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believe that there is one wagon run in 

 that connection, in which honey is made 

 a specialty. The only connection I can 

 see in which honey is sold from wagons, 

 is the same truck-farmers who keep 

 a few bees, and others of the same class 

 who do not keep bees, carry a few 

 pounds of honey with them in their daily 

 rounds in supplying their customers 

 with vegetables, and at the same time 

 supplying them with honey if they want 

 It. I can buy the best grade at any 

 retail store for 15 cents per pound, and 

 there are quite a number of places where 

 the same grade can be had for 12>i 

 cents per pound. 



Wm. L. Backensto. 

 Fort Logan, Colo. 



Those Golden dueens. 



We wish to correct an error in the 

 editorial notice on page 142. Only 34 

 of the queens mentioned were from our 

 apiary. We intended to say so in our 

 letter, but possibly forgot it, as we had 

 but 45 minutes in which to write the 

 letter, hitch the team to the sled, and go 

 2M miles to the postoffice before the 

 mail would leave. It would be injustice 

 to the party who furnished the rest of 

 the queens (18) to leave the matter 

 as it is. S. F. & I. Teego. 



Swedona, Ills., Jan. 30, 1892. 



Failed to Meet with. Success. 



I am an old man, having spent the 

 prime of my life trying to cure the sick. 

 Last year I retired to my farm in the 

 Mississippi River bottom, believing it to 

 be, as reported, a good honey-producing 

 locality. I expected to find pleasure 

 and profit in caring for a few colonies 

 of bees. Having one colony of bees in 

 a box hive, I transferred the bees and 

 comb to two Langstroth hives, and 

 bought a Carniolan queen for the queen- 

 less part. I also furnished new hives 

 for two colonies of young bees. I fol- 

 lowed instruction to the letter in trans- 

 ferring — did it while apple trees were in 

 bloom, notwithstanding which the bees 

 never fastened their combs well, nor 

 added much to it, and stored but little 

 honey. In November I made syrup and 

 poured it into the empty combs for the 

 colony having the Carniolan queen, and 

 during the last week in January, the 

 weather being mild, I examined them to 

 see if they needed more food, and found 

 them all dead. My other colonies, not 

 fed, had all previously died. Now I 

 have 8 Langstroth hives, some bee- 



literature, no bees, and no honey. I 

 feel as if I had been fishing, and in place 

 of fish had caught a good "wetting." 

 My philosophy is to get the very best of 

 everything I allow myself to handle, but 

 I see so much conflicting testimony as to 

 the best bees, that I am inclined to take 

 sides with Jarnes Hamilton (page 85), 

 and get my empty hives filled with com- 

 mon black bees, as they are cheap here, 

 and, so far as I know to the contrary, 

 are just as good as any. At any rate, 

 before I spend much more money for 

 stock in that line, I must see some re- 

 turn for my outlay. 



A. MOSHER. 



Pleasant Hill, Ills. 



Frames Partly Filled with Honey. 



I have about 400 frames, each con- 

 taining from one-half to 4 pounds of 

 honey. Could these be advantageously 

 used to stimulate brood-rearing in the 

 Spring, outside of the hives, without 

 starting the bees to robbing? If so, 

 how far must they be taken from the 

 apiary ? At what time should they be 

 used ? I have 80 colonies of bees. 



J. E. Walker. 



Clarksville, Mo., Feb. 3, 1892. 



[The partly-filled frames can be used 

 to advantage in "building up" in the 

 Spring, and to stimulate brood-rearing, 

 but they should not be exposed, or 

 robbing will ensue. It would be better 

 to put one on each hive, lying down flat 

 on top-bars of the frames ; a bee-space 

 may be left, if convenient to place small 

 sticks between the frames of honey and 

 the top-bars. By being turned over 

 when cleaned out on one side, the honey 

 will all be saved, and the work nicely 

 done by the bees with but little trouble 

 to you. — Ed.] 



No Bees Lost in Wintering. 



I have 9 colonies of bees on the sum- 

 mer stands, just as they were all Sum- 

 mer. They have no protection, only the 

 hive and board cover. I have not lost 

 any yet in this kind of winter quarters, 

 but I had to revive one on Feb. 2. It 

 swarmed out on Feb. 1, and I looked at 

 them on Feb. 2, and found them all 

 apparently dead — starved. I took them 

 into the house and spread them out on a 

 board, sprinkling them with syrup, and 

 in an hour I had them all alive and back 



