. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 11, 1881. No. 19. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WIST HADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. WEEKLY—C52 numbers) a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY— The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY-—The first number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. XW Any person sending a Club of sir Is entitled to an extra
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 11, 1881. No. 19. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WIST HADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. WEEKLY—C52 numbers) a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY— The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY-—The first number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. XW Any person sending a Club of sir Is entitled to an extra copy dike the club) which may be sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. fW ltemit by money-order, registered letter, ex- press or bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such only are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost us 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Postage to Europe SO cents extra. Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter. For the American Bee Journal. Keeping Bees for Profit. E. A. THOMAS. The apiarist who is keeping bees solely for profit will do well to examine his stock and see if he has a hardy, pro- lific and industrious strain or not. If he finds them deficient in this point, he should at once introduce new blood into his apiary, for, as far as dollars and cents are concerned, the hardy, prolific and industrious strains are the ones to have, and all other considerations should be thrown aside. First, I consider hardiness a very es- sential quality in a good honey stock, for here in the north we frequently have ?very severe winters, and we rarely have a very mild one. Now, what we want is a race of bees that will stand this ?cold climate and come through strong and vigorous in the spring, for how can ^anyone expect good results during the honey harvest if his bees just manage to live through and sometimes hardly •do that ? J In looking over the Journal I no- tice
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