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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 8, 1900. 



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The Des Moines Incubator Co., of Des Moines, 

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F. A. SNELLMilledpville, Carroll Co, III 



of honey, besides what was used in my 

 family. My 15 colonies seem to be in a fair 

 way to pull thru, altho it has been very 

 unfavorable this winter. R. L. Davis. 



Tazewell Co., Va., Feb. 26. 



Bees Didn't Do Well. 



My bees did very poorly last summer. I 

 started in last spring with 27 colonies, and 

 increast to 41 in the fall. I lost two in the 

 fall by robbers, and put 39 in the cellar. 

 All are quiet, but I think I shall lose one. I 

 think it bad no queen when I put them in. 

 My honey crop was about 500 pounds for 

 the season. Ira Purdt. 



Wood Co., Wis., Feb. 25. 



Not Foul BFOod. 



On page 99 is an article from Mr. Rock- 

 enback on foul brood in Cuba. He says 

 that two weeks after he treated his colonies 

 by my methods of treatment that he found 

 all the eapt brood black and rotten, and 

 that they were worse than ever with foul 

 brood. It was dead brood of another kind, 

 and not foul brood that Mr. Rockenback 

 found in those colonies two weeks after he 

 treated them. 



I have no doubt that many apiaries in 

 Cuba are in a bad condition with foul 

 brood, and dead brood of other kinds. I 

 am also certain that every apiary on the 

 island can be cured of any disease. 



I would like to know all about the nature 

 of the honey seasons in Cuba, when they 

 begin and end, what the bees gather honey 

 from, its quality, and the average yields of 

 extracted honey that can be taken in a fair 

 season by a good bee-keeper. 



Wm. McEvot. 



Woodburn, Ont., Feb. 26. 



[We would like to have some one who is 

 able to do so, kindly send us answers to 

 Inspector McEvoy's questions.— Editor.] 



Crop Nearly a Failure. 



We lost about 33 percent of our bees in 

 the winter of 1899, ahd our crop of surplus 

 honey last season was almost a total fail- 

 ure — only 150 pounds from 16 colonies, 

 spring count. I increast to 25, and they 

 went into winter quarters strong in bees 

 and with plenty of honey. They have had 

 but one flight since the last of November, 

 that was from Jan. 21 to 24. They are 

 doing well up to the present time, so far as 

 I am able to judge, but I don't feel like 

 shouting until Iget them " thru the woods." 

 March and April is the dead line for bees in 

 this climate. 



I winter bees on the summer stands, in 

 an outside case with a Hill's device on top 

 of the frames, covered with burlap, well 

 packt in chaff, with OxV inch entrance, 

 and shade-boards in front. I will be disap- 

 pointed when the warm days of spring 

 come if any fail to report for business. 



Floyd Co., Iowa, Feb. 30. L. Jones. 



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A General Report. 



We are having a nice winter for bees. 

 They had a good flight nearly every day in 

 January. Last spring I had four colonies 

 and increast to nine, but the honey crop 

 was poor. It was a little too dry late in 

 the summer, and I am afraid that lots of 

 the bees will die, because there will not be 

 enough young bees to pull thru the winter. 



I winter my bees on the summer stands. 

 I tried it one winter in the cellar, but it 

 was not as successful. I make a little tick 

 just the size of the hive, and fill it with 

 chaff and put it over the frames. It draws 

 the dampness. Then I set the hives about 

 one foot apart, side by side, and pack straw 

 or old hay between and all over them, ex- 

 cept the fronts. This way, when there 

 comes a mild day, they can have a flight, 

 which I think is better than to be shut up 

 in a prison cellar. 



I don't get honey fast enough for my 

 customers. I get 15 cents for extracted and 

 20 cents for comb honey, and can't supply 



