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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 25, 1900 



Lanoswn on... 



Tll6H0J16l)B66 



Revised by Dadant — 1899 Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every 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- 

 plained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helpt on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $1.25, or club 

 it with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for $1.75 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

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This is a splendid chance to get a 

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CHICAGO, ILL. 



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

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Getting Bees Ready for Winter. 



The following discussion at the On- 

 tario convention last winter, which is 

 publisht in the last Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal, is seasonable at the present time : 



OuKS. — Bees intended to be wintered 

 in the cellar which are on their sum- 

 mer stands at present (Dec. 6th) with a 

 rim of 3 inches filled with sawdust on 

 top, would it be better to put them into 

 the cellar rig-ht away, or leave thetn 

 until they get another flight ? 



Mr. Hall— My answer to that is to 

 put them in to-morrow if it is not freez- 

 ing, and if it is freezing let them alone 

 until they are thawed out ; or get some 

 hot water from the tea-kettle and pour 

 it around the stands, so that the mov- 

 ing may be done without cracking. 

 Never mind a flight ; they have eaten 

 nothing in the last few weeks to re- 

 quire it. If they are frozen down 

 loosen them somehow and with as little 

 jarring as possible. I like to put bees 

 in when they are flying ; the clusters 

 are all loose ; you will get a few stings, 

 it is true, but very few. We do not 

 break a cluster by putting them in ; 

 the cluster is already broken. They 

 form a cluster when they go into the 

 cellar. 



Mr. Dickinson — I believe in putting 

 them in early. Mine have been in 

 about a month now, and, just as Mr. 

 Hall says, there were lots to fly out, as 

 they had not settled down to clustering. 



Mr. Post— If bees have a rim of saw- 

 dust, as represented in the question, 

 even zero weather will not do them any 

 harm. I have about 200 colonies my- 

 self now in the same condition : I do 

 not feel at all uneasy about them, altho 

 as soon as the weather changes a little 

 warmer I will take them in. The way 

 my stands are built they will never 

 stick. 



Mr. Darling — My bees are not in the 

 cellar yet, they are not packt with saw- 

 dust, but I can take them up quietly by 

 putting them on a pair of sloops or 

 bobs, and draw them when there is a 

 little snow or on the bare ground, and 

 when I get them to the house they 

 scarcely know that they have been 

 moved ; sometimes the.v are all quiet 

 when we get them into the cellar, and 

 sometimes they stir about. Mr. Hall 

 advocates loose bottom-boards. I raise 

 up those that are loose, and loosen 

 those that are not loose, propping the 

 front of the hive off the bottom-board 

 about an inch ; I am not bothered with 

 moisture. My bees last year were not 

 put in until somewhere about Christ- 

 mas. My reason for being so late was 

 on account of sickness. However, I 

 found my bees last spring came out 

 drier and better on the average than 

 they have for some years. 



Mr. McEvoy — Let us hear from men 

 who winter bees on the summer-stands, 

 as to when they pack their bees. 



Mr. Sibbald — I have not had very 

 much experience in wintering outside. 

 I have wintered some in that way for 

 two or three seasons, and this season I 



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We have finally succeeded in getting- a small 

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 sweet clover. This kind blooms from two to 

 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

 variety of sweet clover. It also grows much 

 shorter, only about two feet in hight. It is as 

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 pound by mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying for years to secure this 

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 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

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