Jan. 11, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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of it that I wouldn't do without it under 

 any condition. 



I think this is a good location for bees. I 

 am lil years old, and have been farming. 



I saw an article about bees working on 

 strawberry blossoms. I don't think I ever 

 saw any honey-bees working on the.se blos- 

 soms. Jacob Stine. 



Barry Co., Mich., Dec. 20, IS!)!). 



Bees Didn't Do Well. 



I put liSO colonies of bees into winter 

 quarters— '.HI in a shed and UO in the cellar. 

 Bees did not do very well here the past 

 summer. From liiO colonies, spring count, 

 I got 3,000 pounds of nice section honey. 

 The new swarms did not do anything. 

 The bees I put in the shed last winter came 

 out all right. Wm. J. Healt. 



Iowa Co., Wis., Dec. 19, ISM. 



Half a Crop— Smokep-Dpops. 



We got only half a crop of honey here 

 the past year, with large winter loss. 



I would suggest to Dr. Miller (concerning 

 smokers dripping) to use chips of soft 

 wood, which do not contain any tar when 

 pickt up in the spring after lying all win- 

 ter on the ground. With these I have had 

 no trouble from black drops. 



L. A. Stverud. 



Lincoln Co., S. Dak.. Dec. 19, 1809. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



My bees did fairly well the past season, 

 as they averaged about 60 pounds to the 

 colony. They did well in fruit-bloom, but 

 the forepart of June they were short of 

 food, and if I had not fed them [ should 

 have lost some by starvation. Our main 

 supply is from sweet clover, catnip and 

 buckwheat. M. Best. 



Lucas Co., Ohio, Dec. 18, 1899. 



Looking fop a Good Season. 



The bees did not do any good here this 

 year, but they are wintering well up to the 

 present. They have plenty of honey to 

 winter on. We are looking for a good 

 honey season. 



The American Bee Journal is certainly 

 up to the times; I could not keep bees with- 

 out it. B. F. BEnELER. 



Summers Co., W. Va.. Dec. 35, 1899. 



A Poop Yeap, But Pplees Good. 



I lost only one colony last winter, and 

 that died of starvation. I started in the 

 spring of 1S99 with .54 colonies, and increast 

 to .'iS. It has been quite a poor year. I 

 obtained a trifle over 1,500 pounds of honey 

 but prices have greatly helpt to make up 

 for the small crop. J. L. Haight. 



Delaware Co., N. Y., Dec. 19, 1899. 



A First Season's Repopt. 



This has been my first season with bees, 

 and it was a poor one. I got two colonies 

 June 15, and lost one queen from some 

 cause, but by June 3T I found five young 

 queens hatching, so I made a division and 

 saved two of them, and by so doing I in- 

 creast to five colonies. But I had to feed 

 to July 1; and then in October I had to 

 feed again, so they would have enough to 

 winter. Taylor Biser. 



Buffalo Co., Nebr., Dec. 1.3. 1899. 



Repopts fpom Two Apiaples. 



In the apiary I had in charge for 1899, I 

 began with 21 colonies, spring count, in 

 fair condition, but only increast, by nat- 

 ural swarming, four colonies. The total 

 number of pounds of honey taken was 

 1,996, mostly extracted, or a general aver- 

 age of 95 pounds per colony. Our season 

 was not anything to brag of, as the clover 

 did not do as well as I expected. 



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bees for the season ; I began with two col- 

 onies, spring count, and had no increase, 

 but got LW pounds of extracted honey. 

 The cause of fulling off as compared with 

 the aljove rejiort was as follows: One col- 

 ony 1 transferred from a box-hive to a 

 movable-frame one, and for the other I 

 bought a new queen, and let them run 

 down wliile I was waiting for the queen. 

 Nearly half of the honey was from asters. 

 J. Wiley Molnt.iot. 

 Anderson Co., Ky., Dec. 21, 189'J, 



A "Too-Too" Season for Bees. 



The past season was a poor one for bees 

 here. I got only about HUO pounds from 43 

 colonies. The weather was too cold, too 

 hot, too wet, and too dry. This is the 

 nearest I can come to explaining why. I 

 had five colonies roblied out, and I put 40 

 into the cellar Dec. 14, rather light in bees 

 and stores, but I think most of them will 

 come out all right. The wild or bee aster 

 (wire-weed we call it) was the salvation of 

 the bees here the last season. It never 

 fails to yield more or less honey every sea- 

 son, during September and October, wet or 

 dry. Ri'Fus Williams. 



Lawrence Co., Ind., Dec. 31, 1S!KI. 



A Rather Late Swarm. 



1 had a fair-sized swarm of bees come to 

 my apiary Nov. 23, and settle on a willow- 

 tree near the ground a few feet from the 

 hives. I got an empty hive and put in full 

 combs of honey, leaving a couple of empty 

 combs in the center. They marcht in with 

 their queen at a lively rate, and seem in 

 fine condition at present. My bees have 

 been gathering pollen from some source 

 every day up to the present writing. 

 Brood-rearing is in progress all the time, 

 and the hives are full of fine alfalfa honey. 

 I have 200 colonies of hybrids. 



L. E. Redden. 



Maricopa Co., Ariz., Dec. IS, 1899. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



My bees were put into winter quarters 

 Dec. 4. The temperature dropt then to 30 

 degrees above zero. Last spring was cold 

 and backward for bees, and it took quite 

 long for them to build up, but under the 

 circumstances they did fairly well. I got 

 about 1..3U0 pounds of honey, and I am now 

 living in hopes for a better crop next year. 

 C. H. VOIGT. 



Manitowoc Co.. Wis., Dec. 36, 1S99. 



Report for the Season of 1899. 



I began in the spring with 33 colonies, in- 

 creast to 33, and produced l.OUU pounds of 

 honey, which 1 sold at home for 10 and 123^ 

 cents a pound. O. B. Montfort. 



Shelby Co., Ky., Dec. 2.5, 1899. 



Color of Combs and Color of Honey. 



I noticed in the discussions at the Phila- 

 delphia convention (page 805, 1899) Dr. A. 

 B. Mason askt the question, "Does the 

 color of combs have any influence on the 

 color of honey ?" I desire to make a reply 

 to that question in the affirmative. Old 

 combs that have had brood reared in them 

 for any considerable length of time become 

 about the color of dark plug tobacco, and 

 honey, let it be ever so clear, will, after be- 

 ing stored in such combs, become very 

 much discolored by actual test. But such 

 combs are tough and make the very best of 

 extractingcomlis, it properly treated ; and 

 here is how I do it; 



Lay them out in the rain, turning them 

 over occasionally to get both sides filled. 

 After letting them soak for awhile, lay 

 them one at a time on a division-board, 

 and with a quick, downward motion the 

 water can nearly all be thrown out of the 

 upper side, then reverse and go thru with 

 the same motion. The water from such 

 combs will be about the color and flavor of 

 tobacco-Juice. Keep on with this filling 



