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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 12, 1903. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., 



Watertown, Wis., U. S. A. 



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I FROM MANY FIELDS | 



Good Season in 1902. 



We had a very good season in lil02. consid- 

 ering our locality, northern Kentucky. I 

 started in the spring with 150 colonies of bees, 

 increased to 8.5, and took '2."i00 poimds ot nice 

 white honey in one-pound sections. We got 

 no honey last fall. Wy bees are in good con- 

 dition at this date. 



There seems to be good prospect for a honey 

 crop this year. The ground is full of white 

 clover. 



I admire the old American Bee Journal as 

 much as ever, P. McDowell. 



Mason Co., Ky., Jan. '24. 



Fine Weather for Bees. 



We are having fine weather here for bees. 

 Nine degrees below zero is the coldest we 

 have had so far. The bees have had a good 

 flight every 20 days, and a good clean-out. 



I have my bees under a good shed, out of 

 all the storms. 



I have not had the best health this winter. 

 G. W. Vangundt. 



Uinta Co., Utah, Jan, 24. 



Fastening Foundation in Sections. 



We-used the Daisy Foundation Fastener, 

 but I did not like the way it worked, so I 

 made a little change, and thought it might 

 help others to tell how I Hxed it. The way it 

 was, it got too hot for the wax and would melt 

 it down if one did not hurry. I nailed a tin 

 on the block that holds the sections, and let it 

 just miss the iron plate (under the plate) ; the 

 tin cuts off all the heat from the lamp so the 

 plate will not get so hot. and the heat from 

 the lamp cannot get to the starters, 



1 thinli I have made it plain. 



John Erdman. 



Berrien Co., Mich., Jan 23. 



Bees Demoralized Bee-Honey. 



My bees were demoralized last year, as were 

 those of the rest of the fraternity, but I fed 

 them, and humored them as well as I could. 

 I built them a nice cellar and on top of that 

 a nice bee-house, so they will be in shelter 

 and shade, as it may be desirable. 



My place on University Heights is high and 

 exposed to public gaze. Now the house is a 

 puzzle to the passers-by. that is, if they don't 

 come too near. Rev. H. A. Winter. 



Dane Co., Wis., Jan. 27. 



Wintering Bees— Season of 1903. 



M.v bees did fairly well the past season — 

 I sold 3.") pounds of fancy-white comb honey 

 at \h cents per pound, from 2 colonies, and I 

 took out several pounds for home use. I am 

 wintering 4 colonies, which seem to be in 

 pretty fair condition. I winter my bees under 

 ground, just leaving an air-hole. T pile 

 ground first, then put sod over the top, which 

 I lay like shingles, and on the very top I put 

 an extra-big .sod, and it keeps the snow or 

 rain-water out, and keeps the bees dry and 

 warm. 



liHi2 was a pretty fair season for bees in 

 this locality, only it was a little too cold up to 

 June, but the latter part was warm enough 

 for bees or human beings. There were plenty 

 of rains all summer. Hoods tearing bridges, 

 and the railroads and eornlieUls were all 



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pay, use Sharpies Cream .Separator 

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