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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 7, 1901. 



occupancy. Many times since then I liave 

 noticed during tlie swarming season that 

 liives that were crammed full of bees would 

 suddenly be almost empty, and I would cen- 

 sure the one who was caring for them for not 

 attending more closely to business ; but in a 

 day or two the hives would be full again, and 

 a swarm would issue. I have known second 

 swarms to go from place to place for a week 

 before settling down to stay, and these were 

 bees which I could positively identify. In 

 the year I.SIM a second swarm of Italians be- 

 longing to me decami)t. and were found 7 

 miles away, one week after leaving the hive. 

 I knew they were mine, for they were the 

 only Italian bees in the county. 



As to bees carrying both honey and pollen, 

 we hunt bees for a living, and I find that 

 those loaded with pollen, and, in fact, all 

 covered over with dust, fill with honey as 

 readily as those without pollen. 



D. H. Metcalf. 



Calhoun Co., Mich., Feb. S. 



Bees Needing a Flight^Ppopolis on 

 Sections. 



Bees have been eontined to the hives tor 

 ijuite a long time. They had some small 

 nights in the last three or four days, but I 

 think they are needinp: a general flight pretty 

 bailly. Thu weallicr is cold again to-day. and 

 there is iimsiileriible snow on the ground. 



I would like it it I could find some way to 

 prevent the bees from depositing so much 

 propolis on top of the sections when using 

 section-holders. Who can tell ? 



Edwin Bevixs. 



Decatur Co., Iowa, Feb. 20. 



Bees Wintering Nicely. 



I put the Ijees into tlie cellar the latter part 

 of November, and did not see them agaiu 

 until the last of January, when I found them 

 to be as cozy and quiet as could be, and the 

 hives were clean and all right. I took the 

 bottoms off, and found the bees clustered be- 

 low the frames. Fred (J. Le Fevre. 



Adams Co., Nebr., Feb. 6. 



Mild Winter— Overstocking. 



Up to this time the winter has been so mild 

 thill iiiii!-t idlouies have consumed about all 

 their stiin> in Imiod-rearing. This seems to be 

 the ea,-e with hybrids and crosses, especially. 



The question of overstocking will be settled 

 around this vicinity the coming season, as an 

 ordinance prohibiting the keeping of bees 

 within, or one-half mile from, the city limits, 

 went into effect .Ian. 1st. Several bee-keepers 

 have moved near me lately, having about 350 

 colonies in all. 



We have only a light flow from fruit-bloom 

 in the spring, and the prospects for white clover 

 are not very bright. I believe in scattering 

 10 cents worth of honey-secreting clovei « or 

 flowers for every colony. Sweet cIon er, « lien 

 started, will spread with amazing rapidit\ 

 .J. C. Wallen'mei nx 



Vanderburgh Co., Ind., Feb. 7. 



Paper-Bag Feeders. 



In reply to Mr>. Sanili .1, (irillitli ( pUL'c c.-jl, 

 IflOO). as to using iiaper-bag feeders, 1 will 

 have to admit that I liave never tried (lie 

 scheme enough to know much about it. My 

 first trial was a failure. I poured o or i'> 

 pounds of syrup into a large paper-bag, tied 

 the top and placed it on top of the frames in 

 the evening. During the night the bag burst, 

 but there was very little loss, as the hive was 

 raised in front. I ue.xt made of light manilla 

 paper three or fom- small bags that would 

 hold about two pounds of syrup. I then oiled 

 them, filled them, and placed them on the 

 frames. I tried puncturing them on the sides, 

 near the biiltoTu. and wiien 1 lookt at them 

 the ne.xt morning they were empty, and the 

 bees had enlarged the holes, and were run- 

 ning around on the inside of the bags. That's 

 all I know about it. They might be all right 

 for feeding a colony that was light in stores 

 during the ^unMuer or fall, if very heavy 

 pajjer were u^ed, and the holes made with a 

 check-puuelier. For spring feeding the nicest 



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