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ahead, and make their own living, and 

 sometimes store some surplus honey, 

 when the blacks are starving, and both- 

 ering the Italians by trying to steal. Of 

 course, there are some who still hold on 

 to the old ox-wagon, and some still hold 

 on to the black bees, and I suppose 

 always will. In our articles to the pub- 

 lic, let us try to give the real practical 

 and experienced part of bee-culture, and 

 let the imaginary part remain with us. 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 

 Floyd, Tex., Feb. 27, 1892. 



Phenol for Foul-Brood. 



I want to know what Prof. Frank 

 Cheshire means by 1-200, 1-400, 1-500, 

 1-750, etc. He gives syrup pheuolated 

 by 1 in 500. He sprayed with water 

 200, phenol 1. What kind of syrup did 

 he use — sugar or honey? How much 

 sugar or honey to a pint of water, and 

 so on ? Chas. W. Leah. 



Spanish Fork, Utah. 



[He means one drop of pure phenol to 

 200 drops of the syrup, when he puts it 

 thus: 1-200. It is sugar syrup made 

 by 1 pound of sugar to 1 pint of boiling 

 water. — Ed.] 



Gathering Pollen and Rearing Brood. 



My bees have wintered finely. We 

 have had but one week of Winter 

 weather. The bees had a flight every 

 week but one, and on Feb. 15 they com- 

 menced to gather pollen. On Feb. 20 

 they were gathering honey. I examined 

 them and found brood in from one to 

 three frames. Geo. W. Moore. 



Milton, Greg., Feb. 26, 1892. 



Experience in Hiving Bees. 



Last Spring I bought 15 colonies of 

 bees, and increased to 30. The season 

 was very poor in this locality, and the 

 bees stored very little surplus honey. 

 My bees arc in good condition now. I 

 tried a great many of the new devices 

 for handling bees, some to my satisfac- 

 tion, and some greatly to my sorrow, 

 especially the hiving-box. The first time 

 I tried it, a neighbor bee-keeper, who is 

 a skeptic to new fixtures, was present. 

 I took the box, punched into the cluster, 

 and emptied it at the new hive, saying, 

 "There is a scoop-shovel of bees." But 

 the next dip I made, about a thousand 

 or more bees showed fight. While the 



battle was increasing in the bees' favor, 

 my neighbor, who had retreated to a 

 safe distance, was having lots of fun at 

 my expense. I called my wife to bring 

 the smoker, and with her assistance I 

 hived the bees with both eyes swelled 

 shut, and my hands and arms swelled so 

 badly that I could not work for three 

 days. With the assistance of a veil and 

 a pair of leather mittens, I hived the 

 next swarm more conveniently, but I in- 

 tend to still keep bees. 



J. L. LUDWIG. 



Delphos, O., March 1, 1892. 



Fine Country for Bees. 



We have 150 colonies of bees in good 

 condition, and want to increase them to 

 300 colonies the coming season. This 

 is a fine country for bee-culture. 



Duncan & Conrad. 



Du Pont, Ga., Feb. 29, 1892. 



Planting Basswood Trees. 



I am about to send to a nursery man 

 for 500 basswood trees. I see that he 

 has three kinds advertised, viz. : Ameri- 

 can Seedling, European, and Large 

 Leaved. I would like to ask Minnesota 

 apiarists which would be best for a Min- 

 nesota climate ? and which is best for 

 honey, all things considered ? I would 

 like to have this question answered 

 through the American Bee Journal in 

 time for my use this Spring. 



J. E. Cady. 



Medford, Minn., Feb. 29, 1892. 



Careless Bee-Keeping — Making Hives. 



Bee-keeping is dull here. Some few 

 people have bees in box-hives around in 

 the fence corners out of the way, and 

 hardly ever see them except in swarming 

 time, when they hunt up an old "gum " 

 that the bees died in the Winter before. 

 Such bee-koeping as that will never do. 

 I wish some one would tell me through 

 the Bee Journal how to make Sim- 

 plicity hives, what length and width to 

 make the frames, etc. I take the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, and could not well 

 do without it at the price. Bees are 

 doing well here, considering their treat- 

 ment. Hardly any have died this Win- 

 ter, and they are flying nicely now. 



J. BUNVAN S. 



Spurger, Tex., Feb. 22, 1892. 



[The only safe way, if you want to 

 make hives, is to buy one of the kind 

 desired, and use it as a pattern. — Ed.] 



