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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 25, 1903. 



hives and pour about a spoonful of the feed 

 right among- them, and see how quickly it 

 will give them a " send-off." 



Of course, the larger ones get the " lion's 

 share," and, should, too, because they are 

 just the very ones which need it most, for it 

 we have a few small ones, they can be lool^ed 

 after very easily and supplied. I shall en- 

 deavor to keep a couple of barrels of fall 

 honey on hand for such emergencies, instead 

 of putting them on the market at a small 

 figure, as I found it very handy to have nearly 

 two barrels of it on hand this spring, for now 

 my bees are in rousing condition to take care 

 of anything that comes along in the shape of 

 a honey-flow, and that, too, in spite of the 

 horridest weather imaginable, so much so 

 that I thought sometimes I would lose the 

 whole of them. One of my near neighbors 

 saved only 50 out of 300 colonies, and he 

 claims those 50 are very weak. 



A. C. F. Bartz. 



Chippewa Co., Wis., .June fi. 



Cold, Bad Weather. 



We are having very cold, bad weather here 

 now. It is so cold that the bees can not work 

 at all. The pastures are white with clover 

 now. I hope it will warm up pretty soon. 



Grant Co., Wis., May 30. U. S. Botd. 



Doing a Rushing Business. 



Bees are doing a rushing business. There 

 is lots of white clover. I use double hives, 

 and the queens have commenced to ramble in 

 the upper stories, making themselves a nui- 

 sance in general. Wm. Ruggles. 



St. Joseph Co., Mich., .June V-i. 



Swarming— Handling the SmolieF. 



The pesky bees are driving me to "beat the 

 band." I have tried to suppress swarming as 

 much as possible, and thought I knew fairly 

 well how to do it. Put on surplus cases very 

 early; in fact, some time before fruit-Ialoom 

 time, and then doubled them, which the bees 

 occupied almost immediately, and have done 

 splendidly in putting in surplus; hence, I 

 flattered myself that I have little or no swarm- 

 ing. But, my, O my! They commenced the 

 last of May to swarm, and have kept it up 

 every pleasant day since. I have cut out 

 queen-cells; moved the old hives to new 

 stands; put on additional cases, which they 

 occupy immediately, and apparently go to 

 work; yet it's swarm, swarm. Is it the Gal- 

 lup hive that causes all this trouble? or, is it 

 because of very strong colonies? They are 

 all very strong, which result I have aimed to 

 bring about so as to be able to take advantage 

 of the white clover and basswood ; but I am 

 afraid I've been like the Methodist preacher 

 who prayed for rain — overdid it ! 



Say, what's the matter with Mr. Root? I'm 

 with Dr. Miller in the proper manner of hold- 

 ing the smoker. Is Mr. Root cross-eyed? or is 

 his thumb where his little finger ought to be? 

 Perhaps he works the smoker with the nozzle 

 turned half round, and blows the smoke over 

 the bellows. He is certainly " way off " on 

 the proper manner of holding the Cornell 

 smoker, and I feel like telling him so; but as 

 you know him better than I do, rather have 

 you do it. Wm. M. Whitney. 



Lake Geneva, Wis., June 13. 



[Here is what Editor Root says [in Glean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture, about the proper way to 

 handle a bee-smoker. — Editor.] 



Within the last five or six years most of the 

 modern hot-blast smokers have been made in 

 such a way that, while in use, the barrel will 

 stand perpendicularly, leaving the coals of 

 fire or hot embers to lie on the grate while 

 the fumes free from sparks or embers are 

 blown out through a curved or deflecting 

 snout. The position of the bellows likewise 

 during the interim mentioned has been re- 

 versed, putting the large end at the top in- 

 stead of at the bottom, as heretofore. 



I have been surprised many and many a 

 time to see how awkwardly bee-keepers handle 

 the modern smoker. To my notion there is 

 only one way. The thumb should be on the 



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