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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Nov. 8, 1900 



SPECIAL NOTICE! 



Last winter's cut of basswood is the whitest it has been for many seasons. 

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Please meotioo the Bee Jonrnal iSl^rSJi"^ 



best for one winter may not be best 

 for another. If he is without any 

 precedent, a careful study of condi- 

 tions may help to a decision whether 

 to risk the greater part of his bees out 

 or in. Upon this point here are some 

 wise words from the editor of Glean- 

 ings in Bee-Culture : 



The beginner will often ask the 

 question whether he shall winter bees 

 indoors or out. The answer to this 

 will depend upon the weather condi- 

 tions. If one has in his locality cold 

 weather that lasts nearly all winter, 

 with only now and then a day of tem- 

 perature above the freezing-point, I 

 would recommend by all means indoor 

 wintering ; or if the weather condi- 

 tions are such that there is a month of 

 cold weather ranging from 10" above 

 to 10" below zero, then a warmer spell 

 a little above the thaw-point, followed 

 by 3 or 4 days of weather at that tem- 

 perature, followed again by freezing 

 weather, such weather continuing 

 clear up till actual springtime, then I 

 would still advise the indoor method. 

 But if, on the other hand, the winters 

 are somewhat open, there being per- 

 haps a month of zero weather, followed 

 by a month of warm open weather, 

 continuing thus thru the winter, the 

 bees should be wintered outdoors in 

 double-walled hives. We uiay have in 

 our locality a month of real cold 

 weather, but two weeks is about as 

 long as it lasts at a time, when we will 

 have a general breaking-up, a thaw, 

 and perhaps rains. This will last for 

 3 or 4 weeks, when we will have an- 

 other cold spell, lasting possibly a 

 month. This kind of weather will con- 

 tinue in alternation till along in April. 

 In such a climate the average beginner 

 will do far better with the outdoor 

 method. 



R ^ta^^s^/^j^ ^^^^'iia^>«^^^te^^ 



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Hoping for Better Things. 



The bee-business is at rather a low 

 ebb here ; last year was the worst one 

 ever known in this locality for bee- 

 keeping, and this year is but little 

 better. But we are not going to give 

 up just yet. 



White clover is looking fine, so we 

 hope for better things another year. 

 J. I. Cl,.\RK. 



Addison Co., Vt., Oct. 30. 



Short Honey Crop. 



My bees did fairly well, but most of 

 the bee-keepers in this locality com- 

 plain of a short honey crop. 



I like the American Bee Journal so 

 well that each week I anxiously await 

 its coming. I would not be without it 

 for twice its price. Wm. Hartwig. 



St. Croix Co., Wis., Oct. 29. 



Japanese Knotweed. 



I send a sample of a plant. The 

 flower is on each little spur, and grows 

 out on either side about 's of an inch. 

 It is pure white, and bees work on it 

 more than on any other plant I ever 



