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word to a bee-tnan in the town, and he 

 hived them. I just happened to be pass- 

 ing by the place a short time after thoy 

 were hived, and the operator had Ipft 

 the place. The lady of the house called 

 uie in to look at them. I did so, and at 

 the same time told her that I was almost 

 sure that they came from my apiary. 

 She wanted to know how I could tell. I 

 told her from the fact that they were 

 Italian bees, and that mine were the 

 only ones in this part of the country. 

 She said they came from the west — the 

 very direction of our apiary. 



Sure enough, when I went home, my 

 daughters showed me the hive the swarm 

 had come from, and the direction it 

 went. I immediately opened the hive, 

 and found it almost depopulated, and 

 the section-case full. The bees were 

 crowded for room, causing their swarm- 

 ing. The man that hived them was 

 notified of the circumstances, but he 

 would not give them up, nor could I 

 prove they were mine, but at the same 

 time I was fully convinced that the bees 

 were mine. 



Now for the amount of honey from 

 the 20 colonies of bees: I have just 

 counted up all that was taken off at dif- 

 ferent times, and in all I find it to be 

 400 pounds of comb honey, and 30 

 pounds of extracted — a very slim report, 

 but we had a very poor season here. We 

 missed the sweet clover, as it was an off 

 year for it here. J. S. Sleeth. 



Chatsworth, III. 



Report — Wintering:. 



Bees did well up to the first of August, 

 and since then they have done but little 

 except to carry honey from the supers to 

 the brood-chamber. During the month 

 of July they did well, and contracted the 

 swarming-fever ; consequently they cast 

 many swarms, and the result is, there 

 are many weak colonies, and unless they 

 have been properly prepared for winter, 

 many of them will perish during the 

 winter. I find in bee-keeping that a 

 man should commence a year in advance 

 to prepare his bees for the next season's 

 work, or rather, it is easier to keep a 

 colony of bees strong than to get them 

 strong, therefore we should be particu- 

 larly careful to keep bees with plenty of 

 stores and brood, for without bees we 

 cannot expect honey, and we cannot ex- 

 pect the bees to work without food. 



I have usually wintered my bees in 

 boxes prepared so as to put from 12 to 

 14 in one box. I have prepared my cel- 

 lar, and intend to put a part of the bees 

 into it, as I believe it will be a great deal 

 cheaper and handier than to pack them 

 in sawdust. 



The Bee Journal comes regularly 

 every Thursday, and the only thing I re- 

 gret is that it does not come oftener. I 

 noticed in last week's number a letter 

 written by Geo. T. Wheadon & Co. Well, 

 Mr. York, I see that they attempt to 

 score you a little, but that is not consid- 

 ered any disgrace. I would sooner have 

 it that way than otherwise. 



E. B. Huffman. 



Homer, Minn., Oct. 26. 



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