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been subjected to some freezing, and 

 could be kept as long as I wished before 

 rendering. I couldn't have done this, of 

 course, had the combs come from colo- 

 nies that had died from spring dwin- 

 dling. The principal objection to the 

 solar wax-extractor is, that if one needs 

 to work up a large amount of comb in a 

 short time, they cannot do the work. 



"I have used solar extractors for 

 about 20 years, for apiaries varying 

 from 25 to 500 colonies, and I have yet 

 to be in a situation that it was best to 

 use the old, fussy methods of rendering 

 wax over a stove or any kind of a fire. 

 I had supposed that such methods were 

 entirely out of date, and relegated to the 

 past, except in rare cases of emergen- 

 cies." 



Little Honey and Iiots of Swarms. 



From 30 colonies of bees, spring 

 count, I took only 500 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, but they swarmed to beat 

 the band. I now have 60 colonies, 50 

 of them in the winter repository, short 

 of stores, and still I have not lost hope 

 and courage. I will try it one more sea- 

 son. L. G. Reed. 



Portage Co., Ohio, Nov. 11. 



Report for the Fast Season. 



I had six colonies last spring, one 

 weak and queenless. I increased to 

 10, and took 500 pounds of comb 

 honey. L. Jones. 



Floyd Crossing, Iowa, Nov. 10. 



ILL,. 



Besults of the Season. 



I have kept bees two years, and have 

 had very good success. 1 had six colo- 

 nies last spring, and got about 500 

 pounds of comb honey, and now have 19 

 colonies safe in winter quarters. All 

 have plenty of stores. 



I noticed one colony early in the fall 

 that answered to the description of pick- 

 led brood. Now I have just come from 

 the cellar in which the bees are, and 

 they have been throwing the dead brood 

 (now black) out in great numbers. I 

 shall keep close watch of them through 

 the winter, and if there is anything of 

 interest concerning the colony, I will 

 report in the spring, as it might help 

 some beginner like myself. 



I would like to say a word in praise 

 of the most valuable American Bee 

 Journal. I cannot say too much in its 

 favor. I have put into practice what I 

 have found in its columns, and have al- 

 ways been well pleased with the results. 

 I could not think of keeping bees with- 

 out it. Jos. Eggk. 



Wadena Co., Minn., Nov. 13. 



Discouragements of a Bee-Keeper. 



I came here six years ago, from the 

 Minnesota conference of the M. E. 

 Church. After 31 years of hard work 

 in the itinerancy, I broke down with 

 "grip." In this mild climate my health 

 is better. For many years I was much 

 interested in bee-culture. On my arrival 

 here I bought 10 colonies. We have no 

 trouble to winter them here, but the 

 trouble is in summering them. Oue 

 time I had bees starve in midsummer. 

 I have had two setbacks. First, a man 

 went to making sorghum a mile away. 

 There was no honey in the flowers, so 

 the bees went to the cane-mill. He 

 made a torch and burned the bees' wing-t 



