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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 11, 1900. 



and throwing out of water until the water 

 is clear, and your honey will show no stain 

 whatever. Of course, I have city water, 

 and in lieu of rain I fill the combs under 

 the hydrant, and lay them on the grass to 

 soak. I have a great many such combs, 

 some with considerable drone comb in 

 them, but that's no difference, as such 

 combs will be filled by the bees in prefer- 

 ence to new, white combs. I had none 

 filled the past season, however. 

 Portage Co., Ohio. L. G. Reed. 



Not a Satisfaetopy Season. 



The past year was not a satisfactory as 

 last year, for beekeeping, but we are not 

 discouraged yet. I had 40 colonies in early 

 spring, but only two swarms, and har- 

 vested 800 pounds of extracted honey, 

 white clover and buckwheat. The short- 

 ness of the crop of clover was due to the 

 severe drouth that lasted nearly two 

 months. At the end of the month of June 

 it began to rain at a pretty good rate, 

 which resulted in the clover ceasing to 

 blossom, and growing instead. 



I have put into the cellar 41 colonies, 

 with good, heavy stores. The winter is 

 not hard so far. 



I like the American Bee Journal as much 

 as ever, and propose to subscribe for it as 

 long as it continues to be publisbt at the 

 same high standard. Jos. Beaudkt. 



Prov. of Quebec, Canada, Dec. 23, 1809. 



" Taking Care " of Bees and Honey. 



This has been a poor season in this local- 

 ity. Some of my neighbors got hardly any 

 honey. Beekeeping is about 40 years be- 

 hind the times in this neighborhood. No 

 one takes any bee-literature of any kind. 

 They say there were bees before there were 

 books, but it did not work that way with 

 me, for I commenced the bee-business in 

 1898 with one colony, and increast to eight. 

 These were the first bees I ever handled, so 

 that winter I lost colonies. The two re- 

 maining I increast to eight, and subscribed 

 for the Bee Journal. I now have 48 colo- 

 nies in good condition. There is nothing I 

 like to take care of so well as bees, with the 

 exception of honey, which I can take care 

 of at the rate of about 3 pounds a day. 



Nelson S. Babboor. 



Wadena Co., Minn., Dec. 21, 1899. 



Didn't Pay Expenses. 



Bees did not pay expenses this year, but 

 are in good condition for next year. I hope 

 to have better success with them next sea- 

 gon W. Bishop. 



Otero Co., Colo., Dec. 23, 1899. 



Had Hard Lueli in Texas. 



Some of us Texas fellows have had hard 

 luck this year— not much honey and a great 

 many bees dead. I have now 75 colonies in 

 fine condition for winter, and with the rain 

 we have had, and horsemint now up and 

 growing, we look for a better honey-yield 

 in 1900. Some of my neighbors who keep 

 a few colonies of black bees have lost all 

 they had. Of course, I can't get along with- 

 out the American Bee Journal. 



J. A. RossoN. 



Ellis Co., Tex., Dec. 28, 1899. 



Having Abundant Rain. 



I was over at the old place a week ago 

 and took a look thru some of the hives. I 

 found that they were not as wellstockt with 

 winter stores as I could have wisht. Some 

 of them were on the point of starving. I 

 fed them as far as I could during the limi- 

 ted time at my disposal. 



Tho this has not been a cold winter, still 

 it is being a hard one on the bees. This is 

 owing mostly to the fact that there were 

 few fall flowers, and to the early and con- 

 tinuous rains which have kept back certain 

 flowers that yield nectar during November 

 and December. The rains in this portion of 



the State have been very abundant, and 

 there is every assurance that there will be 

 a heavy rainfall before the coming spring 

 is over. Those who have bees next sum- 

 mer will get large quantities of honey, I 

 feel sure. 



I have noticed by telegraphic reports 

 from the Southern portion of the State, 

 that the rainfall there, while far from being 

 as plentiful as that of the more northern 

 portion, is very assuring. This I am glad 

 to know, as it will help to make more pros- 

 perous times in the State. The rainfall 

 here has been 1.5 inches— more than we had 

 the whole of last season, I believe. 



The past few days here have been cold 

 and frosty, yet I have not been able to find 

 in my rounds thru the city, one tender 

 plant injured by the cold. Heliotropes, 

 potato-vines and such other tender plants 

 have escaped, as intimated, I presume, tho 

 we shall have a heavy frost about the last 

 day of the year, that will get in its work on 

 tender vegetation. Just think of great big 

 beds of calla lilies in full bloom at this 

 time of the year! They are as common as 

 weeds here. W. A. Pbtal. 



Alameda Co., Calif., Dec. 21, 1899. 



A Beginner's Report. 



This was my first season with bees. I 

 have 21 colonies of hybrids and Italians. 

 I bought 15 colonies and a lot of hives, etc., 

 in June, and brought them home 18 miles 

 on a wagon without springs, over a rough 

 road, on Jan. 38. I handled them as well 

 as I knew how, but lost one colony by be- 

 ing smothered. The combs broke down. 

 The bees stored very little surplus honey 

 this year. They have plenty to winter on 

 and appear to be in good condition now. I 

 take great pleasure in working with bees. 

 I wish to sell bees as well as honey if I make 

 anything like a success of the business. 



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