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PRINTED AT MEDINA COUNTY GAZETTE OFFICE.! 



Medina, May 1, 1873. 



We call attention to the advertisement 

 of Annals of Bee Culture in this number. 

 While we can unhesitatingly recommend 

 Annate, we are compelled to say the 

 theory advocated in "Progressive Bee Cul- 

 ture" seems to us erroneous, hut hope all 

 bee keepers who care to. will judge of the 

 matter themselves. Gen. Adair may he 



right and we wrong. 



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The North American Bee Journal for 

 April contains some quite valuable articles 

 on wintering. The fact of our being no- 

 ticed in terms not flattering in the same 

 number, does not hinder us from recog- 

 nizing its value in general matters. If it 

 will help our friends to read us under- 

 standingly, we will add that it was sub- 

 scribers to King's Journal who supposed 

 they were taking the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. If similarity of names makes no 

 confusion elsewhere; we will drop the sub- 

 ject. _ 



We are making arrangements to have 

 some photographs of our apiary taken 

 next month, or as soon as the grape vines 

 are fully leaved out. They will he 8x10 

 size, and will cost us at the rate of $2.">.00 

 per hundred, and will he mailed to such 

 of our friends as wish them for 30 cents 

 each; also we will mail a copy to any one 

 sending us $1.50 for two subscribers. 

 Those who have sent us ">.'> cents will 

 therefore only need to send us one new 

 subscriber; and those who have sent us 

 two, if they will advise us of the fact, will 

 receive the photograph as soon as out. 

 Of course the same name can be counted 

 but once, and only those can be counted 

 from whom we have received the full T.'i 

 cents. They may not possess any great 

 amount of beaut}', but we trust they will 



aid in explaining the arrangement of our 

 apiary and appliances. 



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With the amount of testimony on hand 

 in favor of sugar syrup for winter stores, 

 we think we are excusable in considering 

 the matter settled, at least for the present. 

 It now only .remains for us to consider 

 how we can with the least trouble give our 

 colonies enough sealed up in their combs 

 to last them through the winter months. 

 We should also be quite thankful for any 

 facts from those who have tried candy or 

 "loaf sugar." Mr. Quinby suggests the 

 latter and has made some experiments 

 with it. How can coffee sugar be made 

 as hard and firm at small expense? 



Shortly after our article in the March 

 number, wherein we mentioned the per- 

 fect capabilities of our wind mill to with- 

 stand storms, a small hurricane twisted 

 the vane off, and then very quickly de- 

 molished the entire wood work of the 

 sails. Examination showed that the shaft 

 of the vane close up to the casting was a 

 poor, cross grained piece of timber, and 

 the only wonder was that it stood so long. 

 Had the vane held its place the mill would 

 have been safe against any blow that 

 ordinary buildings withstand. One bad 

 piece of material put in carelessly, oc- 

 casioned the whole damage, which stop- 

 ped 'bee hives" for about four days and 

 cost us over $50.00. 



"Moral. In buying or constructing a 

 wind mill, insist on having the vane, most 

 especially, strong and secure. 



In our own apiary we have lost 13 colo- 

 nies out of 71. With the exception of 

 perhaps two out of the thirteen, we have 

 no difficulty in deciding where the trouble 

 lay, and how the loss might have been 

 avoided. Reports from all points seem to 

 show that more bees were lost in 1 lie last 

 pari of February and March, than in the 

 previous winter months, and in many cas- 

 es after they had been enabled to fly out. 

 We are anxious for all the facts we can 

 get, but shall be obliged to drop the sub- 

 ject now until another winter approaches. 

 Although some report decidedly in favor 

 of out-door wintering, by far the greater 

 part of the testimony would indicate frost 

 proof repositories the safest. Please give 

 us your plans and opinions all; if we can- 

 not publish them, 'twill aid us much in de- 

 ciding; what to advise in future. 



