January, 1914. 



American T^ee Joarnaij 



J. R. Dueden. of Macon. Ga.. is a bee enthusiast. Limited nectar-producing plants necessitates small and scattered apiaries with him. 



colonies of bees in box-hives, and when 

 I went to move them 14 were already 

 dead, and the rest at the point of star- 

 vation. When I arrived home I at- 

 tempted to feed them, but the robbers 

 got busy and " cleaned them all up " ex- 

 cept 18. I placed the feed around on 

 the tops and bottoms of the hives. 

 Wasn't this experience ?" 



Answer. — Yes, it was, and there are 

 many inexperienced who have bought 

 box-hives that were robbed too close 

 and lost. If they are not heavy with 

 stores, and a lot of bees in them, you 

 had better let them alone. 



Question. — " I bought your book, 

 "Southern Bee Culture," and " .\ B C 

 and X Y Z of Bee Culture," and I hope 

 I will make a beekeeper yet." 



Answer.— You should have bought 

 these books before you started in bee- 

 culture and posted yourself well, and 

 your progress would have been much 

 faster. 



Question. — "In spite of all I am hav- 

 ing some success. I sold, this season, 

 $45 worth of honey, and my best col- 

 ony netted me $11. and I have not lost 

 any bees in modern hives. I have not 

 had many swarms this year. When the 

 bees crowd into the hives during rainy 

 weather, when the main honey-flow is 

 on, will it not cause them to swarm 



much more than if the weather is 

 warm and sunny ?" 



Answer. — Yes, the bees will swarm 

 much more under such conditions as 

 you name, especially if this is kept up 

 two or more days, and as soon as the 

 weather clears up we have to hustle to 

 keep down swarming. 



" I tried your method of transferring, 

 and had good success. I expect to do 

 more of it next season. I take Glean- 

 ings in Bee Culture, and am now send- 

 ing in my subscription to the Ameri- 

 can Bee journal. I will have a good 

 time studying bee-culture this winter." 

 J.\MEs A. Smith. 



Lawrenceville, Ga. 



A Georgia Boy Happy Among His Bees 



It seems a little strange that some 

 people are so very happy at certain 

 occupations, and such is the case with 

 Mr. J. R. Dueden, of Macon, Ga., who 

 has a number of apiaries scattered 

 over the surrounding country, one of 

 which is shown here, with Mr. Dueden 

 among the hives. I doubt if a more 

 pleasant or better-natured man could 

 be found in the ranks of beekeep- 

 ers. It seems that he is exactly suited 

 to beekeeping ; his natural talents 

 run that way. You cannot interest 



him much unless you talk bees or 

 honey. He is just "brimful" of the 

 business, and from what he is doing at 

 it, he and the bees make a good team. 



He is not located in a section where 

 there is great pasture for bees, and he 

 keeps them scattered in small apiaries. 



To Visit Florida 



I am planning to go to Bradentown 

 the latter part of the winter. I have 

 long wished to make this trip, and now 

 as it is becoming a winter resort for 

 beekeepers, I can't resist the pull. 



I have a brother living there who 

 once told me that the people who came 

 there with little money, and could not 

 board at the hotels, but lived cheaply 

 by camping out, were known as "tin 

 can tourists." I will have to come un- 

 der that head, I guess. 



Now. if any of your fellows find a 

 handy tin can lying around, please save 

 it for me. If there is any fun or fishing 

 going on I am just the one to get into 

 it, and I also enjoy swimming as well 

 as any of the boys, even if I have been 

 a beekeeper for over -30 years. 



H.xRRY Lathrop. 



Bridgeport. Wis., Nov. 24. 



Come right on Mr. Lathrop. We will 



