AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Wavelets of News. 



Honey-Dew for Winter Stores. 



Bees in the cellar are wintering only 

 fairly well so far. Many are beginning 

 to show the effects of honey-dew as a 

 poor Winter food. We fear those proph- 

 ets who have said that it was as good as 

 the best of honey, will have to guess 

 again. Should the Winter prove cold 

 and long, we greatly fear the result. — C. 

 H. DiBBEEN, in Western Plorvman. 



Bee Notes from Wtsconsin. 



A bee's life is not limited by days and 

 weeks, but by its activity. — C. A. Hatch. 



I do not want an overflowing colony in 

 the Fall to go into winter quarters. — B. 

 H. Standish. 



The longer I live the less I think I 

 know about certain points in bee-keep- 

 ing. — S. I. Freeborn. 



A bee that gets no pollen in the 

 Spring, will readily take flour as a sub- 

 stitute. — J. J. Oschner. 



I think there is no necessity to feed 

 pollen in the Spring. — Rev. T. E. Turner. 



If the bees are properly wintered they 

 will Spring well.— S. I. Freeborn. 



Mr. Daniher's description of his colony 

 in a jug amused those who heard it. Mr. 

 D. knocked the bottom off a large stone 

 jug, fixed combs in it, and put in a col- 

 ony of bees, which he reports to be in 

 good condition. That is a veritable 

 "prohibition" jug. Mr. D. had a num- 

 ber of Punic bees on exhibition (of course 

 in a defunct state preserved in alcohol). 

 Those who examined them could not 

 discover any marked distinction from 

 the ordinary black bees. — Wisconsin 

 Farmer. 



Bees in Florida. 



I am now in the land of flowers, and 

 abiding at that much talked of place, 

 " Lovely St. Andrews by the sea." This 

 Florida appears to be truly a paradise 

 for bees. There are times, no doubt, 

 when there is a scarcity of nectar, but 

 a prudent owner will always see that 

 they do not starve, as the weather is 

 never very cold, and they can be readily 

 fed. 



The honey I have seen is gathered 

 from the tie-tie, is yellow, good body and 

 flavor. I have not seen here, as yet, any 

 comb-honey, as there is but little pro- 

 duced, owing to the lack of transporta- 

 tion facilities ; if sent to market, it 



would h-Bve to go by schooner by way of 

 the Gulf, and might be broken in transit, 

 while extracted in barrels would not be 

 damaged. 



I am told that cxtracted-honey of this 

 localtiy never granulates, and if kept 

 for two years, and is always liquid and 

 ready for use. This, if true, is a very 

 great convenience. — Mrs. L. Harrison, 

 in the 0. J. Farmer. 



Which Way Should Hives Face ? 



It is the general belief, or at least the 

 common practice, to have the entrance 

 toward the south. 



While there may be some reasons for 

 this practice, I think any other point as 

 good if not better. A southern entrance 

 is more likely to entice the bees out in 

 the Spring, or late in the Fall when the 

 weather is too cool for bees to fly, and 

 when it would bo better that they re- 

 main in the hive. 



In the heat of Summer, too, a south- 

 ern entrance is most undesirable. It is 

 more difficult to shade that side when 

 accommodation for flying bees is needed. 



An eastern entrance is quite objec- 

 tionable. It is the point toward the 

 morning sun, and perhaps bees may see 

 the light a little earlier in the morning 

 during the honey season. 



I have used a north front with a good 

 deal of satisfaction. It is cool in Sum- 

 mer. The hive is easily shaded. In 

 Summer the morning sun shines first on 

 the north side of the hive. The en- 

 trance can be entirely closed on cool 

 days in the Spring, if the north wind 

 blows. I prefer a north entrance to a 

 south. — E. Secor, in Farmer and Breeder 



Winter Food for Bees. 



Food in Winter is an all-important 

 question. Superior even to natural 

 honey for food is pure cane sugar, which 

 will cause diarrhea less than any other 

 article that can be fed. 



In feeding the bees in Winter a great 

 deal depends upon the weather and the 

 locality. Several of our past Winters 

 have been so mild and open that honey 

 could be fed right along, with no danger 

 of causing diarrhea. In warmer coun- 

 tries where the bees can fly around most 

 of the Winter, the same holds true ; but 

 in a severe Winter, in a cold northern 

 climate, the odds will be largely in favor 

 of pure cane sugar as food. The price 

 of sugar is now so low that it is the 

 cheapest food to give the bees. — Helen 

 Wabbubton, in the CulUvaUyr. 



