May 24, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



331 



Lanosiroin on... 



TI]6H0J16l)B66 



Revised by Dadant — 1899 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and otig-ht to be in the 

 library of everj' bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being- revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 



can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

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 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helpt on the way to 

 success with bees. 



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Bees Doing Splendidly. 



The bees came thru in fine shape 

 last winter, and as we are now in the 

 midst of fruit-bloom they are doing 

 splendidly. After selling some I still 

 have 35 colonies — about as many as a 

 man past 80 years of age can take care 

 of. J. KknoyKR. 



Whitman Co., Wash., May 7. 



Blocking the Brood-Chambep with 

 Honey. 



I was compelled to transfer a colony 

 in an old 12-frame no-spacing hive this 

 spring to an up-to-date hive, and this 

 was done five weeks after they 

 swarmed (on account of rainy weather 

 I could do it no sooner), and to my sur- 

 prise every cell was jam full of honey 

 and sealed, and the bees were con- 

 structing one-sided combs on each side 

 of the hive, which were partly filled 

 with honey. There were a great many 

 bees in this hive. Jay S. Brown. 



Bradford Co., Fla., May 5. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



My few colonies are in fine condi- 

 tion, the only one I lost being queen- 

 less. I found it was queenless when I 

 returned from St. Louis last fall, but it 

 was too late to help it then. I had in- 

 troduced a queen from an Eastern 

 breeder when I went away in July, and 

 it seems she didn't suit them. 



Mrs. N. ly. Stow. 



Cook Co., 111., May 11. 



Bees Doing Well. 



My bees are all doing well. One col- 

 ony is at work in the second story. I 

 lost one colony this spring, but all the 

 rest wintered well, and are in fine con- 

 dition. 



I have very many visitors to my 

 yard from the city and county, and 

 have been working them to form a 

 local bee-keepers' association. The 

 bees are my best friends, and all my 

 spare time is spent among them. 



Dana H. Graham. 



Lancaster Co., Pa. 



Early Honey-Storing, Etc. 



Bees are just booming in this locality'. 

 I have several colonies that have stored 

 from 20 to 30 pounds each of willow 

 honey in supers. At one of my out- 

 apiaries a week ago to-day I noticed 

 two colonies from which there seemed 

 to be scarcely any bees flying, and I 

 thought thej' must be weak, but on ex- 

 amination I found that their combs 

 were all full of bees and honey, and 

 they were loafing and building queen- 

 cells. I gave one of thenr another 

 story of empty combs, and the other a 

 shallow extracting-super with founda- 

 tion. When I went back to-day I found 

 that the one with the shallow extract- 

 ing-super had the foundation all drawn 

 out, and that both of them were full of 

 eggs and honey. I never before had 

 bees store any honey in the supers in 



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