April 28, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



315 



Langstrothenthe 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



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some very tine rains, coming in ajway to do 

 the most good, ami fullowed by good weather 

 conditions. If we ^.t a few more showers 

 during the next :iO days, and other conditions 

 are favorable, we may yet " pull off" a fairly 

 good crop of honey. Bees are in fine shape, 

 much better than at ihis time last year; breed- 

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 Could we foretell what kind of weather we 

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 for a busy season. c_ tisR Wm. Rosa. 

 Ventura Co., Calif., iMarch 23. 



Severe Winter on Bees. 



This winter has been very severe on bees in 

 this locality. 1 have received accurate infor- 

 mation from l>ee-kfepers for several miles 

 around, and also from Iroquois County, and 

 all reports are abont the same. Judging from 

 the reports, fully .50 percent of all the ijees 

 around here are dead, not figuring on what 

 will die between now and blossoms. It is 

 true that all the bees were wintered on the 

 summer stands, but some were well protected. 

 They starved with |>lenty of stores, and to 

 spare, but the cold spell was longer than they 

 could stand, hence the results. However, 

 with 50 percent left, and prospects for good 

 pasturage, I see no reason why bee-keepers 

 can not make it well, as there is no doubt tiut 

 that honey will sell at a good price. 



I seem to have been more fortunate than 

 some of my friends, as I have lost, as yet, 

 only 7 colonies, and the others seem to be 

 fairly strong. H. S. Dcbt. 



Kankakee Co., 111., March 31. 



Long Winter Confinement. 



On page 151, Dr. Miller asks if any one ever 

 had a colony of bees come through in good 

 condition, out-of-doors, after a conflnement 

 to the hive of 100 days, without a cleansing 

 flight. I have had seven years' experience in 

 outdoor wintering here in Northern Wiscon- 

 sin, and am able to give an answer to his 

 question. Indoor wintering is preferable 

 here, because the thermometer sometimes 

 goes down to 30 degrees below zero ; but if 

 the bees are properly packed they will en- 

 dure confinement to the hive of over 100 days 

 very well. That, at least, has been my experi- 

 ence. I made a good bee-cellar and wintered 

 my bees in this cellar until 1896, when I read 

 in a paper that outdoor wintered bees are 

 more hardy in the spring than those wintered 

 in the cellar. I decided to give outdoor win- 

 tering a trial. In the fall I packed three colo- 

 nies of bees in a winter-case, with about 4- 

 inches of chaff around the hives and on top of 

 them. They had no flight from December I'i 

 until March IS, so they were confined 95 days. 

 They all came through the winter, but in a 

 very poor condition. 



In 1897 I again pacKed my three colonies in 

 the same way as the winter before. They were 

 confined from November 16 to February f*. or 

 84 days. One colony was dead, and the other 

 two very weak. 



In 1898 I packed 10 colonies, but this time I 

 put a chaff cushion on each side of the Ijees, 

 inside the hive, and a Hill's device on top of 

 the frames, over which a piece of burlap was 

 spread. Now I put a super filled with chaff 

 on the hive. 1 put a cover over the super, but 

 left an open space of about }S inch at the rear 

 end of the super. 1 then placed each hive in 

 a winter-case, and packed ttiem with 3 inches 

 of chaff on the sides and top, and put a water- 

 proof cover on the case. This time the bees 

 were confined from November 23 to February 

 1?, or 86 days. Thry all came through the 

 winter in fine condition. 



In 1899 I again wintered lOcolonies, packed 

 the same way, Tbuy were confined from 

 December 3 to .March 31, or 117 days, and all 

 came through strontr and healthy, except one 

 colony that had a drone-laying queen. This 

 one had dysentery in the spring and died. 



In 1900 I packed 18 colonies as before. 

 They were conliued from November 14 to 

 March 17, or 123 d;i s. Two colonies were 

 dead, but the other I' colonies were in good 

 condition, without ani- sign of dysentery. 



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