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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 26, 1905^, 



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Langstroth on the 

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Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



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the tin boxes. The package that bee-keepers 

 adopt and use is the one that will please the 

 public. 



It is our fault, not the fault of the trade or 

 of the consumer, that any sections 'lighter 

 than 1}4 pounds were ever put on the market. 

 The half-pound section has been advocated, 

 but the craft had a little too much good sense 

 to be drawn in on that fad. I hope to hear 

 from others on this question. 



Crawford Co., Wis. Harry Laterop. 



[The article referred to advocated bulk 

 comb honey put up in tin boxes with fancy 

 illustrations printed on them. It is an idea 

 much in vogue among bee-keepers in Russia. 

 — Editor.] 



Wintering Bees— Nice Weatlier. 



My crop of honey for 1904 was 11,000 

 pounds. Sixty-three colonies have been in 

 the cellar since the first day of December, and 

 63 kre packed in wheat-straw on the summer 

 stands, besides the 20 colonies at the out-yard 

 packed. I had not the room in the bee-cellar 

 for all, so I divided them by two as an experi- 

 ment, or rather because I had to. I am now 

 digging a new cellar, to be ready for another 

 season. 



We have had most beautiful weather all the 

 fall and thus far into the winter, except two or 

 three little cold-snaps. The last has just 

 ended, being much the worse. Some three 

 days of high wind, and ofttimes a blinding 

 snow-storm with zero temperature, and for 

 awhile 15 degrees below, made one think of 

 "homestead" times. 



The bees had a splendid flight yesterday, 

 and a light one the day before, and it bids 

 fair tor another to-day. There are a few 

 snow-drifts left from the recent storm. 



Sioux Co., Iowa, Jan. 1. F. W. Hall. 



Poorest Season in 35 Years. 



I have been familiar with the appearance of 

 the inside of hives of bees for the past 35 

 years, and I never saw such poverty-stricken 

 hives and combs after the end of -July as the 

 past season. Thie is a little hard on one who 

 depends upon his bees and sale of honey as a 

 sole income. 



I have taken 450 pounds of extracted honey 

 from 80 colonies, from extracting-supers, and 

 the light hives need that amount, or more, 

 distributed among them to-day. I must get 

 to feeding in earnest. I have already fed 150 

 pounds of granulated sugar syrup. 



Walter Harmer. 



Manistee Co., Mich., Dec. 30. 



Late Brood-Rearing— Bee-Stings— 

 Overliauling tlie Hives. 



Would it not be well to try to get brood 

 reared, say as late as the last of September, 

 so that there would be a considerable number 

 of young bees to go into winter quarters that 

 would not die before spring? And how can 

 this be done? 



Some one asked why there are so many 

 dead bees in front of his hives so early in the 

 season. Dr. Miller said he didn't know. 

 May it not be that they died of old age? If 

 the greater part of the bees die this way be- 

 fore March, brood-rearing will be delayed b3- 

 cause there will not be sufficient bees to pro- 

 tect it, and the result will be weak colonies in 

 the spring. 



Of course with such full colonies in the 

 fall more honey will be required to keep 

 them through the winter. But what if it does 

 take an extra frame of honey, these late- 

 hatched bees will become producers next 

 spring. 



I notice accounts of some peculiar effects of 

 bee-stings are given in the Journal. I read 

 some months ago of a man who became in- 

 sane from the effects of being stung. Re- 

 cently I read of a man who, after eating quite 

 freely of honey, was seized with severe 

 cramps, from which he died. 



The iiest local remedy I can use for stings 

 is turpentine. Have several vials of it scat- 

 tered about. Apply immediately after scrap- 

 ing off the sting. 



Does the overhauling of the brood-chamber. 



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