898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



ut diseased and dwindled away as be- 

 ore. Now the result was altogether 

 ifferent with those that wintered 

 ut-doors. Those with the clover 

 ouey and sugar syrup were weak in 

 5ring and slow to build up, while 

 lose ou the fall honey were strong 

 d healthy. I then came to the 

 )ncIusion that as long as I could 

 inter my baes on the summer stands 

 ith the cheap honey, better than I 

 >uld in the cellar with the cheap 

 jney, and winter on the summer 

 ands with the cheap honey as well as 

 could in the cellar with a more ex- 

 nsive article 1 was ahead in dollars 

 ',d cents by doing it. But if I had 

 feed sugar or use a milder honey I 

 ilieve I would winter in the cellar, 

 igar syrup and many of our finer 

 ades of honey are mild in flavor 

 id are very suitable for indoor win- 

 ring, yet they lack the heat pro- 

 icing qualties contained in the strong 

 d more aromatic fall honey, and 

 lich are so necessary to successful 

 ntering ou the summer stands, 

 lere is more that might be said 

 )ng this line, but I have said enough 

 provoke thought, and will wait un- 

 I hear what others have to say. 

 ^^•anklin, Pa. 



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Ed. Am. Bee Keeper, Dear Sir: — 



I notice in the Nov. number of the 

 American Bee Keeper a request for 

 sudscribers to write from their own 

 experience ou topics pertaining to 

 bees. I will make an attempt to do 

 so although I have never w-ritten any- 

 thing before and my experience is 

 small. In fact I have kept bees 

 only two seasons. 



There are several old fashioned bee 

 keepers about here who believe that 

 bees should have water but they let 

 them get it through leak}" covers. 

 They also believe that "larning spoils 

 folks" and they advise beginners not 

 to read Bee Journals and books on 

 bee keeping, 



1 started bee keeping in the spring 

 of 1896 with eleven colonies in old 

 hives and have now in the cellar 42 

 swarms in good condition. I have 

 nearly doubled them each year besides 

 getting a large crop of honey, as 1 

 follow the plan of natural swarming; 

 I expect to reach 84 swarms next 

 year. Swarming here usually begins 

 about the first part of June. The 

 past season my first swarm issued the 

 7th of June and the last one the 15th 

 of August, this latter being what I 

 called a buckwheat swarm. 



Through the winter I make my 

 hives for the coming season and 

 get everything in readiness, a plan 

 which 1 think works nicely. 



