March 29, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



203 



Roors Column 



GLEANINGS IN BEE-GULTURE. 



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 its readers' notice new methods pro- 

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 can be secured. We believe it pays to 

 use a superior quality of goods, and 

 there is no doubt but what improve- 

 ment can be made in the appearance 

 of honey by use of the BEST methods. 

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 tells you where to market your honey 

 after you get it, by our HONEY COL- 

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THE A. L ROOT CO,, Medina, Ohio, 





Wintering Well— No Snow. 



Bees are wintering finely'. We have 

 no snow, and have had but little this 

 winter. When the west had the bliz- 

 zard, and were buried up in snow, we 

 had a warm rainstorm. 



Henry Alley. 



Essex Co., Mass., March IS. 



Changeable Weather. 



It looks very much as if we are just 

 now getting our winter in this part of 

 the State. We had had but very little 

 snow thus far this winter until to-day 

 we have 7 inches and the merry sleigh- 

 bells can be heard far and near, with 

 the thermometer hovering around zero. 

 Bees are not wintering very well, as 

 the weather has been very changeable, 

 with the thermometer up in the 60's 

 one day and the bees flying as in early 

 spring, with a sudden change to a cold 

 wave in 24 hours of from 30 to 40 de- 

 grees. My loss of bees will be greater 

 than last winter, but I hope that we 

 will soon have nice weather. 



W. H. Heim. 



Lycoming Co.. Pa., March 16. 



Bees Doing Well. 



Last spring, I had two colonies of 

 bees ; I increast them to four, and got 

 some honey, tho a poor season. Bees 

 seem to be doing well, and flying freely 

 on fine days. We are having a regular 

 blizzard now ; it has snowed all day, 

 and is still at it — 12:45 a.m. 



Wm. a. Shuff. 



Philadelphia Co., Pa., March 16. 



Prospects Not Flattering. 



I got 6,000 pounds of extracted honey 

 last summer from 100 colonies, spring 

 count, which sold readily at 7 cents a 

 pound. I started in the winter with 

 110 colonies, and have lost 3 during the 

 winter, so I now have 107 apparently 

 in good condition. The prospect for 

 a crop of honey this year is not very 

 flattering, as I am afraid the white 

 clover, which got such a nice start last 

 summer, is all killed out this winter. 

 F. B. Farrington. 



Clayton Co., Iowa, March 20. 



Bees Appear All Right— Bee-Proof. 



My bees appear to be all right as yet. 

 They were very lively about a week 

 ago. I have 20 colonies outdoors. I 

 think they are better off outdoors if 

 they are properly cared for. I always 

 take the cover off in the fall, and pack 

 them in leaves, and never lost any that 

 way. I had 17 colonies last spring, and 

 got about 1,200 pounds of honey, comb 

 and extracted. I extract only in the 

 fall, then I kill all the surplus colonies 

 that are not strong for the winter. I 

 am going to feed as soon as they have 

 another flight. I feed outdoors and let 

 them go for it as they please. I have 

 a very fine lot of Italians ; if any get 

 crost with black drones I kill them in 

 the fall. It is no use to keep more than 



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We Sell Vehicles and Har- 

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On the above buggy the saving to tho 

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30 Colonies of 

 ITALIAN BEES 



ia 8-frartie dove- 

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