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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 4, 



and now a large majority of my customers 

 would rather have the extracted, and are 

 not afraid of it when it becomes granulated. 

 1 put the price on my honey, and if a cus- 

 tomer does not want to give it he can let 

 it alone, as extracted honey will keep, and 

 if not sold this year it will sell next, with a 

 little trouble to liquify it. 



There is great injury done to the price 

 and sale of honey by producers rushing 

 their honey to the towns and taking what- 

 ever the merchant will give for it, often 

 selling at ruinous prices, and that often 

 fixes the price for that season. 



I want to say to those who have been 

 writing to me about the matrimony-vine, 

 that I have none of my own— none grows 

 on my land. It will not do to send it by 

 mail, but it might be sent by express. No, 

 I don't want to employ an agent. I wish 

 to say to A. D. Sellers, of Springfield, Mo., 

 if this should meet his eye, that I answered 

 his letter as directed, I think according to 

 his directions, but in due time It came back 

 to me, and I don't know where to send it. 

 A. J. Duncan. 



Hartford, Iowa, Feb. IS. 



Bees in Pierce Co., Wash. 



Can any of the readers of the American 

 Bee Journal tell how bees do in Pierce 

 county, Washington ? J. R. K. 



More than Enough Bain. 



We have now had 24 inches of rain — 7 

 more than enough. My bees are in fine 

 condition. I have a student in bee-keeping 

 from Holland. A. J. Cook. 



Claremont, Calif., March 18. 



Appear in Prime Condition. 



I now have 10 colonies of bees, and they 

 appear to be in prime condition, while most 

 of my brother beekeepers have lost heavily. 

 David H. Wright, 



Madison, Wis., March 16. 



Bee-Keeping in Mississippi. 



I have just returned from ray hunting 

 and trapping tour, having been away 

 nearly all winter in the wilds of Arkansas. 

 1 have been looking over my five apiaries, 

 and don't think I ever saw the bees winter- 

 ing any better, although we have had one 

 of the coldest winters ever known here. 

 Snow has laid on the ground for 23 days, 

 with ice to the thickness of 4 inches. The 

 prospects are for a good honey year, as all 

 early-flowering trees have been kept back. 



1 have been like Dr. Miller, on the fence. 

 I have been on two fences at a time — one is 

 on the 8 and 10 frame hive; the other is on 

 the best kind of bees for honey-gathering. 

 As I have been experimenting on both, I 

 have tumbled off on the 10-frame side; and 

 the best honey -gatherers are bees from a 5- 

 banded bee crossed with a black drone. 

 This makes the best and hardiest bees, that 

 will gather '20 per cent, more honey than 

 either the 3 or 5 banded or black bees, and I 

 don't find them very hard to handle. But 

 what are we keeping bees for ? Is it for 

 pleasure or for profit ? If we keep them 

 for fancy, then keep the five-banded; for 

 pleasure, 3 banded; but if for profit, then 

 give me the above cross— 5-banded crossed 

 with black drones. J, H. Siples. 



Gunnison, Miss., March 3. 



500 Nuclei Must h Sold This Year ! 



1 fnime Nucleus. 7.">cta.; with Queen, $1.00 



2 •■ ■• $1.23; •' •• 1.50 



3 •' •• 1.65; " " 2.00 

 Queens an.v time. 30 cents. Satisfaction (ruar- 

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 now— Bees when you want, them. Money Or- 

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12A3t J. H. SIPIiES. 



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