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Besides the seed crop, there is one other 

 source of alfalfa pasturage. Where 

 wheat is grown on alfalfa sod turned un- 

 der, there is usually a large amount of 

 the alfalfa growing in the wheat, and as 

 the wheat harvest does not come until 

 after the first hay harvest (here it comes 

 almost with the second hay harvest), 

 there is considerable honey gathered in 

 the wheat fields. Often there is almost 

 enough alfalfa seeds harvested and 

 threshed with the wheat to pay the 

 threshing bill. So you will see it de- 

 pends. Acreage alone does not tell the 

 story ; but the question is, how much is 

 allowed to reach maturity, for that 

 which is cut for hay does not reach the 

 age for secretion of nectar. Alfalfa is 

 but little pastured by stock, as it will 

 not bear much pasturing, so that no 

 alfalfa honey is gathered from pastured 

 fields. Alfalfa honey is fine, and the 

 plant a good honey plant, but do not 

 leave good localities just to go where 

 alfalfa is grown. R. C. Aikin. 



Ft. Collins, Colo. 



No Honey After July 15. 



Although I do not think that I have 

 lost any colonies, as yet, I am not win- 

 tering my bees with my usual success 

 this year, which I attribute to the fact 

 that they gathered no honey after July 

 15, and were imperfectly fed in the Fall. 

 My college duties do not allow me to 

 give my bees a great amount of atten- 

 tion. Allen Latham. 



Cambridge, Mass., March 3, 1891. 



Honey Sold for $12,000. 



At present I have 160 colonies of bees 

 in the cellar, all alive and doing well. I 

 have a beautiful location, 60 rods from 

 the depot, and 40 rods from the post- 

 oflSce, with timber on all sides- During 

 the past 16 years I have produced a 

 little over 142,000 pounds of merchant- 

 able honey, which I sold for about 

 $12,000. J. E. Cady. 



Medford, Minn., March 6, 1891. 



Bees Wintering Poorly. 



Bees in this vicinity went into winter 

 quarters in poor condition, last Fall, 

 being short of stores, unless they were 

 fed. I fed mine what I considered 

 enough for Winter's supply, and most of 

 them were alive a few days ago, and 

 apparently wintering well. Among my 

 acquaintances are a dozen or more bee- 

 keepers, most of whom are using the 



old-fashioned box-hive, and very few of 

 them fed their bees, the result being that 

 ten of them have already lost all of their 

 colonies. Bees will be scarce here in the 

 Spring, and to those who are lucky 

 enough to carry them safely through 

 the Winter, they will be worth some- 

 thing. J. P. Smith. 

 Sunapee, N. H., March 3, 1891. 



Organized a Local Society. 



On March 3, twelve of the bee-keepers 

 of this neighborhood met at my house, 

 and, after discussing matters pertaining 

 to bee-keeping, and its interests, we 

 organized a local association, to be 

 known as the Brookfield Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. Lorin Stariclift was elected 

 President, and J. G. Banning, Secretary. 

 Mr. Stariclift is a veteran bee-keeper, 

 and a quiet, unassuming, practical man. 

 Our bees are wintering well so far. We 

 had a warm, Spring-like day last week, 

 and the bees were flying strongly. We 

 hope for a good season this year. 



Joseph G. Banning. 



Brookfield, Me., March 5. 1891. 



CL.i;BBir«0 L.1SX. 



We Cliib the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted in the LAS'F 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first column. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be sent 

 with each order for another paper or book : 

 Price of both. Club. 

 The American Bee Journal $1 00 — 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture — 2 00 — 1 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150. ..140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 2 00 — 175 



The Apiculturist 175.... 165 



Canadian Bee Journal 175 ... 165 



American Bee- Keeper 150 140 



The 7 above-named papers 6 00 — 5 00 



and Langstroth Revised (Dadant) 3 00. . . . 2 75 

 Cook's Manual (1887 edition) 2 25... 2 00 

 Quinby's New Bee-Keeping. 2 50 — 2 25 

 Doolittle on Queen-Rearing. 2 00 — 175 

 Bees and Honey (Newman). . 2 00 — 1 75 

 Binder for Am. Bee Journal. 160 — 150 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth). 3 00. . . . 2 00 

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture 2 25 ... . 210 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 — 2 20 



Western World Guide 1 50 ... . 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 150 — 140 

 A Year Among the Bees — 1 50 — 1 35 



Convention Hand-Book 150. .. 130 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00.... 1 75 



Toronto Globe (wefikly) 2 00.... 170 



History of National Society. 1 50 — 1 25 



American Poultry Journal.. 2 25 150 



The Lever (Temperance) 2 00 1 75 



Orange Judd Farmer 2 00 ... 165 



Farm, Field and Stockman.. 2 00.... 165 



Prairie Farmer 2 00 . . . 1 65 



Illustrated Home Journal . . 1 50 — 1 35 



American Garden 2 50 — 2 00 



Rural New Yorker 2 50 ... . 2 00 



Nebraska Bee-Keeper 150 135 



