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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 5, 1904. 



extracted honey. I extracted 1600, and saved 

 about 200 pounds in combs in case of needing 

 to feed in the spring of 1904. My bees also 

 produced over 1200 pounds of as nice section 

 honey as could be put up. The comb honey 

 sold for 15 cents a pound, and the extracted 

 for 10 cents. I have sold all nay honey, and 

 could sell more if I had it. It was all sold 

 about home, except 400 pounds, which was 

 shipped, part to Kansas and part to Indiana, 

 to fill orders. 



My bees increased to .50 colonies. I wintered 

 30 colonies in the cellar, and lost 2 colonies 

 and 3 queens. All left plenty of honey to 

 have taken them through. The other 20 colo- 

 nies were wintered cii the summer stands 

 in chatf- packed hives. Those wintered on 

 the summer .stands came through in far 

 better condition. I did all the work my- 

 self, and did my own cooking and dish- 

 washing while taking care of the liees and 

 honey ; so you see a man can do all of 

 his work in caring for his bees, as well as can 

 some of the good sisters. Now, I hope that 

 none of the sisters will think I am hunting for 

 a helpmate, for I have my bees 12 miles out 

 on a farm, and we live in town. My good 

 wife thinks, as the Bible speaks of "part of 

 the Children of Israel, that staying back with 

 the stuff is as much as going to battle. There- 

 fore I give my experience to help others, for I 

 do what I can to help pay expenses, and 

 preaching the Gospel is my business. 



The way I requeen when I take away a poor 

 queen is as follows: I hunt out the queen 

 with as little disturbance as possible, and as 

 soon as I get her away, I fill the smoker afresh 

 with fuel, and pour the smoke on the bees un- 

 til they fill up, and then smoke again until 

 they are well scented with smoke, then smoke 

 a little the queen to be introduced, and let 

 her run in amongst the bees, and close the 

 hive and leave it a while. I prefer making 

 the change in the evening. 



Arthur A. HorsER. 



McDonough Co., 111., March 26. 



Big Snow-Stopms in New York. 



Since writing liefore we have had two big 

 snow-storms, with no warm weather interven- 

 ing. The one of the Utth and 20th was with 

 a high wind, and the snow is so piled in our 

 roads that the road is left in many places, go- 

 ing in the lots or on the sides, anywhere to 

 get around the from 3 to 5 foot drifts. The 

 mercury stood at 9 degrees above zero a few 

 mornings ago. The hees are still in the cel- 

 lar, for which I am glad. There will be very 

 few colonies alive, of those left out when May 

 comes. G. M. Doolittle. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 21. 



A Very Cold Winter. 



It has been a very cold winter, the average 

 temperature for January, 1904, being .si„ de- 

 grees F. above; for February, S; and Ma'rch, 

 22"i. In March, 1903, the average was 35 de- 

 grees; February, 19 2-T; January, I'-'.i. 



I started last fall with TO colonies, and have 

 lost 15 up to date. There had not been a day 

 warm enough for bees to have a flight since 

 November IT, until day before yesterday. 

 They have now had three nice days, and have 

 improved them. Last year they "were carry- 

 ing in pollen on March IS. I am looking for 

 a light honey crop this year, as ,-:; of my colo- 

 nies are weak. I have had to feed some of 

 my colonies for the first time since I began to 

 keep bees, and that was in 1885. My honey 

 is almost all sold. All of my extracted honey, 

 about 1800 pounds, was sold at home. 



C. F. Baker. 



Allegany Co., N. Y., April 7. 



A Winter Report. 



I bought 3 colonies of bees, and now have 

 7. I put 8 colonies into the cellar last fall. 

 This winter I set tbem out on a warm day, 

 and one colony that had gotten damp in the 

 cellar left the hive aivi united with one of the 

 other colonies. My colonies are stronger and 

 better than they were last year. I have them 

 outdoors, and they eiijoy the warm days. I 

 never lose any bees in the winter. I look 

 them over about once a week. The past win- 



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