THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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[From the Ohio Parmer. 



Success in Bee-Kceping. 



I thought I would give your readers a little of 

 my experience in bee-keeping. I had twenty- 

 four ^twarms last fall, which I liuried at com- 

 meneenient of winter as usual. Most of the 

 hives were rather light, as my bees made but lit- 

 tle honey last season. When 1 look them from 

 the clanij) in the spring, I Ibuud lliat two swarms 

 had starved to death, and oni' died afterwards 

 from having lost its cjucen. The remainder were 

 in good condition. I put on tiie honey boxes 

 about the time that the AvliiU" clover made its ap- 

 pearance, having previously stuck a piece of nice 

 white comb into nearly every box. I use the 

 Langstroth liive. and use three boxes to a hive 

 that will hold thirteen pounds each. As soon as 

 a box is full I lake it off, and put another in its 

 place. 



Now lor tl'.e result of their labor this season. 

 From tli(> 2d of July to the 14tli of August, I 

 took from the twenty-one swarms and their in- 

 crease. 9G3 pounds of nice bo.\ honey, nearly all 

 of v.-h.ich I have sold for cash at my own door, 

 ^he increase is ten good swarms saved, and two 

 or three that ran or flew away.' From three 

 hives that did not swarm. T toolc over eighty 

 pounds each ; from a young s^\•arm that came 

 out on the 20th of June, which I put into a hive 

 filled with empty combs, I took over seventy 

 pounds ; from another that came out June 21st, 

 to which i also gave empty combs, I took lifty 

 pounds ; from another that came out about the 

 lOtli of July and was put into an empty hive, I 

 took twenty-six pounds. 



Apiary. Cr. 



Bv J)G;! pounds of honey $21G 00 



10 swarms ." 50 00 



Total $2G0 00 



Apiary. Dr. 



To expenses, including care, burying, 

 honey boxes, and interest on capital 

 invested, and everything except hi^■es 4G 00 



Net profit f 220 00 



Can Professor W. A. FlanderSj the bee man 

 of the Apiarian Institute on Kelley's Island, who 

 raises Italian ciueens that have one ring more 

 than p»/v, or any other bee man, show a better 

 result from tweutj'-one swarms of Italians, or 

 three or four single swarms, if kept in Cf^nmon 

 si/.ed hives V Tire Italians may be, and probably 

 are. an improvement on the common bees, but I 

 think I should be a very ungrateful fellow^ to 

 complain of my natives. 



A. C. BniGnAM. 



TnuMBULi., Ohio, August, 18G7. 



P. P. — Since writing the above, I have read 

 the account of ^Ir. Gould's (of Wenham, ^lass.,) 

 success with Itahans, whicli pretty aearly beats 

 me, but not qv.ile. I have tried his corncob ar- 

 rangement for wintering bees, but like burj'ing 

 much the best. I have never succeeded in ob- 

 taining near as mucli surplus honey in small 

 boxes as I have in larg<'r ones. A. ('. IJ. 



Correspondence. 



^Iartinsburg, Pa., Sept. 7. 

 Inclosed please llnd two dollars for your Bee 

 Journal. I am a ))eginner in business. My 

 success was poor until now, jiiospects are good. 

 On May 20th last, I commenced witli four colo- 

 nies and increased them to Ibnrteen. Ten nf 

 these Aveigh over one hundred pounds each, and 

 two of them over one hundred and fifty pounds 

 each. The remainder will winter well. My 

 hives weigh about twenty -live pounds each, whicu 

 is included in the above figures. Let this suffice 

 for the present, and at some future time I will 

 give you my experience somewhat in detail, 

 which if you think fit you may publish. 



S. 13. Repi.ooei,. 



Fr;i)ERALSDXJKO, Md., Sept. 8. 

 I am ver.y much pleased with the Bek Jour- 

 nal, and wish you much success. I will avail 

 myself of every opportunity to advance the in- 

 terest of your valuable paper. 



;M. L. Smith. 



New Berlix, Pi., Sept. 12, 18G7. 

 Inclosed please find two 'dollars for the third 

 volume of the Bee Jouuxal, which I think is 

 getting better every day. If bee-keepers know 

 their own interest they will not do witliout such 

 a valuable periodical. 



II. B. Olut. 



Littleton, (N. H.,) Sept. 12. 



I purchased a swarm of Italians last foil. They 

 wintered badly, and consequently have done 

 nothing but to make up their loss. 



I noticed a cjuestion in the September number 

 of the Bee Journal, whether any one not rais- 

 ing queens for sale ever had Italian bees to work 

 freely on red clover. I have watched mine closely 

 this summer to ascertain, having heard that they 

 did; but I am satisfied they do not work (ni red 

 clover as long as white clover is plenty. After 

 that is gone they will take the red. 



Another article from the pen of H. A. Terry, 

 concerning his bee plant. I should like to have 

 a few seeds very much. Would the gentleman 

 send me a few in a letter, I will pay him for his 

 trouble. 



Mrs. Laura P.\(.i:. 



YOUNGSVILLE, (Pa.,) Sept. li). 

 Inclosed please find two dollars ($2) for vol- 

 ume third of your Bee Journal. Cannot do 

 without it. 



WiLLARi) J. Davis. 



[For the Americai Boo .Tounial 1 



Italian Bees. 



Mr. Editor : I am sure that every render of 

 your valuable paper, if he is at all interested in 

 bee-culture, must be well rewarded for the small 

 outlay of the suli eription i>ricc. 



