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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 18, 



or after with the naked eye. A good 

 horticulturist has lots of points to look 

 to, and does not always find time to give 

 to thorough investigation that it re- 

 quires. I am not a millionaire, and I 

 am trying to bring up a family of five, 

 the oldest not 10 years old, and I do not 

 find time to satisfy my curiosity as I 

 •would like. H. Kloth. 



Blanchester, Ohio, May 28. 



The Season in Orange Co., Calif. 



Mr. Oderlin started in with 250 colo- 

 nies of bees in good condition, and I may 

 say all colonies throughout Southern 

 California were in splendid condition in 

 the spring. February and March were 

 warm and pleasant, but April and the 

 first part of May wei* uniformly cooler 

 than I have seen it since coming to the 

 State, some 16 years ago. Well, Mr. 

 Oderlin has taken out 92 cans of honey 

 (60 pounds each), one ton of that being 

 new honey of this season's gathering. 

 He has had 45 new swarms, all of which 

 he put back except some seven of them. 

 His bees are at this date in splendid con- 

 dition, and still gathering more than 

 they consume. But there will be no 

 more extracting this season. He has 

 not had to feed any, but had he not put 

 back his new swarms, both the old colo- 

 nies and the new swarms would have had 

 to be fed heavily. 



His bees are in two apiaries, and 

 iocated in the foot-hills, not at a high 

 altitude. There has been an abundance 

 of bloom, but so cool that there was no 

 nectar secreted. 



Mr. Harding, located at an elevation 

 of about 1,300 feet, at the head of San- 

 tiago canyon, says there was a frost, or 

 freeze, night after night, and the wind 

 so cool that bees could leave their hives 

 only a short time in the middle of the 

 day. There was an abundance of bloom, 

 but no nectar. Many bee-keepers are 

 having to feed heavily. Still, I cannot 

 help believing if all bee-keepers had left 

 their supers full of sealed honey from 

 last season, and then put back all 

 swarms, or prevented swarming in any 

 manner, their bees would be self-sustain- 

 ing in any season that I have ever seen 

 In this State. We can calculate in ad- 

 vance almost invariably what the pros- 

 pect is ahead, by the amount of rain in 

 winter. 



I do not hear of any one that beats 

 Mr. Oderlin. Dr. E. Gallup. 



Santa Ana, Calif., June 4. 



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Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 396. 



Questioi;)'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Open.Cornercd Sections vs. the 

 Ordinary Kind. 



Query 18.— Are open-cornered sections, 

 standard size, likely to be better than the 

 ordinary Idnd in producing high grade honey? 



E. L. Taylor— No. 



James A. Stone — No. 



E. Prance — I don't know. 



W. R. Graham — I think not. 



Prof A. J. Cook— I doubt it. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I don't know. 



6. M. Doolittle — I don't think so. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I do not know. 



Allen Pringle — I have not used them. 



B. Taylor — I never used them, and do 

 not know. 



J. E. Pond — I don't see why they 

 should be. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — We have never 

 tried them. 



W. G. Larrabee — Perhaps no better, 

 but just as good. 



G. W. Demaree — I can't see why they 

 possibly could be. Try them. 



C. H. Dlbbern— I think not. The 

 plainer the section the better. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — One kind will 

 work quite as well as the other. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — I don't see why there 

 should be an difference in the honey. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I have never 

 tested them ; therefore, am not prepared 

 to say. 



P. H. Elwood — I have not tried them. 

 I should judge there would not be very 

 much difference. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I never saw open- 

 cornered sections, and did not know that 

 any such existed. 



H. D. Cutting — I don't know as I un- 

 derstand the question. If you mean the 

 4-piece section, 1 say yes. 



Eugene Secor— Do you mean 4-piece 

 sections ? Yes. I like them better, 

 much better. 1. They are made of 

 whiter wood. 2. They are stronger. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal, 



Chicago. Ills. 



B. A. BnBKETT & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. IT. 



HiLDBETH Bros. & segelken, 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chab. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



0. C. Clbmoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Bnflalo, N. Y. 

 Batterson & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Pliiladelpbka, Fa. 

 Wm. a. Selseb, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Obio. 



C. F, MUTH & SON, cor. Freeman & Central a ve. 



