Mar. 24, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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severe, for it is not customary to protect tlie 

 hives. I mj'selt have lost no colonies, but I 

 have several which are in poor shape for 

 spring work. Allen I..\tiiam. 



New London Co.. Conn., March T. 



Great Mortality of Bees. 



There is a great mortalit)' among the bees of 

 this locality, as they have not had a good 

 flight since last fall. We have lost !."> out of 

 54 colonies so far, and more are slowly dying 

 with dysentery. C. A. BfNcii. 



(JSaiot Joseph Co.. Ind., March 1-1. 



Bees Wlnteping Well. 



□Bees [are wintering well in this vicinity, 

 with daily flights sinc^ Feb. 29. The longest 

 periods between flights this winter was 15 

 days in December, 10 in January, and 1" in 

 February. They are visiting the water- 

 troughs freely, and have begun rearing brood. 

 I. L. Lyman. 

 Lancaster Co., Nebr., March 6. 



Working the Home Market. 



I now have about 250 colonies of bees, well 

 graded Italians. My honey crop for 1903 was 

 13,000 pounds, about half comb and half ex- 

 tracted. I sold it in the home market at a net 

 price of 9 cents a pound. Those bee-keepers 

 who produce a few thousand pounds, or a few 

 hundred pounds, can't do better than work 

 their home market. LoN RossoN. 



Ellis Co., Texas, March 9. 



[Suppose you tell us your method of work- 

 ing the home honey market, Mr. Rosson. — 

 Editor.] 



Good Report on Wi ntering. 



gjWe wish to report that our bees are having 

 a grand flight to-day, and have wintered well 

 out-doors this winter, while the thermometer 

 has registered, from December 15. 1903. up to 

 Feb. 22, 1904, all the way from 10 to 39 de- 

 grees below zero. 



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 colODies. We lost one by starving, and four 

 were queenless. How is that? 



R. H. Scn.MiDT Co. 

 Shel»ygan Co., Wis., Feb. 'IS. 



Worst Winter In 25 Years. 



This has been the worst winter on bees^for 

 a quarter ot ii century. They have been fun- 

 able to get out of their hives in safety since 

 last October. Evan E. Edwards. 



Madison Co., Ind., March 12. 



Thinks the Bees Will Winter. 



I put 66 colonies in a bee-house, all in good 

 shape and well supplied with honey, and I 

 guess they will get through the winter all 

 right. 



My honey crop was not very large last sea- 

 son ; I had I'M pounds of extracted honey. 

 Last year was too wet and cold for bees. I 

 had so many weak and tiueenless colonies. I 

 hope this spring will be better. 



Math Fisch. 



Sheboygan Co., Wis., March 8. 



Flying From All Hives. 



I have not been able to see how the bees 

 wintered, but the folks say the air is full ot 

 them the days they could fiy out, and that 

 they were flying from all the hives; but I will 

 find out when the weather will permit me to 

 go out-of-doors. D. C. McLeod. 



Christain Co., 111., March 10. 



Wintering in a Bee-Cave. 



I have a cave dug in a side hill, with double 

 doors, and about as nearly air-tight as I can 

 make it. It is 9x8x16 feet. I have 38 colo- 

 nies in it, and they appear to be wintering in 

 fine shape. I go in and shut the door and 

 they seem to be perfectly quiet. 



C. .J. Barber. 



Monona Co., Iowa, March 3. 



The German Steam Wax-Press. 



I notice on page 104. how Mr. Rauehfuss 

 set fire to his honey-house by melting wax on 

 a stove, while others melt their wax out-of- 

 doors. Now I advise them all to get a German 

 steam wax-press, and melt their wax by steam, 

 then they can work in the house, and no dam- 

 age done. I have tried it and would not do 

 without one. Wm. Lake. 



San Diego Co., Calif., Feb. 28. 



Report for Last Season. 



I have a small apiary, and am wintering 60 

 colonies, mostly Italians. I use the St. Joe 

 hive. My crop, last year, from 45 colonies, 

 was 4200 pounds of section and box honey, 

 2300 pounds of extracted honey, and 60 

 pounds of wax. I also have 50 hives filled 

 with 50 extracting combs for swarms the com- 

 ing season. F. G. ASHBAUGH. 



Livingston {'o., Mo., Feb. 20. 



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Loolfs Unfavorable for Honey. 



We have had only l'.^ inches of rain. It 

 looks the most unfavorable for a honey crop 

 I've ever seen it at this date. However, we 

 have about S tons ot last year's crop left, and 

 also 4 or 5 tons of the season farther bael£. 

 We are selling it at 7 and 9 cents, according 

 to quality. I left them 40 to 60 pounds to the 

 colony; that ought to pull them over all 

 right. C. W. Datton. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., Feb. 18. 



Complaining Does No Good. 



Dead as a door-nail ! And I had gone to 

 special pains to protect them for the winter. 



I have for years left them on the summer 

 stands, and by leaving plenty ot stores, cov- 

 ering the hives with old carpets and blankets, 

 and afterward turning over them a large box. 



