May 19, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



365 



fit the brood-nest of a weak colony, and a 

 novice is liable to lose some very valuable 

 brood by such a practice. 



In the early spring, when all the bees are 

 anxious to get some brood hatched out, it is 

 much better to tuck the little ones up snugly 

 and abandon them to their fate until such 

 time as the large, strong colonies have plenty 

 of hatching bees ; and then instead of giving 

 the little colony more brood to care for, just 

 take a comb from say 'Z strong colonies, that 

 have plenty of hatching bees, jar the frames, 

 or give a gentle shake to cause the old bees to 

 take flight, and then with a feather or suitable 

 brush, brush the young bees into the weak 

 colony, leaving its brood-nest intact, and re- 

 turn the combs of unhatched brood and eggs 

 to the colony from which they were taken. 



Then see how the little colony will spread 

 its own self under the stimulus of a quart, or 

 even less, of young bees, and they will put the 

 brood where they can better care for it than it 

 is possible to give it to them. The trouble is, 

 there is a much smaller percent of the brood 

 hatching than the novice thinks there is, and 

 a cool night leaves it sticking out of the clus- 

 ter and it is lost. 



I have seen much brood lost in this way, 

 and not all among novices, either. 



Do we all of us, always, do as well as we 

 know? M. A. Gill. 



Boulder Co., Colo., April 21. 



Wintered All Right— Cold Spring. 



I winter my bees out-doors, have only 7 

 colonies, and they have wintered all right so 

 far. They have had only two good flights, 

 and the last day they were carrying in pollen. 

 It hast)een a cold spring here so far. We live 

 on the shore of the St. Lawrence River, and 

 the ice has not gone out yet, and it makes it 

 cold. I use leaves for packing, and like them 

 very well. There are not many bees kept 

 around here. 



The " Old Reliable " is all right, and I don't 

 want to be without it as long as I keep bees. 

 F. Webster. 



Jefferson Co., N. Y., April 18. 



None Lost in Wintering. 



We took our bees out of the cellar April IH, 

 as it was the first nice day we had for a long 

 time. We have not lost a colony this winter. 

 We had 92 colonies outside which were packed 

 in chaff, and 48 in the cellar, which came out 

 all right. We kept the temperature down to 

 about 45 degrees all the time. 



The weather is unfavorable almost all of 

 the time. We have 15 cloudy days to 1 clear 

 day in a week. If it does not change soon we 

 may lose some of our colonies, too. 



Last year was not a very good one, but we 

 hope that this year will be better. 



Fred Banker. 



Brown Co., Minn., April 15. 



Wintering Bees— Feeding Bees. 



This has been the hardest winter on bees 

 that I have ever seen, and almost all of the 

 hees that were left on the summer stands here 

 are dead. There was not a day from Nov. 15 

 to April 1 that bees could fly in safety. I 

 never try to winter my bees out-of-doors, as it 

 is more work to pack and protect them prop- 

 erly on the summer stands than it is to carry 

 them in ; and then, if you should need to feed 

 them it can be done with more ease and com- 

 fort in the cellar. 



It sometimes makes me smile when reading 

 the Journal, of some writer being frightened 

 because his bees have not had a flight for 3 or 

 4 weeks. Why, bless you, my bees did not 

 have a flight for almost 5 months ! For exam- 

 ple, I put them into the cellar Nov. 19, 1903, 

 and put them out April 5, 1004, and they 

 came through all right, and they were win- 

 tered on sugar fed to them in the fall, with a 

 cake of sugar put on top of the frames this 

 winter. So don't Vjc afraid to feed sugar it 

 you should lack honey. There were some 

 pieces of sugar-cakes they did not use, so I 

 melted it to-day and fed it that way. 



Right here I will tell of a feeder which is 

 nice to use at this season of the year. Take a 

 small drinking fountain that will hold per- 



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Raising Evergreens from Seed. — 



The method employed in raising evergreens 

 from seed has been and is still considered a 

 trade secret by most nurserymen. However, 

 we are able to present our readers the follow- 

 ing valuable ariicle from the veteran ever- 

 green-grower, Mr. (_'harles F. Gardner, of 

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 the eaith with a yarden-roller, or bick of the 

 spade, and then immediately cover with a 

 very light coat of sand. As soon as planted 

 a partial shade must be made so that the rays 



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 Keep all grass and weeds from the little trees, 

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 the bed until the trees are two years old. at 

 which age they can be transplanted into rows 

 in the garden.'' 



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