Jan. 26, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



73 



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Otisville. Pa., Jan. 18, 1904. 

 Dear Sir:— I have tried altnost everything in 

 the smoker line; 3 in the last 3 years. In short 

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Enthusiastic About Bees. 



I am only a " sTuall potato '', but I am get- 

 ting mighty enthusiastic about bees. I lost 

 all I had last winter, but I bought 8 more 

 colonies and increased to 39 strong colonies, 

 which I have in the cellar where they seem 

 quite comfortable. 



The cellar is one built specially for them, 

 and, of course, to my mind it is just right. I 

 studied Miller, Bingham, Doolittle, Koot, and 

 others, and then made one to suit my sur- 

 roundings and myself. 



I was very sorry not to be able to meet with 

 the Chicago-Northwestern Association when 

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 hoped to do, and see with my own eyes, and 

 shake hands with and talk to some of the 

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Berrien Co., Mich., Dec. 6 E. L. Hall. 



A Fortunate Beginner— Successful 

 Season witli the Bees. 



Last spring a man bought 3 colonies of bees 

 from me, and increased to 6, securing 600 

 pounds of honey. How's that for a beginner? 

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I had 13 colonies spring count, increased to 

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 and 2000 pounds of extracted. The best col- 

 ony stored 275 pounds. This is a good strain 

 of bees, and I expect to breed from them in 

 the spring. 



The bees are wintering well so far. They 

 had a good flight yesterday. 



A. J. Freeman. 



Neosho Co., Kans., Dec. 31. 



Cellar-Wintering of Bees. 



Last spring I had 80 colonies left out of 87 

 which I put into winter quarters in the fall. 

 I sold 40 of them and built up to 45 colonies. 



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