Jan. 8, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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dimension should be enoug-h longer and deeper to allow a 

 bee-space of one-fourth inch or a little more all around the 

 frame, and perhaps 2 '4 inches in width. The outside dimen- 

 sion will follow itself. If your frame is the Langstroth, 

 make your observation-hive of the same dimensions as your 

 regular hive, only make the width about 2'+ inches. 



2. Yes, if the temperature and ventilation are all right, 

 I think they may succeed. 



3. I think success would be doubtful ; but therejis no 

 law against your trying it. 



4. It is not likely that any colonies will be utterly de- 

 stroyed, but the mice will do a good deal of mischief by 

 gnawing the combs. The entrance of each hive can be 

 closed with wire-cloth having three meshes to the inch. 

 That will keep out the mice without obstructing the passage 

 of the bees. It is not so well to lock the barn after the 

 horse is stolen, and yet it may do some good to close the 

 entrances now. If a mouse is imprisoned in a hive, it may 

 do less damage than to have free run of all the hives. 



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 on the summer stands ? .John P. Tull, 



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Not a Good Honey Season. 



The past season was not a very good one 

 for honey, too cold and wet, I had to feed 

 the late swarms ; the earlier ones gathered 

 some surplus. 



The prospects for a honey crop next year 

 are good; there is an al^undance of white 

 clover and thistle. G. C. Allinger. 



Marion Co., Ohio, Dec. 9. 



Season Almost a Failure. 



The past season was a bad one for the bees 

 in this locality, all on account of too much 

 rain. They did not store any honey in the 

 summer, but in the fall stored enough for 

 winter, and I took oil atjout 200 pounds of 

 white honey in one-pound sections. 



This is a good location for bees, as there 

 are hundreds of acres of prairie-land, and ver- 

 vain grows abundantly, and there is some 

 white clover, but this year it was flooded 

 nearly all summer. The prospects are good 

 for next vear. C. J. Sittler. 



Henry Co., 111., Dec. 9. 



A Young Queen-Breeder, Etc. 



We have the youngest queen-rearing Ijoy in 

 the United States. He will be 13 years old 

 next Februarj". He understands his business 

 all right. His name is Thomas .Judd Holgate, 

 and his bees are in good shape for winter. He 

 will become a memljer of the National Bee- 

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 is another boy or girl of the same age that 

 does as well I would like to know their where- 

 abouts. 



I notice that my name is mentioned for one 

 of the Directors of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. If I am elected I will do all I 

 can for the interest of the Association and the 

 bee-keepers. I think L'tah is entited to one 

 director. .January 1 we will have 12 members 

 in a little less than six square miles, I have 

 been working for the Association for the last 

 two j-ears, and I expect to make it win before 

 I quit. 



Bees are in good shape for wintering. I 

 have mine put away nicely. 



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