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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



leaves ; they are in fine condition. Those 

 in 1-story 8-frame simplicity hives have 

 no protection ; the combs are damp, and 

 the bees have diarrhea, and are in bad 

 condition. Bees must have protection. 

 J. F. Michael. 

 German, O., Jan. 25, 1892. 



Bees Q,uiet and Doing "Well. 



I had 50 colonies of bees in the 

 Spring, and by natural swarming they 

 increased to 80. I got 2,000 pounds of 

 honey. There was considerable white 

 clover, and I expected a good crop of 

 honey, but it turned out differently 

 towards the middle of the Summer. My 

 bees are all in good condition now ; they 

 are just as quiet as they can be, and 1 

 think that they will come out well in the 

 Spring. Feed Bott. 



Wabasha, Minn. 



Wavelets of News. 



Honey as Medicine. 



Comparatively few, today, know the 

 great value of honey both as food and 

 medicine. Were its value as a medicine 

 thoroughly known it would displace in 

 thousands of families the domestic reme- 

 dies or quack compounds now depended 

 upon by them as cure-alls. — Exchange. 



Mice Entombed in "Wax. 



While examining his bee-hive, W. "V. 

 Smith, of Garnett, Kans., found two 

 mice in one hive that had got in to rob 

 the bees, which the bees had succeeded 

 in killing, and being too large for them 

 to drag out, had embalmed them in wax. 

 They were as perfect as if they had 

 been sealed the day they were found. — 

 Field and Farm. 



Fuel for Smokers. 



Some find paper so useful in making 

 smoke for quieting bees that they buy it 

 in large rolls. To get it in shape to use 

 in smokers take a stick oncvhalf inch 

 square and tliree feet long, and roll the 

 paper around the stick until it is of suf- 

 ficient size to iill the barrel of the smok- 

 er. Let an assistant tie a string around 

 the roll every five inches, then withdraw 

 the stick, and saw up the roll into six 

 -liort ones, and they are ready for iisc^. 



When plenty of rotten wood of the right 

 kind is handy most bee-keepers will 

 probably prefer to use it ; but where 

 ■<vood of the right kind is scarce this pa- 

 per is excellent. — Stockman and Farmer. 



Protecting Trees from Mice. 



Small trees, or those newly set, may 

 be protected from mice in \\'inter with 

 small colupact mounds of earth; but 





PROTECTING A TREE WITH SHEET TIN. 



these cannot always be made on home 

 grounds or indoor yards, in which case a 

 roll of sheet tin may be easily and quickly 

 placed about the stem, as represented iu 

 the cut. The mice will not climb up 

 this tin protector. 



Suitable tin sheets may be purchased 

 for five cents each. These may be bent 

 into shape about a large stick or pole and 

 then placed in position aronn(l the tree 

 with a few seconds' work, their elasticity 

 bringing- them into place. — Country 

 Greutlemau. 



IW The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its next iinnual niectiiis at the 

 West-Knd Turner Hall, on Freomau Avuuue, 

 Cincinuiiti, ()., from Feb. 10 to 12 iuclugive. 

 1892, befj:iiming' at 10 a.. in. Wcdnosday, Fct. 

 10. All local associations should (Midoavor to 

 meet with ♦!» or st-nd their (lelfKalfs. Those 

 intending- to be present, will i)leaso send their 

 names to the Secretary, at their earliest 

 eonvonience. Tho President will endeavor to 

 get reduced railroad rates, and also reduced 

 rates at hotels. The prog-rainnie will soon he 

 issued, and all particulars published. 



C. F. MuTn, I'rcs., Cincinuati. 0' 



S. K. Mourns, Sec, Bloomingburg. O. 



