Nov. 19, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



749 



the close of tlie swarming season I got to clip- 

 ping the nueens. wjiich I thought a better 

 plan. As this has been a great season for 

 swarming, the same method may woric better 

 another year. 



I liHve read the editor's writings about the 

 trip to California to attend tlie National Hee- 

 Keepers' convention at Los Angeles, until — 

 well, until 1 imagine I have been there my- 

 self. His description and explanation of 

 things are so plain and perfect that 1 prize the 

 writings very highly indeed, and hope to have 

 the privilege of reading of many trips of like 

 nature; also that Dr. Miller aud our family 

 namesake may live to attend many more of 

 those meetings, for without them how would 

 the editor's writings be complete* 



\V. H. Root. 



Wayne Co., Nebr., Nov. 3. 



Results of the Past Season. 



My bees did very well, considering the sea- 

 son. I had 18 colonies in the spring, increased 

 to 30, aud got 3680 pounds of honey, mostly 

 white clover. One colony gave 224 4x5 sec- 

 tions, all salable. I use the Danzenbaker 

 hive exclusively. I know my locality, under- 

 stand its flora, and have a method of hand- 

 ling swarms that has made bee-keeping suc- 

 cessful as well as profitable with me. 



C. E. AURICH. 



Iroquois Co., 111., Nov. 4. 

 [We would be pleased to publish your 

 method of handling swarms. — Editor.] 



In Justice to California. 



I was somewhat amused and surprised at 

 the articles written by different ones about 

 California. Now, I do not want to criticise any 

 one, but it is no more than lair to all Cali- 

 fornians and prospective settlers that a wrong 

 impression should be corrected. 



Now, one impression is that we have a honey 

 crop only once in 4 or 5 years. I have lived 

 in the State since 1884, and have worked with 

 bees nearly every season, and have an apiary 

 at the present time. I£ my memory serves me 

 rightly, the only total failure was in 18'.1S; 

 that season the bees in certain localities actu- 

 ally starved. It is true we have had more 

 failures in grain-growing districts (I mean 

 the grain crop) , but because of a grain failure 

 it is not always necessarily a failure in honey- 

 production. In the season of 1887. and others 

 which were very dry, the bees did remarkably 

 well, the soil retaining its moisture from the 

 previous season ; neither does a very wet year 

 always insure a large honey-yield. 



In regard to honey-plants, a person not 

 familiar with this country would suppose 

 from the articles that the sages were the only 

 natural honey-producing plants growing here. 

 Should this be the case, I believe two years 

 from DOW would see no more bees in this part 

 of the State. 



Let me name some of our honey-plants; I 

 will enumerate them as they come in the sea- 

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willows, horsemint, and numerous other wild 

 flowers; then come black sage, white sage, 

 wild alfalfa, wild buckwheat, and last, tar- 

 wceds. And we also have viuite a few tame 

 honey. producing plants, alfalfa, deciduous 

 fruit-hlooni, eucalyptus bloom, etc. Now, this 

 applies to Southern California, and not to Los 

 Angeles and vicinity alone. Remember this 

 is no small territory — from I,os Angeles to 

 the .Mexican border to the south is somewhere 

 about 150 miles. I ijelieve it is about the 

 same distance to San Luis Obispo county to 

 the north ; and the distance Ijetween the large 

 mountain ranges and the sea coast is about 

 100 miles, on an average. Now, is it reason- 

 able that a person can form a correct idea of 

 the country unless he sees more than can be 

 seen from the trolley line that runs between 

 Los Angeles and Pasadena? A person should 

 be here at least during the honey season, say 

 April or May. to gain some knowledge of the 

 country. 



Now, Mr. Editor, come out about next May, 

 and I will be glad to take you over some bee- 

 ranges in Riverside or San Bernardino coun- 

 ties. A. F. Wagner. 



Riverside Co., Calif., Oct. 34. 



[We are glad Mr. Wagner wrote the fore- 

 going. We certainly do not want to misrep- 

 resent any part of our great country. 



We hope to have the privilege some time of 

 spending a few weeks in California, as we are 

 fully convinced that going there in the dry 

 season for only a few days one can not possi- 

 bly get a correct idea of things in the apioul- 

 tural line. 



If any other erroneous impressions have 

 been given in these columns, we will be glad 

 to have them pointed out. — Editor.] 



Season Too Wet for Bees. 



The season here was too wet, and so many 

 cloudy days. My bees, in the " Happy Home 

 Hive," have enough to winter well, and some 

 surplus, but not enough to brag about. Many 

 colonies still have drones, notwithstanding 

 they stopped breeding about Sept. 20. 



Carroll Co., Md., Oct. 30. H. H. Flick. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



The bees did fairly well here. I started 

 last spring with 41 colonies, increased to 73, 

 and put back about 30 swarms. I secured 

 about 1500 pounds of fine comb honey. 



\W. R. M. COYLE. 



Vernon Co., Mo., Oct. 29. 



Poor Seasons in Succession. 



We have gone through six poor seasons here 

 now in succession, which makes it pretty 

 tough. We had hoped this would be a good 

 one, but May was very dry, and May and June 

 were both cold, with north winds blowing. It 

 seems strange there was such a good honey 

 harvest in Illinois; the weather must have 

 been cold there, too. The only way that I 

 can account for it, is that they had rain a little 

 sooner than we did, and that saved the clover. 

 I never saw a good season that was dry 

 through April and May, while the clover is 

 growing. It can be dry when the clover has 

 matured, and it will do no harm, but not while 

 it is growing. George M. Stinebring. 



Wayne Co., Ohio, Nov. 5. 



Transfepring Bees from Box-Hives. 



This is my way of transferring bees from 

 old hives without frames: If it is a gum I lay 

 it on its side, with the comb standing on edge ; 

 nailaboardon the bottom, leavinga hole large 

 enough for the bees to enter the hive, and bore 

 a number of holes in the top side of the hive. 

 Prepare an 8-frame super with foundation in 

 it, and place a queen-excluder between the 

 hive and super, which keeps the queen out of 

 the super, and no young bees will bother you. 

 When I want to extract from it I will get a 

 lot of honey from it that season, as it will not 

 be checked from increasing in the latter part 

 of the season. Quit extracting in time tor 



