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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THE BEEKEEPER'S GUIDE: 



OR 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



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Good for a Dry Season. 



My yield of honey from 60 colonies, spring 

 count, was about 1,700 pounds; not a big 

 yield, by any means, but good tor this dry 

 season, especially asbasswood was our only 

 source of nectar. It was exceedingly rich, 

 but the ax and saw have almost stripped 

 the country of its line basswood. 



A. H. Snowbebger. 



Huntington, Ind., Aug. 27. 



Not a Bountiful Honey Crop. 



Bees did well the first part of this season. 

 A good many bees starved last winter and 

 spring around here, but those that came 

 through did well in swarming-time, as we 

 had plenty of rain and good weather to 

 gather what they needed for breeding. 



Bees have done well since the corn-tassel 

 bloom. They are through with that now, 

 and nearly through with the golden-rod, 

 which was a great harvest for the bees this 

 year, and now they are trying their skill 

 on heart's-ease, which is in abundance here 

 this year with us, so we expect the bees to 

 gather enough for their winter stores, and 

 if they keep on a little longer they may 

 give us some honey to enrich our tables 

 somewhat. They are working strong all 

 the day long, and just now we are getting 

 a blessed rain, which will help the bees 

 along quite a good deal. 



Frank Hbntbick. 



Wall Lake. Iowa, Aug. 34. 



Bee-Keeping in New Mexico. 



I am now located away out 32 miles from 

 Silver City, in a valley of some more than 

 1,000 acres, in which is grown alfalfa. I am 

 managing an apiary here, principally as an 

 experiment. This apiary is located in the 

 mountains, with no other bees within many 

 miles. I am working to see what per cent, 

 of honey may be gathered, and what will 

 be the outcome of an apiary managed in 

 this way. There will be a continuous bloom 

 of alfalfa from the time it commences in 

 spring until the frost will affect it. All 

 work will be done practically and scien- 

 tifically, and reports will be made in the 

 bee-papers at the end of the season. All 

 this will be done for the benefit of bee- 

 keepers and others who take any interest 

 in bee-literature. I shall experiment in 

 many ways and report. I have been here 

 now just two weeks. This is the rainy sea- 

 son of southwest New Mexico. 



Our apiary now is about .'i.SOO feet above 

 the sea-level. Sigel Brantigam. 



Cliff, New Mexico, Aug, 21. 



Marketing Honey, Etc. 



Bee- writers tell some things they do know 

 and some things they don't know. As to 

 the large hive and the small hive. I take the 

 8-frame dovetailed hive in this locality. 

 Mr. Dadant, about 70 miles south of us. 

 takes the 10-frame hive. Mr. Secor, north 

 of us, takes some other, I suppose. 



Mr. Jas. F. Wood tells how to rear good 

 hybrid queens. Jake Smith, in Gleanings, 

 has so many visitors at his house that he 

 doesn't have time to look after his bees. 

 Next comes Dr, Miller, trying to poke fun 

 at us all. Others are advertising different 

 kinds of bees- the yellow Italians, golden 

 Carniolans. I bought one of those golden 

 Carniolans from that fellow in Massachu- 

 setts who rears them from a queen valued 

 at .?100— claimed to be the gentlest bees on 

 earth. They are very good honey-gath- 

 erers, but if you don't want to get stung 

 you would better go somewhere else than 

 where they are, or have your pant's legs 

 tied up. a bee-escape on your head, and a 

 10-foot smoker in your hand. 



I have a good market for both comb and 

 extracted honey— 15 cents for comb, 123^ 

 for extracted. I produced one year 3,000 



