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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 5, 1903. 



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I FROM MANY FIELDS | 



Results of the Season of 1902. 



I had 18 colonies come out in good shape 

 last spring, and increased to 22. I had to feed 

 all through .June, when they ought to have 

 been rustling in white clover. I got no honey 

 uulil August 15, then there was a good flow 

 from buckwheat, goldenrod, white asters, and 

 numerousot.her fall flowers, from which we 

 secured S).50 pounds of honey in the 4x5xl\ 

 plain sections, which sells at 12 and 14 cents 

 per pound in the market. J. R. Kamerer. 



Van Buren Co., Mich., .Jan. 12. 



Rearing Long-Lived Queens. 



It was with great pleasure I read Mr. C. P. 

 Dadants' article on " Rearing Long-Lived 

 (,!ueens,'' on page StIT (1902). 



Mr. Dadant always hits from the shoulder, 

 and yet so tempered with courtesy is the blow 

 that it leaves no bruise. I read his articles 

 with the deepest interest, feeling assured that 

 whatever he advances has been fully tried and 

 tested. This I also feel of the writings of 

 Mr. Doolittle and Dr. Miller, and, now with 

 this trio opposed to Dr. Gallup's charge of 

 universally poor queens, I think that gentle- 

 man would display wisdom and discrttion bj' 

 retiring from the field. 



I am not sure that Mr. Doolittle admits this 

 attachment of the nymph to the cell is an 

 " umbilical cord," certainly it has never so 

 appeared to me. I have always looked upon 

 it as a support to young royalty, made neces- 

 sary by the inclination of the cell, and, if I am 

 right, it will not be found in case of the 

 worker, as the position of the cell does not re- 

 i|uire it, I have seen this attachment in the 

 chrysalis of other insects, and while it may 

 answer as a means of conveying nourishment, 

 corresponding to the umbilical cord in ani- 

 mals, I am yet to be convinced of it. 



Mr. Dadant's article can be profitably read 

 by all interested in queen-rearing, and particu- 

 larly by those who, in search for something 

 new, are inclined to turn aside and " Gallup " 

 up any " Alley " that presents itself. 



C. S. Harris. 



Volusia Co., Fla., Dec. 2.=). 



Results of the Past Season. 



On the last day of May, 1902, I bought 21) 

 colonies of bees. They were in pretty fair 

 shape, except one very weak colony which I 

 built up by giving combs of brood from other 

 colonies. 



As it was so cold during .June and-July 

 they did not make a big record, but increased 

 only to 42, and stored 120U pounds of comb 

 and extracted honey. 



I dispose of my honey in the home market. 

 The extracted I put in l-cjuart Mason jars, 

 and sold at 3."> cents per jar. The comb honey 

 I sold at 12'. _, to 1.") cents per section, for the 

 fair to good grades. 



Most of the bees in this part of the country 

 are wintered in cellars, although I think they 

 can Ije wintered as successfully outdoors, and 

 I think I shall try it that way next ;wintcr. 



