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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 21, 1904. 



made of paper of the same thickness as the 

 wooden ones, pressed harder, with a gloss on 

 them. They can b'i made of white or differ- 

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 They would be much cleaner, and I believe 

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W. A. Moore. 

 Delaware Co.,0., Feb. 3. 



Severe Winter. 



We have .50 colonies of bees all in chaff 

 hives. We had a good season last year, but 

 this has been a very severe winter and I am 

 becoming anxious about our bees, as they have 

 not had a Might since November 13. There is 

 3 feet of snow here at present. 



G. W. Gordon. 



Ontario, Canada, Feb. 36. 



Getting Bees from High Trees. 



My plan for getting swarms down from 

 trees may interest some. It is this : Have a 

 10-foot ladder made of one-inch boards, four 

 inches wide at the top and five at the bottom, 

 with two thin iron hooks at the top, wide 

 enough to hook over a 3 or -i inch limb and 

 thus steady the ladder. Then tie the legs of 

 the bee-basket loose enough to straddle a 

 round of the ladder. I made a 16-foot pole, 

 1*4 inches wide at the bottom and 1 inch at 

 the top. I made it nice and smooth and riv- 

 eted an iron hook on ihe upper end, so that I 

 can hook it onto a larger limb and give it a 

 shake, or even hook it onto a little limb and 

 twist it out of the way, or place it anywhere, 

 while I lift the basket and place it where I 

 can spring the limb with the bees on, and give 

 it a little jerk. When the bees are fairly set- 





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