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shall transfer my 20 colonies intoQuinby 

 hives the coming Spring, and the 

 hives will be made just as Moses Quinby 

 used them, with two exceptions : One is 

 in the manner of clamping the brood- 

 frames as close together as possible, 

 which, I think, I have an improvement 

 on, as Mr. Quinby used a stout cord in 

 clamping the frames together ; and, for 

 that matter, I believe some noted bee- 

 keepers of the present day use pretty 

 much the same kind of a string arrange- 

 ment. The other exception is in the 

 arrangement of the super, or clamps, as 

 Mr. Quinby termed them. This super 

 will be arranged in such a manner as to 

 enable any one to take it apart and put 

 it together again in a very few seconds, 

 when they once " get the hang " of it (so 

 to speak). I hope to be able to report a 

 success with these new arrangements 

 during the coming season. 



Wm. L. Backensto. 

 Fort Logan, Colo. 



Needs no Trade-Mark. 



I do not need any trade-mark more 

 than I now use, which is, " Pure Honey, 

 sold by W. Harmer, Manistee, Mich." I 

 make a specialty of producing extracted- 

 lioney, and I think more of my name 

 since the so-called California Honey has 

 been put on this market. I always oflfer 

 a good aud pure article, and put my 

 name on it, and people are beginning to 

 inquire for my honey. What more do I 

 want? Some of my objections to a 

 trade-mark have already been mentioned 

 in the Bee Journal. Let us hear from 

 others. I only speak of my present trade, 

 which is small. If I were in the whole- 

 sale business, perhaps I might view it 

 differently. W. Harmer. 



Manistee, Mich. 



Elms in Bloom — Young Bees Hatching 



My bees are in fine condition, having 

 had from 20 to 30 pounds of Winter 

 stores, per colony. Elms are in full 

 bloom, and wild peach will soon blossom, 

 thus giving the bees all they can do from 

 this time forth. I examined a colony a 

 few days ago, and found that the young 

 bees were hatching. We have a fine 

 country for bees, and, if rightly man- 

 aged, they will prove very profitable. 

 From February to December there is an 

 uninterrupted succession of blossoms. I 

 use the Langstroth frame hive, and am 

 perfectly satisfied with it. I have 150 

 colonies, and work for both comb and 

 extracted-honey, using wide frames and 

 tin separators, but shall soon discard the 



latter, as T do not like them. I have a 

 good home market, and have sold all of 

 my extracted-honey, and could have sold 

 a great deal more, but have some nice 

 comb-honey still on hand. 



W. S. Douglass. 

 Lexington, Tex., Feb. 1, 1891. 



White Clover Promises Well. 



The honey crop of 1890 was almost 

 an entire failure in this section. A num- 

 ber of bee-keepers obtained no surplus 

 at all. My apiary, from which I ob- 

 tained 4,000 pounds in 1889, yielded 

 less than 300 pounds in 1890. The 

 hot winds and drouth ruined the Sum- 

 mer crop, and the frost in September cut 

 off the Fall crop, the consequence being 

 that a number of colonies starved before 

 Winter, and, unless they are properly 

 cared for, many more will perish before 

 Spring. I fed 26 colonies out of 69 be- 

 fore putting them in the cellar, and shall 

 feed them again in early Spring. I feel 

 hopeful for next season, as all my colo- 

 nies seem to be in good condition at 

 this date. At present, the prospect for 

 white clover is very good. 



J. W. Sanders. 



Le Grand, Iowa, Feb. 6, 1891. 



Sweet Clover for Honey. 



Bees are wintering very nicely here. 

 We have had but three days of what we 

 could call Winter, so far. We have 

 alfalfa and sweet clover both growing, 

 here, but the bees will not work on 

 alfalfa. I have kept bees about 18 

 years, and have never seen a honey- 

 plant equal to the sweet clover. The 

 honey has a very fine flavor, and the 

 comb is snow white. It blooms about 

 the middle of June, and lasts until frost 

 kills it. M. S. Roop. 



Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 6, 1891. 



The "Trade-Mark" Absurdity. 



" Great minds often originate absurd 

 things," and this will, doubtless, apply 

 to the author of the "trade-mark" 

 theory. I am heartily in favor of the 

 adoption of any legitimate measure for 

 increasing the sale of honey, especially 

 in view of the fact that during the past 

 four years I have handled over $100,000 

 worth of comb and extracted-honey. In 

 not one instance, however, have I re- 

 ceived honey, which, to my knowledge, 

 was adulterated. I have sold to both 

 experts and consumers, who would dis- 

 cover any adulteration, and have, thus 



