Feb. 12, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



109 



washed out. The corn crop in this part of 

 the country did not amount to wry much, as 

 the corn all froze. 



We are having a very comfortable winter so 

 far; it has not been 'J(l Ijelow zero yet, and 

 not more than six inches of snow. Last weel< 

 the snow was nearly all gone, but yesterday 

 it snowed some and to-day a little more, which 

 will almost make sleighing. 



I do not see how any bee-Ueeper manages to 

 get along without the American Bee Journal. 



Clayton Co., Iowa. B. F. Schmidt. 



Has Kept Bees Long. 



I put my bees in for the winter packed well 

 with chaff and ground cork. I have .53 colo- 

 nies. They stored only 200 pounds of surplus 

 last season, it being too wet or cold. 



I had to teed several colonies in the fall ; I 

 had .5S colonies then, but when I commenced 

 to pack for winter I found (j colonies had 

 starved out. 



I have kept bees for Hs years, and some- 

 times have more than at other times. I use 

 all movable-frame hives. I used to use the 

 U. P. Kidder hives, but have now discarded 

 them and am using the Falconer chalt hive, 

 also some Simplicity and Chautauqua, and 

 the dovetail. They are all very satisfactory 

 to me. The fence separators I do not like, 

 nor do I like the plain sections; I would 

 rather have the 4'4 by 4I4 with wood separa- 

 tors or even tin. I have used both kinds. The 

 trouble with the fence separators is. the bees 

 build comb to them so that when I take out 

 the sections a good many of the cappings are 

 broken, and it makes them leak. 



Elisha Bailey. 



F^rie Co., N. Y., Jan, 37. 



Swapming-Out in Winter. 



My bees are wintering finely. They had a 

 flight 2 weeks ago, which did them lots of 

 good. I had one swarm out then just like in 

 summer. , I did not know what to make of it 

 at the time; they went in with their next door 

 neighbor, which was a weak one, but had 

 plenty of stores, but when I examined their 

 hive i found the queen dead, and about 30 

 pounds of honey, so I concluded they could 

 not e.xist long without a queen. 



F. H. Harbeck. 



LaSalle Co., 111., Jan. 24. 



A Fair Crop Last Year. 



I had a fair crop of honey last year, but 

 would have gotten more if it had not been so 

 wet. I got KiOO pounds from 21 colonies, 

 spring count, and increased to 41. 



Mortimer Davis. 



Livingston Co., N. Y., Jan. 19. 



Italian Bees— Smoke for Foul Brood. 



I have read so much about the long-tongue 

 queens that it makes me laugh. The Italians 

 are the best workers in every respect. The 

 advantages of the Italian bees are: 



1. They are more industrious. 



2. The queens are more prolific. 



:i. They can obtain honey from flowers 

 where blacks cannot. 



4. They will not hang on the outside of the 

 hives for weeks and months before they 

 swarm, like the blacks do. 



.=). They seldom sting, unless they are 

 roughly handled orabused.'then they will de- 

 fend themselves vigorously. 



6. They are a hardier bee, and can stand 

 more cold than the blacks. I have kept bees 

 for the last 4.5 years, and tried all kind of bees, 

 but the Italian takes the lead. 



7. The Italian bees swarm earlier. 



I have read so much aboutclippingqueeens' 

 wings, and I tried it several times, but I soon 

 let it alone. It is what 1 call a nuisance. It 

 may do for an old quack doctor who has 

 nothing else to do, but it would not agree 

 with most bee-keepers. .'V clipped queen when 

 it leaves its hive is sure to fall to the ground, 

 and the ants, spiders or toads will soon take 

 care of her. I would rather lose a colony 

 than clip all the queens. I have handled bees 

 from childhood, and I can handle them like 

 flies. I can take a whole colony of bees, and 



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