chicago banks. 

 American Express money orders for 

 f 5, or less, can be obtained for 5 cents. 



We wish to impress upon every oufi 

 the necessity of being very specific, 

 and carefully to state what they desire 

 for the money sent. Also, if they live 

 near one post office, and get their mail 

 at another, be sure to give us the ad- 

 dress we already have on our books. 



How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more rieto 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 40 cents ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00, or 1,000 for 

 $15.00. On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will 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 profit. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



Subscription Credits.— We do not 



acknowledge receipt of each subscrip- 

 tion by letter. The label on your 

 paper, or on the wrapper, shows the 

 date to which your subscription is 

 paid. When you send us money, if 

 the proper credit is not given you, 

 within t\ "o weeks thereafter, on your 

 label, notify us by postal card. Do 

 not wait for months or years, and 

 then claim a mistake. The subscrip- 

 tion is paid to the end of the month 

 indicated on the wrapper-label. This 

 gives a statement of account every 

 week. 



Trial Trip— 25 Cents. 



As the season for Fairs has arrived, 

 and wishing to be able to reach several 

 thousands of the old-fashioned bee- 

 men, and by the aid of the Bee 

 Journal to lift them up to higher 

 ground, adopting newer methods and 

 progressive ideas, we make the follow- 

 ing very liberal offer : We will send 

 the Weekly Bee Journal till Dec. 31, 

 on trial, for 25 cents. In order to pay 

 for getting up Clubs, we will give a 

 copy of Fisher's Grain Tables, or 

 Scribner's Lumber and Log Book, to 

 any one who will send us five trial 

 subscriptions (with $1.25) ; for a club 

 of ten we will give a cloth copy of Bees 

 and Honey ; for a club of 15, a cloth 

 copy of the 7tli edition of Cook's Man- 

 ual of the Apiary ; for a club of 25, we 

 will present both the Manual and Bees 

 and Honey. If any one wants these 

 Books for nothing, here is on excel- 

 lent opportunity to get them for a 

 little exertion. 



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 60 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. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity.- 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 t© 

 any address for 10 cents. 



^" When writing to this office on 

 business, our correspondents should 

 not write anything for publication on 

 the same sheet of paper, unless it can 

 be torn apart without interfering with 

 either portion of the letter. The edi- 

 torial and business departments are 

 separate and distinct, and when the 

 business is mixed up with items for 

 publication it often causes confusion. 

 They may both be sent in one envelope 

 but on separate pieces of paper. 



1^" To give away a copy of " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine " to every one who 

 buys a package of honey at Fairs, will 

 sell almost a fabulous quantity of it. 



