April 23, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



269 



I have Italian bees, and use the Laa;j:stroth 

 hives almost entii'ely. They were well pro- 

 vided for the long, cold wiater, and have thus 

 far done nicely, and all are in a healthy condi- 

 tion. In November I packed the bees in a 

 shed well banked and darkened; heretofore I 

 have wintered them in the cellar with nearly 

 as good results, only I find my cellar too damj) 

 at times, causing some colonies to sweat and 

 mold. 



Although my apiary is not very large there 

 Is much room tor it to grow. There are not 

 many bees kept near where mine are, the 

 nearest apiary consisting of about 50 colonies, 

 being three miles southwest of here. 



I think I will let my bees take a (light next 

 week it the weather is suitable. 



I consider it a great pleasare to take care 

 of my bees. I study every article pertaining 

 to bee-culture; still we must work and ex- 

 periment with them ourselves, as there is 

 nothing in any line of business like real ex- 

 perience. There is a great deal in keeping an 

 apiary neat and clean, keeping the hives well 

 painted and well arranged in some clean, 

 shady place. Oken S. Reed. 



Fayette Co., Iowa, March 21. 



Two Years of Failure— Outlook 

 Good. 



The last two years were failures here, but 

 the outlook is good for this season. There is 

 lots of white clover- The weather is cool and 

 rainy. Plums are in bloom. VV. D. Hurt. 



Cass Co., Mo., April 9. 



Quite a Loss in Wintering. 



There is quite a loss in bees here this win- 

 ter. We had any amount of honey-dew last 

 fall, and a severely cold winter, I think these 

 were the cause of the loss. Prospects are fair 

 for a good honey crop the coming season. 

 G. W. Vasgundt. 



Uinta Co., Utah, March 33. 



Hand Crushed and Stung. 



While moving part of my bees to an out- 

 yard I got my hand smashed, and at least 100 

 stings about my head and face. A defective 

 bridge was the cause of the trouble. My hand 

 is very painful, but no bad results from the 

 the stings. 



Bees are booming to-day, the weather is 

 fine, and prospects flattering. 



Ellis Co., Tex., March 8. LoN Ro3SON. 



Bees Coming Out Fine. 



Bees are coming out fine this spring, and 

 the indications are that they will find plenty 

 of nectar this season. The first pollen came 

 in on St. Patrick's Day — March IT. 



F. KiNGSLET. 



Thayer Co., Nebr., March 81. 



Unfinished Sections. 



In reply to Mr. Bevins. on page 23.5, 1 would 

 say that I did not intend that method for fall 

 feeding, as I scarcely ever feed in the fall ; I 

 prefer doubling for strength, and also using 

 the best-filled combs to fill up with. 



Now I am nearing the 72 mark in age, and 

 have owned and handled bees since I was IS 

 years old, and believe the bees I own now are 

 similar in character to all others, and I could 

 never get them to carry down honey as you, 

 Mr. Bevins, recommend. It has been my ex- 

 perience that however strong they w6.-e in 

 the fall some of them come out both short in 

 stores and weak in numbers. These are the 

 ones that need close attention, and the ones I 

 feed with my unfinished sections, and it is the 

 only method I have ever found successful. 

 You say that you want the bees to have access 

 to the honey in the sections at all times. If 

 you do, why do you place anything between 

 them! Why not set your super on as usuaU 

 With me the cloth did not work at all, but 

 with the board I have no trouble. 



As to the use of the firmer chisel I think it 

 by far the handiest tool in the business. No 

 matter if it does mangle, you will have new 

 drawings which will surely Ix- while and new. 



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Batavia, III., Aug-. 21, 1901. 

 Dear Sir:— I thoug"ht I would let you know as 

 to results of the nucleus sent me. They were 

 placed in 10-frame hives and now they are in 

 fine condition. From oae I removed 24 pounds 

 of honey and had to g-ive (> of them more room, 

 as they were hang-ing- out. They have more 

 than reached my expectations. 



Yours respectfully, E. K. Meredith. 



Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, lOQl. ■ 



Your queens are fully up to standard. The 

 honey queen ihat you sent my brother lakes the 

 lead, fcihe had a rousing" colony when put up 

 for winter. The g^oldens can be handled with- 

 out smoke or veil. Very truly yours, 



John Thoeming. 



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 Express Order. D. J. BLOCHER, 



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The Nickel Plate Road 



is the short line to the East, and the 

 service equal to the best. You will 

 save time and money by traveling over 

 this line. It has three through daily 

 express trains, with through vestibuled 

 sleeping-cars, and American Club 

 Meals, ranging in price from 3Sc. to 

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this, for nil doubt you aro one of these old, 

 worthy vclorans, and tUiiilf there is no way 

 like your own. That is all right — I am bor- 

 dering heavily on that line. 



You will plainly see the reason why I speak 

 of the finulation through the hive if feeding 

 in the si>niig, as the weather is not to be de- 

 pended upon at all times in regard to heat 

 and cold. Some have said honey in unlinished 

 sections would candy. I have never liad any 

 trouble tliat way, and even if I did I would 

 scrape olT down to the septum, and that 

 would relieve the matter. 



Now, Mr. Bevins, we will have no quarrel, 

 but if 1 were near you I would refer you to 

 3d Epistle of John, let chapter, 12th verse. 

 A. Y. Baldwin. 



Dekalb Co., 111., April 13. 



Wintered All Right. 



My bees have wintered ail right, and have 

 clustered out on the hives some. 



I look for a good yield of honey. My bees 

 swarm very little. I have not had a natural 

 swarm for four years. I have kept bees for 

 40 years, and think I have learned something 

 about bee-keeping, but I do not know it all 

 yet. I have no increase in colonies. 



Henkt Best. 



Carroll Co., Ohio, April 9. 



Using Veils— Bees in Germany. 



Over seven years ago I started to keep bees, 

 and at that time looked upon myself as an ex- 

 pert bee-keeper, but I found out that I had 

 more to learn than I could possibly crowd into 

 my head in one year. It is past seven years, 

 and I do not know it all yet. 



One thing I found out, and that is, that I 

 could hardly follow .J. M. Y'oung's remarks 

 about bee-veils, on page 215. I am for a bee- 

 veil, and a good one at that. I am not a par- 

 ticle afraid of bees, but I don't care a bit what 

 some one else thinks when they see me go to 

 work with them with my face protected with 

 a good veil. Please remember I had some ex- 

 perience in the line of walking among the 

 hives without face protection. I had a three 

 months' trial getting one of my eyes cured 

 which was affected with the sting of a bee. 



On page 216 I read something about bee- 

 keeping in Germany; as Mr. Hasty expected, 

 locality had something to say. It is a matter 

 of fact that in the southern part of Germany 

 they use houses, with few exceptions, for 

 their bees ; in the northern .States they use 

 the straw hive; and in later years the im- 

 proved hives, and change places with the 

 bees according to the flowers in the different 

 localities. 



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