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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Feb. 14. 1901. 



Feeding Bees for Wintep. 



Our bees went into winter quarters 

 in debt to us. We had to feed about 

 two-thirds of the colonies late in the 

 fall, and unite many weak ones. If 

 we had not fed they would have had 

 very little honey to winter on. A 

 friend about 30 miles from here fed his 

 bees in November to keep them from 

 starving^. 



We took only about 300 pounds from 

 140 colonies. We united some in the 

 fall so now we have only 98, but as 

 their fall honey was gathered from de- 

 caying- fruits, etc., I fear they will not 

 winter as well as they usually do. I 

 am sure they winter better on sugar 

 syrup if fed early and well sealed, 

 than they will on such honey as they 

 gathered last fall. 



It has been so dry for the past few 

 years that many bees in this localit)' 

 have died. Some years our crop has 

 been cut short by people spraying 

 fruit-trees while in bloom. 



Mrs. L. C. Axtei.1.. 



Warren Co., Ills., Jan. 21. 



Something About Bumble-Bees. 



On page 44 I notice a letter written 

 by S. T. Pettit, in regard to bumble- 

 bees in winter. I presume the majority 

 of people think they winter here, but 

 I think differently. I will be 67 years 

 old in three more days if I live so 

 long ; I was raised on a farm and still 

 live on one, but I have never been able 

 to find a nest of bumble-bees in win- 

 ter. When the fall of the year comes, 

 and the weather begins to get cool, I 

 have seen them disband and leave their 

 summer nests. I don't know where 

 they go, but I think the queen goes 

 South. My reason for thinking this is 

 that I have never seen a bumble-bee in 

 the spring until the weather had be- 

 come quite warm, and the flowers had 

 begun to bloom. The queen starts her 

 nest and increases very fast. If they 

 stayed here all winter I should think 

 they would come out as soon as the 

 weather began to get warm, as do the 

 honey-bees, green flies, and other in- 

 sects. 



There are three sizes of bumble-bees 

 — queens, workers, and drones. The 

 drones have very long bodies and are 



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Queen-Rearing- in France, 



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Giraud-Pabou 



314 queens from one hive. 



How it was done. 



Illustrated by 3 half-tone engravings. 



Candied vs. Bottled Liquid Honey, 

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1 bottled honey. 



Wintering- Bees in Clamps, 



(From Hee-Keepers- Review 



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Gleanings for Jan. 15th. 



Co-Operative Org-anized Work, 

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Its benefits demonstrated; The Colorado 

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An Extracting- Outfit, by W. A. Gilstrap illustrated. 



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Our Honey-Bottling- Sympo- 

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How to wash bottles : Filling with 

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The right kind of honey for the purpose; Mi3c- 

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Size and construction of vats for heating the 

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The Personnel of the Utter Trial 

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The Belgian-Hare Business, 



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of Devonshire, Bermuda 



A fair statement; Extravagant 

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Co-operative Organization, 

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