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Prospects Bright— Losses by Fire. 



The prospects for our bee-keepers appear to 

 lie much brij^fhter than they were last season. 

 We have had a pleasant winter so far — not 

 very warm and not very cold, and reports are 

 that as a rule where bees went into winter 

 quarters in fairly good condition they seem to 

 be doing very well. The snowfall is heavy, 

 and distributed thru the State, and it is still 

 storming; this all insures a bountiful supply 

 of irrigation water. The chances for a drouth 

 the coming season are growing beautifully 

 lees each day. 



I read the notice of your loss by fire with 

 much regret. Some of our bee-keepers have 

 been badly scorcht, so that they know how to 

 sympathize with you. 



On May 1, 1896, I was awakened by a roar 

 of Are, and got out just in time to see 50 colo- 

 nies burned up in less than halt that number 

 of minutes. The Are was in a two-story lumber 

 barn belonging to a neighbor. 



I live on a lot .5x10 rods, with a street in 

 front, and four close neighbors, and. imly five 

 blocks from the business center of the city, 

 yet in IT years I have never had a complaint, 

 which, judging from the troubles of some of 

 our bee-keepers, would indicate a difference 

 in management. I have kept from 10 to 50 

 colonies each year. E. S. Lovest. 



Salt Lake Co., Utah, Feb. 20. 



Bees in Fine Condition— Marketing: 

 Honey. 



My bees are in fine condition, and I think 

 they are going to winter without any loss, as 

 they always have. I have lost but one colony 

 since I began keeping bees; that was last 

 winter, and I am ashamed to say that it was 

 due to a leaky cover. In the last issue of 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture Editor York speaks 

 of the small producer ruining the market by 

 selling for less than the market price. That 

 doesn't hit me, because I get 20 cents per sec- 

 tion for my comb honey ; the extracted I put 

 up in pint Mason jars, and sell it at 30 cents a 

 jar. Jesse M. Doxaldsox. 



Worcester Co., Mass., Feb. 23. 



Prospects Poor for Southern 

 Indiana. 



The thermometer has been at 10 degrees 

 above zero for the past three days, after three 

 weeks of mild spring weather, which started 

 heavy brood-rearing in all colonies having 

 plenty of stores. This will cause great losses 

 to southern Indiana bee-keepers. The winter 

 so far has been so open that most colonies 

 have consumed nearly all of their stores. 



There has been very little snow to protect 

 the clovers, altho sweet clover can stand the 

 most exposure. 1 am experimenting with a 

 large number of honey-producing plants. In 

 the river bottoms I had an acre of sunflowers 

 that gave lots of seed for the chickens, and 

 the bees workt on them continually last sea- 

 son. J. C. Wallenmeter. 



Vanderburgh Co., Ind., Feb. 23. 



Rendering Wax from Old Combs. 



In rendering wax out of old combs I use 

 the following method; 



Take the bail off of a 2-gallon tin pail with 

 flaring sides, nail a stick about three feet long 

 to the pail, so that it will project upward, 

 then with a hammer and a 4-inch spike begin 

 within two inches of thetop to perforate the 

 pail all the way around, and to within 3 

 inches of the bottom. Fill a big iron kettle 

 about two-thirds full of combs and water 

 (lietter soak them some, also break or chop 

 them up). Hang the kettle in the yard, and 

 start a good fire under it about sundown, if 

 the bees are flying. After the mixture has 

 boiled a little while take the perforated pail 

 and begin pushing it down into the melted 



