Feb. 22, 1900. 



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are»(» ■• mi.r-iiiutli " (Galleria mellonella) ex- 

 istiug in that locality. We have a small 

 grain moth, to which he evidently refers, 

 the larvii^ of vphich will feed on pollen, and 

 therefore are found sometimes on brood- 

 combs which are not protected by bees, but 

 they are never found working in section 

 honey. They resemble the larva' of the 

 codling-moth very much, in size as well as 

 color. Frank Rauchflss. 



Arapahoe Co., Colo. 



Must Love Bee-Keeping. 



I have been in the bee-business since a 

 boy, I might say, and have made it almost 

 a specialty for a number of years. I am 

 satisfied that for one to be successful at it 

 he must not only love It ('i In Doolittle), 

 but the bee-keeper who may consider him- 

 self pretty well informed will not only find 

 that it will not only add to his pleasure, 

 but will add to his income also in dollars 

 and cents, to keep himself well informed 

 and up with the times. 



I have just been down in the cellar look- 

 ing after my 80 colonies of bees, which 

 seem to be in excellent condition. 



Clover was in fine condition a short time 

 ago, but the snow has thawed off, and we 

 have had a few days of quite cold weather, 

 which I fear is pretty hard on it. 



W. C. NUTT. 



Hardin Co., Iowa, Feb. 5. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



My 175 colonies of bees are in good condi- 

 tion at this date, in the cellar. The tem- 

 perature is 45" to 48°. Fred. K. Loucks. 



Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 6. 



Bees All Riglit So Far. 



I commenced last spring with 4 colonies, 

 bought 5 in box-hives, and increast to only 

 12. They are all right this far. I winter 

 them in chaff hives on the summer stands. 

 I lost only one last spring. The past year 

 was an off one with bees here. There were 

 about 100 acres of buckwheat within two 

 miles, but there was no honey to amount 

 to anything. On examining with a magni- 

 fying glass, only a few blossoms had any 

 honey. The drouth set in at the time it 

 began to bloom, and when harvested it 

 yielded no grain, Nearly two thirds of the 

 bloom withered and died. But the bees 

 filled the brood-chamber with honey. 1 got 

 no surplus to speak of. Asa Rice. 



Muskegon Co , Mich , Feb. 11. 



Colop of Honey— Extpaeting-Combs. 



On page 29 is an item in regard to color 

 of combs and color of honey I have ob- 

 served other causes than the one named for 

 the discoloration of honey. Last summer 

 was an unusually poor season for honey, 

 and the fall flow did not commence until 

 quite late; this left my bees pretty uneven 

 in regard to strength and readiness to make 

 use of the harvest when it came. We got 

 some honey from buckwheat, but most of 

 my bees were not ready to give any surplus 

 from that source. Some colonies were 

 ready for it, and carried it into the supers, 

 but the remainder got just about enough to 

 fill the brood-chamber. The result was, 

 when at the close of the season I com- 

 menced to extract, the first-named had 

 their comb filled with buckwheat honey, 

 quite dark in color, and the remainder filled 

 theirs with honey from other autumn 

 flowers. There was quite a difference in 

 the color and taste of the honey. 



I have produced extracted honey for the 

 last 25 years or more, but have never been 

 able to see any difference in honey stored 

 in old or new combs. Water, no doubt, 

 would dissolve some of the coloring matter, 

 but I doubt if honey would. 



Years ago, when my children were small, 

 they would frequently let pieces of bread 

 covered with honey lie around, and when I 

 would find them hours or days later, the 

 bread was usually dry and hard — not soft 

 like bread that is water-soakt. 



In regard to the care of extracting 



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