1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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nest for winter, on 7 to 8 frames. The 

 comb in some old frames is 3 inches thick, 

 and full of honey. I have good, new wheat 

 chaff packed in the sides of the hives, and 

 burlap cushions 5 to 8 inches thick on top, a 

 Hill's device over the frames, and a double 

 thickness of good, clean burlap over that, 

 then cushions on that. The ground is 

 thrown up to make a low ridge so that 

 water will run off. Two scantlings 2x4 are 

 on the ground pinned down with long pegs 

 to keep the wind from turning the hives 

 over. The hives are on them, and tacked 

 fast with nails at each corner. The hives 

 are tipped up about two inches towards the 

 front, all facing the south, and about 30 

 feet from the southeast corner of my house, 

 to break the northwest wind from them. 

 All are young queens of last summer and 

 fall. The old one was superseded last fall 

 by a little young thing. I sent and got a 

 fine selected tested queen, and took her out ; 

 I have her in the house with a few bees in a 

 little hive with glass on two sides, with two 

 frames made of a shallow extracting-frame 

 cut in two. They are all right to-day, 10 

 degrees below zero, and a northwest wind 

 blowing a gale. She sings for us quite 

 often. I am going to try to keep her till 

 spring. Her mother was four years old, 

 very large, and almost black. 



My bees are all Italians, but the old 

 queen's family was always cross, and very 

 bad to handle, or, in fact, to go near. The 

 others are nice and gentle. That is why I 

 sent for a new queen to take the place of 

 the " young lady." I thought she would be 

 cranky, too, because her mother was rear- 

 ing such a miserable, quarrelsome lot of 

 young ones. 



All this may not be interesting to others, 

 but I wanted to tell my first experience 

 with bees. I am going to succeed if possi- 

 ble. I like it, and want to learn it. This is 

 no place for bees, but I can learn it here, 

 and then go where it is better for them. 

 S. M. Stafford. 



Bloomfield, Nebr., Jan. 2. 



More of Numbering Hives. 



I have the numliers painted on the hives 

 so that they are seen a distance of 50 to 100 

 feet. It is no difference to me if the num- 

 bers become mixed, for all the use I have of 

 the numbers is to denote any hive. Sup- 

 pose No. 3 swarms out, and next No. 49, 

 and next No. 30, and so on. The numbers 

 in this case serve to show me which colonies 

 are swarming, so that I may give my at- 

 tention to the right hives; and also to 

 denote which hives I should give attention 

 to either in the way of queens or other 

 work. S. M. Caklzex. 



Montclair, Colo. 



Report for Last Season. 



I will give my repoi't for last season, as I 

 think it is pretty good for Minnesota. I 

 had 3.5 colonies, spring count, increased to 

 06 colonies, and took off 1,435 pounds of 

 comb honey ; average per colony 56 pounds. 

 L. A. Stioknet. 



Plainview, Minn., Jan. 4. 



The Best Way to Market Honey. 



Count me one more in favor of 10-frame 

 hives for extracted honey. Three years 

 ago 1 bought a lot of colonies in 10 and 8 

 frame hives. I had 5 or 6 in the 8-frame, 

 but one by one they are discarded, so there 

 is only one left, and that will go next 

 spring. 



I have kept bees 16 years, have now 100 

 colonies in three apiaries, and produced 

 7,000 pounds or more of extracted honey in 

 1895. I expect to selMt all in my neighbor- 

 hood. I sell mostly to grocers, in pint 

 Mason jars. I found that the best selling 

 package yet. I go around once in a week 

 or ten days. I usually leave the honey to 

 be sold ; the grocers make 5 cents profit on 

 each pint. Some few prefer to pay cash 

 down when received, then I take 15 cents 

 less on a dozen. When it candies before it 



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