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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 9, 1905. 



speak as if you thought of giving the bees from the diseased colonies 

 to the healthy colonies. Don't do that ; they'll take the disease with 

 them. 



2. The earlier the queens are put in, the earlier, of course, will be 

 the change to Italians ; but it costs more for queens early, and you 

 mustn't count on changing the blood to drive out the disease. 



3. Tes. 



4. Thousands of Rietsche presses are in use in Europe, one rea- 

 son Vieing that so much of the foundation on the market there is 

 adulterated. In this country there is no trouble about buying pure 

 foundation, and although a few years ago a number had machines to 

 make foundation, nearly all buy now. It is possible, however, that 

 by using leisure time for it, some would do well to use the Rietsche 

 press. 



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Long Confinement in Winter 

 Quarters. 



My 85 colonies of bees were in winter 

 quarters 155 days, or 5 months and 5 days 

 without a single flight, the winter of 1903-04, 

 and all came through the winter except one 

 colony. I never lose any sleep over the bees 

 wintered out-of-doors, and seldom have any 

 loss, while many around here have lost 75 per- 

 cent and some al: of their bees. After long 

 experience I have about decided that if bees 

 are properly put away for winter they can 

 just curl up and wait till spring comes. At 

 least some of my best colonies were hard to 

 waken in the spring. Chas. Mitchell. 



Ontario, Canada, Jan. 17. 



Yields for 1903 and 1904. 



In 1903 I had 8 colonies in the spring, in- 

 creased to 5, and got 700 pounds of comb 

 honey, most of it in brood-frames with 1-inoh 

 starters. 



In 1904 I had 4 colonies in the spring and 

 got 300 pounds of honey, 250 pounds of it in 

 sections. To-day I have the small number of 

 4 colonies and wish I had 25. I will buy more 

 it I can get them at a price that is right. I 

 am to work on a farm for monthly wages, and 

 keep the bees where I worked last year, and 

 as soon as wages and bees will permit I shall 

 work a farm for myself. That's the best kind 

 of freedom. 



I can not do without the American Bee 

 .Journal as a matter of business and pleasure. 

 Last year was the first season I was ever a 

 subscriber to it, but for 5 years before that I 

 was in a family that took it. So I have had 

 more than one year of pleasant reading on the 

 subject of bees. Elmer E. Porter. 



Winnebago Co., 111., Jan. 16. 



Ventilating Bee-Cellars— City 

 Bee-Keeping. 



I noticed in one number of the American 

 Bee Journal a lengthy article regarding the 

 ventilation of bees in winter quarters. From 

 my personal experience I can offer some bints 

 that might be interesting to some readers. 



It is perfectly natural for bees to have good 

 fresh air. If not furnished to them, you are 

 denying Nature, and to deny Nature to so 

 great extent is disastrous. 



In a basement or cellar having 50 colonies . 

 or more, bring a stove pipe (or smaller, say 

 from 3 to 6 inches as the case requires) 



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