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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 7, 1903. 



beginners, who ought to have books and papers which answer the 

 most of their questions. This is my third year in the bee-business, 

 but I have two papers and three text-books and will get your book this 

 year, I hope. I can " eat " bee-lore as well as honey. 



New York. 



Answer. — I don't know whether it was wise or not to give the 

 super. I could tell better by looking in the hive. The probability is 

 that they had plenty of room without it, and that it gave them just so 

 much more to keep warm. Still, it is possible that their combs were 

 ■so filled up, and so much honey coming in, that they needed the room. 

 Bees do not generally need surplus room till some time after fruit- 

 bloom, but sometimes they need it during fruit-bloom. 



Spring Feeding of Bees— Beet or Cane Sugar. 



1. In regard to an article on page 331, " Why Feed Bees Sparingly 

 and Often." by Mr. C. P. Dadant, please tell us how to do it in this 

 section. March and April are usually cold and windy and not warm 

 enough for the bees to dy very much, and so they could not leave the 

 cluster to go to the top of the hive. Would it do to open the hive to 

 feed every day ? What is the best known way to feed when the bees 



are out-of-doors wintering on the summer stands? How early should 

 stimulating feeding begin? 



2. I want to know if all sugar sold for granulated sugar Is cane 

 sugar or will answer for bee-feed. How can I tell cane sugar before 

 the bees have been killed with poor or beet sugar? How can I procure 

 cane sugar in rural sections like the hill towns of New England? 



Vermont. 



Answers. — 1. It is impossible to give everything in one article, 

 and however true may have been all that Mr. Dadant may have said, 

 he would no doubt have told yoa that when it is too cold and windy 

 for bees to tly the best way to feed them is not to feed at all, only to 

 see that they have plenty of stores in the hive. When it is warm 

 enough for profitable feeding, there will be no trouble about their 

 leaving the cluster to take feed either above or below. 



2, I think that only a small part of the granulated sugar is made 

 from cane sugar, and although I have tried very hard to learn some 

 way in which cane could be told from beet sugar I am still in igno- 

 rance on that point. The British Bee .Journal stoutly insists that 

 beet sugar should not be fed to bees, but authorities on this side the 

 water insist just as strongly that there is no possiljle difference be- 

 tween beet and cane sugar when it is made into granulated sugar. 

 Certain it is that thousands of pounds of granulated sugar made 

 from beets have been fed with good results. 



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I FROM MANY FIELDS | 



Looks for a Good Yield. 



The prospects are good for a large yield of 

 honey in this section. White clover is in the 

 best shape I have seen it for years, and we 

 have lots of basswood around here. 



I put 30 colonies of bees in the cellar, took 

 out 29 on March 15; one was robbed out so I 

 have 28 in good condition. Last year was a 

 poor one, but I look for better results the 

 coming summer. C. M. Lawrence. 



Blackhawk Co., Iowa, April 28. 



Missouri Organized. 



We had a very successful convention of 

 bee-keepers at Moberly, April 22 and 23. 

 Several parts of the .State were represented 

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 nent organization, and listened to quite a 

 number of splendid Ijee-talks. We fixed the 

 initiation fee at 60 cents for new members 

 who may desire to join Ijetween now and our 

 next meeting, after which time it will be .?1. 00. 

 We now have 67 names enrolled. We expect 

 to meet again some time in December, the 

 date, place and program to be arranged by 

 the Executive Board. W. T. Cart, tier. 



Carroll Co., Mo., April 25. 



Smoker-Fuel— Taking Bees Out for 

 a Flight. 



A few thoughts about smoker-fuel are sug- 

 gested by reading James H. Wing's high 

 commendations of cedar-bark as a smoker- 

 fuel in a recent issue of the American Bee 

 Journal. Cedar-bark for that purpose has one 

 objection that should not be tolerated in 

 smoker-fuel, and that is, the great amount of 

 ashes produced from it. 



I think if any one will take a given quantity 

 of all the different kinds of smoker-fuel rec- 

 ommended, and burn them on a quiet day on 

 a sheet of iron, or any other substance that 

 will save all the ashes, each kind by itself, 

 the conclusion will be that of all the different 

 kinds none can approach cedar-bark as a pro- 

 ducer of ashes. 



So far as I have tested the list, apple-wood 

 has the least ashes of auy wood except pine; 

 it holds fire well, and gives a good flow of 

 smoke. It should be just rotten enough to 

 break up pretty well when cut with a draw- 

 ing knife. 



On page 99 is a little talk about taking bees 

 out of the cellar to give them a winter flight, 

 and then returniog them to the cellar. I wish 

 to say that the condition of the bees, the con- 

 dition of the cellar, and the kind of day, have 

 much to do with after results. 



Right here let me interject that if the bees 

 are wintering fairly well, better uot disturb 

 them until set out to stay. If the bees are 

 thirsty because the cellar is too dry, and if 



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