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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 9. 1904. 



raining. Apple-tree bloom has been gone 

 a week or more, and black and red raspberrj-, 

 and white clover, are just blooming, and if it 

 will just f(Uit raining now, you will probably 

 hear of good results from this part of the 

 world. I will feed my bees every cloudy day 

 for the next ten. We have a wonderful crop 

 of white clover — never have seen it better. 

 S. A. Matson. 

 Nodaway Co., Mo., May 29. 



Good PFOspects for a Honey-Flow, 



I like the "old reliable "American Bee 

 Journal flne, and would not like to be without 

 it. I have been trying to get the name of a 

 new subscriber to send with my own, but it 

 seems that all the bee-keepers in this part of 

 Kansas know all they wish to know about 

 bees. One bee-keeper who has about 50 colo- 

 nies told me if I wished to succeed with bees 

 to let bee-papers and bee-books alone. I dif- 

 fer from him, however, and shall try to prove 

 the contrary. 



I have 12 colonies, one being a swarm hived 

 yesterday. With the exception of one all are 

 in good condition. Five of the colonies I 

 bought this spring at .*;h.00 per colony — my 

 own choice of 16 colonies. 



I commenced bee-keeping a year ago, bu.v- 

 ing 4 colonies at a sale for S2.00. Last year 

 was a poor one in eastern Kansas — so much 

 rain during white clover season, and basswood 

 did not bloom at all. My 4 colonies did not 

 swarm, but I caught 2 stray swarms. 



The prospects are good at present for a good 

 honey-flow. White closer is just beginning 

 to bloom. Henry L. Hager. 



Doniphan Co., Kans,, May 2S. 



Sycamore Maple. 



Can you identify the enclosed leaf and 

 flower (a species of maple, I think) J Is it of 

 any value as a honey-plant. 



J. H. Waltebhocse. 



Ontario, Canada, May 34. 



[The flower is from the sycamore maple. 

 As all maples yield honey of good quality this 

 species has some value. See Prof. Cook's 

 " Bee-Keeper's Guide," page 403. — C. L. 

 W AI^TON . ] 



The Season in Ontario. 



_ Apple-bloom has opened a week late, owing 

 to cold and wet which returned last week. At 

 present the heat is'likely to dry it up before 

 Its time. 



A trip towards Detroit, through Kent and 

 Essex counties, showed clover badly killed, 

 many fields being quite brown. Winter wheat 

 is practically all gone in those counties. Here 

 in Elgin County clover is injured, but by no 

 means all killed. On light soil is where the 

 loss is heaviest. Probably 70 percent of bees 

 are dead throughout the Province, and the 

 balance are in poor condition. The lateness 

 of clover may give time for building up by 

 stimulative feeding. Morlet Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada, May 25. 



Home-Made hives— Swarming. 



I will describe how I make bee-hives. First, 

 about 1858 or 1S60, 1 got the right to make and 

 use— not sell — the Langstroth hive. Then 

 lumber was in the rough, and I had to saw 

 and dress all of it myself. I could cut and 

 dress every piece for a hive in one day. In 

 the winter of 1902-03, 1 built a foot-power 

 buzz-saw for $7.50, and with it can cut every 

 piece for a hive; and at $35 per ItiOO feet I 

 made 14 hives, S-frame, bottom 24x14 inches 

 wide, 2 sides 20x13 inches deep, end-pieces 1'.,' 

 inch plank 12 inches long and 12 deep. The 

 ends are 12x12 which leaves an entrance 12 

 inches long and one inch deep at both ends, 

 but the back is closed. 



Now, take one end and 2 sides, nail them as 

 they should be nailed. I have a board that 

 lits in the hive so that the front end is in its 

 place sure; I nail the body with a 12-penny 

 nail, 4 in each end; this makes a solid body, 

 no racking. I have a piece of hard wood i.,' 

 nch thick, 1 inch wide, with 8 holes to drive 



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