American bee journal . me at first. I gotno swarms from the weak ones, butthe other swarmed three times, andthe first swarm swarmed, so I secured4 new colonies from one. I sold 2,and put 5 colonies in the cellar. I ob-tained about 300 pounds of honey thefirst season. Last spring I put the 5colonies out ou April 20, seemingly asstrong as they were the fall previous,and tliey all went to work the sameday carrying in pollen. They were inthree difterent kinds of hives which Idid not like, so I bought 14 hives thatwere all alike. I let the bees swarmall they would, and had from 2 to 3swarms from ea
American bee journal . me at first. I gotno swarms from the weak ones, butthe other swarmed three times, andthe first swarm swarmed, so I secured4 new colonies from one. I sold 2,and put 5 colonies in the cellar. I ob-tained about 300 pounds of honey thefirst season. Last spring I put the 5colonies out ou April 20, seemingly asstrong as they were the fall previous,and tliey all went to work the sameday carrying in pollen. They were inthree difterent kinds of hives which Idid not like, so I bought 14 hives thatwere all alike. I let the bees swarmall they would, and had from 2 to 3swarms from each colony, aud someof the first swarms swarmed again. Inow have 19 strong colonies. I se-cured 600 pounds of honey in 1 and 2pounds sections. I have one colonyout of the cellar that is carrying pollenin now. I will put the rest out in afew days. I am well pleased with theAmerican Bee Journal, and canheartily recommend it to all who keepbees. TMm MMKRICMPi ®E® JQUKIfSlL-. 253 ?^^^?^?~-^-^^^^^*^*^** ^^^MSRICA^,^^. BUSINESS MANAGER. itxsmcss ^oticjes* Your Full Address, plainly written,Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. It You Ulve near one post-office andget your mail at another, be sure to give theaddress that we have on our list. Oive a Copy of Honey as Food andMedicine to every one who buys a packageof honey. It will sell lots of it. l>r. Blillers Book, A Year Amongthe Bees, and the American Bee Joxjk-NAii for one year—we send both for $ If you I^ose Bloiiey by carelessly en-closing it in a letter, it is without excuse,when a Money Order, which is perfectlysafe, costs but 5 cents. Mew ^Subscribers can obtain the fullnumbers for 188S and 1889 tor , if appli-cation be made at once, before all the setsof 1888 are gone. Paper Moxes—to hold a section ofhoney for retail dealers. We have two sizeson hand to carry sections 4Xx4K and 5^, per 100, or per 1,000. I»rescrTe Ifour Papers for futiuereference. If you have no 1JIN1>ER we
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