them. It was % honey and % glucose. If 

 the Doctor's glucose was pure and not poi- 

 sonous, certainly that used by the other par- 

 ties cited was poison most deadly. In the 

 language of Prof. Kedzie let us repeat : 

 "'Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; 

 the eternal years of God are hers'— but 

 grape sugar that is to 'rise' must be far bet- 

 ter than that for sale in the markets to-day." 

 —Ed.] 



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San Bernardino, Cal., Jan. 4, 1879. 

 The January number of your valuable 

 Bee Journal is splendid. I always read 

 the Journal with a great deal of interest. 

 I rejoice greatly that you have taken such a 

 determined stand against the adulterators 

 of honey. A. W. Hale. 



Hokah, Minn., Jan. 29, 1879. 

 My 10 colonies are wintering well in a dry 

 cellar. I am feeding them with sugar syrup. 

 Why do bees leave their hive when it con- 

 tains 4 or 5 pounds of honey ? I lost one 

 colony in October, by their leaving it thus. 

 On examination, not a bee could be found 

 in it. Wm. Lassing. 



[Bees leave the hive in the manner des- 

 cribed, from several causes ; such as 

 disease, queenlessness, &c. In all proba- 

 bility the case mentioned was caused by 

 queenlessness.— Ed.] 



Aurora, Ind., Jan. 27, 1879. 

 Though the weather has been very cold, 

 and many bee keepers have suffered great 

 loss, yet I rind the most of my bees in a 

 good condition. I have cushions made of 

 southern moss which I put on my hives, and 

 it is the best winter covering that I can find. 

 It is warm and I think draws all the damp- 

 ness out of the hive. I lately opened one of 

 my hives and found brood in all stages, and 

 the queen laying. Simon Humfield, Jr. 



Hagertown, Ind., Jan. 21, 1879. 

 I have a good dry cellar under my dwell- 

 ing where I winter with success, seldom 

 losing a colony. The only objection to 

 wintering in the cellar is carrying in and 

 out. I finely overcame that laborious task. 

 My work shop and honey house is built on 

 a bank ; the building stands about 7 feet 

 above the plot of ground below. 1 dug out 

 a cellar under the building, 18x27 feet, and 

 walled it up with 18 inch walls, which are 

 frost-proof. I constructed a railroad to run 

 my bees into the cellar; the bottom of the 

 cellar being on a level with the bottom of 

 the yard. I can run them in now with ease 

 and fill the cellar in 30 minutes. When all 

 the cars are filled, they hold 112 colonies; the 

 car holds 14 colonies at a time. I feared it 

 would jostle the bees in running in on the 

 cars but I find it does not disturb them as 



much as carrying them in. I now have 107 

 colonies in the cellar apparentlydoing well. 

 1 work principally for comb honey and I try 

 to get it in good shape for the market. Have 

 no trouble in disposing of it ; and some- 

 times I cannot supply the demand. 



S. N. Keplogle. 



Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 28, 1879. 

 My bees are to-day bringing in pollen of 

 some description, very lively. The article 

 gathered is white, and somewhat resembles 

 white flesh. What can it be gathered from ?' 

 My bees have considerable young brood in 

 every hive. R. C. Taylor. 



[An examination of that brought in by the 

 bees, as well as the local pollen producers 

 would be likely to decide the question. We 

 are not conversant with the plants and 

 shrubs of your locality to decide with 

 certainty.— Ed.] 



Lavansville, Pa., Jan. 28, 1879. 

 I have been unable for some time to an- 

 swer correspondence, or do anything else. 

 That fearful disease, diphtheria, sweptaway 

 our six children, that heretofore were al- 

 ways in blooming health. Our three boys 

 and three girls were all taken down at once, 

 and all died within 11 days. My heart is 

 filled with sadness but he who said, "suffer 

 little children to come unto me," knows 

 best. I trust they are now feasting on Ce- 

 lestial honey, perhaps in company with our 

 venerable Quinby. 



" Far in the distant heavens they shine, 



But still with borrowed lustre glow ; 

 Saviour, the beams are only thine, 



Of saints above or saints below. 

 For them no bitter tear we shed — 



Their night of pain and grief is o'er— 

 But weep our lonely path to tread, 



And see the forms we loved no more." 



I hope the readers of the American Bee 

 Journal will never suffer such a sad be- 

 reavement. H. H. Flick. 



Navasota, Texas, Jan. 27, 1879. 

 My bees are all bringing in pollen, and 

 have been ever since our last cold snap a 

 week ago. It is a wonder among all bee- 

 keepers where they are getting it— there is 

 no shrub in this country that is even bud- 

 ding yet. Would like to know where they 

 are getting it. M. M. Camp. 



[If no flowers are budding — there is per- 

 haps a flouring mill within 4 miles, from 

 which your bees got pollen.— Ed.] 



Westfield, N. Y., Jan. 21, 187#. 

 I had 16 colonies in the spring of 1878 ; 

 they gave me a good yield of honey, and an 

 increase of 18 colonies. I sold all but 25, 

 because I could not get them into my winter 

 house. I think it is too risky to try to winter 

 out of doors here. My bees were housed on 

 on the last day of November. I examined 

 them yesterday and found them in the best 

 of condition. Bees along the lake shore did 

 well ; honey this year sold for a fair price. 

 I sold my box honey for 18 and 20 cents per 

 pound ; extracted at 10 cents readily. I 

 shall extract more next season. I think I 



