Feb. 23. 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



153 



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Otisville, Pa., Jan. 18, 1904. 

 Dear Sir:— I have tried almost everything in 

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Cook County Bee-Keepers— A Hope- 

 ful Fraternity. 



What is the matter with the bee-keepers in 

 our county? I have not seen a report from 

 any of them. Are they all in " blasted hopes" 

 lilje myself? 



I had about 100 colonies of bees April 1, 

 1904, and secured about 1500 pounds of ex- 

 tracted- honey, ot not very good quality. I 

 put very few sections on, as I saw that it was 

 a useless task. The number of colonies has 

 decreased to 95, and a few of them are weak. 

 I fear they will not winter very well on ac- 

 count of poor stores. I have 40 colonies out- 

 doors that had a good cleansing flieht lately. 

 The other 55 are in the cellar. They have 

 more dead bees than usual, and they may suf- 

 fer considerable loss especially if the spring is 

 late. But I hope it will not be. We bee- 

 keepers are a hopeful lot ot people. We hope 

 for a better season, hope for a better price of 

 honey, hope that the trust will not raise the 

 price of supplies, and a good many more hopes. 



Many of the neighbor bee-keepers have 

 stopped using movable-frame hives, and will 

 run for bulk comb honey. 



I have tried buying supplies from the 

 "Cheap Johns'', but do not want any more 

 of them. Some of the goods are dear as a 

 gift. I make my own hives and find that I 

 can earn a big day's wages at it, doing it by 

 hand. A. Wichbrts, 8r. 



Cook Co,, 111., Jan. 6. 



Hoffman vs. Closed-End Frames. 



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