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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 11, 190U 



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TI16H0I161)-B66 



Revised by Dadant — 1809 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

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 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being revised by those 

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 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

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 to be wonderfully helpt on the way to 

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The ABC of Bee-Culture says of it: "This 

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Red Clover Queens— A Caution. 



I wish to say something- about red- 

 clover queens. I have kept bees some 

 40 years, and in that time I have known 

 the bees to work on red clover 3 times 

 — this fall, and twice before, about 10 

 years apart ; but they g-athered no sur- 

 plus. I think they only do it when all 

 other flowers fail to produce nectar. I 

 never saw bees work any stronger than 

 they did on the clover. I have seen as 

 high as 20 to a rod square, doing their 

 best to gather nectar, and no doubt but 

 they reacht some, but not to gather any 

 surplus. In mj' opinion it is not rig^ht 

 to hold out an idea that such a queen 

 has been found, when next summer 

 will disprove it. D. C. WiLSON. 



Ivinn Co., Iowa, Sept. 9. 



Wintering Bees— Refrigepator 

 System. 



Having had inquiry regarding mj' 

 method of wintering bees on the sum- 

 mer stands, and requesting a full de- 

 scription of same, I can only say as I 

 have already written : 



Arrange your hives for wintering 

 like a refrigerator — that is, with a dry- 

 air circulation. This will carry up all 

 moisture from the brood-nest, and 

 when any particles of matter or smells 

 reach the cold-air chamber above the 

 bees, this moisture is condenst, all va- 

 por and odor is removed, and only the 

 pure dry air is returned to the brood- 

 chamber. 



Trusting that most bee-keepers have 

 used refrigerators during this last sum- 

 mer, and in order that all may be pre- 

 pared fully to understand this method. 

 I enclose cut of the inside of a refrig- 



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Refrigerator — iiiwwing Air-Currents. 



erator, showing the air circulation — 

 the cold air descends, and the hot air 

 ascends. Open the door of the provi- 

 sion chamber, place your hand quickly 

 under the ice-box, and you will feel the 

 downward current, but it soon ceases, 

 because the door is open. The same 

 would occur in a bee-hive if there was 

 a large opening at the bottom, as many 

 have recommended. By having the 

 hive nearly closed the circulation will 

 continue strong enough to carry the 



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