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THE AMERICA1^[ BEE JOURNAL. 



There was but very little fall honey, 

 and the prospects are that those who 

 did not look after their bees wil not 

 have many to look after next spring. 

 I am well pleased with the 8-frame 

 hive for this locality. I will study 

 Mr. Heddon's book, and also Mr. 

 Hutchinson's the coming winter, and 

 give their plans a fair trial next suin- 

 mer, and report to the Bee Journal 

 next fall. Bees are still having a 

 good flight every day. 



Taken In by Wiley's Lie, etc.— 



Joseph E. Shaver, North River, 5 Va., 

 on Nov. 16, 1887, says : 



I met a gentleman at our Fair'here, 

 from Pittsburg, Pa., who had " taken 

 in " the " Wiley lie " solid. He said 

 that he had seen imitation comb 

 honey ; asked if mine was real or 

 imitation honey. I gave him a " good 

 dose," and I think that he will be 

 more careful hereafter. I told him 

 that I would have you send him the 

 Bee Journal for Sept. 14. 



I received fir^t premium on a hive, 

 and also on comb honey, at the Bald- 

 win District Fair at Staunton, Va. 

 Bees did well here this fall on the 

 iron- weed. 



[We have sent him the Bee Jour- 

 nal for Aug. 3 and Sept. 14, with the 

 Wiley lie editorial articles marked in 

 "red," and hope the gentleman re- 

 ferred to will be more careful in the 

 future, than to assert something as 

 truth, concerning which he is in ab- 

 solute ignorance.— Ed.] 



Clipping the Queen's Wing.— Mrs. 

 L. C. Axtell, Eoseville,*ollls.,on Nov. 

 12, 1887, says : 



It seems to me that it is a mistake 

 to lift the queen from the comb she is 

 upon to clip her wing. If she is 

 placed upon the knee on our clothing, 

 or on the hand, there is danger of the 

 bees attacking her when returned 

 after being clipped. We (Mr. A. and 

 I) clip the wings of hundreds of 

 queens each year, and we simply take 

 tne comb the queen is on, and put it 

 down beside the hive, and get down 

 on our knees beside it, so we are rest- 

 ing easy, and take our time to catch 

 her by her wing with the left hand, 

 when she is walking up the comb ; 

 slip the scissors under and clip off the 

 wing in our fingers. Never hurry, as 

 that makes one tremble. Mr. Axtell's 

 apiaries are both 20 miles from a 

 river. 



Convention Notices. 



1^" The Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at New Milford. Pa., on Jan. 

 7, 1888. Subjects for discussion : "The Best Way 

 to Prevent Swarmini;, " and " Is it Advisable to 

 Italianize Colonies ?" All bee-keepers are cordially 

 invited. H. M. Seelet, Sec. 



^F^ The joint annual meetinc of the Mictaiean 

 Horticultural Society, and the Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, will be held at East Sagi- 

 naw, Mich., on Dec.6-10, 1887. Low railroad fares 

 and reduced hotel rates will be given. Everybody 

 interested is Invited to attend. 



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 CO give their P. O. address and name, when 

 yriting to this office. We receive letters 

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 nany others having no PostOfflce, County 

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 to give the address we have on our list. 



As ttaere Is Anotber firm in Chicago by 

 Che name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " on the envelope when writing to 

 this office. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other Arm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



We Twlll Present Webster's Dictionary 

 pocket edition), and send it by mail, post- 

 paid, for two subscribers with $2. It is 

 always useful to have a dictionary at hand 

 to decide as to the spelling of words, and to 

 letermlne their meaning. 



Sample Copies of the Bee JonRNAL 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 Intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to In- 

 terview, by sending the names to this office 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



nioney'Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post Offices at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely safe, it will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are in no way safe. 



Slmmlns' Non-STrannlng System.— 



We have received anotber shipment of these 

 books, and have made such favorable terms, 

 that we will now club them with the Bee 

 JOTJBNAL for one year, both postpaid, for 

 $1.25. We can supply all orders by return 

 mall. The subscription to the Bee JonB- 

 NAi, can be for next year, this year, or may 

 begin anew at any time. 



A Valnable Book Given Away.— We 



have made arrangements by which we can 

 supply the American Bee Joubnai, and 

 the New York World— both weekly— for one 

 year, for $2.10, and present the subscriber 

 with one of these books, bound in Leath- 

 erette Free Calf : 



History of the United States— from 

 432 to 1887.-320 pages.— Price, $2.00. 



History of England— from before the 

 Christian era to 1887.— Price, $2.00. 



Everybody's Book— a treasury of useful 

 knowledge. — tlO pages.— Price, $'2.00. 



The extra 10 cents is for postnge on the 

 book, which must be selected by the sub- 

 scriber at the time of sending the subscrip- 

 tion, and cannot be afterwards exchanged. 



The book selected will be mailed in a card- 

 board case, at the subscriber's risk ; if lost 

 It cannot be replaced. Be sure to write your 

 name, post-office, county and State plainly, 

 and then the risk of loss is very small. The 

 subscriptions can commence at any time. 



Remember, the amount is $2.10 for both 

 papers, and the Book and postage. 



One of tile Books, which is given away 

 with club-subecriptlons to the Bee Journal 

 and New York World, as mentioned on 

 this page, is an illustrated volume of 320 

 pages, and is entitled " The History of Eng- 

 land in Chronological Form, by F. T. Jones." 

 On page 19 the author mentions the first 

 voyage made from the Mediterranean Sea. 

 It was about the year 325, before the Chris- 

 tian era, and was made by Pytheas, a Greek 

 astronomer and mathematician. He spent 

 some time with the Inhabitants in the South- 

 East, near Gaul (France), and says that tbey 

 grew plenty of wheat, which was gathered 

 in sheaves into large barns where the 

 threshing was done ; and avers that they 

 were acquainted with bee-keeping, and 

 made mead or metheglln from honey and 

 wheat. The book gives a concise history of 

 England from the earliest times until the 

 present year, the last data being July 19, 

 1887. 



We have a large quantity of CHOICE 

 WHITE EXTRAerED HONEY, in kegs 

 holding from 200 lbs. to 225 lbs. each, which 

 we win deliver on board the cars at 10 cents 

 per lb. Orders solicited. 



"We pay 20 cents per pound, delivered 

 here, for good Yellow Beeswax. To avoid 

 mistakes, the shipper's name should always 

 be on each package. 



Enameled Clotb for covering trames, 

 price per yard, 45 inches wide, 20 cents ; If a 

 whole piece of 12 yards is taken, $2.25 ; 10 

 pieces, $20.00 ; if ordered by mail, send 15 

 cents per yard extra for postage. 



Preserve your Papers far reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mall you 

 one for 60 cents, or you can have one frbb 

 If you will send us 3 new yearly subsorip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, wil! sell lots of it. 



