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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 31, 



ATTENTION, BEE-KEEPERS ! 



We arc Now Ready to Keceive 



Shipments of HONEY, both Comb and Extracted 



and BEESWAX 



For the Season of 1895-96. We have made preparations to store Comb Honey 

 in Any Quantity. This Is our Fifth Year as a 



HONEY COMMISSION HOUSE. 



We received 812 Shipments last year. We kindly solicit the business of our 



friends of former years, and a Trial Shipment of all 



Bee-Keepers in the Country. 



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THROAT 



ltiii<ler»> for this size of the American 

 Bee Journal we can furnish for 75 cents 

 each, postpaid; or we wUl club it with the 

 Bee Journal for a year — both for §1.60. We 

 have a few of the old size (6x9) Binders 

 left, that we will mail for only 40 cents 

 each, to close them out. 



Qci;)eral iicn)s^ 



A Good Crop of Honey. 



We had a continuous honey-flow from 

 June 1 till Sept. 20, and have a good crop of 

 honey. E. E. Perkins. 



Little, Nebr., Oct. 14. 



A Very Dry Season. 



My six colonies last winter wintered well 

 on the summer stands, and without any 

 packing on top of the frames. I now have 

 10 colonies in fine condition. I had only 

 one swarm, and found three bee-trees. The 

 past season has been a very dry one, and 

 the drouth and forest fires cut my honey 

 crop very short. I got only 330 pounds of 

 section honey. A. P. Green. 



McMurray, Wash., Oct. 12. 



Bee-Keeping: in Arizona. 



I have had bees three years, and it is a 

 very uncertain country here, as we have a 

 great amount of wind in the spring — in 

 April, May, and part of June— that chills 

 and blasts the fruit-bloom every other year, 

 at least. We can't count on much surplus 

 honey, if any, until the alfalfa begins to 

 blossom — about June 15 — and from that 

 time until Sept. 10 or 15 we have a pretty 

 fair yield. There are quite a number of 

 bee-keepers here that have from one to 20 

 colonies. We have an association organized 



on a small scale, with your humble servant 

 as President. 



My bees are in a strong and thriving con- 

 dition. I use the Langstroth frame. 8 and 

 10 to the hive. I find that in working for 

 extracted honey that the 10-frame hive is 

 the best for our locality. It gives the queens 

 ample room in the brood-chamber. I have 

 extracted twice from my 10-frame hives 

 this year, and only once from the others. 

 Joseph A. Lewis. 



Taylor, Ariz., Sept. 29. 



In Fine Condition for Winter. 



This has been a nice fall for our bees. My 

 60 colonies are all in No. 1 condition for 

 winter. R. E. Forbes. 



St. George, Vt., Oct. 14. 



Results of the Past Season. 



Last spring I bought 10 colonies of bees, 

 mostly in box-hives. I made two colonies, 

 making me 12 colonies in all. This fall I 

 took off 800 pounds of comb honey in one- 

 pound sections, and have 12 of the Heddon 

 hives nicely filled, ready to give the bees 

 next spring if they need them. I have trans- 

 ferred most of the bees into the Heddon 

 hive. 



I am badly "stuck " on the New Heddon 

 hive. I am satisfied that I can take care of 

 100 colonies in the Heddon hives easier 

 than I can in any other hive I have ever 

 used. 



I have my bees all packed just as Mr. 

 Heddon directs, and it looks now as though 

 they would winter all right. The great 

 drawback here has been in wintering bees. 

 I have kept bees, off and on, tor the last 20 

 years. The nearest I ever came to winter- 

 ing bees successfully was by Mrs. Lizzie E. 

 Cottons plan. Wm. Craig. 



Luce, Mich.. Oct. 18. 



The Season of 1895. 



I sold 200 pounds of my honey yesterday 

 at 12i.< cents, which is the first that I ever 

 took to market. 



This is my third season, and the first one 

 to get any honey to amount to much. It 

 was so dry here that our bees only made 

 their living until July 20. when they began 

 business in good earnest, and kept it up 

 until Aug. 15. From 9 colonies, spring 

 count, I secured 5S5 pounds of honey, and 

 nine-tenths of it is very white. One colony 

 that did not swarm filled 183 one-pound sec- 

 tions, and their work is first-class. They 

 are in a 10-frame Langstroth hive. 



I like the American Bee Journal very 

 much, and have learned a great deal by 

 reading it. I can see where others miss it 

 by not taking it. 



F. C. McClain. 



Custer, Mich., Oct. 16. 



Phenol Cure for Foul Brood. 



On page .590, we find what W. F. Clarke 

 tells the Mercury reporter about phenol as 

 a cure for foul brood. I have had some ex- 

 perience with foul brood, but have not tried 

 phenol, nor do I think I shall till I have bel- 

 ter encouragement than Mr. Clarke gives. 

 He says: 



" The remedy was then published to the 

 world. It was tried by many bee-keepers 

 in Britain, on the Continent, in the United 

 States, and by a few in Canada, all of whom 

 failed to make it a .s-«(vc.s.s.'' 



He says this method is "scientific" — a. 

 term nearly synonymous with " humbug," 

 when used in relation to patent medicines 

 and patent rights. 



I think the drug may "kill both the 

 microbe and the spore" with which it 

 comes in contact; but as every cell in the 

 hive which has ever contained the diseased 

 larvfe or foul honey, contains the germ of 

 the disease, it must be necessary first to 

 have the bees consume all the honey on 

 hand, and then feed such quantity of medi- 

 cated syrup as will fill all the comb in the 

 hive. Very likely the disease may be held 



