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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



MarcTi 12, 



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VPPIk Of those great honey-prod iiclnir plants 

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Rftso l»Dfl os<><inA Warranted the best, sim- 

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 on the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 50 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

 If it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Kscape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



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Gate Honey-Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quickest hive to handle for the pro- 

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 llention the American Be* Jburria. 9 Atf 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, and every- 

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 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



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INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mention the American Bee, JuumaZ. 



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See reports of experiments with Comb Foun- 

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 foi mation. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 

 5Dtf Please mention this Journal. 



Potatoes 



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lD6t GKEENVILLE, OHIO. 



Mention the Amei-lcan Bee Journal. 



Honey-Bee," revised by Dadant, then I 

 read the works of many noted apiarists, or 

 their experiences and modern improve- 

 ments very enthusiastically. Then I trans- 

 ferred a colony as aforesaid, and later two 

 more, and then I hived a new swarm, all 

 from my father's apiary. 



Also, on July 29 there was a very small 

 swarm issued from one of tbe old box-hive 

 colonies, and I hived it in a one-frame ob- 

 servatory hive, and had a peculiar occur- 

 rence afterward. One flne day in August 

 I was in my apiary, and all at once I heard 

 the swarming of bees, I hastily examined 

 my transferred colonies, one of which I 

 almost knew was absconding, and lo, and 

 behold ! they were all working nicely. The 

 swarm commenced trying to settle on' a 

 limb just above my observatory hive, and 

 I just waited patiently and said to myself. 

 •• I'll be a colony ahead in a few minutes;" 

 and, sir, those bees could not settle on that 

 limb worth a cent, from some cause, and I 

 got impatient wondering what was the 

 matter. I went up and examined the limb 

 for the queen, but could not find her. By 

 and by I guess they found tbe queen in the 

 observatory hive, and, much to my sur- 

 prise, they began to tumble in. and it was 

 but a few moments until they had it full 

 and running over. There I was. and 

 hardly knew what to do first. Well, I took 

 off tbe top and procured the queen and put 

 her in another hive which I had placed on 

 the table with the observatory hive, and 

 began to rake the bees from oft the front, 

 top and sides of the little hive, for they had 

 it entirely covered up. 



I pti all the bees (except enough to take 

 care of the little hive) into the big one, 

 and set it away off to one side, and it was 

 btit a short while until everything was 

 lovely. Now, the bees in the little hive had 

 to rear a new queen, which they did, and I 

 watched the proceedings very closely, and 

 it was quite a lesson to me. I now have 5 

 good, strong, thrifty colonies, and hope that 

 I may increase to quite a number this year. 



Tupelo, Ark., Feb. 1. J. E. Jones. 



"Fat" Bees — All Honey in Sections. 



" A peep into the hive even before cold 

 weather is yet here reveals the fact that 

 nearly all tbe bees are very clumsy, and 

 they resemble very closely the comb-build- 

 ers of the working season. By weighing a 

 given number of these bees you will ob- 

 serve that they are much heavier than the 

 bees of early spring, and about equal in 

 weight to bees well-filled with honey. By 

 dissecting you will find that their plump- 

 ness and weight are not caused by a disten- 

 sion of their honey-sacs, or an accumula- 

 tion in their intestines, but by the develop- 

 ment of flesh and blood as in other fattened 

 animals. Upon the principle of fat produc- 

 ing heat in other animals, tbe fat bees are 

 able to generate heat much longer than if 

 they were poor and had to carry all their 

 fuel in their honey-sacs." 



In looking over one of my papers to day 

 I noticed the above, and thinking that may 

 be it will be of some use I copy it and send 

 it to you. 



Bees were bringing in pollen yesterday. 



Would the readers of the American Bee 

 Journal like to know how to get all their 

 honey in sections ? C. C. Parsons. 



Bessemer. Ala., Feb. 3. 



[As our readers want to learn all they 

 can, no doubt they will be pleased to read 

 about your method of ''getting all the 

 honey in sections.''— Ed.] 



■Wintering Bees in Nebraska. 



Bees in southeastern Nebraska went into 

 winter quarters in good condition, and so 

 far my losg has been but 6 out of 131 in my 

 home apiary. I leave my bees on the sum- 

 mer stands facing the south, and pack three 

 inches of leaves on the west side and north 

 end of the hives, leaving the east side and 

 south end without any protection. 



After trying the cellar, and wintering on 

 summer stands without protection, I was 



