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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



no ! He sticks the closer to business, 

 lays his plans for the next season all 

 the same. Perhaps the next season is 

 a failure also, yet he never loses cour- 

 age. By and by a change comes aucl 

 he has a round of good seasons and 

 he reaps his reward. So with the bee- 

 keeper. Those that hold out to the 

 end have their labors rewarded. The 

 bee-keeper that would make a success 

 of his business must study and profit 

 by these poor seasons — he must learn 

 to concentrate his forces and work 

 them to the most advantages possible 

 during such honey dearths, by hav- 

 ing his bees in the proper condition 

 to take advantage of every little honey 

 flow. These poor seasons, many times, 

 prove blessings in disguise to the ones 

 that stick to the business. The many 

 that get discouraged and quit the bus- 

 iness is that much gain to those that 

 remain sturdy and steadfast. 

 Waynesburg, Pa. 



Editor American Bee-Keeper, Dear 

 Sir: I saw in the last issue of the 

 American Bee-Keeper that you are 

 short of articles for publication these 

 summer months, so thought I would 

 send 3 r ou a few lines from this part 

 of the country. 



Bees here have clone well since the 

 first of June, but they were so nearly 

 starved when the white clover began 

 to bloom that it took them until the 

 latter part of June to get built up. 



The first swarm I had come out 



was on June 23d, and the last one on 

 July 23d, just one month later than 

 should have been. My bees are 

 working strong' now on Buckwheat 

 every morning until between nine 

 and ten o'clock, and on what we call 

 Rattan or Buckberry, that grows on 

 the creek, the balance of the day. 

 and they are carrying in a great deal 

 of pollen besides. 



My hives are the story and a half 

 style with one super to hold twenty- 

 four and twenty-eight sections. They 

 filled them once and I took them off 

 and put on empty boxes with nice 

 starters, and the bees refused to work 

 in them. What is the cause? They 

 surely must be storing honey below. 

 I have some new colonies that are 

 very strong and work strong, but 

 the hives do not seem to be any 

 heavier now than the day when I 

 put them in. 



Will bees build comb in brood 

 chamber to any extent after the first 

 of July ? 



Is not a two-story hive best, one 

 that will hold about fifty-six sec- 

 tions, and put all the sections on at 

 once. 



Is not fifty-six pounds a pretty 

 good average per colony? 



I am a new beginner in the busi- 

 ness, and any information from older 

 bee-keepers will be thankfully re- 

 ceived. I am deeply interested in 

 the business, and would rather read 

 bee books than any other literature. 

 I like very much to read what others 

 say, 1 then know what is going on 

 among bees all over the country. 



Yours, &c, H. T. Lathrop. 



Willard, la., July 20, 1892. 



