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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 26, 1904. 



own hives. They will not get rich if all bee- 

 keepers will do the same. 



We are having a late spring. The bees 

 cannot fly, as it is too cold and wet. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal a 

 great many years, and I expect lo continue 

 unless the editor turns me down for this arti- 

 cle. F. McBbide. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, April 18. 



[We are not in the habit of "turning 

 down " contributors. But whenever we deem 

 it best to do so, it's " as easy as rolling off a 

 log."— Editor.] 



Experience in Wintering. 



In the spring of 1903 I bought 2 colonies of 

 hybrids the last of May. In July I bought 2 

 colonies of Italians and transferred them into 

 Dadant hives; these increased two, so I had 

 6 colonies in the fall. The best colony was 

 stolen, one became queenless and died, leav- 

 ing me 4 to put on the shelf for winter. I 

 bought 3-ply tarred-paper and built a house 

 around the stand, open to the south, and had 

 a cloth curtain that I could drop down in 

 front during very stormy weather to keep out 

 the snow or rain. I used the "Hill's device '' 

 on all the hives, and used heavy cotton canvas 

 to cover the brood-chamber, no chafi cushions 

 or trays, and I lost only one colony through 

 the winter. They seem to have plenty of 

 honev in the hive, but they could not move 

 about, it being so cold. They evidently 

 starved with plenty of stores, but could not 

 get to them. 



I attribute my success the past winter to 

 the " Hill's device " more than all the other 

 precautions taken to make my bees comfort- 

 able. 



May 3 I was strolling about in the garden 

 when I saw a bunch of bees hanging upon a 

 limb of a spruce tree — about a quart— and I 

 put them in a hive and gave them 2 brood- 

 frames of comb and honey. They are carry- 

 ing in pollen and doing good work for so few. 

 I haven't the slightest idea which colony this 

 swarm came from. I think I can go on re- 



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cord as having the earliest swarm, at least in 

 this locality. The winter losses have been 

 very heavy here. It would be safe to say that 

 90 percent of bees are dead. My bees were all 

 in single-wall hives, and the strongest colony 

 this spring was in a liox made of half-inch 

 basswood lumber. C. E. White. 



Crawford Co., Pa,. May 10. 



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Ammonia for Stints and Removing 

 Propolis. 



The best thing I have used for stings is 

 ammonia. This is also the best thing I can 

 find to remove propolis from hands. I per- 

 spire some in the palms of my hands, then 

 rub without soap or water for about a minute, 

 thsn use warm water and soap. It comes off 

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Yai^sCo., N. T., May H. 



Wintered Well— Doing Fairly Well. 



My bees are building up in good shape for 

 the white clover honey harvest, but it has been 

 an awful winter tor tlieni, and my losses have 

 been greater tor the last winter than for a long 

 time. But I think I did well, when I consider 

 the losses some have had. I put 34 colonies 

 into winter quarters, last fall, and lost S colo- 

 nies. I winter my bees on the summer stands, 

 in sheds, putting burlap over the brood- 

 frames, and an empty super filled with planer 

 shavings, closing the entrance, excepting 

 about 3 inches. I believe it all bee-lieepers 

 would keep their bees in a dry place, and 

 leave a little ventilation above the brood- 

 frames, in this manner, by putting gunny- 

 sack, or 3 thicknesses of burlap between super 

 and hive-body, over brood-trames, which will 

 leave enough ventilation to let a large amount 

 of moisture escape, and keep the bees dry, 

 there would be less winter losses. I do not 

 think it is the cold weather that kills bees, 

 but the excess of moisture. 



My bees have commenced to gather honey 

 from fruit-blossoms, and are doing fairly well, 

 and I may get a chance to use some of the 4000 

 sections that I bought in February. 



I have been trying to get some of my bee- 

 keeping friends to join the National and State 

 Bee-Keepers' Associations, and have suc- 

 ceeded in getting three besides myself to join. 

 J. G. SCHOON. 



Champaign Co., 111., May 5. 



Results in Wintering in Ontario. 



In looking over the varied reports concern- 

 ing recent winter losses that have appeared In 

 late issues of the American Bee Journal, I 

 have been led to wonder at the different opin- 

 ions expressed as to what is an tjtrone period 

 of confinement with bees wintered outdoors. 

 Some few weeks ago, if I mistake not, Dr. 

 Miller asked if anyone ever had bees to win- 

 ter successfully outdoors, if they were con- 

 fined to the hives for more than 100 days 

 without a flight. Methinks that many here 

 in Ontario could have informed Dr. Miller 

 thai in three years out of live our bees endure 

 such trials as that and appear to be none the 

 worse for the experience. 



Only a few days ago I noticed a Georgia 

 bee-keeper's complaint, in effect that bees had 

 suffered there from the severe winter. Poor 

 bees ! Wonder what they would have done it 

 they hid been in a temperature of 25 degrees 

 below zero for days ai a time, it they " suf- 

 fered " when " way down in Dixie."' 



For the information of others enjoying a 

 warmer climate than we poor mortals, I will 

 give my report of wintering, which is no bet- 

 ter, and probably ivorse, than some other 

 bee-keepers in adjoining' counties. 



At the Cashel apiary, 100 colonies were 

 wintered in permanently packed hives (saw- 

 dust packing). The hives are all and 12 

 frame, Langstroth length and Quinby depth; 

 M colonies are alive at this date (April 30), 

 the majority are in fair condition, although 

 not l-iy any means iu as good sliape as is 

 usually the case. Three of the defunct ones 

 starved; in fact, all i; really starved as the 

 other 3, while they bail stores at one side of 

 the hive, and owing iv the continued cold had 



