American Vae Journal i 



June, 1908. 



Mr. Atwcter in the Review, is equal to the 

 peni-iip secret you so ardently keep concealed? 

 I have discovered a magnificent bee-paradise 

 by the blue expanse of the Superior, free from 

 frost, where the lovely arbutus springing up in 

 countless thousands, would gladden the poetic 

 soul of Hutchinson, and make him think his 

 u«.e-paradises in the other peninsula were 

 "small potatoes." I have also discovered a 

 granu market for honey, which may not be 

 equal to Butte, Mont., but will suit me. 



George J. Moloney. 



Historical — Wintering Bees. 



I have been a bee-keeper for about 40 

 years, and was a correspondent of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal about 1S70. At that time 

 I thought I knew it about all, but now I am 

 only a student, and have spent much of the 

 past winter in studying bee-books and papers. 



Some time ago 1 purchased a copy of Dr. 

 Miller's "Forty Years Among the Bees," and 

 when I found, on page 20, my name enrolled 

 among the early contributors whose articles 

 gave him inspiration in the start of his useful 

 career, it gives me a feeling that I have be- 

 come lost in the race. 



I now have only about 40 colonies, and after 

 all sorts of experience I am satisfied to winter 

 them on the summer stands. I remove the oil- 

 cloth mats, or at least double them to the 

 front, thus exposing the rear half of the 

 frame-tops, lay a stick across the frames, and 

 cover with porous matting or burlap. Then 

 place on a super, and fill it with dry oat- 

 , chaff. Then if I have plenty of surplus supers 

 I place another empty One under the hive- 

 body. This keeps the cluster farther from 

 the entrance, which I leave open its full 

 length. This gives them more air, and pre- 

 vents them from smothering, in case the en- 

 trances ^et stopped with snow. Then I pro- 

 tect them from the north and west winds with 

 boards, cornfodder, or almost anything avail- 

 able, and nearly all come through the most 

 severe winter all right. 



Whenever I do lose one colony under this 

 treatment I find it is invariably from damp- 

 ness rather than from severe cold. 



Isaac F. Tillinchast. 



Factoryville, Pa. 



Early Swarms — Good Prospects. 



I have had 2 fine swarms already — one on 

 May 9th and the other on the 14th. White 

 clover is blooming nicely and prospects are 

 good for a fine honey crop. 



lola, Kan., May 18. T. S. EwiNG. 



Bees Doing Well. 



Bees are doing very well at present. I took 

 off some comb honey May 1 5, and will ex- 

 tract some next week. We have not had a 

 mesquite honey-flow in this locality, but hope 

 for one, and a good one, too, in June. I 

 had a fair crop of honey last year. 



t>. C. GULLEY. 



San Antonio, Tex., May 23. 



Good Honey-Flow from Fruit- 

 Bloom. 



We have had the best flow of honey this 

 snring from fruit-bloom that it has been our 



food fortune to have for the last 25 years, 

 t began on April 18 and continued 8 days, 

 giving an increase in weight on the hive on 

 the scales of p^i pounds. This was followed 

 by 8 days of north wind, which resulted in 

 frost that has killed nearly all the fruit. The 

 prospect for white clover is fair. 



J. L. Strong. 

 Clarinda, Iowa, May 6. 



Heavy Loss of Bees in Vermont. 



Wc arc nearly out of bees in this section. 

 I have driven to all yards within 10 miles 

 in every direction, and I find 80 percent of 

 the bees dcid. Those colonies that had a few 

 bees will in't last long. I found only 2 fair 

 colonies. lvv< rv one wanted to get rid of ihem. 

 I found 8 c'ilonics that I bought, but they 

 were poor. 1 am not wise enough to find 

 the trouble. I'.ics never went into winter 

 quarters in better condition. They had lots of 

 honey and bees, but they began to come out 

 of the hives and drop on the cellar-bottom 

 soon after being put in, and the honey seemed 

 to go with the bees, and colonies with 50 

 pounds would come out about even. All of 

 tnose that were left died early in the season. 



My cellar stays at just about 42 -degrees all 

 winter. I put in 170 colonies. One hundred 

 and ten hives had bees in them when I set 



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