1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



635 



(^cTfcrul licrr)s. 



Results of the Past Season. 



The season is over, and the honey all 

 harvested. I got 500 pounds in l-pound 

 sections, and a few unfinished sections, 

 from 10 colonies, spring count. I had 

 eight natural swarms, and made one 

 artificial one, so 1 have now 19 colo- 

 nies. A. P. Green. 



Cedarhome, Wash., Sept. 11. 



Milkweed Pollen on Their Feet. 



I Tinticed a question asked Dr. Miller 

 by \V. U. F., Lake City, iVIo., as to what 

 ailed his bees. As he and I have about 

 the same number of colonies, and I 

 have had just the same experience, I 

 think he will find they have been work- 

 ing on milkweed. If he will look closely, 

 he will notice that their feet look as if 

 they had been crushed, and have a red- 

 dish cast. Wm. Craig. 



Luce, Mich. 



Successful with Bees. 



I have been so far very successful with 

 my bees, which start I got from that 

 noble man, Allen Pringle. I purchased 

 my first colony from him, and at that 

 time I had never spoken to him. I sent 

 him a letter, enclosing the money, and 

 he sent me a good colony. They arrived 

 June tj, 1894. I have now 11 good col- 

 onies. 



I have received the American Bee 

 Journal every Friday since I sub-icribed 

 for it, and I am very pleased with it. I 

 wish you every success. 



Geo. K. White. 



Toronto, Ont., Sept. 19. 



Report for the Season. 



I notice an article on page 517, about 

 the Fi-rris extractor. I know the ex- 

 tractor is a good one, for I have been 

 using one on the same principle, only on 

 a larger scale, for over 18 years, from 

 whirh I have taken, and sold, aOO to 

 1,600 pounds of wax a year. I have 

 always had first class wax. 



I will now give an account of the 

 honey taken this season from my 40 

 colonies (1 started with only 10). Thirty 

 of them 1 have two stories high. I have 

 taken from them in all, extracted, 

 2,4ii5 pounds, and comb, 150 pounds; 

 samples 50 pounds, and lOO pounds of 

 wax. I have some fine samples, which I 

 expect 10 have photographed soon. 



J. Archer. 



Santa Barbara Co., Calif., Sept. 3. 



Cedar Hives All Right. 



On page 471, S. W. 15. complains of 

 his bees leaving cedar hives. 1 would 

 like to say to the readers of the Bee 

 Journal that our firm has used cedar 

 hives, and have never had a single 

 swarm leave their hive. We *use hives 

 made of kiln-dried lumber, and also of 

 lumber dried in the air, with perfect sat- 

 isfaction. We have honey that has been 

 stO"Pd continuously for three years in 

 cedar cases, and the flavor is not affected 

 In the least by the scent. 



We are manufacturers of bee-supplies, 

 and think it no more than right that the 



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