Vol. X. 



MAY 1, 1882. 



No. 5. 



A. I. ROOT, 



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NOTES FROM THE BANIVER APIARY. 



NO. 30. 



now THE BEFS AVINTERED IN THE CLAMPS. 



M PRIL 1st.— Dug out the bees, and found them 

 jH^ all O. K. The3' were just as dry and quiet as 

 ' bees could possibly be. The straw surround- 

 ing the hives was neither damp nor moldy; in fact, 

 it was nice enough to use in flUing beds. The bees 

 were in such splendid condition in this one c'amp 

 that I opened, that 1 shall not open the other clamp 

 until I return from the convention. 



REMOVING BEES FROM THE CELL.\Il. 



April 5th.— Alder, willow, soft-maple, and elm, are 

 in blossom; the weather continues warm and pleas- 

 ant, and the bees are bringing in such loads of pol- 

 len that it seems a pity to keep the poor little fel- 

 lows "cooped up" down cellar, and 1 have placed 

 them upon their summer stands " for good." 



OFF FOR THE CONVENTION. 



April 8th.— Here we are, wife, babies, and all, out 

 at "Grandpa Simpson's," in Flushing. Grandpa^, 

 wintered about £0 colonies without loss. They were 

 left upon their summer stands; some in chatT hives, 

 and others protected with straw. How warm it is 

 to-day, and what swarms and swarms of loaded bees 

 come In from the low ground, one-half mile away, 

 where can be seen the crimson tops of the soft- 

 maple, j-ellow " clumps " of willow, and the tall elms, 

 with their gracerul, spreading tops brown with blos- 

 soms! 



April 9th.— Considerably cooler to-day. Wife and 

 babies are left at grandpa's, while I go three miles 



away to visit a brother-in-law who has 30 colonies. 

 Some of his bees were wintered upon their summer 

 stands, while the remainder were wintered in an 

 out-3f-door3 celhir. All came through in good con- 

 dition. 



April lOih.— It froze quite hard last night, and a 

 cold north wind is blowing this morning. Left my 

 brother-in-law's this morning at 7:45, and walked 

 down to the road to take the stage that passes on its 

 way from Flushing to Flint. There was no stage in 

 sight, so I walked along, thinking the stage would 

 overtake me; but as no stage came in sight, I kept 

 on walking and walking and walking, until I walked 

 into Flint, a distance of 10 miles. The stage ar- 

 rived half an hour later. There are two bee-keepers 

 in Flint,— Mr. West and Mr. Coppen, whom I should 

 have been glad to have called upon, but other busi' 

 ncss prevented. At 1:~0 p.m. I took the train to 

 friend Hunt's, at which place I arrived at about-4 

 o'clock. 



AT FRIEND HUNt's. 



To you, friend Root, I do not suppose it is neces- 

 sary to say one word in regard to the hospitality of 

 friend Hunt and his wife. To others I will say, that 

 their chief thought seemed to be to make my visit 

 both pleasant and profitable to mijsclf. And when I 

 came away I was fairly loaded down with — well, 

 shall I tell what? I guess I will. New varieties of 

 potatoes, grapevine cuttings, strawberry _plants, 

 Early-Amber sugar-cane seed, etc.; yes, and a bottle 

 of Amber-cane syrup, as a sample to show to the 

 wife, babies, and neighbors. You will remember, 

 friend Root, that friend Hunt had his hives arranged 

 in the form of a hollow square; well, the center of 

 this square is now adorned with a tenement hive 



