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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 13 1905 



can have continuous weather of this kind. An 

 occasional day, or a few days, may come and 

 lessen the crop, but that the entire season 

 should be thus characterized is not to be pre- 

 sumed. A. J. Cook. 

 Los Angeles Co., Calif., March 23. 



Locations in Virginia and Maryland 



Last fall I sold my bees and fixtures with 

 the intention of locating in the South, hoping 

 to do better where the summers are longer 

 and winters less severe. 



Would some bee-keeper in Virginia or 

 Maryland let me know through the columns 

 of the American Bee Journal if it is a good 

 place for bees in those States, when the hon- 

 ey-flow comes in, and what the bees mostly 

 work on? also, if there is any chance for 

 Northern bee-keepers to locate in those States 

 to start an apiary. An answer would be of 

 great interest to many here. 



John H. Obbn. 



Barron Co., Wis., Feb. 6. 



Loss of Bees by Smeiter Smol^e and 



Droum— Great Yield from One 



Colony 



The few colonies I have left from the wreck 

 of 7 years' smelter smoke and 3 years' drouth 

 have never done so well as they did in 1904. 

 From the causes named, during the last 7 

 years, I have lost about 400 colonies of bees. 

 In 1900 I had 97 colonies in one apiary, and in 

 the spring of 1903 only 3 of them were left. 

 These I increased to 4, and as there was a 

 good honey-flow I piled supers filled with 

 empty combs on top until 3 of them were 8 

 stories and 2 of them 4 stories high. I win- 

 tered them in that way, and they came 

 through in good condition. There was a 

 good honey-flow last season, and as the bees 

 were located pretty much outside the range 

 of the smelter smoke, they gave a good 

 account of themselves, and I now have 14 

 colonies. 



One of the colonies in the 4-story hives re- 

 ferred to came through the winter strong, 

 and on May 10 it had 3 extracting-supers 

 nearly full of brood, and a super of honey. I 

 removed the queen with 3 supers of brood, 



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