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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 31, 1904. 



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AUGUST WEISS, Greenville. Wis. 



was a good one. It cast a good swarm anij 

 stored 75 pounds of honey. I became inter- 

 ested in them and bought -' more colonies, and 

 then began hunting Ijees in the woods. I 

 found 5 trees, and saved all of the bees, and 

 got 700 pounds of honey. I put the bees into 

 the cellar, and 2 colonies died, so I had 7 colo- 

 nies, spring count. I increased to 29 colonies 

 and had 700 pounds of honey. I put the 29 

 colonies into the cellar and came out with the 

 same numlier in the spring of 190.3. 



I began to take the "Old Reliable," and 

 got " A B C of Bee-Culture," also Doolittle's 

 "Scientific Queen-Rearing," and began to 

 study, and found lots to learn. 



My 29 colonies did not do so well, owing to 

 the bad weather we had the last of July and 

 the tirst of August, but I sold 2:-iOO pounds of 

 comb honey, and increased to 65 colonies, 

 which are wintering in fine shape so far. I 

 put them in winter quarters Nov. 14, and will 

 leave them there until April 1, or later, as the 

 weather permits. 



I have just completed 65 hives and supers. 



The cellar my liees are in holds the temper- 

 ature from 40 to 45 degrees, and is dry enough 

 to live in. I will report later how the bees 

 come out. 



I took first premium on comb honey at the 

 Marshfield Fair, and got a diploma in blue (on 

 Wood Co. exhibits) at the Milwaukee Fair. 

 FkeuE. Graham. 



Wood Co., Wis., March 7. 



Feeding Bees In Winter, Etc. 



Last year was my first with bees. I have 

 10 colonies on the summer stands. I made 

 outside cases and packed with chiff; they 

 are all living at present, but I am afraid they 

 may be short of honey. Can I make a syrup 

 in pans and place it 30 or 40 feet from the 

 hives and let the bees get it with safety, of is 

 if, likely to cause robbing ? I do not want to 

 unpack them, and I cannot feed them inside 

 of the hive without it. A great many bees in 

 this neighborhood have died this winter. My 

 bees have been on the wing but twice since 

 Nov. 17. 



I am very well pleased with the American 

 Bee Journal. My folks think I have gone 

 daft on the bee-question. Bee-pasturage is 

 poor here, the farmers all keeping sheep, and 

 they keep the white clover eaten out. 



Why does not some man produce a red 

 clover that bees could work on? I think it 

 could be done. H. 8. Spence. 



Harrison Co., Ohio, Feb. 22. 



[It would hardly do to feed in the way sug- 

 gested. In cold weather the best way is to 

 feed sugar-cakes, directly over the bees, as we 

 have described several times the past few 

 months In these columns. — Editor.] 



Good Advice to Beginners. 



I noticed from time to time reports of the 

 success or failure of beginners in bee-culture, 

 and as I am a beginner, and a pretty green 

 one, I'll give my experience tor the past sea- 

 son. 



I had 2 colonies in the spring, which I had 

 wintered, and which were in very good shape 

 when I took them out of winter quarters. 

 June 3 one of the colonies swarmed, and the 

 next day the other one cast a swarm. Well, 

 somehow, these 2 swarms gave me a very bad 

 case of bee-fever. I got 6 colonies from these 

 2 colonies, and I bought 8 more swarms from 

 another bee-keeper. 



Now right here I wish to advise beginners 

 never to start with too many colonies until 

 thoroughly acquainted with the business. 

 These last colonies 1 lioujxht were either second 

 or third swarms, and 4 of them proved to be 

 queenless when I got them home. But I re- 

 (lueened them by putting in a frame of brood 

 from other colonies. (.>f course, I wished to 

 liuild my own hive, and unfortunately I took 

 the advice of a compentent ( !) neighbor bee- 

 keeper, and made my hives like those he had 

 invented for his own use. Another thing, I 

 used the machine belonging to this man for 

 putting foundation into sections. I got about 

 200 sections filled with foundation when I 

 found to my disgust that the foundation was 

 fastened about K '"'^'^ irom the center. Of 



