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THE AMERICAS BEE-KEEPER 



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The American Bee-Keeper, 



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EDITORIAL, 



The winter is past, and "spring, gen- 

 tle spring " approaches. The winter 

 has been generally a mild one and 

 bees as a rule have wintered well. 

 Owing to the very poor honey season of 

 1890 many colonies went into their 

 long winter home with insufficient 

 stores, and have perished, but after 

 all, it can be stated as a fact that bees 

 "done well" almost everywhere, and 

 today there are a great many mure 

 swarms in the land than a year ago. 

 But all danger is not by any means 

 past, and great care should be given 

 each colony for the next four weeks. 

 If your bees are in the cellar it will 

 be hardly safe to put them on the sum- 

 mer stands before April 15, unless 

 they become so uneasy that you are 

 compelled to do so, or if in chaff or 

 double walled hives outdoor do not 

 remove the chaff or winter case before 

 that time. When placed on summer 



stands the entrance should be contract- 

 ed and the brood nest kept as warm as 

 possible. As bees consume large 

 amounts of stores at this season, great 

 care should be taken that they"do not 

 starve. Everything points to an early 

 spring and a splendid honey season. 



The Illinois State Bee-Keeper's As- 

 sociation, at its annual meeting in Feb- 

 ruasy, decided to ask the State Leg- 

 islature to appropriate $5,000 for the 

 collection and maintence of a bee-keep- 

 er's exhibit at the World's Fair in '93. 

 This is a timely move in the right 

 direction, and should be quickly fol- 

 lowed by many similar actions on the 

 part of the various associations every- 

 where. There is none too much time 

 to spare. 



There has been more or less agita- 

 tion of late as to the advisability of 

 using foundation in sections. There 

 should be no doubt of the matter, as 

 the fact that over 100 tons were used 

 last season by the proverbial 300,000 

 bee-keepers in this country, show that 

 many consider it indispensable. We 

 hear you say, "they sell foundation." 

 Yes, we make and sell tons of it every 

 year, but that does not influence us in 

 giving facts. 



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