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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 16, 1903. 



put 48 into the cellar, and left the remaining 

 5" outside. The ones outside had several 

 flights; if the weather is the same to-morrow 

 we will take those out of the cellar. 



In a recent number of the American Bee 

 Journal there were some hints on taking bees 

 out of the cellar. Last spring we took ours 

 out — they were out five or six days, and had 

 some fine flights— when the weather changed, 

 and we had to put them back into the cellar 

 for a few days, when we brought them out 

 for the summer. The flit;hts of those few 

 days saved almost all of the colonies. 



Fred Banker (aged 14). 



Brown Co., Minn., March 21. ' 



Wintered Well and Appear Strong. 



I am pleased to say that all my colonies 

 wintered well, and appear strong. I have 

 found quite a little capped brood, and queens 

 are laying nicely. F. H. Drake. 



Worcester Co., Mass., March 10. 



Honey Crop Outlook Good. 



The outlook for a honey crop is good. 

 White clover is in tine shape, and the bees 

 have wintered in tine condition so far. I have 

 lost but one colony, and still have 110. 



TnEO. S. HuRLET. 



Tama Co., Iowa, March 14. 



Some Results of Bee-Keeping. 



I like the American Bee Journal very much. 

 I have been keeping bees about five years. I 

 commenced with 2 colonies in box-hives, one 

 of which I have yet. I did not know much 

 about them at Hrst. except what I could pick 

 up from bee-keepers. I put away 13 colonies 

 last fall, and sold about $140 worth of comb 

 honey last year, all white honey. We did not 

 have any fall flow here. 



I thinK beginners should have a text-book 

 and bee-papers. V. Vail. 



Winona Co., Minn., March 2:i. 



Wopcestep County Convention. 



In a former letter I mentioned an immense 

 swarm of bees that had taken possession of an 

 attic-room 50 years ago. At the regular meet- 

 ing of the Worcester County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, held March 14, the owner of the 

 building announced that the bees disappeared 

 some time early in the fall, but could not give 

 any reason for it. The room, as it was parti- 

 tioned off for the bees, was about S feet 

 square. It is like a great hive, with comb 

 upon the walls, and all over the original hive, 

 which was placed in the middle of the room. 

 Thetloor is nearly covered with honey from 

 broken comb, which has fallen from the walls. 

 From this latter fact Pres. Prouty thought 

 that mice or cold weather were to blame for 

 the dismantled condition of the room. 



The secretary read a very interesting paper 

 on "Spring Management,'' by C. S. Blake. 



The story of an Illinois bee-keeper's loss of 

 many colonies, resulting from spraying trees 

 during bloom, was related, and the warning 

 given out not to buy spraying outfits from 

 dealers advancing such ideas. 



Extracts from a letter from George W. York, 

 relating to black honey, brought to a close 

 one of our best meetings. 



Worcester Co., Mass. C. R. Russell. 



Longs fop Enchanting Forests. 



In spring and early summer I long for the 

 lone and enchanting forests of my jjoyhood 

 days. Their fascinations cling to me, and 

 sometimes almost make me wish to live them 

 over again. At my feet wei'e the dry leaves, 

 the spring llowers and the bees, while in the 

 trees overhead, and all about me, were the 

 beautiful birds of song, happy in the life and 

 liberty given them of (iod. Then the mother 

 fox would bark at us by day and by night, 

 and the wild deer would shy about in the dis- 

 tance, cropping the herbage here aiid there. 

 O how the hoot and the serocch of the owl. 

 and the howl of the great fierce timber-wolves 

 would make the small boy's hair rise when 

 driving the cows home rather late in the even- 



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One • Comb Nucleus (no 



Queen 1.40 



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We are now booking orders for 3. 

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 They will be shipped by express from 

 Lee Co., Illinois, about 100 miles west 

 of Chicago. They are on Langstroth 

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ing from their wanderings in the woods for 

 their daily living. 



I wish I had the power to describe to you 

 the charms of visiting some of our great pine 

 forests of those days. I wish some of our oldi 

 pioneers would in prose or poetry write them 

 up. The young people of to-day have but a. 

 slight conception of them in their beauty, im- 

 posing height, of their hush in stillness, their 

 sigh and their murmur in a gentle breeze, or 

 of their terrific roar in storm. 



S. T. Pettit. 



Ontario, Canada, March 11. 



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Looked for Cold Weather. 



I have 51 colonies gf bees, and they have been 

 carrying in pollen for the last 10 days. We 

 are having very nice, warm weather, but I am 

 afraid it is too early for the bees to breed and 

 carry pollen. I am looking for some rough, 

 cold weather yet which I think will be very- 

 hard on the bees. Wm. Reiber. 



Center Co., Pa., March 21. 



White Clover Prospects Good. 



The white clover has come through the win- 

 ter in fine condition around here, and the 

 prospects are good for a honey-flow next sea- 

 son. 



I put lOS colonies in the cellar the last of 

 November- They are wintering nicely so far. 

 Wm. R. Creaser. 



Dunn Co., Wis., March 20. 



Moving Bees— Good Prospects. 



I have moved 17 colonies of bees with me, 

 and all that were fairly strong came through 

 all right; the weaker ones did not seem to 

 stand it quite so well. Two of them seem 

 very poorly. I just removed the covers and 

 put wire-cloth over them and over the en- 

 trance, and they did not seem to suffer when I 

 could keep the car open, which 1 could not do 

 on account of the smoke from the engine 

 some of the time. 



The prospects here are good for a crop of 

 honey this year, judging from the amount of 

 white clover. George H. Wells. 



Johnson Co., Mo., March 22. 



Expects a Favorable Season. 



Two years ago I started with 2 colonies of 

 bees, and the following winter lost one from 

 smothering. I kept them in a cellar and did 

 not give them enough ventilation. I now 

 have 5 colonies wintering in the cellar and 

 doing well. 



I put up a shelf nearly 3 feet high, and set 

 the .5 hives on this shelf, with blocks under 

 the corners of each hive, raising them about 2 

 inches. This gives room under the hives to 

 remove all dead bees and litter, and I have 

 had no trouble with them up to the present 

 time. 



The temperature of the cellar has not been 

 lower than 4.5 degrees during the winter. I 

 fed one colony occasionally during the winter 

 because I thought it was a little short of food, 

 and shall continue to feed until time to pul 

 them out-of-doors. 



I look forward for a favorable season for 

 bees to work, as we had rather a poor season 

 last year, owing to cold and wet weather the 

 forepart of the season and dry the latter part. 



This is my first epistle on this subject, and 

 for fear of intruding upon Yon Yonson's time 

 and patience, I will close by saying the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is all right. A. M. Deitz. 



Charlevoix Co., Mich., March 16. 



Safe Spring Feeding. 



For several years I have used a "'rt-inch 

 cover for my hives during the winter instead 

 of covering the top entirely with burlap. In 

 this board cover I have a circular opening »>• 

 inches in diameter. I lightly tack a piece of 

 wire-cloth over the opening in the fall, put on 

 the winter-case, pour in planer-shaviugs until 

 they stand 8 inches deep in the center, and I 

 am done with bee-work for five months. 



About the second week of March, usually, 

 I remove the shavings from the top of the 



