January, 1915. 



American Hee Journal 



bees; nor are there any attendants in the queen in her own hive jou will not be so 

 cage unless the rage is kept out of any hive. sure to have queen cells started as i( you 

 It may be well to add that if you cage the remove the queen entirely. 



Not Discouraged 



The past season was a poor one for bees 

 in this locality, but colonies with good 

 queens secured enough for winter. We are 

 not discouraged, but feel there is something 

 better in store for us ne.\t next j ear. 



Grover E. Moore. 



Decatur. 111.. Nov. id. 



Some Loss from Cold Spell 



We have had another dry season this year. 

 and honey is short, averaging about 25 

 pounds to the colony. It was dry up to 

 July. We had a few rains then until water- 

 melons came 



I had 18 swarms, which makes me 44 

 colonies. We had a cold spell of weather a 

 few days ago. and there was at least a hand- 

 ful of dead bees at the entrance of the hives. 



Athens. Tenn.. Nov. 28. I. W. Carter. 



Cessation of Laying in Queens 



I write not as a " know it all. but as one 

 who observes what bees do. " What De- 

 termines the Cessation of Laying by the 

 Queen?' on page 404 of the December 

 issue, there are a number of causes. The 

 main ones are the stoppage of nectar, and 

 frost. The worker bees control the layine 

 of the queens. This fall I found the most 

 brood in mating hives on Sept. 26. Why? 

 Because the bees seemed to know that their 

 wintering depended largely upon numbers, 

 tiie young queens in full strong colonies had 

 entirely stopped laying, and several had no 

 brood in any state: these last had no room 

 to place eggs, as the bees had placed honey 

 in the brood-nest. I had some bees where 

 the flow lasts to Oct. 20. and the same state 

 of "no brood " was there Sept. 50. The bees 

 had filled to the bottom board. These bees 

 will have to depend upon the queens to start 

 early brood-nests to meet spring troubles, 

 and they will, too. as the bees with lots of 

 stores and some young bees build up fast 

 after Feb. 20. 



I am sure the bees reason more than we 

 think they do. They have an intelligent 

 mode of talking to each other, and if such is 

 the case, where does their knowledge end ? 

 Far beyond our limited knowledge of them. 

 One of the hardest thing I have to do is to 

 kill a poor little queen, no matter for w-hat 

 cause. Geo. M. Steele. 



Philadelphia. I'a.. Dec. 4 



Good Prospects 



Prospects for early honey in my locality 

 ate very promising. Honey plants are up in 

 great numbers, and the ground is thoroughly 

 soaked. 1 hived several swarms the first 

 days of this month. We have had no frost 

 yet. and still have bloom for bees. Our fall 

 honey was tine, but short in quantity. Bees 

 are in fine shape for the winter, which is 

 but J5 or 40 days in length here. The lemons 

 are in bloom now and will soon be loaded 

 with fruit Grant .Anderson. 



San Benito. Tex.. Dec. 12. 



Did Well in North Carolina 



Bees did fairly well this year. I secured 

 about 3000 pounds of fine honey from 50 col- 

 onies, and increased to 80. All went into 

 winter quarters in fine shape. 



Mart. X. C. A. J. McBridk. 



Beekeeping a Side Issue 



Beekeeping is a side issue with me; how- 

 ever. I have not failed to get some surplus 

 honey each year since I have had my bees. 



Last year was our best year here. From 



six colonies and a July 4 swarm. I harvested 

 700 sections. The bees commenced storing 

 surplus from the fruit bloom, and it hardly 

 stopped the entire season. 



This year 1 secured iso sections from five 

 colonies; about one fourth of it was from 

 fruit bloom, and the remainder was gathered 

 in September, both kinds being thick and 

 of a rich flavor. 



White clover was n complete failure here, 

 and there was only enough sweet clover and 

 catnip to keep the bees through the sum- 

 mer. A. L. Clay. 



Newman, 111 , Dec. i^. 



Alabama Report 



I hived a strong swarm on Oct. 12. I put 

 the same on drawn combs and some on full 

 combs with honey, and one week after hiv- 

 ing, the vjueen had laid several patches of 

 eggs and the bees had straightened up their 

 winter quarters very nicely. We have had 

 very nice weather all fall, and had the first 

 frost on Oct. 27, 15 days later than last year. 

