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much as they please, and 'if there 

 should be any honey left this spring 

 it is just as good for me as if I took it 

 out in the fall. I left them on the 

 summer .stands packed up good and 

 warm and will leave them alone until 

 spring. I do not think much of look- 

 ing into the hives every little while. 

 I may be wrong, but I ihink this 

 would make the bees swarm earlier 

 next season. 



I cannot find any one around here 

 who knows anything about bee-keep- 

 ing. I sold 40 sections of honey and 

 16 I kept for myself. There is at 

 least 35 pounds in the hive yet, and 

 I think I did very well for the first 

 year. With regards I remain, 



Yours truly, F. Tlegman, 



Seymour, Conn., Feb. 10, 1892. 



[Friend Tlegman: We are glad 

 to hear from you and your success the 

 first season with bee-keeping. You 

 were unusually fortunate with your 

 bees and must not be discouraged if 

 the coming season or the one follow- 

 ing, you find your bees doing noth- 

 ing. Evidently you are in a good lb- 

 cation for keeping bees, and would ad- 

 vise you to go into it more extensive- 

 ly. We shall be pleased to hear from 

 you again later in the season. — Ed.] 



Ed. Am. Bee-Keeper, Dear Sir: 

 As my subscription has expired, I send 

 you herewith a postal note for 50 

 cents, as I cannot do without the Bee- 

 Keeper. I think it is the best bee 

 paper for new beginners or old ones. 

 I put seven colonies in my cellar and 

 left the balance on the summer stands, 

 so far they have all done well ; some 

 that were a little short I fed up. Last 

 season was a poor season for bees 

 here, so those that came off late did 

 not gather enough to get through the 

 winter. 



My way of feeding' bees is to get an 

 empty comb and put it on a thin 

 board, then put it on the top of the 

 hive and put sugar syrup in it. The 

 bees will fill themselves and carry it 

 and put it in the empty comb below. 

 Yours truly, John W. Harris, 



Colfax, Ind., Feb. 8, 1892. 



Ed. Am. Bee-Keeper, Dear Sir: 

 I have neglected sending in my sub- 

 scription but will do so now. You 

 will find inclosed SI. 00 to pay arrear- 

 ages and also for another year's sub- 

 scription. We like the Bee-Keeper 

 very much and think every bee-keep- 

 er should take it. 



The winter of '90 and '91 was a 

 hard one in Maine for Us bee men. I 

 lost all but three swarms. Did not 

 get a drop of surplus honey ; some- 

 thing that has not happened before in 

 the forty years we have had bees. Up 

 to date what few I have appear to be 

 getting through the winter all right. 

 The weather has been quite mild with 

 but litle snow. 



Yours, &c, Ezra Withee, 



Pittzfield, Me., Feb., 8, 1892. 



Ed. Am. Bee-Keeper, Dear Sir : 

 I think the American Bee-Keeper 

 is the best paper for the novice there 

 is published. It does not publish 

 things unconcerning bee business, 

 like others, as for instance, in regard 

 to tobacco, gardening, &c. 



I will tell you how I pack my bees 

 for wintering. I had 12 strong col- 

 onies in ten frame simplicity hives 

 about Nov. 20th, 1 did not molest 

 them in the brood chamber at all. I 

 just took off the top of the hive and 

 set on top of the frames a super with- 

 out anv sections in it aud filled 



