April 19, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



251 



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Ttl6H0J16l)B66 



Revised by Dadant— 1899 Edition. 



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Bees Working Nicely. 



I bought .5 colonies of bees last spring, 

 and I went to reading the Bee Journal, and 

 I took so much pride in working with and 

 looking at them that I got the bee-fever, so 

 I bought 13 colonies of four persons that 

 were going away. I now have 18 in all. 



I am a carpenter by trade, so I live in 

 town and work at my trade. 



My bees are all working nicely, bringing 

 in pollen, except two that are queenless. I 

 have sent for two queens for them. 



"Kearney." 



Buffalo Co., Nebr., April 9. 



Spraying Caused Loss of Bees. 



Our bees have wintered well, and most of 

 them have plenty of honey to carry them 

 thru the spring. Several springs past our 

 bees died off badly In fruit-bloom time, but 

 last spring they did not. It shortened our 

 honey crop materially. One neighbor said 

 he guest be sprayed them. I can't help 

 thinking it was caused by spraying in fruit- 

 bloom time. One spring there were not 

 bees enough to cover the brood. There were 

 lots of brood and bees just hatching out, 

 but scarcely any that could fly. 



Mrs. L, C. Axtell. 



Warren Co., 111., April 3. 



Prospects Good— Early Breeding. 



We are having some spring weather now, 

 and an abundance of rain. The first pollen 

 I noticed March 10, from maple. The win- 

 ter loss is light thruout this part of the 

 country, I am glad to report. Most colo- 

 nies have a small amount of brood now. It 

 is too early to predict anything in the way 

 of a honey crop, but indications are seem- 

 ingly good. White clover was not hurt, I 

 believe. I want to try some sweet clover 

 this year. 



I must call one of Mr. Aikin's statements 

 in question, that is, his article on page 132, 

 concerning early breeding. May be it will 

 do for Colorado, but not for Kentucky. I 

 aim to discourage early breeding as much 

 as possible, as far as Nature will allow. I 

 positively agree with Mr. Doolittle on this 

 point. But localities differ, and we must 

 be governed by them. 



Prospects are good for an early spring 

 here. J. Wilet Mountjoy. 



Anderson Co., Ky. 



Rendering Wax— An Experience. 



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 give my experience and tell what I don't 

 know. 



I undertook to render some broken brood- 

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 Mr. Dadant in regard to rendering wax. I 

 found he used sulphuric acid, but also added 

 a caution about using it. So I decided to 

 let the acid go and try using water. 



Then I read where some one said, " U.se a 

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 the wax, to prevent it sticking." That had 

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 Then I thought a man's idea of a " little " 

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 two thicknesses of cheese-cloth, as last 

 year when I sold my wax Mr. Rauchfuss 

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 particles of dirt all thru it;" and in order 

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