t April 30, 1903. 



THE AMKRICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Wintered Well— Large Hives. 



Bees have wintered well in OiUarin. I put 

 into the cellar over 31)0 colonies, u few I 

 bought only a few clays before putting in, and 

 lost ■_' by starvation — one c|iieenless, and evi- 

 dently drone-layers in the comb in the fall. 

 This was the total cellar loss. At least half 

 of the colonies are now occupying the brood- 

 chamber in full 12 Langstroth combs. The 

 last shadow of doubt has passed away about 

 large hives for me. R. F. Hoi.tekmann. 

 • Oatario, Canada, April l.>. 



Loss from Starvation. 



It appears now as if the honey crop in this 

 locality would be a failure. There have been 

 no swarms and little or no surplus stored, and 

 the bee-keepers may be thankful if their colo- 

 nies do not starve during the usual drouths in 

 May and June. It appears to me that the loss 

 from starvation of bees in this locality is 

 much greater than ours from freezing in the 

 North. 



There is something curious about the blos- 

 soms; my strawberries blossomed white, but 

 did not set fruit. On examining the bloom I 

 ascertained that they had no pistils. Another 

 grower told me the same thing, and added 

 that his plums were the same — bloom desti- 

 tute of pistils, and set but little fruit. 



Last season a prolonged drouth was fol- 

 lowed by almost constant rain, and this may 

 have injured the formation of buds; and this 

 may also have something to do with the loss 

 of honey in the wild bloom. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Washington Co., Fla., April 26. 



Grease to Prevent Propolis on 

 Fingers. 



An item lately appeared in the American 

 Bee Journal stating that grease or butter 

 would loosen the prflpolis off the hands. Why 

 not put the grease on the hands first, and pre- 

 vent the propolis sticking to them, which it 

 does, as I know by many years experience; I 

 carry along a little tin box with grease, and 

 smear my finger occasionally, and have no 

 propolis to laboriously unstick. 



Lasalle Co., 111. A. Mottaz. 



Spring Dwindling. 



It has been very bad bee-weather here in 

 the Ottawa Valley, so far this spring. The 

 snow went off early in March, but now we are 

 having hard frosts every night, and cold north 

 and east winds every day. It is snowing to- 

 day. Most of the bee-keepers around here 

 have had their bees out for some weeks past. 

 Stores are generally low, and spring dwind- 

 ling is going on at a rapid rate. There will 

 be a great loss of colonies if this weather con- 

 tinues much longer. Mine are safe in the 

 cellar yet. I took them out about two weeks 

 ago and let them have a good llight on a warm 

 afternoon, and they have beeu as quiet since 

 as in January. I have 10 colonies. 



W. A. Han>-a. 



Ontario, Canada, April 23. 



North Texas Convention. 



The 2S)th annual session of the North Texas 

 Bee-Keepers' Association was held in Green- 

 ville, April 1, in03. The meeting was called 

 to order by Vice-Pres. J. M. Hagood. Prayer 

 was offered by Rev. J. X. Hunter. But few 

 of the leading bee-men of the Association 

 were present. Pres. W. H. (iraliam has been 

 an invalid for two years. 



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 troducing;'" "Drones, Pure or Hybrid;'' 

 "Apiarian Supplies;" "Diseases of Bees — 

 Foul Brood, etc. ;" " Strains of Bees — Hybrids. 



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