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 at "'diseased bees"' — yet he has 325 more 

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The representative of one of the big bee- 

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 present prices — 2^^ cents per pound for all 

 kinds, from white to black. The only reason 

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 the colony is so small that we must have a 

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I have just returned from a trip over ou the 

 north coast. We went for 30 miles thru 

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 out of there for there is no road. The most 

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 extend from the coast to the mountains — a 

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Cuba, Feb. 4. Harry Howe. 



A Fair Report for 1900. 



Last fall I put tjtl colonies of bees into the 

 cellar in good condition, and secured 1,500 

 poimds of comb honey, which I sold in the 

 home market at 15 cents per pound. I got no 

 increase. 



The weather was very dry the forepart of 

 the season, as most of the honey was gathered 

 from fall flowers. 



I keep the queens' wings dipt, so I do not 

 lose any swarms, and know just how old the 

 queens are. I make from ?100 to ?300 out of 

 my bees every year. 



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Meeker Co., Minn., Feb. Iti. 



Bees Will Die of Starvation. 



The past season, in this locality, was a total 

 failure, and I had to feed nearly all of mine 

 for w inter. I know of no one else in this 

 locality who fed the bees, and the report is 

 that about five colonies out of every six will 

 die of starvation. Harkt Bbokaw. 



Richland Coi, Ohio, Feb. 15. 



Cleanliness Among Bee-Keepers. 



1 notice what Mr. Alibolt has to say on 

 page .")5. in regard to cleanliness on the part 

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I think if we would all be more particular 

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We have just had the best rain in 10 3"ears. 

 C. E. Stevens. 



:>an Diego Co., Calif., Feb. 7. 



Feeding Bees Grapes— Introducing 

 Queens. 



I have been askt how to feed grapes to bees, 

 so will here give my method: 



1 crush the grapes the best I can, then 

 put them in a large pan, tipping one end a 

 little higher than the other, and having the 

 pulp on the highest end : in the lower end I 

 put some grass, or something of that kind, so 

 that the bees will not drown. After they have 

 taken all the juice, they will gradually work 

 the pulp " down hill." 



Having a few more queen-cells than I 

 wanted at one apiary, I cut them out, put 

 them in a pasteboard box, making a few holes 

 in it for air, put it over a strong colony, with 

 a queen-excluding board lietween. and forgot 

 all about it. When I finally thought of it I 

 foimd that the i|ueens had hatcht, and the 

 bees were tearing a\vay the pasteboard. Since 

 then 1 have many times used pasteboard for 

 introducing queens. 



1 once put|a comb containing .seven or eight 



