. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Please mention Bee Journal when writing iiEjmiim PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 6E0RGE W. YORK SCONPAINY 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. IMPORTANT NOTICES. THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this Journal Is flJiU a year, in the United States, Canada, and lexico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra fur postage. Sample copy free. SUBSCRIPTION do not send a receipt for money sent us to pay subscription, but charme the date on your wrapper-label, which shows thai the money has been received and credited. National Bee-K


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Please mention Bee Journal when writing iiEjmiim PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 6E0RGE W. YORK SCONPAINY 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. IMPORTANT NOTICES. THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this Journal Is flJiU a year, in the United States, Canada, and lexico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra fur postage. Sample copy free. SUBSCRIPTION do not send a receipt for money sent us to pay subscription, but charme the date on your wrapper-label, which shows thai the money has been received and credited. National Bee-Keepers'Association Objects of the Association. - l8t.—To promote the interests of its members. 2d.—To protect and detend its members in their lawful riBhts. ad.—To enforce laws against the adulteration of honey. Annual Membership Dues, $ . ay be sent to the Good Honey for Winter Stores. All aliye excepting part of the bees. The hives in some places were completely ridJled excepting honey. Black honey or bottle- green honey, seems to give the bees cholera or dysentry. There are lots of very weak colo- nies, and some " playing out'' every day, the weather being very cold ind wet. Dandelions are out but the bees don't touch them yet. They are trying to work on fruitrbloom, but seem to get chilled and do not all get back. All the colonies that were relieved of the black stuff in the fall, and given good honey, are all right, and strong. I will try to keep doing that after this. E. H. Sturtevant. Washington Co., N. Y., May 20. Poor Season In Arizona. We have had a poor year. I got only 10 tons of extracted hout-y, lacking 3 cases, from 130 colonies, worked in two supers. poor- est colony, on , registered U^., pounds; the best 30 to pounds that day. Along comes a wind-storm with lots of sand; next day registered 4, r>, (j, 9. Another wind and sand-storm. I expected to get from 30 to 35 tons of honey.' W. F. McDonald. Yuma Co., Ariz.,


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