 The bees go into winter much stronger than 

 last year, but much lighter in stores. All 

 indications are for a mild winter, and that 

 means watching them towards spring, for 

 some will need feeding then. 



Huntsville. Ala. P. J. Fhullen. 



From a Missouri Legislator 



Mr. C. p. Dadant. Hamilton. Ill 



Dear .y//-.-— Noticing your portrait in the 

 Iowa Homestead of Nov. 12. it stirred up 

 recollections of long ago. In the year i860 

 or 70. I purchased 8 or 10 colonies of Italian 

 bees from your father, who. if mj memory 

 serves me. was the pioneer in the scientific 

 handling of the bee industry in that section 

 of the country. I then lived near Burnside, 

 111., although my post-office was Carthage. 



My father-in-law. now deceased, became 

 my partner in the business. In 1875, I 

 brought my half of the bees, a full carload, 

 to tills place, and a year later bought him 

 out. another full car. I think I was the first 

 to introduce Italian bees, honey extractors 



and comb foundation in this part of Mis- 

 souri. 



It might amuse tou to know what predica- 

 ment a careless Scotchman got into and the 

 possibility of serious results that might 

 have obtained. 



I once owned a modest fruit farm here, 

 one cow and two horses, the cow a valuable 

 lersey I was in the habit of tethering her 

 along the roadside on the best grass spots, 

 with an old-fashioned army picket line and 

 pin. such as I had used in the service, lead- 

 ing up on the outside of my front yard in 

 w liich were located us stands of bees, for a 

 bran mash and a milk mash on my part One 

 lune morning, when the bees were almost 

 boiling over I got hold of a newspaper and 

 forgot myself, when old "bossy" should 

 have been released. 



Wife exclaimed: "Charley, the bees are 

 killing the cow." I shot out of the door. 

 Between me and the cow was a cloud of 

 bees. Hatlessand with a thin calico shirt 

 and overalls. I untied the rope with one 

 hand while with the other I tried to keep 

 the bees out of my eyes and mouth. She 

 was so crazy that she did not notice that she 

 was loose, and I was not sure which was the 

 more dangerous, the swarm or the cow. I 

 finally led her away, got into a buckwheat 

 patch close by. and lying down the bees 

 soon left. I was covered with stings, and 

 thought that I had opened my last colony of 

 bees. But thanks to the fact that all the 

 season and for years I had been subjectto 

 their hypodermic injections. I suppose I 

 was immune. 



But. excuse me. I only wanted to acknowl- 

 edge to your family the pleasure I have had 

 from the instructions as well as the pur 

 chase, f have just been elected State Rep- 

 resentative on the Republican ticket and 

 enclose my card. Chas. Hyslop. 



Maryville. Mo. 



[Our beekeeping friends in Missouri will 

 retain the name of Mr. Hyslop. He will 

 probably be willing to help them if any Leg- 

 islation is needed in that State, in the in- 

 terest of beekeeping.-EDiTOR.] 



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BEES AND QUEENS. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens will please 

 you. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook. 



lAtf 70 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Golden all-over Queens. Untested. $1.00. 

 Tested, J3.00. Breeders, $5.00 and Jio. 



Robert Inghram. Sycamore, Pa. 



Untested Queens. 75c each ; I7 50 per doz. 

 Nuclei. $1 25 per frame. Bees. $1.50 per pound. 

 Full colonies. 8-frame. $6.50; lo-frame. $7.50. 

 Stover Apiaries. Mayhew. Miss. 



Reiresentative Hyslop Of Missouri. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Bees are hustlers. 



Golden Queens that produce Golden 

 Workers of the brightest kind. I will chal- 

 lenge the world on my Goldens and their 

 honey-getting qualities. Price. $1.00 each: 

 Tested. $2.00: Breeders. Js.oo and $10.00. 



2Atf J. B. Brockwell. Barnetts. Va. 



Golden and 3 banded Italian and Carnio- 

 lan queens, ready to ship after April 1st. 

 Tested. J:. 00; 3 to 6. 05c each;6 to 12 or more. 

 00c each. Untested. 75c each: 3 to d. 70c 

 each; 6 or more, 65c. Bees, per lb., $1.50; 

 Nuclei, per frame, $L5o. C. B. Bankston, 

 BuCfalo. Leon Co.. Tex. 



