Nov. 10, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



761 



Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal, or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



Wintering Bees in the Cellar. 



I have a cellar under my dwelling-house, in which I in- 

 tended to winter my bees. Do you think the noise from the 

 Hoor above would disturb them? It is plainly heard when 

 in the cellar, but it is not such a noise as would jar the hives 

 the least bit. Could I winter them in this cellar with good 

 results? Minnesota. 



Answer. — Yes, so long as there is no jarring, they will 

 stand the noise that will reasonably be made overhead. 



Colorado as a Honey State-Roller Foundation- 

 Machine. 



2. Foundation mills m,iy be obtained of the leading bee- 

 supply dealers. 



Carniolan Bees-Crimson and Alslke Clover- 

 Buckwheat. 



1. I came from Vermont to Colorado last spring because 

 I was troubled with the asthma there, and am free from it 

 here. So I expect to make my home in this part of the coun- 

 try, I had about lOO colonies of bees when I lived in Ver- 

 mont, and made a good thing out of them. Tliere they gath- 

 ered honey from basswood and clover, but out here there is 

 neither of these. In what part of Colorado would I better 

 locate in order to get the best results? I would like to buy 

 ICO colonies to start with, and devote my whole time to the 

 bees. In the East I also had my farm work to do, and some- 

 times had to jump off of a load of hay to hive a swarm. 



2. Where can I get the roller foundation-machine? I 

 had two when I lived in the East, one for brood and the 

 other for surplus comb foundation. Colorado. 



.'Answers. — i. There are plenty of good locations in 

 Colorado, a good alfalfa region being in general a good honey- 

 location ; but the trouble is to find a location not already occu- 

 pied, and I can't inform you on that score. Indeed it will no 

 doubt be difficult to find one. Your best plan might be to 

 advertise ; in that way j'OU may strike some one who wants 

 to sell out. 



1. Is a genuine Carniolan bee dark in color or light? 



2. Does crimson clover bloom the first season after 

 sowing? . , . 



3. Is the spring the proper time to sow crimson clover .' 

 If so, what time in the spring? . 



4. Is crimson clover good for hay, and will it produce. 



well? . ,.,,:> 



5. Which is the better for bees, crimson or alsike clover? 

 6 Is the ground better fitted if plowed in the fall? 



7. Can I sow buckwheat in the spring, and continue at 

 stated times through the summer, so as to have it bloom at 

 .certain periods, and make it profitable? Arkansas. 



Answers.— I. Very much in color like the common black 

 bee, but the rings made by each segment of the abdomen are 

 a little more distinct in the Carniolan. 



2. Yes, if sowed early enough it may bloom the same 

 year: usually not till the following year. That's in the re- 

 gion of 42 degrees north latitude; far enough south it might 

 more readily bloom the same year after early sowing. 



3. If sown in the spring it should be as early as frost is 

 well out of the ground; but oftener it is sown about the last 

 plowing of corn, and not expected to bloom till the next year. 



4. Yes, where conditions are favorable. 



5. I don't know; all things considered, perhaps alsike. 



6. That depends on local conditions. Ask farmers in 

 your neighborhood whether it is advisable to fall-plow if 

 clover is to be sown in spring. 



7. Generally it is not advisable. Buckwheat seems to ht 

 better as a later growth. Even if it should succeed when 

 early grown, it would not be desirable where the earher har- 

 vest gives honey J)f lighter color. 



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