Sept. 26. 1901. 



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 who are ready to exclaim, " How hot its little 

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California, Aug. 5. 



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1 have Ijeen a suljsrriber of the American 

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While Arkansas may not be as good a bee- 

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The moth seems to be the pest to the api- 

 aries of Arkansas, as is also the borer to the 

 orchard. Part of my hives are the old-fash- 

 ioned box-hive, an(^ part are movable-frame 

 hives, mostly the old " Kidder " hive; both 

 do well, but \ have no doubt that the frame 

 hive is much the better. However, many peo- 

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 scale, have gone back to the box-hive again, 

 declaring the former to be a failure. This, 

 of course, is because they gave their bees no 

 attention. 



This is purely a cotton country, and but 

 little attention is paid to any other industry. 

 1 have for several years been studying and 

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 to be of some use to the bee-industry of this 

 country. A. E. Ston'e. 



Yell Co., Ark., Aug. al. 



Treating Hive-Covers— Other 

 Matters. 



Mr. E. H. Schaettle, in Gleanings in Bec- 

 Culiure, proposes to boil hive-covers in lin- 

 seed oil to prevent warping. This may be a 

 very good way for water-tight hives. My 

 way has been to paint hives and covers inside 

 with raw linseed oil. Oil makes it easy to 

 scrape and clean hives out, as well as to pro- 

 tect the wood. For the outside, two coats of 

 pure white lead mixed with raw linseed oil. 

 White lead is a cool paint. I have some red- 

 wood hives ten years old thus treated, that 

 are almost as good as new, while hives that 

 were not painted have mostly gone to wreck. 



Bu: nothing suits me like the dovetailed 

 hive and gable cover for moving, as well as 

 for the dry climate of central and southern 

 California. 



For bad cases of robbing I use the follow- 

 ing plan ; Remove the covers of the hives 

 being rolibed, and put on an empty frame 

 covered with wire-cloth, such as is uiscd in 

 moving bees. Then brush a little coal-oil on 

 the entrance, and a large part of the robbers 

 will be attracted to the top of the hive. This 

 also affords the little " soldiers " air. 



The honey-flow from the lima beans of 

 Ventura county has been very light — only 

 enough to put the bees in good condition for 

 winter. We mined 200 colonies 50 miles for 

 the beans, at the close of sage-bloom. 



The honey croi> near Newhall was a good 

 average one, but not so close to the coast, as 

 a cool fog lasted while the sage was in bloom. 

 I was told that San Diego county would not 

 have honey enough for its own use. 



E. Archibald. 



Ventura Co., Calif.. Aug. 34. 



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