Dec. 1, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



813 



it before it came, and all the hive- 

 bodies were full, some colonies having 

 3 extra hives on top, and then they had 

 to loaf and hang on the outside of the 

 hives. I had one new colony that filled 

 72 4'^3e4'4 sections and s full-sized 

 frames, also partly filled 8 more besides 

 their brood-chamber, and I did not 

 have time to give them half the atten- 

 tion they should have had. 



This is a part of my experience with 

 the bees the past season. The rest con- 

 sisted of some bee-stings and work 

 enough to make me glad when night 

 came. 



I would like to have the experience 

 of others on their way of re-uniting 

 colonies after they have swarmed. 



Gage Co., Nebr. J. M. Linscott. 



Sainfoin— Yellow and White Sweet 

 Clover. 



Sainfoin clover is mentioned as a 

 good honey-plant (page 740), and is 

 a good one if the number of bees that 

 gather on the very small patch of it in 

 my garden indicates anything. It stood 

 through last winter. Of course there 

 was plenty of snow, but the thermom- 

 eter was 25 degrees below zero and as 

 low as 30 degrees below zero many 

 times during the winter — and we are 

 considerably north of Chicago, too. 

 Sainfoin comes into bloom when the 

 fruit-blossoms drop. 



My few colonies came through the 

 past severe winter all right. I have 

 not lost a single colony in the last two 

 j'ears through the cold or stormy 

 weather. I always see to it that the 

 bees have plenty of the very best of 

 honey to winter on, then pack them 

 away in my big Draper-barn hives in- 

 side of drj' goods packing-cases, with 

 4 or 5 inches of as dry sawdust as I can 

 get, all around the top, sides and bot- 

 toms of the hives. Then I don't worry 



$2.50 



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