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froze to death. The entrance was left wide 

 open, snow had blown in and melted, leav- 

 ing water on the bottom-board. A piece of 

 old carpet, covered over them on the frames 

 to retain their heat, would have saved them. 

 Near by was a weak colony in a sltigle- 

 walled hive, in one story ; they were found 

 in good condition, covered closely over the 

 frames. ]3y not taking a bee-paper, he lost 

 bees enough in one season to pay for a bee- 

 paper during his lifetime. When he gets 

 into trouble, he comes to me for inforraatimi. 

 There was no surplus honey here last year. 



Results of <lie Season.— Mr. C. A. 



Goodell, Mankato, Minn., on Jan. 1.5, 1889, 



writes : 



I commenced the spring of 18SS with a 

 colonies of bees, and iticreased them to 10 

 colonies. I cannot complain of my bees, 

 for I took 3.50 pounds of comb honey, last 

 fall, from U colonies. The bees are winter- 

 ing nicely in the cellar. My neighbor and 1 

 found S bee trees last fall. We cut one last 

 November, on a warm day, and 1 saved the 

 bees, by putting them into a hive with 

 plenty of stores, and they are wintering 

 nicely. 1 like the Bek Jourxal better 

 every week. 



i Milrt and l>ry Wintei-.— Mr. T. N. 



Marquis, Wilford, Ills., on Jan. 13, 1SS9, 

 says : 



Bees seem to be all right in my cellar yet. 

 This has been an unusually mild, dry win- 

 ter here. I am in hopes that I will get a 

 crop of honey in 1889, not having had a crop 

 in four years. 



Itces Under the Ilonse. — Mr. J. S. 



Willard, Bedford, Iowa, on Jan. 19, 1889, 

 says : 



The weather has been very mild here all 

 winter. I have nearly all of my bees in the 

 cellar under the house. It is warm there 

 for them, 1 think. It is from 42' to 48° 

 most of the time, and 50° or more at times. 

 We keep the temperature down by opening 

 the inside door. I fear that some of them 

 will fly every once in a while when I am in 

 there. Everything about the hives looks dry 

 and nice. 1 have 36 colonies in the cellar, 

 and 5 out-doors. Last summer we got half 

 a crop, and the two seasons before we had 

 hardly half a crop altogether. 



<jiood Report tor 18S8.— Vincent 

 Quinn, Penn Yan, N. Y., on Jan. 19,1889, 

 writes : 



I thought 1 would send in my report. 

 From my best colony 1 got 1.50 pounds of 

 honey ; two second best, 90 pounds each ; 

 and two more, 28 pounds each. I did not 

 keep account of the whole of them, but my 

 bees beat my father's last season. 1 have 1(5 

 colonies in the cellar, and all are doing well 

 ,so far. They are all Italians. 



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"^ot .nA«-li Winter.— E. Drane &Son, 

 Eminence, Ky., on Jan. 22, 188!), write : 



We have not had much winter here yet. 

 The mercury was down to 20' above zero 

 one morning Christmas week, and was at 

 26° this morning, which are the coldest days 

 we have had. The earth is covered with 

 young white clover, and we hope to get some 

 honey when it blooms. We got no surplus 

 the past year, and had to feed .500 ikhukIs of 

 sugar for winter stores. After doubling up 

 weak colonies, we have 104 colonies lelc. 



^$lliny Itees.— C. W. Phelps, Bingham- 

 ton, N. Y., on Jan. 21, 1S89, writes : 



I had a colony of bees that had a peculiar 

 disease (if it may be called that) last July. 

 Some of the bees would look shiny, and tfy 

 around the entrance much the same as rob- 

 ber bees before alighting, when the other 

 bees would kill them after a struggle, or 

 they would get away. At first glance I 

 thought that they were robbers, but as I 

 have kept bees for a good many years, I 

 soon discovered the difference, and I posi- 

 tively know that the bees belong to the hive 

 where they were killed. This killing was 

 kept up all the latter part of the summer, 

 and until winter, after cold, frosty weather 

 sets in ; and after the bees were confined in 

 the hive for several days at a time, I 

 would find quite a number of dead ones, or 

 looking at the bottom of the cluster, and on 

 the bottom-board, I would find the bees kill- 

 ing others. After it gut cold enough so that 

 they could not fly for several , weeks at a 

 time, I found a quart or two of dead ones. 

 Did you ever see or hear of anything of the 

 kind ? I think that the bees were <iu killed, 

 but I am not sure. I carried the bees into 

 the cellar, and took the comb and honey 

 away from them, put them into a new hive, 

 and gave them sugar syrup, and the killing 

 stopped after a little while. Of course I do 

 not e.\pect to winter them, but I think that 

 the trouble was in the honey. I have read 

 considerable, but I have never heard or 

 read of a case like this. 



[In the fall, shiny bees are often seen in 

 the apiary. They are old bees, and are 

 killed off to save the honey.— Ed.] 



Carrying in Pollen.— H. S. Grav- 

 ener, Cypress Mills, Tex., on Jan. 19, says : 



We have been busy on the range. Bees 

 carried in pollen on Jan. 15— a little earlier 

 than usual. They did fairly well the past 

 season, a little over 100 pounds of honey per 

 colony. 



Expects a Itonntirnl Hardest. — 



J. G. Norton, Macomb, Ills., on Jan. 23, 

 1889, says : 



The bee-business has been a poor invest- 

 ment in this part of the State for the last 

 three years ; but bees are wintering well, 

 and are in fine condition ; so from the pres- 

 ent propects. I look for a bountiful honey 

 harvest for 1889. 



IrVinteringf Tinely.- H. M. Seeley, 

 Harford, Pa., on Jan. 10, 1889, says : 



1 see by the reports of some that their 

 bees are out nearly every day ; here they 

 were out three days at Christmas lime, and 

 not again until Jan. 17, when the tempera- 

 ture went up to 60° in the shade, and they 

 had a fine flight. All seem to be wintering 

 as finely as need be. 



Ilees Wintering- Well.— John H 

 Larrabee, Larrabee's Point, Vt., on Jan. 21, 

 1889, says : 



Bees here had a splendid flight on Jan. 18, 

 and showed that they were wintering well. 

 We have no snow, and the mercury has 

 only reached zero twice. We look forward 

 to next year with hope for a better season. 



I'lease to get your IVeiglihor, 



who keeps bees, to also take the American 

 Bee Jouknai,. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



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AI>FREI> H. NEWSIAJ^I, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Uismess ^0tias, 



I* I'on I^iTe near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Cive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I>r. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jour- 

 JJAL for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



Ifyou I^ose Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse,, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



I>e>v Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 18SS and 1889 for $1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4Xx4K and 53^x5^. 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or S8.50 per 1,000. 



Preser»'e Ifour Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BIIVUER we 



will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Journai,. 



Please \rritc American Bee Jowmal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 220 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at S cents per pound for 

 Amber and » cents per pound for White. 



In ordi'r to pay you for getting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offt r. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with SI. 00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a premium. 



Apiary Register.— All who intend t» 



be systematic u» their work in the apiary, 



should get a copy of the Apiarj' Register and 



begin to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pag-es) 126 



" 200 colonies (420 pa«re8) 150 



