1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The Swarming Bees Ahead. 



I noticed in the Bee Journal during the 

 last year that a great many bee-keepers 

 prefer non-swarming bess ; that is, I sup- 

 pose, bees that don't swarm. Now, my ex- 

 perience is just the opposite. In June, 1893, 

 I purcha.sed two colonies of Italian bees in 

 the dovetail hives, from an Ohio bee-keeper. 

 The colonies were the same throughout. 

 One I kept, and a neighbor got the other. 

 They were wintered on the summer stands, 

 and when fruit-trees bloomed I gave my 

 colony a set of 4S sections, so they should 

 not swarm. My neighbor let his bees have 

 their own way, and they swarmed May 26, 

 and again June 3. Later on he gave each 

 colony— now 3 — a set of 24 sections, and by 

 taking out a few boxes when full, and 

 giving empty ones, be managed to get 80 

 pounds of honey and two swarms besides. 

 I, by giving empty sections as fast as the 

 first were filled, got 74 pounds of honey and 

 no swarms. How is that for non-swarming 

 bees ? I can't see the point. If there is a 

 point, X think it is in favor of swarming 

 bees. Paul Whitebread. 



Hobble, Pa., Dec. 13, 1895. 



Short Season and Short Crop. 



The past season was a short one for the 

 bees. The lack of snow last winter caused 

 nearly all the white clover to kill out. Late 

 frosts killed nearly all the fruit-bloom, and 

 an off year with the basswood bloom, cut 

 short the spring crop. There is lots of 

 golden-rod here, but I have never seen my 

 bees at work on it ; the same in regard to 

 strawberries. Tils is a timbered country, 

 and bees get a large portion of their honey 

 from that source. Buckwheat helped them 

 out some, but there is but little sown in 

 these parts. My bees beat all former rec- 

 ords in the line of swarming, but not much 

 surplus honey. I put the bees into the cel- 

 lar Nov. 30, in good condition. 



I was much interested in reading Query 

 No. 996, giving a remedy for preventing 

 bee-robbing, as a few nights before I had 

 miscreants make a raid on my bee-yard, 

 and opened 13 hives and carried off 1(5 

 frames of honey. They were not green 

 hands, for the job was neatly done. 



G. W. Demaree speaks of the freaks of 

 bees. Here is one that has not come to his 

 notice : In October I heard the bees buzz- 

 ing and flying around a lilac bush. There 

 was no bloom at the time. On close exami- 

 nation I found they had flown into the cen- 

 ter of the bush, and cut off pieces of the 

 leaves as large as their bodies, and some 

 had more than they coiUd get away with, 

 and fell down in the grass. Now, what did 

 they do with it ? Can Dr. Miller give us 

 any light on the subject ? 



I take pleasure in reading the Bee Jour- 

 nal all through. I am nearly 75 years old, 

 and have plenty of leisure. R. Howell. 



Gillett, Wis., Dec. 6, 1895. 



Commission Men, Marketing', Etc. 



In the Bee Journal of Nov. 28, I see the 

 editor scores a Chicago commission house. 

 It is precisely such men who have given 

 commission men such a bad repute, that 

 the whole Pacific Coast is afraid of them. 

 It doesn't make much difference what we 

 ship — if we let the property get into their 

 hands, we are at their mercy, and get 

 swindled three times out of four. 



I long ago discovered that bees alone, in 

 this part of the country, would not keep 

 the "pot boiling," so I have added farming, 

 fruit-raising, etc. 1 once shipped seven 

 carloads — 75 tons — of fresh grapes, as fine 

 as ever left this Coast, having two cars sold 

 in Minneapolis, and five in Chicago, in the 

 regular fruit auction houses. Those grapes 

 simply paid freight, and entailed a net loss 

 to me of a little over $2..")00. 



Again, I have shipped many carloads of 



