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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 30, 1903. 



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etc.; "Honey-Plants for North Texas," and 

 " Marketing Honey." 



Texas leads all the States in bees and 

 honey. Two years ago the Legislature appro- 

 priated .*T50 for an experimental apiary at 

 College Station. The present Legislature 

 added ?1UOO more. 



The following officers were elected tor the 

 ensuing year: W. R. Graham, president; .J. 

 M. Hagood, vice-president; W. H. White, '3d 

 vice-president; Rev. W. R. Lowrey, chaplain ; 

 and Rev. J. N. Hunter, secretary, of Wylie, 

 Tex. 



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Collin Co., Tex., April 10. 



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Report for 1902— 'Missing Link." 



Eighteen colonies averaged 100 sections 

 each. Our leader, a hybrid, put up 21tO nicely 

 finished sections; they did not appear as 

 strong as many others that did not reach one- 

 third as many sections. 



Will those who have had colonies making 

 very large yields please report and say what 

 kind of management, if any. contributed to 

 the result? In this case nothing was done 

 excepting placing on supers and removing 

 them about dark. A stray young queen was 

 found in one of the supers, but was allowed 

 to escape. I regretted her loss later. I favor 

 absconding swarms, and always try to secure 

 them ; they seem more vigorous than others. 

 I have five such now that I secured last fall ; 

 one of them is a ii-banded Italian, and the 

 strongest in a lot of 35 colonies. 



We favor the Danz. frames, and find single 

 bodies large enough. I tried double-deckers, 

 but they are failures here for comb honey. 

 Moving supers, bees and all, to assist weak 

 colonies did not benefit the one, but injured 

 the other. 



I want to know about that " missing link." 

 Does it only occur in natural-swarming cells, 

 and not in any other methods* We do not 

 care whether it is a tube, cord, rope, or sau- 

 sage-link. I merely want to know if it occurs 

 in one case and never in the other. 



Bees wintered well out-of-doors here. I got 

 a good start during the fine March weather, 

 but April, to this date, is cold and wet. The 

 wind is almost constantly in the northeast. 



White clover has a strong start, but Yankee 

 weather puts a big discount on the prospects. 



I had some hybrids, as well as pure Italian 

 bees, working on red clover, and if my mem- 

 ory serves me rightly I saw German bees 

 working on it in this locality 45 years ago. 

 Gut Hun'sberger. 



Northampton Co., Pa., April 6. 



Cold, Wet Weather— American Hive 



I can not keep bees without the American 

 Bee Journal, for sometimes one item is worth 

 its price for a year. 



I am starting the season with '20 colonies in 

 fair shape, but the weather has been cold, 

 and so much rain that they could not work or 

 build up as they should have done. 



I use the American hives, and would have* 

 no other for this locality. The size of the 

 hive is 15 inches square, brood-frames l'2).^x- 

 11 '4 inches, one and two stories high as they 

 are needed. They beat any hive that I ever 

 tried for building up nucleus colonies. I hope 

 for a good year. F. McBbide. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, April 17. 



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I noticed a number of inquiries about 

 spring management of bees. I will give some 

 of my experience dating back to ISrti. 



I started in with '2 colonies of bees, with 

 the view of supplying my table with honey. I 

 made a study of bees, with very little loss, 

 and I soon had all I could care for. My busi- 

 ness called for 34 hours a day— half day and 

 half night. Along iu the 'SO's I found I was 

 over-taxing my strength, and I woidd have to 



