THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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center of the hive, placing frames 

 with foundation starters on each side. 



Those with more experience and 

 large apiaries might manage some oth- 

 er way, but the owner of only a small 

 number of colonies don't like to have 

 any, idle ones hanging around only 

 making their living, or consuming 

 what they have already stored. 

 Yours, &c, 



Mrs. A. L. Hallenbeck. 



Millard, Neb., Jariy 13, 1892. 



Ed. Am. Bee- Keeper, Dear Sir : 

 I notice in the Jan. number that Mr. 

 B. C. Anderson takes exception to some 

 of my remarks on outside winter cases 

 in the Dec. number, iu that it would 

 be an endless amount of work, etc. 

 Now, I think he has gotten the wrong 

 impression in regard to the manipula- 

 tion of these cases. It is not the idea, 

 nor is it necessary to remove the cases 

 every day the sun shines and at all 

 times, but there are times when the 

 weather closes up and stays so for a 

 considerable period, and the bees are 

 needing a cleansing flight. Then comes 

 a warm day, sufficiently warm for 

 them to fly out, but being protected 

 and clustered up the bees do not re- 

 ceive any indication of such, and so 

 remain within. The weather closes 

 up again, and — well, this day might 

 have been the life of the colony had 

 the case of protection been removed 

 and the sun allowed to warm them up, 

 causing them to take a cleansing 

 flight. See the point ? 



And then again in the spring, it is 

 not necessary to go through this oper- 

 ation every day; When there comes 

 a warm spell and the sun is shining, 

 take off the case, allowing the bees 

 the benefit of the sun, putting them 



on again when it gets cool. There is 

 no better preserver to all nature than 

 pure air and sunshine. This promotes 

 breeding, which is very necessary, in 

 this locality at least, in order lhat the 

 bees be in condition to take advantage 

 of the fruit bloom and the locust 

 bloom the first of May. 



1 use a case that can be removed al- 

 most as quickly as a cover, and can 

 remove them from 75 to 100 colonies 

 in one hour's time. Yours truly, 



♦ Lowry Johnson. 



Masontoim, Pa., Jan. 11, 1892. 



Ed. Am. Bee-Keeper, Dear Sir: 

 As my subscription to the Bee-Keep- 

 er has expired I inclose herewith 50c 

 for renewal another year. We have 

 done very well with our bees the past 

 year, not having lost any or had any 

 destroyed by moths. The first year 

 we had them we lost more than half 

 by moths, but we kept up our courage 

 and studied up a plan to destroy them, 

 and here is the way we went at it : 



If you will notice, moths and a great 

 many other bugs fly at night besides 

 the mosquitoes, so it is useless to both- 

 er them in the day time. So, in the 

 dark nights of June or July we go out 

 near the hives and start a blazing fire, 

 and you can sit there and see them fly 

 in by the dozens. We do this twice a 

 week for a while, and we have not 

 seen a worm of any account in two 

 years, and the be s don't leave the 

 hive either. 



We keep a great deal of poultry, 

 and the chickens often get- into the 

 garden and can be seen chasing the 

 insects around the hives, and thus 

 they help clean out the moths also. 



Iu this partof the country very few 

 people pay much attention to bees, so 



