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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



In the Apicultiirist for January, 

 Brother Alley remarks thus about the 

 American Bee Journal : 



Brother Root says every bee-keeper 

 should subscribe for the American Bee 

 Journal. That is just what we have 

 been saying for a good many years. 

 Somehow we manage to keep ahead of 

 Brother Root in most everything except 

 in awarding cash presents to those bee- 

 keepers who invent or devise bee-fixtures. 

 We do not have the money to put out in 

 that line. 



In another column of the same period- 

 ical, friend E. L. Pratt has this to say 

 on the same subject : 



With regard to paying big prices for 

 contributions, I would remind the read- 

 ers that the " Api" seems to receive its 

 share of valuable matter, pay or no pay. 

 I look at the matter in this light : A 

 bee-paper is a sort of reformation herald 

 for the pursuit, headed by a leader who 

 has the " sand " to "man " the " tiller " 

 and keep the forces abreast. We are all 

 stockholders in reality, and our dividends 

 are paid monthly, or weekly, as the case 

 may be. The more real heart we put 

 into it, the larger the dividends in valua- 

 ble knowledge. To the publisher the 

 receipts are small enough at best, and 

 for that reason I do not object (rather 

 encourage him) to deal in supplies, etc. 



Then he also adds this ringing com- 

 mendation, for which we make our 

 politest bow : 



Do you really understand what an un- 

 dertaking it is to publish a 32-page bee- 

 paper every week. I do, and can say that 

 the task is an enormous one. We cannot 

 be too hearty in our support of the old 

 American Bee Journal, for in its suc- 

 cess lies the hope of every man who has 

 a dollar invested in bees. To pass it by, 

 would be treason. 



Winter Stores. — In an editorial in the 

 BevieiD, friend Hutchinson remarks that, 

 for out-door wintering of bees, he wants 

 about 20 pounds of food per colony, and 

 the bees protected. For cellar winter- 

 ing, 15 pounds will be sufficient. 



Colorado Honey Crop. — The editor of 

 the Apiary Department of the Colorado 

 Farmer, remarks thus concerning the 

 honey crop of that State : 



Colorado is the only State in the Union 

 that reports anything like a full honey 

 crop this year. The yield is fully double, 

 in pounds, to that of any other year in 

 the history of the State. 



The Colorado out-put this season will 

 average 90 pounds per colony, the whole 

 State over. 



F. J. Murray, of Fort Collins, shipped 

 12 tons of comb-honey to Denver re- 

 cently. This is undoubtedly the largest 

 shipment of honey ever made by a 

 dealer in this State. It is the product of 

 the apiaries of Hon. N. C. Alford, Dr. 

 C. P. Miller and J. S. McClelland. The 

 carload brought $3,000, at wholesale, 

 and was all sold to one dealer in Denver. 



J. A. Arbuckle, of Clover Lawn api- 

 ary, at Greeley, met with great success 

 in bee-cultnre during the season just 

 past. He has sent over four tons of ex- 

 tracted-honey to a commission firm in 

 Denver, besides selling 1,000 pounds at 

 home. Mr. Arbuckle extracted the first 

 honey on June 23, and the last on Sept. 

 1. The largest amount extracted, in 

 one day, was on July 1, when he took 

 900 pounds from the combs. This is a 

 magnificent showing considering the 

 fact that Mr. Arbuckle has only 140 

 colonies of bees. He sold the extracted- 

 honey at 7 cents per pound, while the 

 comb-honey brought 15 cents per pound. 



Supply Dealers desiring to sell our 

 book, "Bees and Honey," should write 

 for terms before issuing their Catalogues. 



Peerless Atlas. — The publishers of 

 the Peerless Atlas have met with a delay 

 in issuing the new edition, containing 

 the promised Census Report of 1890, as 

 they have not been able to secure the 

 official data from Washington, as 

 promptly as they anticipated. The result 

 is that orders for the Peerless Atlas that 

 have been sent to us during the last two 

 or three weeks, have not yet been filled. 

 We have been notified by the publishers 

 that the edition has been completed and 

 that all orders will be filled as promptly 

 as possible, in rotation. Any who may 

 have not yet received their Atlas will 

 understand the delay, and may expect it 

 in a very few days. The delay, as much 

 regretted by the publishers as by us, has 

 been quite unavoidable. 



