June 16, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



427 



last paraliiD comb filled with tjlurose has been made, and that "it 

 duplicates the natural comb remarkably well." She (Dr. Walker) 

 must have seen some of that alfalfa honey mentioned in a recent 

 American Bee .Journal, I guess. 



5. I have been keeping my eyes open, but have not been able to 

 run across any catalog that advertises any T-super like the one you 

 use. Where do you send for yours' 



I packed my two colonies last fall right in the same places in the 

 barn that they occupy in the summer, and, in spite of the long and 

 very cold winter, they came through in the finest kind of shape. 



Minnesota. 



Answers. — 1. If you shake a third of the bees from two hives 

 into a new hive, the new hive beinff in a new location, this being done 

 at a time when honey is coming in, there will probably be no fighting, 

 but the bees will hardly stay in the new place unless you fasten them 

 in lor a time, perhaps two or three days. 



2. You can leave each old hive on its old place with its old queen, 

 giving a queen or a queen-cell to the newly-formed colony, at the 

 same time leaving alL the brood with the old colonies; but it isn't 

 likely that you'll like the plan. Taking away a third of the bees from 

 a colony will in most cases probably only make it swarm a little later. 



Perhaps this plan will suit you better: Shake each colony, taking 

 away all brood, with merely enough bees to keep the brood from chill- 

 ing, and put this brood in a new hive in a new place. Put an excluder 

 between the two stories of brood, having the queen in the lower story, 

 and in time you will have an upper story of honey to extract. Or, you 



can remove the upper story in three weeks and put on a super of sec- 

 tions, providing the season is not too far advanced. Of course a queen 

 or queen-cell should be given to the newly-formed colony. 



3. The work may be done any time of day to suit your own con- 

 venience. 



i. If each bee-keeper who subscribes for the Ladies' Home Jour- 

 nal should send in a respectful but earnest protest, it is likely that it 

 would print something to undo as far as possible the mischief done by 

 such an erroneous statement. 



5. Having a thousand T supers on hand, I have not had any made 

 for some time, but if you will ask for T supers with loose tins I think 

 you will be able to get them from any of the leading supply-dealers. 

 I find them listed by two of the largest manufacturers. Mine are from 

 The A. I. Root Co. Some prefer having the T tins fastened to the 

 supers, but it is possible that if they knew just how to use them they 

 might prefer them loose. 



Amount of Honey to Produce a Pound of Bees. 



Can you give us an approximate of the amount of honey consumed 

 in producing a pound of young bees ! W hat has been done by the way 

 of investigation? Jamaica. 



Answer. — I remember having seen in foreign journals some esti- 

 mate of the kind, but can not now recall what it was. Can any one 

 help us out? 



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FROM MANY FIELDS 



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Heavy Loss in Wintering. 



There was great loss among bees last winter. 

 I had 31 colonies, fi of them died of starva- 

 tion, and 16 died with plenty of honey, and 

 still they were protected better than ever be- 

 fore. 



My honey crop was a little over 3200 pounds 

 from 30 colonies, springcount, and I increased 

 to 31, in 1903. Herman Heurkens. 



Brown Co., Wis., June 6. 



Have Great Hopes for Honey. 



We have had a grand month of May for 

 bees; but I have lost 14 colonies out of 46, 

 through the severe winter. My bees winter 

 on their summer stands packed with sawdust. 



VVe entertain great hopes for the season just 

 at hand. H. Dupret. 



Quebec, Canada. 



Hard Winter on Bees. 



Last winter was a very hard winter on the 

 bees in this part of Nebraska. I think that 

 over half the bees in this county are dead. I 

 lost S colonies out of 16. I wintered them out- 

 of-doors, and had a good house fixed for them. 

 They all had plenty of honey. I believe I 

 will put my bees into the cellar next winter. 

 Wm. Baktlett. 



Pierce Co., Nebr., .Tune 2. 



Wet and Cold— Poor Prospects. 



It is very wet and cold, and has been so all 

 spring. If we get any honey this season here 

 things will have to change. 



W. J. PiCKARD. 



Richland Co., Wis., June 2. 



Trio of Bachelor Bee-Keepers. 



I have 40 colonies in two yards, 1 colony 

 dead and 1 queenles-. White clover is bloom- 

 ing pretty freely, and conditions are now fav- 

 orable for a fair crop. 



I was very mucli amused at Mr. Baker's 

 keeping " bach ' ( Si-e page 379). I don't un- 



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