THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. V.) 



discontinue the plan. As my apiary used with queen excluding board, will 



is situated among trees in an old give excellent results. 



nurserv I think I will have no trouble results of investment. 



with them absconding for the trees > s «'<»>'<l 1-00 lbs surplus 



.,, , .1 i £4.1 t i- u* honev *130.00 



will fu.nish a iilace t<>r tnem to ah^ht. 



\\ ax, line-, seel Kins, etc. 



We had a hue colli wave that de- on |, a ,„| 30.00 



stroyed most of the Maple and Elm Thirty-five stands of bees, 



bloom, but strange to say the fruit (3 *«.«K) 105.00 $295.00 



bloom was abundant, and the weather. Cosl of 2T st:,mls of bees 



, . ,. , , ,, , v 1 11 with fixtures, $120.00 



being favorable the bees did well _ ., 



raid out tor books, papers, 



on it. The Poplar, Judas and Sugar fixtures, eto , 17 00 $137.00 



tree bloom was good. — — ^— 



Balance in favor of investment, __.$l2tS.00 



There is another tree that I have ™. . , , L . . ' 



, . , 1 his statement does not include cost 



never seen mentioned as good " nee „ , 111 



, . . . ° , _. ot stand purchased three years ago at 



pasture, and that is the Black bum. _ A , \ , . 



1 , , ,. , , ©O.50, but they gave me in the two 



Mv bees worked tor about a week on ,_„ „ , 1A . . 



. . . . , , , veai's 1/U lbs. honey, at 10c would 



it, and -judging from the way thev " , ei - AA r r , . * ,,, , , 



. . , ,. • • 1 r make SI/. 00. J his would leave bal- 



poured 111 and out oi it in the forest ... „ , ,. _ A . 



r . _ auce in favor 01 bees ot $ I0.0O, but as 



it furnished honev equal to the Bass- T . , . „ . 



^ . ' „ , ,. I made no calculation tor interest on 



wood. On tasting some ot the flowers . , , . ,. . n 



. , . the money invested in the bees and 



I was surprised at their sweetness. a T . , ,, . .. , ,. , 



r fixtures I omitted this from the list. 



We had a beautiful White Clover Thig js not quite ag gnod a showing 



bloom, but it was not as sweet as it as gome a Iiateuvs publish, but if lean 



should have been. The bees did fairly get my beeg t0 d() as we]1 every year 



well on it. Sumach was badly injured T f ee lassured I shall not complain, 



by the frost and furnished less than HemJock Grove, O. 



usual. Basswood did fairly well. .^ .,.,„ ^. 



Actinnse, Golden rod and fall Aster Instructions to Beginners on 



furnished considerable for winter j ne Advantages and Dis- 



stores. advantages of Out- 



I used mostly "T" supers and fol- door Wintering. 



lowed the tiering up plan on all strong by h. m. dewitt. 



stands, but on weaker ones took out I will try and give you the ad van t- 



the sections as finished and filled in ages and also the disadvantages of 



with empty ones. This is the best out-door wintering. In the first place 



plan with stands that are weak. It is out-door colonies can be prepared in 



more laborious than taking off a whole October, and left without examination 



super, but it saves the sections from until the first part of May, if prepared 



becoming travel stained, as they should be, providing you do 



I use mostly standard 4|x4|xlf sec- not fill orders for bees and queens in 

 tions, and Root's old Simplicity hives, the fail. If the bees from a long spell 

 I tested others this season, and think of cold, have contracted dysentery, 

 well of Dr. Ticker's Nonpariel and the first warm day gives them an op- 

 Hill's American. Dr. Tinker's, when portunity for a cleansing flight. Be- 



