April 26, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



269 



•queens from colonies that produce the 

 larg-est and best drones, so as to pre- 

 serve their drones for fall and spring- 

 service vfhen there are no other drones. 



I vpork wholly for extracted honey, 

 and with my bees I want a hive with 

 not less than 40 Langstroth combs, 

 and, when all is right, a good queen 

 will maintain 20 pounds of workers dur- 

 ing the honey season, and will not at- 

 tempt to swarm if upper stories are 

 kept supplied with empty combs. Such 

 colonies will safely pass the winter 

 when chaff cushions are used, even 

 without queens, on the summer stands. 



Lucas Co., Iowa. GEO. W. Rikek. 



All Wintered in Good Condition. 



The weather is fine here this morn- 

 ing. Our bees are in splendid condi- 

 tion this spring. We put 25 colonies 

 into the cellar, and took the same num- 

 ber out. They are all in lO-frame 

 hives. We used plain sections with 

 fences, and like them all right. 



We secured 1,530 pounds of comb 

 honey last season from 17 colonies, 

 and had only 3 swarms, but we had the 

 pleasure of capturing 5 "strays." I 

 carried a swarm tied up in a gunny 

 sack eight miles one day in a buggy. 

 It was Aug. 12, and they filled their 

 hive with honey. 



Ch.\s. a. Faikb.\nks. 



Jones Co., Iowa, April 14. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I put 20 colonies into the cellar un- 

 der the dwelling-house Nov. 28, and 

 carried out 20 on April 6 — all alive and 

 in good condition. The next day was 

 warm and calm, so they went to work 

 carrying in pollen in good earnest. 

 John Cline. 



Lafayette Co., Wis., April 10. 



Backward Season. 



The season is verj' backward this 

 year. Maple trees have not begun to 

 bloom yet. New Jersey seems to be as 

 cold as a bee-convention would be with- 

 out Dr. Miller. F. G. Herman. 



Bergen Co., N. J., April 11. 



Carrying a Swarm in a. Hat. 



In the Bee Journal for Sept. 7 I read 

 an article about carrying bees on a 

 bicycle. This reminded me of a little 

 ■experience I had a few years ago. Soon 

 .after I came here to work junniug a 

 pump, some one told me that there was a 

 runaway swarm on a little tree about 

 a quarter of a mile from the house. So 

 a little later, having time, I concluded 

 to investigate, and found a bunch of 

 about a quart or two on the bush. I 

 lookt towards the house, thinking that 

 it was a long way to make a trip for a 

 box, and wondering what I should do. 

 I then thought of my hat, a small 

 brown felt. I took it off, shook the 

 bees into it, and turned it over and 

 hung- it on a sliver of the tree, waiting 

 for the bees to collect that had started 

 up from the shaking. Then I took it 

 by the crown and started home in 

 trfumph, with a few bees following on 

 the wing. I hived them, and they 

 made a good colony, and not one 

 ■offered to sting me while moving them. 



Another time I got one about a mile 

 irom home. This time I took a box 



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 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

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We have been trying for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in getting it. It is 

 new seed, gathered last season by an old per- 

 sonal friend of ours, so we know it is all right. 

 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

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and a man along- to help me. It took 

 u,s a couple of houns, as I had to shake 

 them into the grass to get them off the 

 limb, and we got them all over our 

 legs and arms, but did not get stung. 

 We carried the box between us without 

 taking any pains to make it air-tight, 

 and not a half-dozen bees left while 

 oil the road. This last swarm served 

 me for a second start here, as I had 

 been away for 18 months, and the first 

 swarms that issued had disappeared 

 when I came back. 



I have three colonies now from last 

 year. I had one swarm this summer, 

 but as the sea.son was bad I lost it. 

 C. L. Gore. 



Tacaticas, Mexico, Sept. 11, 1899. 



GEORGE W. YORK & GO. 



118 Michigan St. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Wintering Bees. 



Last fall I built my second bee-cel- 

 lar, which I made much larger and 

 handier than the first one. This new 

 cellar is 12x10x6 feet, and I can place 

 nearly 100 colonies in it, tho I have but 

 40 in it now. I think it is one of the 

 finest in this country. 



A few days ago I went down to see 

 how the bees were getting along, and 

 found them wintering nicely, and very 

 quiet. I have swept up about 'i peck 

 of dead bees from the cellar-bottom, 

 which I think is not bad from 40 

 colonies. 



I have 20 colonies in my old cellar, 

 but I can't tell how they are getting 

 along as I have not opened the door 

 since I put them in, tho I hope they 

 are all right. I always try my best to 

 keep colonies strong, and try to have 

 them go into winter quarters with as 

 many young bees as possible and plenty 

 of good honey. 



Aboutthe middle of September I go 

 over all the hives and take off the fall 

 crop. I weigh every hive and if some 

 don't weigh from 70 to 75 pounds each, 

 without supers, I feed them until they 

 do. I have fixt the bees for winter in 

 this way for about 6 )-ears, keeping 

 the temperature of the cellars as near 

 42° as possible, and I always have good 

 luck in wintering. I have lost only 3 

 or 4 colonies in the 6 years. I use the 

 10-frame dovetailed hive as I like it the 

 best. I general!}' put the bees out be- 

 tween the first and the middle of April. 

 Every Saturday when I go to town 

 the first paper I look for is the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. It is a great help to 

 any one who keeps bees, and I would 

 not like to do without it, as I have 

 sometimes found things in it that are 

 worth to me many times its cost for 

 one year. ToFiELD Lehman. 



Favette Co., Iowa, March 12. 



Inky Drops from Smokers. 



I have seen several articles in the 

 American Bee Journal about inky 

 drops from smokers, and as I have had 

 no trouble in that way perhaps my 

 method will be of some value to those 

 who have. I use only saltpeter rags 

 and rotten wood. I had some pine 

 trees cut down several years ago, 

 and the stumps have rotted. I take 

 the rotten wood and put it in a cake- 

 pan, breaking it up into small pieces, 

 and put the pan into the oven, leaving 

 it there until the wood is thoroly dried 

 thru, so there- can not possibly be any 

 dampness. Then I keep the holes 

 cleaned out on the under side of the 

 smoker fire-box, and in that wav I have 



