. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 9, 1881. No. 6. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, koitor .ami Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, OF SUBSCRIPTION: WEEKLY-- 52 numbers) $ a year, in advance. Tlueo i i months at tbe same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY The first and third numbers of each , at !$1.©© a year, in advance. MONTHLY -The first number of each month, at SO cent* a year, in advance. t3T~ Any person sending a Club of six is entitled
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 9, 1881. No. 6. Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, koitor .ami Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, OF SUBSCRIPTION: WEEKLY-- 52 numbers) $ a year, in advance. Tlueo i i months at tbe same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY The first and third numbers of each , at !$1.©© a year, in advance. MONTHLY -The first number of each month, at SO cent* a year, in advance. t3T~ Any person sending a Club of six is entitled to an extra copy i like the club) which may be sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. t3^ Kemit ,by money-order, rejristered letter, ex- press r bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such only are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost as 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Po*tnirc to Enrope SO cents extra. Entered at Chicago post office as secnndclass matter. For the American Bee Journal The Weekly, Introducing Queens, Etc. ct. H. ADAMS. As I have been a reader of the Ameri- can Bee Journal and a- keeper of bees for over 3 years, I thought I would express myself in regard to the Journal. I like it very much and cannot do without it. Friend Newman, you may put me down as a life sub- scriber of the American Bee Jour- nal. I am glad it is to be a Weekly. I think $2 a year very low for a weekly bee paper. I will say I think there is just one article in the December num- ber, p. 565, written by Mr. G. M. Doolit- tle, "Plenty of bees; plenty of honey," that is worth the whole amount of the subscription to beginners, let alone all the other good articles. As I have not sent in my report for 1880, I will now do so. I opened the season with 40 colonies of bees; 12 of the number were good, strong colonies —the others were very weak. The 12 gathered 700 lbs. of comb honey; two of the twelve, where
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