Feb. 1, 190(). 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



77 



we proceeded to transfer the bees to the 

 new hives, which we did on strictly begin- 

 ner style, paying no regard to queens, 

 thinking that of course they were all right, 

 but found that we were disappointed. 



Something must be done, so I began read- 

 ing bee-lore, hut being an old man I did not 

 "catch on" very fast. We lost two colo- 

 nies by the "French-leave" plan, and an. 

 other was robbed out. We supplemented 

 these with other purchases, and now have 

 about the same number we started with, 

 with reasonably well-filled frames, but they 

 did not store a pound of honey more than 

 will carry them thru the winter. The sea- 

 son was a poor one for bees. 



Well, we made nothing except the big 

 stock of experience in the business which 

 we have stored by for the early spring. 

 One large source of experience was gained 

 in handling queens. June 2') we received a 

 beautiful Italian from a well-known 

 breeder, but the next morning after intro- 

 ducing her she was destroyed by balling. 

 June 30 we received another beauty, and 

 she was also carried out in the same man- 

 ner in a few days. July 10 we received a 

 three-frame nucleus from Kentucky, added 

 five frames of comb, and on Sept. 2.5 they 

 were full of brood and honey, which I think 

 will enable me to rear my own queens for 

 next season. J. M. Hall. 



Daviess Co., Ky., Jan. 15. 



An "Off" Year for Bees. 



It was an " oflf " year with bees with me 

 last year. They got very little more than 

 enough to winter on. I put 98 colonies into 

 the cellar, and they are wintering nicely 

 thus far. M. M. Rice. 



Grant Co., Wis., Jan. ao. 



No. 1.— Medical Animals. 



Nature protects its own. Call it instinct 

 or absolute knowledge, as you will. Their 

 choice of remedies may not be extensive, 

 but is evidently efTective. The bee is fre- 

 quently attackt by diarrheas, more or less 

 violently, when it hastens to the wild- 

 cherry, poplar, the red dogwood and hick- 

 ory, to find tne juices (sap) that cure. 



Old Towser, when somewhat "off his 

 feed," his stomach gone wrong, or liver out 

 of fix, hies himself to the first bunch of 

 couch-grass — the tall, strait kind with cut- 

 ting edges that has often brought the blood 

 to our fingers in our boyhood swimming- 

 days. He makes no mistake in the variety, 

 but bites off several big mouthfuls, and — 

 soon doggie is well. 



Gentle spring more often brings sorrows 

 to cats; whether too hilarious living in 

 winter be the cause is not explained, but 

 true it is that Romeo, or his Juliet, fre- 

 quently resorts to a patch of joint-grass 

 growing handily in the front yard. They 

 eat of it ravenously as if the tenderest 

 "spinach-greens," No pharmacist could 

 prepare a more effective " worm-mixture " 

 than they have chosen. Worms are their 

 natural enemies. But if in quest of a " love- 

 potion "—a panacea to calm their per- 

 turbed nerves, to abate the excitement of a 

 turbulent night — they deliberately trudge 

 off to the barn-yard, and there, very near 

 the corner of the old cow-stable— see ? — 

 where the ground is rich, is the luscious, 

 big-headed " catnip," of childhood memory. 

 There they roll and mew and eat of the 

 succulent plant, with the zest of an epicure. 

 Thereupon Tabby becomes exceedingly af- 

 fectionate, and Tom, wise and complacent. 



Dobbin, too— thedear old family steed, so 

 gentle to the good, and patient to the 

 thoughtless of the family — he also knows 

 a thing or two about medicine ! If he has 

 " lampers " — the gums so swollen and pain- 

 ful that eating dry corn or even oats is a 

 torture — he knows just where to find that 

 nice, fat clump of plantain that grows so 

 plentifully in the corner of the old rail- 

 fence. Great, big, fleshy leaves, so cooling 

 to hot, inflamed gums. Nice carrot-tops 

 would do as well, if the children knew, and 

 were thoughtful to give him. 



As age advances, Dobbin gets short of 

 breath— just as some old men are. If you 



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