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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 23, 1903. 





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little " poke " in at you and your "York's 

 Honey." I had, last season, an average of S5 

 pounds of No. 1 comb honey, sold it at 13>^ 

 and 15 cents a pound, and every section had' 

 my name stanaped on it. Please do not get 

 mad, but I would not have left it off e%'en if I 

 had to take the honey back, if I sold it to you. 



I have 18 colonies of bees in line shape oa 

 the summer stands. The weather is warm, 

 and the bees are busy carrying in pollen and 

 building up for the expected clover honey- 

 flow. 



I hope every bee-keeper in this land will' 

 find himself well paid, at the end of this com- 

 ing season, for all his trouble and stings. 



Lewis Co., Mo., April 4. Jos. Keller. 



How Far Bees Go for Honey. 



Allow me, for the many bits of information 

 I derive from the American Bee Journal, to 

 give in return my little item of knowledge. 



One writer says he has noticed that bees do 

 not go more than a mile from the hive for 

 honey. I am in a position to be quite sure of 

 what I say — I am the only one with bees in 

 this section of British Columbia. A man 13 

 miles away got some bees last year; previous 

 to that time there were no bees within 40 

 miles of me. Before the 13-mile neighbor got 

 his bees mine were the only ones in the coun- 

 try, and they were seen on gooseberries in a 

 garden 'A miles away, or more than 2 miles as 

 the crow flies, or rather, as the bee flies. 

 They were also seen in another direction 

 about 3 miles away, as the bee flies. Id each 

 case, also, they had to fly over prime%'al bush 

 to get to these gardens; so I am sure they go 

 more than a mile, or even 2 miles in search of 

 honey. 



My 5 colonies appear to be in good shape, 

 but as soon as I have peeped into the hives I 

 will write more fully. H. Beer. 



Brithish Columbia, March 80. 



Good Prospects for Clover. 



I got my last 8 colonies out yesterday, and 

 they all seem to be in good condition. I lost 

 one colony out of 319, and that was queenless ; 

 all the rest are alive at this time. 



We have the best prospects for white clover 

 in 10 years. N. Staininger. 



Cedar Co., Iowa, April 9. 



Some Wintered Well, Others with 

 Loss. 



My bees came out of winter quarters very 

 strong — I have never seen them as strong in 

 the spring during the long time I have kept 

 bees. I hope for a good year. Lots of bees 

 around here starved during the winter, and 

 more will follow this spring. Those that 

 were cared for in the fall and had been fed are 

 in good shape. Herman Luedloff. 



Carver Co., Minn., April T. 



Results of Wintering:. 



Editor York: — I must admit that you 

 editors are generally a blessing, nevertheless 

 you are at times a bother, which the follow- 

 ing will show: 



In the January number of the Koeky Moun- 

 tain Bee Journal, Editor Morehouse called me 

 a terrible name, and tells how many colonies 

 of bees I am to commence the honey season 

 with in 1903; and all this without my knowl- 

 edge or consent, else I should have insisted 

 on his leaving out the estimate as to how 

 many colonies I would have in the spring. 

 And now //»« tell the pulilic that it's assum- 

 ing a great deal on the part of Mr. (iill to tell 

 how many he will have left in the spring, and 

 this without giving me any chance to explain. 

 Well, as Yon Yonson would say, " You both 

 bean awful nice fellers,'' so I am going to let 

 you off this time. 



To help Mr. Morehouse out a little in his 

 predictions I will say that I have been quite 

 fortunate in wintering 800 of the best colo- 

 nies, the loss having been only 5 percent. 

 But of 400 that were in poor condition last 

 fall the loss was about 30 percent. Bees that 

 were in prime condition have wintered as 

 well as usual the past severe winter. But as 

 there was a greater percent of bees in poor 



