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women will l»e an additional stimulus. 

 When a physician tells us that the neces- 

 sity of long "doctors bills" may be avoid- 

 ed, wc begin to have faith. 



No. 51. — We went into winter with nine- 

 teen stocks, most of which had stores 

 sufficient to carry them through the win- 

 ter, but mostly weak in numbers. 1 unit- 

 ed a few of the weakest. That was late 

 in the fall. Not thinking anything seri- 

 ous would happen, I gave them but little 

 attention until near Christmas. Upon 

 examination I found four stocks dead. 

 The bees looked as though water had been 

 poured on them. Their combs were bad- 

 ly soiled and very damp. What was the 

 cause of their death I cannot tell. It was 

 not for the want of stores, for they had 

 honey sufficient, aud they had not been 

 confined to the hive more than two weeks. 

 Some had ventilation and others none. 

 All fared alike in that particular. But we 

 pass to the next cold spell and the same 

 happens to others, until I have but nine 

 left, and many of my neighbors have fared 

 the same way. Now, the latter part of 

 last season was the poorest that I have ev- 

 er known in this country. The bees 

 worked almost exclusively on fruit dur- 

 ing the latter part of summer and fall. It 

 is said by old bee-keepers in this section 

 that when fruit is plenty bees winter bad- 

 ly. I believe that their appetite for it 

 proves their destruction, of which any 

 one can satisfy themselves by going to an 

 orchard when bees are working on fruit 

 late in the fall. When the* evenings are 

 cool great numbers of them may be seen 

 so heavily loaded that they cannot fly. 

 lint do they store cider for winter ? and 

 if so, what effect does it have on the bees ? 

 II. Pe'den, Mitchellville, Tenn. 



Opinions conflict in regard to the ef- 

 fect fruit and cider mills have on bees in 

 this locality. Lust fall our bees worked 

 strongly to aud from a eider mill within 

 an eighth of a mile, aud stored some beau- 

 tiful clear honey that tasted like apple 

 molasses. This they gathered so late 

 that we found it almost impossible to keep 

 them from adding it to their winter stores 

 of syrup, and many of our colonies show 

 symptoms of dysentery now. Those that 

 Were deprived entirely of their combs 

 and a new set given them instead, Idled 

 and scaled by other colonies kept con- 

 stantly employed in that way. are in as 

 perfect order in every resped as we could 

 wish. Wts now have great hopes that su- 

 gar candy will answer all purposes of 

 sealed syrup, and will also be the most 

 convenient way in which we can give 

 them an unlimited supply. See Problem 

 ist. 



We have before us three number- ,.i' 

 Apieulturisl, published by G. W. Church. 

 Mexico, Mo. The first is headed Vol. 1. 

 No. 2, April, 1870; the second, Vol. 2 

 No. 1, July, 1^70, and the third came to 

 hand the last of February of the present 

 year, dated Jan., 18T3, Vol. fowr, No. 1. 

 As typographical errors are "quite 

 plenty' 1 all through ApicuUurisi, perhaps 

 the above is only that, and not the inten- 

 tion of making it appear something more 

 than it really is. We do hope the cus- 

 tom of "sailing under false colors/' so 

 common with "bee hive men" may no! 

 be adopted in Bee Journals. When the 

 disposition is seen, whether in "Glean- 

 ings" or elsewhere, we hope it may be 

 shown up at once and without mercy. 

 Whenever it can be shown that Apicvl- 

 tnri.<i is really in its fourth volume we 

 shall be most happy to so announce it. 

 Terms $1.00 per year. 



ADA r ERTI8EMENT8. 



Advertisements will be received at 10 cents 

 per line each insertion, cash in advance ; 

 and we require that every Advertiser satisfies 

 us of his responsibility and intention to do 

 all that he agrees, and that his goods arc 

 really worth the price asked for them. 



V\rAWTED.-300 hives of bees to be used 

 VV as nurses in rearing Italian Queens. 

 Address, R. WILKIN, 



Cadi?:, Harrison county, Ohio. 



PRICK LIST OF PURE ITALIAN 

 Queens and Bees from Shaw & Daniel's 

 Apiaries, for 1873: 



For last year's Queens, sent as early as the 

 weather is suitable, $5 each. 



Tested Queens, during the season, $4- each. 



Untested Queens in June and July, $'. 

 each. After the;lst of August, $2.50. All 

 Queens sent by mail warranted pure ami 

 fertile- Safe arrival guaranteed. 



Nucleus' Hives containing pure Queen, 

 with 6 frames each, 854 by 95a, $8 each. Can 

 be built up into strong swarms or used for 

 wintering surplus Queens. 



Full colonies in one story Langstroth Hives, 

 ten frames each, $13. Wide hives with mova- 

 ble partition board from 14 to 17 frames each, 

 $15, Two story hives containing 21 frames, 

 $15 each. 



American Hives, containing 9 frames with 

 space between top bars, $15 each. 



Each colony will contain a young Queen 



and 9 frames of comb, with extra frames. 



Sent by express and safe arrival guaranteed. 



Address ltf 



J. SHAW & SON, Chatham Center. 



or J. E. DANIELS. Lodi, Medina, Co., (). 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED. -A nice ar- 

 ticle; 50 cents per pound by mail or 35 

 cents by express. A. I- ROOT & CO., Me- 

 dina, Ohio. 



"ITALIAN HEES.-We offer for sale about 

 1 200 colonies of Italian Bees in the Ameri 

 can Movable-Comb Hive. Also Queens 

 throughout the season. Purity and sate ar- 

 rival guaranteed. For further particulars, 

 prices, ,lc, send for circular- 



BALDWIN BROS., 

 2-9 Sandusky, N. Y. 



C1HOICE ITALIAN <IIIIN lor 1873. 

 / —I have increased facilities for rearing 

 Italian Queens lor the coming season. The 

 choicest Queen-Mothers to breed from, and no 

 black bees to interfere. Send stamp for cir- 

 cular to \V. J. DAVIS, Youngstown, Warren 

 Co., Pa. 



