THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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■can was from one-quarter to one-third 

 full of hard crystalized sugar. So hard 

 that it could not he broken without 

 breaking the can. I afterwards found 

 that fifteen pounds of sugar to the 

 gallon was just right. The result last 

 year leaves rne with ample supplies for 

 the coming season. I am starting this 

 spring with six colonies, which I have 

 saved by feeding through April. 

 Yours, <fec. , 



Gilbert G. Prey. 

 Eagle Village, N. Y., May 23, 1892. 



Editor American Bee-Keep kk : 

 Dear Sir : — I will send you a few lines 

 from this part of Iowa. You want 

 bee-keepers to tell you how they win- 

 ter bees. I am a new beginner in this 

 business. I winter my bees on the 

 summer stands with protection on the 

 north. 1 do not put any packing 

 around them at all. I leave the su- 

 pers ou. My hives are the old Langs- 

 troth pattern with telescope covers, 

 nine frames, my own make. They 

 hold 24 and 28 sections each. I never 

 lost any bees from cold weather. I 

 lost three colonies this spring from 

 lack of stores. Two late swarms from 

 last year and one old colony. One 

 .came out on February 25 and went 

 into another hive, and one died in 

 April, and the old colony came out 

 on the 29th day of May and went into 

 another hive. I looked in the hive 

 and it was full of little black ants. I 

 had been feeding the bees sugar. 



The prospects for a good honey 

 crop are good here now. There is a 

 £;o<>d deal of white clover that is be- 

 ginning to bloom. Raspberries and 

 blackberries are in full bloom, and no 

 swarms yet and no prospects of any 

 soon. The bees are all working; like 



Turks. 1 don't know anything about 

 requeening. I feed sugar syrup over 

 the brood frames. 



Yours, &c, 



H. T. Latiirop. 

 Willard, la., June 11, 1 892. 



Editor American Bee-Keeper : 

 Dear Sir: — In the June number of the 

 Bee-Keeper I notice that John F. 

 Gates seems to think that foul brood 

 is caused by the Extractor. This is 

 not always the case. There is no ex- 

 tractor in this country, and foul brood 

 is everywhere. I have never known 

 of it here since I began keeping bees 

 in 1885, until this spring. All my 

 bees now have it (fifteen colonies) and 

 all my neighbors' bees, as far as I 

 have examined, are afflicted with it 

 more or less. I have my bees in chaff 

 hives, and do not think the brood has 

 been chilled. Is anyone positive that 

 chilled brood causes foul brood? I 

 once spread the brood nest so much 

 that one frame of brood became 

 chilled, but I had no foul brood. Per- 

 haps it was not chilled enough, but it 

 was just before winter. I do not know 

 what causes foul brood, and would 

 like to know who does. 



Here is a plan to fas.cn comb guides 

 in brood frames. Plane a three- 

 eighths inch board smooth on edges. 

 Have it two inches wide and as long 

 as a comb guide. Have your founda- 

 tion warm enough, and lav it on the. 

 comb guide. Dip the edge of the 

 board in cold water, press the founda- 

 tion on the comb guide, and there it 

 will stay. Of course you must fix the 

 board so the frame lies flat and will 

 not move out of place. 



Yours, &c, 



.1 E. Hershberger. 



Grantville, Mel, June 12, 1892. 



