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tinp, or some pungent sort of smoke, that can e relied on 

 to keep 'em off ? 



MENDtESON'S MOUNTAINOUS LOCATION. 



How grand, in mountains-round- Jerusalem sort, is the 

 location Mendleson, of California, has got into ! Beauty of 

 scene, indeed, brings in no dollars directly, but it enters 

 into one's life — supplies in one's life some things which 

 dollars might omit to supply. Some one long ago has said, 

 " I am a part of all that I have met." Page 753. 



[ Our Bee-I4eepln§ Sisters] 



■ Conducted bj' Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



Pretty Cold Weather. 



The thermometer stood at 16 degrees below zero this 

 morning — Dec. 26. Glad our bees are snug and warm in 

 the cellar. I think I would feel like providing each colony 

 with a hot-water bottle if they were out-of-doors. And yet 

 those people are to be envied who don't have to fuss about 

 getting bees into the cellar. 



The Sisters and the National. 



A look over the list of members in the Annual Report 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Association is by no means 

 devoid of interest from the Sisters' standpoint. As in other 

 lines, the sisters are for the most part silent partners, wives 

 sometimes doing work for which husbands get credit. So 

 it is that only a small proportion of the names that appear 

 in the list of members are those of women. Quite a num- 

 ber, however, appear in the list as members in full stand- 

 ing, and it may not be amiss to select these and make a lit- 

 tle tabulated report of our own. Unfortunately, in too 

 many cases the name alone is given, and we are left in the 

 dark as to the number of colonies and the honey harvested. 

 In the first column will be found the number of colonies, 

 spring count, except in the case of California members, and 

 in the National report only the number of colonies in the 

 previous fall (1902) is to be found for California. Very 

 likely, however, the spring count is much the same, for in 

 California they do not make much of a business of winter 

 losses. The list is as follows : 



both appear as members — an example well worthy of imita- 

 tion. The Association is at present a power, its power 

 largely depending upon the number of its membership, and 

 this is one of the places where a woman may count as much 

 as a man, and where she also stands on an equal footing as 

 to voting. 



Shall not the sisters do their part in joining our Na- 

 tional Association ? 





Dr. Miller's Answers 



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Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal, 

 or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



Drawn-Out Poundatlon In Cold Weather. 



W ill 30 below zero have any effect upon drawn-out foundation 

 which I left in the yard? It got moldy in my cellar. 



Minnesota. 



Answek. — No, nor ,50 below, so long as Ibe foundation is .not 

 handled, for of course it is brittle when so cold and would break easily. 

 It is doubtful whether any great harm would come from its being 

 moldy in the cellar, for the bees are good at cleaning. 



Different Strains of Bees In the U. S. 



How many different strains of bees are there in the United States? 



Illinois. 



Answer. — I don't know ; thousands of thera. If you get Italians, 

 that's one strain ; if you have blacks, that's another strain. The first 

 cross will make an additional strain, perhaps a number of different 

 strains, tor if there are differences even very slight that will different- 

 iate one colony from another, you may say that they are of different 

 strains. At least I think that's the way it is; but if any scientific 

 breeder thinks I'm wrong I'll cheerfully stand correction. 



Bees on Shares— Moving Bees on the Railroad. 



1. What are the customary terms and arrangements for placing 

 bees out on shares '. I have 45 colonies in winter quarters which I 

 want to move to Ordway, Colo., in the spring, and let someone handle 

 them for me on shares. Am I supposed to furnish supers, sections- 

 holders, etc., or just the brood-body and frames, letting the other per- 

 son furnish the balance? Would it be fair all around to both persons 

 for me to furnish the bees in as good shape as possible, and stand half 

 of any further equipments necessarily purchased, and getting half the 



New York. 



Jessie E. Marks 



Mrs. Andrew Payne 



North Carolina. 

 Miss Delia Hyatt 



Ohio. 

 Mrs. Mary A. Ray 



Texas. 



Miss Helen Buller 4 



Miss Meta Hillje 4 



Miss Marie Sheldon 



Utah. 



Mrs. L. S. Coleman 14 1!<00 



Mrs. J. E. DiUman 



Mrs. H. Halgrate 



Mary Langston 43 2500 



Mary Voigt 



Wisconsin. 



Mrs. Paul Barrette 54 3000 



Miss M. Candler 143 



Mrs. S. L. Kepler 55 400 3000 



Mrs. W. J. Pickard 430 



Ada Pickard (Mrs. Boggs)1.50 



Mrs. Jennie Towle 42 1!I60 



Mrs. W ingate 



To the sisters it is due that North Carolina is at all 

 represented in the Association, Miss Hyatt being the sole 

 representative, with never a brother from the entire State 

 to keep her company. 



Colorado and Illinois lead the list as to numbers, each 

 being represented by nine of the sisters. 



Only 57 of the sisters, all told, are members of the 

 Association. Ought not that number to be at least 

 doubled ? In several cases the names of husband and wife 



honey and half of the increase? What provision could be made to 

 prevent the other part.v cheating me, providing I was not in the neigh- 

 borhood all the season * Would the plan proposed be a practical one? 

 I have bees here in Nebraska, and ex|)ect to put in the summer on the 

 road and have no one to take charge of them for me. After ne.xt year 

 I expect to handle them myself, and so I do not care to sell them. 



3. When would be a good time to move the bees? and what is the 

 best way to place thera in the car ; Should they be tiered up? If I 

 did that, how would they be prevented from being jarred over by the 

 bumping of the train ? The bees are in standard 8-frame single-walled 



