. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. can Bee Journal—Chas. Dadant & Son. Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- plained, so that by following the in- structions of this book one cannot fail to be wonderfully helpt on the way to success with bees. The book we mail for , or club it with the American Bee Journal for one year—both for $; or, we will mail it as a premium for sending us THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee Journal for one year, with $ This is a splendid chance to get a grand bee-book for a very little money or work. GEORGE W. YORK & CO. IIS Michigan Street,


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. can Bee Journal—Chas. Dadant & Son. Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- plained, so that by following the in- structions of this book one cannot fail to be wonderfully helpt on the way to success with bees. The book we mail for , or club it with the American Bee Journal for one year—both for $; or, we will mail it as a premium for sending us THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee Journal for one year, with $ This is a splendid chance to get a grand bee-book for a very little money or work. GEORGE W. YORK & CO. IIS Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. DITTMER'S FOUNDATION Wholesale and Retail This foundatioa is made by an absolutely dun dipping- process, thereby producing a per- ft-cily clear and pliable foundation that retains the (tdur and color of beeswax, and is free from din. Working- wax into foundation for cash, a specially. Write for samples and prices. A full line of Supplies at the very lowest prict's, and in any quantity. Best quality and prompt shipment. Send for larg-e, illustrated caialug-. GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, Hr^C'^wfix Wanted, Please mention Bee Journal -whp", ?writing. EEDOM BOILED 4> 0>VN ^ « ^^TifN. Unsuccessful Wintering on Honeydew In August, 1H84, the leaves on the basswoods, elms and hickories in my locality were covered with honey-dew, and the bees filled the brood-chambers just as full as they possibly could of the off-colored stuff. I did not like to risk the wintering of all my bees on honey-dew,when I had plenty of sealed clover honey in the top stories, which I had saved to winter them on, but I thought I could safely do some experi- menting along this line and go thru the winter without any loss. I had 85 colonies, and in the fall I took all the combs out of 65 brood-chambers, and placed from 5 to 6 combs of sealed clover honey in each hive, and put a division-board on each side of these combs. I then packt the colonies with forest leaves. I then fitted up 1


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