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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 3, 1900. 



and climbing over the fence rapidly. 

 " Won't hurt me ! I tell you they hare hurt 

 me, and I believe yon tuhl them to do it. 

 You and your bees be hanged ["—Chicago 

 Daily News. 



Is Onion Honey Injurious to Bees? 



The winter of ISOS-fl'J I lost 20 colonies 

 that I built up on the nucleus plan. June 

 lid, 1899, we had a hard freeze which killed 

 all the bloom, and in August I fed the 20 

 colonies, expecting'a'flow in the fall, which 

 we did not get. The season being extremely 

 dry. all colonies filled the hives with honey 

 gathered from onion bloom, of which there 

 was a nice crop planted for seed. 



In February, 1900, I noticed that my bees 

 were dying at a rapid rate. I examined 

 the hives, and found the combs black, and 

 the honey strong. There was no other 

 bloom last fall to speak of. My bees did 

 not have to go over 10 or 20 rods to gather 

 the honey. All the old colonies came thru 

 iu good shape, but it almost cleans me out 

 of the business. 



I wish to keep bees, but it my neighbors 

 persist in raising onion seeds, I would 

 rather go out of the bee-business, in case of 

 a poor season ; in a good season it would be 

 different. F- McBride. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, April 21. 



1. " Long Ideal Hive" Satisfactory. 



CMr. Poppleton's explanation (page 213) of 

 the term " Long Ideal Hive" is perfectly 

 satisfactory to me. I agree with him about 

 the offensiveness of the term " Long Idea." 

 As I do not remember seeing any previous 

 explanation, I suppose I may be excused 

 for thinking that the new term was a mis- 

 take. Mr. Poppleton has my thanks for the 

 correction, and I apologize to the Boiler. 

 Wm. Mutu-Rasmussen. 



Inyo Co., Calif. 



f rhe apology is accepted.— Boii.er.J 



Wintered Well Outdoors. 



My bees wintered well on the summer 

 stands and all are in good shape except one 

 colony, and that was in a common box. I 

 had to feed them. On the 7th of this month 

 another colony came over and went in with 

 them, so I just transferred them into a 

 frame hive, and they are working nicely, 

 carrying in pollen. It made a strong colony. 



1 get lots of information out of the Bee 

 Journal. S. S. Simpson. 



Marion Co., Ohio, April 21. 



The Old City of St. Joseph, Florida. 



April 9 to 14 I was cruising around in the 

 Uulf of Mexico and St. Joseph's Bay, in 

 search of health, recreation, and gathpring 

 of shells. 



We spent one day at St. Joseph's Point; 

 the waters were very warm, the air genial, 

 and drest in bathing suits we waded in the 

 briny, clear water in search of shells. Many 

 conchs were found, and building a fire on 

 the beach, these were boiled in a tin can, 

 until their occupants could be removed : 

 then washt, dried, and packt away in the 

 boat, to be taken home, as trophies of our 

 trip. 



We sailed from here to Eagle Harbor, 

 and spent a day ; when inclination prompted 

 we crost the narrow peninsula to the Gulf 

 side, and reclining upon the white sand 

 dunes, or sitting upon drift-wood, watcht 

 the great white billows rolling in like leap- 

 ing, prancing, white horses, and spreading 

 out upon the shore. 



Letters had been sent by us to fishermen 

 campt at Ship Yard, and we sailed thither. 

 Here were 4 crews with their paraphernalia 

 for fishing — seines, reels, boats, etc. They 

 had comfortable sleeping apartments in 

 their tents, tables and benches for eating, 

 cooking stoves protected by boards from 

 winds, and their coffee-mill screwed to a 

 pine tree. 



One crew caught 8 barrels of Spanish 

 mackerel one night while we were there, 

 and numerous small shark were thrown 



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