Lifionier, Pii. Dec. 20, 1ST7. 

 "I Iiave 34 colonies in jjfood condition to 

 winter. 25 of tliein are Italians." 



Wm. Ashcom. 



Marshall, Texas, Jan. 3, 1878. 

 " Friend Newman: I conjfratnlate you on 

 tlie conduct ot The Bee Joujj.val. 1 con- 

 sider the last year's numbers far in advance 

 of any of its predecessors." 



W. K. Marshall. 



Cartilage, Ind.,Dec. 25, 1877. 

 "Last spring 1 had 70 colonies and boufiht 

 21 late in the season, in Tenu. Got 8,(>i5 lbs 

 of extracted dark honey, and 24001bs from 

 my home apiary; in all ll,0451t)s; have sold 

 about one-half of it at 15 cents, net." 



P. W. McFatkidge. 



Dowagiac, Mich., .Jan. 5, 1878, 

 " Our bees are winterinij, both out and in 

 doors very nicely so far,— if we can call it 

 winter. It is 32" above zero, nijjht and day, 

 and no frost till within a day or two. Now 

 the snow is 8 inches deep, and it is 4° 

 below zero." James Heduon. 



Lavansville, Pa., Dec. 29, 1877. 



" I have now wintered some in-doors, and 

 some out, for 4 seasons, without losing a 

 single colony, and I am satisfied that 1 am 

 master of the situation." H. H. Flick. 



[Let the master then have the floor, 

 while we all give close attention. We are 

 all willing to learn •' how to do it."— Ed.] 



Eagle Lake, Minn., Jan. 4, 1878. 

 "I had 20 good, and 14 weak colonies in 

 the spring— probably enough to make 25 

 good colonies in all. 1 have obtained 2.700 

 lbs. of honey, and have 108 colonies in the 

 cellar, after having sold 4. My bees have 

 35 lbs. of honey to the hive, on an average. 

 They are all Italian but 1— and that is a 

 Cyprian." ILA. Slmonds. 



Columbus, Kansas, Jan. 3, 1878. 

 "I invented and made the so called AVhite 

 Honey Extractor, in 1874. My revolving 

 can is 18x20 inches, and will hold anv frame 

 from the Langstroth, down. I use wire 

 cloth for strainers, instead of perforated 

 tin. It is the only extractor that I have 

 ever seen. Its whole cost was less than .f.5. 

 I commenced keeping bees in 1874; during 

 the first season, I took 400 lbs. of extracted 

 hojiey; in 187.5, 950; in 1876, 2,200; and in 

 1877, 4,000 lbs. I find a home market for my 

 honey, at 15 and 20 cts. I have now 106 

 colonies of bees, mostly Italian, in good 

 condition, aud on summer stands." 



II. SCOVELL. 



San Diego, Cal., Dec. 25, 1877. 

 " The past season, so far as surplus honey 

 IS concerned, was a complete failure in this 

 State. The present, beginning with the 

 middle ot last month, is to date, as good as 

 could be wished; bees beginning to gather 

 a little honey from manzaneta, a shrub of 

 this coast. In two weeks, flowers will be 

 abundant, though we cannot reasonably 

 expect so large a yield as that of 1866, be- 

 cause the bees generally are not in as good 

 a condition; a number of colonies having 

 died during the past summer." 



KoBEUT Campbell. 



Hennepin, 111., Dec. 31, 1877. 

 " I have 225 colonies. The latter part of 

 our season was good for honey. My hives 

 are 10 inches deep and 14 inches long, with 

 8 frames. I examined my bees Dec. 24, 

 and found on an average .50 lbs. of honey 

 all through. The next cold spell, 1 will set 

 my bees in the cellar until April 1, 1878. I 

 have shipped, this season, 1437 3 lb. boxes 

 of honey; selling them at from 14 to 17 cts. 

 per pound in Chicago. I kept bees 10 years 

 in Germany, in the Dzierzon hives, and 19 

 years in this country." John Lehman. 



Todd Co., Minn., Dec. 21, 1877. 

 "If the Javan bee. Apis dorsntn, is as 

 large as reported, it would l)e a very valua- 

 ble addition to our bee family. Mr. Cori 

 says that the Javan bee is large enough to 

 gather honey from red clover. It is well 

 known that the red clover is one of the 

 richest honey plants in the country, and 

 thiit the honey is of an excellent flavor and 

 color. I believe there is spare casii and 

 enterprise enough, among the bee-keepers 

 of this country, to import the Javan bee 

 direct from Java. Will not those who have 

 been importing bees and queens, give their 

 views through the American Bee Jour- 

 nal on the practicability and probable cost 

 of importing bees and queens direct from 

 Java?" A. J. Haney. 



Nelson, Pa.. Dec. 25. 1877, 



" I am busy extracting honey. — (How is 

 that for Christmas?) I transfer the combs 

 from box hives, which were "taken up" 

 last fall, and have been in my shop ever 

 since. I let them stand exposed to the 

 warm air for 12 to 24 hours, and then extract 

 them with the transferring slats on, and put 

 the combs away for use next summer. The 

 honey comes out very well after the combs 

 have stood in a warm room for 24 hours, but 

 without that, it will scarcely come out at 

 all; it is very thick. I wish you would give 

 through the Journal the correct pronunci- 

 ation, definition, and derivation of the 

 word " jtarthenogenesis." I have been 

 familiar with the word for years, but never 

 having heard it pronounced, 1 do not know 

 whether I ]>r<mounce it correctly or not, 

 and I presume there are many others 

 among your subscribers who are in the 

 same fix. 



I am well pleased with the " Dzierzon 

 Theory." It is just what all beginners 

 need, and jirobably a great many who are 

 not beginners. Accept my best wishes for 

 .success." Jxo. Atkinson. 



[" Par-the-no-gene-sis."— In the first syla- 

 ble give the a the same sound as in far.— 

 The 4th sylable pronounce as though 

 spelled thus: jiriee — give the last e the long 

 sound— aud you have the word. It means 

 the production of offspring by the female, 

 without intercourse with a male. It is 

 derived from two Greek words, literally 

 meaning " a virgin production." Minerva 

 (a virgin of ancient mythology) was the 

 goddess of wisdom, war, and the liberal 

 arts; and the celebrated "Temple of Miner- 

 va," at Athens, was called the " Parthe- 

 non " — Temple of a Virgin. 



Pronounce Dzierzon, Dzeert-sohn.—Ev.} 



