Mar. 24, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



235 



to be severely criticised for resorting to this 

 method of disposinff of bees, but before 

 vou pass senteoee just boar in mind that 

 i am SO years old, and notwithstanding my 

 age I am" not a millionaire but am an old 

 soldier supported mainly by a pension, and 

 broken down in health. I have 'i? colcmies 

 left, unless some of them die during the win- 

 ter—and that is all I feel able to take care of 

 the next season. 



It is often the ease that a colony of bees 

 will be found doing something different from 

 their customary habits. I had such a colony 

 last season. They cast a swarm May 28, and 

 after nying around for a time they returned 

 to their hive. As they were returning 1 looked 

 in front of the hive and found the tiueen. I 

 put her on the alighting-board and she went 

 back into the hive with the other bees. In 

 just a' week they camcDut again and clustered, 

 but before I could hive them they returned 

 not only to the hive where they came out, 

 but also into the one that was about one foot 

 away. There was no fighting, no liees killed, 

 neither could I And the queen. I will number 

 this first hive No. 1, and the last oue No. -'. I 

 keep a long board in front of my hives tor an 

 alighting-board, and the next day after the 

 second return the bees were running back and 

 forth from No. 1 and No. 2, and this contin- 

 ued for several weeks, then they swarmed the 

 third time, and clustered with another swarm 

 that came out at the the same time, but the 

 communication was kept up between Nos. 1 

 and 2 the same as before. 



After a few weeks I discovered that the 

 bees in No. 1 were getting less; they were 

 weak, and I supposed they were queenless, so 

 I took the top off one day to examine them 

 and found a queen stuck fast to the top of 

 one of the frames. I liberated her and she 

 went down among the other bees. I let them 

 remain for a long time, but they continued to 

 dwindle, so I took the frames out and shook 

 the bees off; they had not done any robbing 

 during this time, (or I extracted 4 gallons of 

 honey which was nicely capped over. 



I have a home market for all my honey at 15 

 cents a pound, and I received first premium 

 on best display of honey at our county fair, 

 also first premium on clover honey and bass- 

 wood honey, amounting to 87.00 in all, which 

 would make about 1" cents a pound that I 

 received for my honey. 



It was a very wet season last year, and but 

 little honey gathered after the first of August, 

 and those who put late swarms into the cellar 

 without feeding will be liable to meet with 

 some loss. 



I examined my bees last week and found 

 them all right. In this section of the country 

 we have to keep our bees in the cellar 4i.j or 

 5 months, and this is a great hindrance to suc- 

 cess among bee-men. 



Last summer .June and July were the only 

 months that bees stored any surplus honey. 



My bees are Italians, and they are the best- 

 natured bees lever worked among. 



I agree with Mr. C. Alexander, page 813, 

 (190.3), that the American Bee Journal has 

 taken quite an advanced step since Mr. New- 

 man left it: and I don't think that this opin- 

 ion detracts anything from Mr. Newman's 

 good work, for this advance step is in accor- 

 dance with the law of progression, which is 

 the law of Nature, and the present Editor of 

 the .lournal keeps abreast with the progress 

 by apiarists. S. B. Smith. 



Millelacs Co., Minn., Feb. 11. 



A Mild, But Lonff, Winter. 



Bees will open. I think, in excellent condi- 

 tion, as I notice they are flying strong from 

 all my hives. The winter has been milder 

 than usual, but very protracted. 



A. H. Noble. 



Davidson Co., Tenn., March 11. 



Moving Bees— Cold Winter. 



I have just finished reading last week's 

 double number, arid I am much interested in 

 the report of the Chicago-Northwestern con- 

 vention. 



I think those people that have received the 

 benefits from foul brood inspection would 

 be rather backward in making it public. (I 



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