. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ GEORGE W ' I*rof. Cook, writing from Claremont, Calif., Nov. 20, says this: We are having lovely weather. My bees have gathered quite a little honey this fall —mostly from the pepper-trees. This is a lovely country. A. J. Cook. A XreiueudoitM Honey-Yioltl.— " Gleanings " tells us of an Australian bee- keeper who, in the season of 1891-92, "started in spring with 63 colonies, in- creased to 120, and extracted a little over 48,000 pounds of honey—an average of 750 pounds, spring ; The bees were "Italians and hybri
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^ GEORGE W ' I*rof. Cook, writing from Claremont, Calif., Nov. 20, says this: We are having lovely weather. My bees have gathered quite a little honey this fall —mostly from the pepper-trees. This is a lovely country. A. J. Cook. A XreiueudoitM Honey-Yioltl.— " Gleanings " tells us of an Australian bee- keeper who, in the season of 1891-92, "started in spring with 63 colonies, in- creased to 120, and extracted a little over 48,000 pounds of honey—an average of 750 pounds, spring ; The bees were "Italians and hybrids, in 20-frame 'long- idea' ; But the honey season in Australia lasts almost a whole year. It's a fine yield, just the same. Xlie Amateur ISee-Keeper is the name of a neat 64-page pamphlet, 4x7 inches in size. It is written by that practical Missouri bee-keeper, Mr. J. W. Rouse, and published by the Leahy Mfg. Co. It should be read by every bee-keeper, whether an amateur or not. A new and second edition has just been issued, the first 1,000 copies being disposed of in only two years. It is nicely and fully illustrated. Price, post- paid, 25 cents; or clubbed with the •• Ameri- can Bea JourBal " for a year—both, $, IVebrasIca Apiarian Exhibit, at the State Pair in September, was as usual a prominent feature of the annual show. Mr. E. Whitcomb was in charge, which, of course, from the very start, insured a suc- cessful exhibit. A Nebraska report of the Fair said that the apiary department was ornamented this year by some beautiful work in beeswax by Mrs. Whitcomb. One of the most handsome designs consisted of a lyre with a bunch of flowers at the base. She exhibited a basket of wax flowers, flowers made of birds' eggs, statuary and other pieces nicely executed. William James, of Pleasant Hill, showed a miniature house made by bees on a frame- work placed in the hive. Ernest Bessey and Winnie Stilson ex- hibited large collections of honey-producing
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