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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 7, 19C4. 



braska's" desire for more witticism on " crit- 

 ter ballads" (page T3). You have merited 

 respect. He undoubtedly is good-natured 

 and jovial, and only regarded the affair as a 

 tall joke. 



It is very probable that a great many of us 

 didn't like the " the tone "of the engravings 

 you have mentioned, but it pleased our good 

 editor, Mr. York, to display them, and to give 

 Mr. and Mrs. Hyde such an introduction to 

 the bee-world that would seem intended to 

 bound them on to sudden fame. 



Now, if a part of what was said seemed a 

 little out of order, and space used unneces- 

 sarily, why wouldn't it be better to make 

 known our grievances in kind sentences which 

 we believe to voice the thought of the greatest 

 number unbiasly interested, and Mr. York 

 most certainly would gladly publish the same 

 for us ! 



Let us be proud that most bee-keepers 

 seem to be so unbiased, pious, and liberal- 

 hearted with each other. 



Have you every heard the story of the vener- 

 «h|p old Tree who was so kindly advising the 

 Buckwheat when a storm was at hand, to do 

 as ilje grasses and Ilowers were doing — to 

 close its Howers and bow its head? But the 

 Buckwheat, in its haughty pride would not, 

 thinking maybe it would be wiser for the 

 others to follow its example. The storm 

 raged, and the good old Tree observed from 

 time to time, and saw the dear little Buck- 

 wheat vainly trying to hold up its own weak 

 self against the great force of Nature, shafts 

 of lightning and peal after peal of thunder 

 that made the very earth tremble. After the 

 storm the grasses and plants looked thank- 

 fully up to the Tree, and the flowers unfolded 

 their beautiful colors, looking refreshed and 

 brighter than ever. The Buckwheat was 

 singed and blackened, which made the Tree 

 weep, so that tears were falling from leaves 

 which were still in humble attitude. 



In this drama of life what position should 

 we choo.se '. Most of us, of course, to be 

 found with the Buckwheat, flowers and 

 grasses. 



And then, certainly, all have heard of the 

 contest between the Wind and the Sun in 

 trying to prove which had the greater power, 

 by each trying to cause an old gentleman to 

 remove his great coat. The Wind in his 

 blustering way failed. Then the Sun sent one 

 of his warm rays down so kindly upon the 

 man that he exclaimed, " I am melting ! " and 

 with that removed the coat. 



Now, if I am "chased" I will try to escape 

 to the venerable old Tree, and when fafely in 

 its branches learn of it. E. S. Roe. 



Todd Co., Minn. 



[This really belongs in the "Sisters "de- 

 partment, but as it is addressed to Mr. Hdsty, 

 we put it in this place. — Editor.] 



Many Bees Lost in Winter. 



We have had the worst winter here that I 

 have ever experienced ; ten weeks of sleigh- 

 ing, and more coming. The mercury has 

 hovered around zero for weeKs. The bees 

 have not had a chance to fly this winter, so 

 you can guess about how they will come out. 

 My 85 chaff-packed colonies are half dead, up 

 to date. They have eaten every drop of honey 

 in their hives. We are laying large cakes of 

 boiled-dowu sugar over the frames, hoping to 

 bring a few colonies through. As near as I 

 can learn, there will not be 5 percent left to 

 tell the story in Michigan ; so you can see 

 there will be a lot of long-faced bee-keepers 

 next summer in these pans. The honey crop 

 was a fair one last season. 



Obville Jones. 



Ingham Co., Mich., Feb. 33. 



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 pounds of honey. I commenced the year 

 1898 with about 30 colonies, lost 12 or 13 from 

 starvation that spring, and fed 400 pounds of 

 sugar to save the rest until the white clover 

 blossomed. During the summer I caught 11 

 wild swarms in my own yard. One swarm I 



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