. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 25, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 61 brought $, frames 'JO cents, and the jars ?; (I have since raised the quarts T> cents.) I was agreeably surprised to find nearly every one to whom I showed honey wanted it. I could have sold more. The following Saturday (June 17) I sold all the comb honey I took, and some extracted, amounting to ?; the 24th. $ July 1 I workt for a friend, so that he could look after his peach crop. July 8 I sold ^5'J5; July 33. in Mesilla Park and Las Cruces, .^4 i'). I found sales rather slow, as fruit was
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 25, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 61 brought $, frames 'JO cents, and the jars ?; (I have since raised the quarts T> cents.) I was agreeably surprised to find nearly every one to whom I showed honey wanted it. I could have sold more. The following Saturday (June 17) I sold all the comb honey I took, and some extracted, amounting to ?; the 24th. $ July 1 I workt for a friend, so that he could look after his peach crop. July 8 I sold ^5'J5; July 33. in Mesilla Park and Las Cruces, .^4 i'). I found sales rather slow, as fruit was very plentiful, and was taking the place. I now go every other Saturday to Las Cruces with honey, as much to hold a few good customers as anything, altho 1 trade there. I And for one batching on a bee- ranch in the country, with only people of a foreign tongue for neighbors, the money received is not by any means the only source of profit. I am starting in the chicken business in a small way, and want hens. I found one of my customers raising chickens for the table, and I exchanged roosters for pullets. Last but not least, we make pleasant ac- quaintances, see bright faces and happy homes, and the children run shouting to their mothers, "Here comes the honey- man I" Edw. A. Chandlek. Dona Ana Co., New Mexico. Pretty Poop Year for Honey. One year ago I went into winter with seven colonies, and lost only one. I win- tered them on the summer stands in chaff hives. The past year has been pretty poor for honey, considering the late swarming. They did not commence swarming till the last of May, and it lasted until the middle of June, 1 got about 30 pounds of surplus honey. All went into winter quarters with brood-chambers well filled with honey, I bought the wedge top-bar frames, and don't want any more of them. The old Hoffman is good enough for me, Asa Rice, Muskegon Co., Mich,, Jan, 7. Bees Wintering Splendidly. My bees are wintering splendidly so far. We had a splendid
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