1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



427 



Qej^eral \\^rr)S, 



Too Cold and Wet. 



Swariuhig here Is late this season ; we 

 have had a cold, wet spring. Clover is 

 out in full bloom, yet the bees get very 

 little chance to get at it on account of 

 the rain and cold. I do not think we 

 will get much of a crop this season, if 

 the weather continues this way. 



G. D. LiTTOOY. 



Tacoma, Wash., June 11. 



Discouraging' Prospects. 



The present season in the surrounding 

 vicinity is the worst experienced by bee- 

 keepers for 20 years. Hundreds of col- 

 onies are without a drop of honey in the 

 hive, as continuous rains have washed 

 all the nectar from the flowers during 

 the past six weeks. Our main hope — the 

 dry-weather honey - vine — does not give 

 bright prospects, as the many rains give 

 the farmers an opportunity of clearing 

 their corn-fields of the vine, where it 

 delights in winding about the corn. It 

 is only in seasons of severe drouth that 

 we get a good crop from it. White 

 clover yields nothing ; we have had no 

 perceptible yield from thatsource in five 

 years. Very little swarming is heard of, 

 I having secured but two swarms to 

 date, and they were forced. 



I have planted seeds of every known 

 honey-producing plant, that I may find 

 the best kinds for my vicinity, and 

 further those species. 



Mrs. Schultz, with 100 colonies, se- 

 cured considerable comb honey from 

 crimson clover in May, but she reports 

 the color dark and quality rank. If this 

 be true, it will not prove such a boon to 

 bee-keepers as some think. 



J. C. Wallenmbter. 



Evansyille, Ind., June 12. 



A Report from Mexico. 



I want to tell you how much I like the 

 American Bee Journal. I began two 

 years ago with one Mexican colony of 

 bees, which I lost in transferring. From 

 the next one I bought, I have now more 

 than 50. There are none around me 

 within about 1,000 miles that could tell 

 me anything about bees. Nevertheless, 

 I am selling now in sections as nice 

 honey as could be sold in the United 

 States. 



You will be astonished how easily I 

 manage my bees. First, there is no win- 

 ter here, which spares me a good deal of 

 trouble. The sun and rains here are so 

 hea*y that I thought it better to put my 

 bees under shelter. I bought the cover 

 of an old car, put it on posts, and cross- 

 woods between the posts on which rests 

 my hives, three rows, one above the 

 other. This summer I will try some 

 out-doors, with a tin on top for the rain. 



The hive I use is of the Langstroth 

 size outside. I put the frames in cross- 

 wise — not the long way — because they 

 seem to me too clumsy and heavy to 

 handle nice and quick. By my way I 

 get in just IH frames. This summer I 

 am trying some hives with only 10 

 frames. The entrance is 6 by J^ inch, 

 because bees have more enemies here, 

 and can defend themselves more easily 

 with a smaller entrance. The bottom is 

 nailed to the hive. I use shallow frames 



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