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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 28, 1904. 



They were confined from November 12 to 

 February 23, or 102 days. All came through 

 with no signs of dysentery. 



In 1902 I wintered 31 colonies outdoors. 

 They were confined from November 27 to 

 February 10, or 74 days. There were some 

 dysentery spots on the alighting boards, but 

 all came through. 



In 1903 1 wintered 26 colonies outdoors. 

 They were confined from November 12 until 

 yesterday, or 105 days of very severe weather, 

 with the thermometer most of the time 

 around zero, and some of the time 30 degrees 

 below. One colony is dead, 3 are showing 

 signs of dysentery, and the other 22 colonies 

 are in good condition. The three colonies 

 affected with dysentery had a good flight, and 

 I hope they will puil through. I have 61 

 colonies in the cellar, and there is no signs of 

 dysentery on the hives up to date. Taking 

 ecerything into consideration, I prefer cellar- 

 wintering in a severe winter. 



John H. Clasen. 



Manitowoc Co., Wis., Feb. 29. 



Bees Not Wintering Well. 



Bees are not wintering well so far. Some 

 have lost all, some half, some none at all. One 

 man who had 47 colonies has lost 25 so far. 

 They were left on the summer stands, in sin- 

 gle-walled hives. Some colonies had as high 

 as 35 pounds of honey left. They must have 

 chilled so that they could not reach their 

 stores. 



I have a few colonies, and they are well 

 packed and all right so far. In this locality 

 there was no fall honey to speak of, which 

 necessitated feeding, and those who are not 

 " onto their job " will lose heavily from the 

 extreme cold and scarcity of food. My bees 

 had their last flight on October 24, and their 

 first flight this spring on March 7, and, in 

 fac* that is the only flight they have had. 

 My neighbor put 11 colonies in the cellar last 

 fall, and by the first of February he had lost 

 7. The combs were all moldy and damp. 

 He put the live ones in his chamber and is 

 now feeding them. When it is warm, and 

 the sun shines, they come out of the hive and 

 fly to the food and fill themselves, and then 

 go back. This room has two windows in the 

 south, and the hives set with the backs to the 

 partition, and face the south. Two of the 4 

 colonies are queenless, and they do not work. 

 He feeds syrup in combs from which the 

 honey has been extracted. It is quite a sight 

 to open the door on a warm day and see them 

 work, which they do quite lively. 



Peter L. Francisco. 



Marathon Co., Wis., March 18. 



Outdoor Wintering of Bees. 



Complying with Dr. Miller's request, pages 

 151 and 152, I will relate my experiences as to 

 wintering bees out-of-doors. I must qualify 

 this by stating that my bees were wintered in 

 an open shed, facing the northeast, without 

 any protection from that direction. 



In April, 1S80, 1 commenced with two colo- 

 nies of hybrids, which I increased to S dunog 

 the first season. Toward the end of the sea- 

 son I became aware that I had overdone the 

 increasing business, but it was too late tor me 

 to correct the blunder, since I had not yet 

 learned how to unite weak colonies quickly 

 and successfully. I did not take a pound of 

 honey away from them, but, instead, I fed 

 cane-sugar syrup un'.il the weakest colony 

 had all of 15 pounds of winter stores, while 

 the strongest colony had 30 pounds or over. 



All the hives were hand-made by myself, 

 and otS-frame capacity (American frames, 

 113.ixllVj), but single-walled. A super G'. 

 inches deep was left on the hive, which was 

 well packed with absorbents. Three cross- 

 pieces were placed on the brood-frames, to 

 allow the bees to pass from one comb to an- 

 other, over which a clean sheet of burlap was 

 spread. Next was .spread a heavy woolen 

 quilt, and then a hug of oats-chafl completed 

 the packing for the winter. The telescoped 

 covers were provided with 4-inch holes 

 (screened), so as to perinit accumulating mois- 

 ture to escape. Thus prepared, my bees re- 

 mained without a siogli: flight from Nov. 15, 

 18S0, until March 1, issl— fully 108 days. 

 Four colonies showed more or less dysentery. 





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