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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 19, 1904. 



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Bees Wintered in tlie Cellap, 



I put 100 colonies of bees in the cellar Nov. 

 13, 1903, and they are there yet; they have 

 not had a peep of daylight since. They 

 seem to be in good condition, and I think 

 they can stand it for 10 days more, at least — 

 the way the weather looks they will have to. 

 The thermometer registered 4 degrees below 

 zero April IS. John Cox. 



Chippewa Co., Wis., April 18. 



Hateliing Eggs Over Bees. 



I tried four hen's eggs over bees the other 

 day. I chose a powerful colony and fed them 

 so that they were hot. The hive was packed 

 with others in a case in ground-cork. A 

 thick cushion was over the eggs. They had 

 every advantage. After the end of a week I 

 broke them and found that the germ had 

 made progress corresponding to about 48 to 

 60 hours under a hen. At that rate, had the 

 eggs been left to hatch ( ?). they might have 

 furnished chickens in about tinvn weeks. One 

 egg showed just a touch of red, the little em- 

 bryo being about I4 to -^ of an inch long. 



Yet I have known chickens to be hatched 

 in bee-hives. 1 knew a man in my boyhood 

 who did it. At that time he was through 

 with bees, as his had all died, and he found 

 the hives very convenient for hens'-nests. 



As far as I know, I lost only 3 colonies out 

 of 38, in out-3oor wintering. Those two 

 starved. 



The American Bee Journal is better than 

 ever. Allen Latham. 



New London Co., Conn., May 2. 



A Long Winter. 



I put 19 colonies in winter quarters, and 

 lost 6. This was a very long winter, and last 

 summer was a poor one for bees— it rained all 

 the time. I hope we will do better this year. 

 I am a great friend of the bees and would not 

 be without them. A. A. Goktsch. 



Dodge Co., Wis., April 25. 



Key Remedy for Bee-Stings. 



I wish to tell of a simple but very eflfective 

 remedy for stings of any kind. When stung, 

 pull or rub out the sting, then place the bore 

 of a key exactly central over the spot and bear 

 down hard. After, say 30 seconds, take off 

 the key, which has left a deep ring around 

 the wound, and a tiny drop of yellowish fluid 

 standing over the wound; and this is the end 

 of it. I wish every one who gets stung knew 

 of this and would try it. P. T. Lemaster 

 I Spartanburg Co., S. C, April 15. 



Heavy Loss in Wintering. 



The bee-keepers in this part of the country 

 experienced quite a heavy loss with bees— 

 about "5 percent. My loss so far is 30 percent. 

 There is one foot of snow on the ground 

 at this date. C. H. Wale. 



^ Ontario, Canada, April IS. 



Bee-Keeping in Missouri. 



I have only 39 colonies yet, but intend to 

 double that number in the near future. I 

 don't think a better country could be found 

 for the bee-industry than southwestern Mis- 

 souri. Our bees are now on the summer 

 stands. We have had snow only two days 

 the past winter, and the bees are all right, 

 and are busy taking ia pollen. They com- 

 menced to do worl; as early as the last of 

 February. Bees have ^liown great activity all 

 winter, and not a week Ivio passed but what 

 they have made use of their wings. 



I think we have a favuriible spring for bees, 

 and 1 intend to gain all the information I can 

 from the American Bee Journal, and to devote 

 a great deal of lime to the work. Of course, a 





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