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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oolden liVedding^s occur but 

 seldom — so few live to'reach 50 years of 

 wedded bliss. The following from the 

 Hastings (Minn.) Gazette records one of 

 the few "golden weddings:" 



The home of Mr. and Mrs. William 

 Dyer was the scene of a brilliant party 

 on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 18, it being 

 the fiftieth wedding anniversary of this 

 worthy and highly esteemed couple, who 

 are among the oldest inhabitants of 

 Hastings, having removed here from 

 Kendallville, Ind., some 27 years ago. 



The affair was one long to be remem- 

 bered, four generations being repre- 

 sented. The house was adorned with 

 rare flowers, and redolent with their 

 fragrance, and the repast was both 

 elegant and bounteous. 



The words " Golden Wedding " were 

 inscribed in golden letters upon the 

 wedding cake, and the bridal cake was 

 tastily decorated with white flowers and 

 leaves, while the presents were such as 

 will ever remind the recipients that their 

 friends appreciate them in the highest 

 degree. 



Amy Oliver, a lovely golden-haired girl 

 of five 3 ears, also presented them with a 

 golden eagle — the gift of their neighbors. 



Xlie Honey Crop Tn the Antelope 

 Valley, California, is thus described in 

 the Rural Californian, 



The yield of honey in Antelope Valley, 

 Calif., for four years in succession has 

 been above the average, both as to 

 quality and quantity. Climatic condi- 

 tions there are favorable to the growth 

 of shrubs and flowers that yield an 

 abundance of nectar. 



While the bee-keepers near the coast, 

 and in the valleys contiguous, have 

 been feeding their bees in the early part 

 of this season, the bees in the Antelope 

 Valley, and what was once regarded as 

 the Mohave Desert, were gathering sur- 

 plus honey, and making money for their 

 owners. 



This may be put down as an off' year, 

 and an unprofitable year for the bee- 

 keepers of Southern California gener- 

 ally. The crop of honey will not be 

 more than 50 pounds to the colony on 

 an average. True, some localities, 

 notably Antelope Valley and the vicinity 

 of Temecula, with some other points, 

 will yield a full crop, but in many 

 places not a pound of honey was pro- 

 duced this season. Two hundred pounds 

 to the colony is a fair yield, and may be 



termed a good crop. Six hundred pounds 

 to the colony has been produced in ex- 

 traordinary years like 1876, 1878 and 

 1884. For this year, some apiaries in 

 or near Antelope Valley have come up 

 to the yield of 1884, and in one in- 

 stance that we know of, under good 

 management, the yield of honey was 

 close up to 300 pounds to the hive.. 

 Good for Antelope Valley. 



Coug^li Remedy,— A good cougiV 

 mixture, from the Medical World, is as 

 fallows : Cod liver oil, 2 ounces ; honey,. 

 2 ounces ; lemon juice, 2 ounces ; 1 or 

 2 tea-spoonfuls three times a day. 



A Beg^iniier in bee-keepijng in 

 California is said to have had an excep- 

 tionally good crop. The Farm, Field 

 and Stockman says tliat he purchased 

 100 colonies of bees last Spring, and 

 during the Summer they secured 12,000 

 pounds of honey — that is 120 pounds to 

 the colony. > 



Xext Wednesday the Connecti- 

 cut State Convention will be held. See- 

 oflicia] notice on page 596. Let all 

 those who can do so, make arrangements- 

 to attend. 



Tlie Summer was a cool one:, 

 but September w^as "red hot." The^ 

 bees could not appreciate the former, 

 and gained but little from the latter. 



If You Haire any honey to sell;, 

 get some Honey Almanacs and scatter- 

 in your locality. They will sell it all iru 

 a very short time. 



Wlien Writing" a letter be sure 

 to sign it. Too often we get letters 

 with the name of the post-office, but no 

 County or State. One such came 

 recently, and we looked into the Postal 

 Guide and found there were places by 

 that name in IS States. That order for 

 goods will have to wait until another 

 letter comes to give the proper address. 

 Be sure to stamp your letter, or it may 

 go to the dead letter office. 



