April 12, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



237 



but if there are many colonies, look 

 out for robbing. 



I have stopt the worst cases of rob- 

 bing- I ever saw with a spray-pump and 

 cold water, in a few minutes; but don't 

 spare the water — give every colony 

 that shows any excitement a good soak- 

 ing at the entrance. 

 _ Last season I used spirits of turpen- 

 tine as a remedy for beestings (exter- 

 nal application) on a number of per- 

 sons besides myself, and even little 

 children ; it gave immediate relief in 

 every case, seeming to neutralize the 

 effects of the poison, and not leaving 

 the least sign of swelling. 



W. H. Lewis. 

 British Columbia, Canada, Mar. 19. 



No Loss In Winteping. 



I put my bees out of the cellar March 

 25. I had put in 32 colonies, and car- 

 ried out 32. To-day was a fine day, 

 and they were just booming. 



Frank E. Knapp. 



Wadena Co., Minn., March 30. 



How I Came to Be a Bee-Keeper. 



About 13 years ago I was sick and 

 miserable. In my neighborhood lived 

 an old man, a bee-keeper by the name 

 of Solomon Whitaker, and from him I 

 took my first lessons in bee-keeping. 

 He told me if I would get interested in 

 bees that it would divert my mind 

 from my sickness. He gave me a hive, 

 and told me to put it up in a big tree 

 down in his woods, which I did. I soon 

 had the bee-fever, and had it hard, too. 



In a few days I saw bees flying in 

 and out of my hive. Supposing of 

 course I had caught a svrarm, I slipt up 

 that tree very still, corkt up the en- 

 trance, and let the hive to the ground 

 with a rope. I took the hive home on 

 my shoulder, with the fever running 

 at its highest pitch. And oh, how dis- 

 appointed I was the next morning, 

 when I found I had only about a dozen 

 bees ("tree-hunters" I afterwards 

 found out). I then bought a colony 

 from the old man, for which I paid $4. 



My attention was then turned toward 

 hive-making. For tools I used a buck- 

 saw and butcher-knife. Oh, weren't 

 those hives and fixtures things of 

 beauty ! Some were tall, some square, 

 and some long ones. The frames were 

 from 6 inches to 18 inches deep ; the 

 spacing from an extra tight fit to three 

 or four inches ; the end-bars were 

 made of lath, and most of them were 

 put in edgewise ; but they had the de- 

 sired efi'ect, for my health returned, 

 and I think those were the happiest 

 days of my life, for I loved those bees, 

 and I haven't gotten entirely over it 

 yet. I once heard a man say that 

 " after woman he loved a horse next 

 best ;" with me it is bees next best, 

 for how I love to hear their happy hum 

 among the apple-blossoms. 



I borrowed " Langstroth on the 

 Honey-Bee " of Warren Longsdon, an 

 old schoolmate, and at that time the 

 leading bee-keeper of this part of the 

 country ; and from that book my eyes 

 were first opened to the mysteries and 

 scientific principles of bee-keeping. 



I advise all beginners to buy their 

 hives and fixtures, for it is next to im- 

 possible to make them right by hand. 

 Also, to get a good text-book, say 

 " Langstroth Revised," by Dadant, or 

 "A B C of Bee-Culture," by A. I. 



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