March IS, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



171 



Root's Column 



Many bee-keepers now using^ the 

 4)4^x4 '4 inch bee-way sections in the 

 dovetailed hives want to try Root's 

 plain sections and fences, but do not 

 like to have any other size than the 

 4%'s.i%. For such we recommend the 

 hive shown below : 



Roofs- AE64P/S Hive. 



These hives are fully described in 

 our catalog- and shown in Fig. 303. We 

 have sold more of these hives than any 

 other style the past season. 



These hives may be ordered of any 

 of the following dealers : 



The A. I. Root Co., 1024 Mississippi 

 Street, St. Paul, Minn. 



The A. I. Root Co., Mechanic Falls, 

 Maine. 



The A. I. Root Co., 10 Vine Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 The A. I. Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 

 George W. York & Co., 118 Michigan 



St., Chicago, 111. 

 Vickery Bros., Evansville, 111. 



Walter S. Pouder, 512 Mass. Avenue, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, Iowa. 



W. W. Cary, L,yonsville, Mass. 



M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch,Wayne 

 Co., Mich. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



John Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mo. 



C. H. W. Weber, 2146 Central Avenue, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



A.^F. McAdams, Columbus Grove, O. 



Buell Lamberson, Front St. (180) Port- 

 land, Oregon. 



Prothero & Arnold, Du Bois, Pa. 



John H. Back, 235 W. 3rd North St., 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, or 



The A. I. Root Co., 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Wintering Well— Good Prospects. 



Bees are wintering well, and the 

 prospects are good for a honey-year. 

 ^ - H. W. McCoMHS. 



Washington Co., Iowa, March 7. 



Management Important. 



My bees seem to have wintered all 

 right. I have 250 colonies ; have been 

 in the business 22 years, and have 

 never yet had a complete failure. I be- 

 lieve that is doing pretty well in a lo- 

 cality where one has to depend entirely 

 upon white clover, Spanish-needle and 

 smartweed for a crop. Another disad- 

 vantage is that the land, as a rule, is 

 all well cultivated, kept rather clean of 

 weeds, and the wet places tiled. My 

 experience is, however, that success 

 depends a great deal upon manage- 

 ment. Emil J. Baxter. 



Hancock Co., 111., March 7. 



Bees Gathering Pollen. 



We are having fine spring weather, 

 and bees are busy bringing pollen, but 

 I think hardly any honey. Wintering 

 bees is no problem here, but how to 

 make them fill their surplus apartment 

 is sometimes a puzzle that's hard to 

 solve. Last year they wouldn't work 

 in the surplus arrangement at all, and 

 we couldn't make them, as the white 

 clover from which we get our surplus 

 was a total failure — something that 

 doesn't happen every day. The first 

 thing bees find in spring is pollen from 

 cedar, then follow in order as named : 

 Willow, dandelion, maple, fruit-bloom, 

 huckleberries, blackberries, salalber- 

 ries, greasewood, white clover, night- 

 shade, fireweed, etc. I seeded a patch 

 to sweet clover last summer, and it 

 came out about 3 feet ; this year it 

 ought to grow much taller, but, will 

 it have honey, is the question. 



And. Olson. 

 Jefferson Co., Wash., Feb. 26. 



Eucalyptus for Honey. 



On page 89, Dr. J. McLean speaks of 

 the eucalyptus tree as being very good 

 for honey, and as they do well here I 

 would like the names of the best varie- 

 ties for honey. I also would like to 

 know about the time of blooming. 



GBO. B. MACLEOD. 



Ventura Co., Calif., Feb. 20. 



[We referred the foregoing to Dr. 

 McLean, who has kindly replied as fol- 

 lows : — Editor.] 



I would say that the best varieties of 

 eucalyptus to plant in California for 

 Mr. Macleod's purpose, are those 

 known as Eucalyptus Globulous and 

 Eucalyptus Amygdalina ; both thrive 

 amazingly in that State when properly 

 planted and cared for during the first 

 three years of their growth. The globu- 

 lous has much more rapid growth, and 

 if planted within a reasonable distance 

 from the sea coast (the nearer the bet- 

 ter) will grow at the rate of eight or 

 ten feet per annum. 



In order to form a nice little grove 

 they should be planted in clumps of 



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