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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



was a thorough, cleansing one, and what 

 were white snow and white hives were 

 more vellow than white l)er<)re the bees 

 were done flying. Sndi u flight nnder 

 lavorable circuiiistances is most bene- 

 liciul. These colonies are now in con- 

 dition to stand a confinement of at 

 least two months. A few bees were 

 lost on thi' snow, but the general good 

 to the ai>i:iry will more than offset the 

 few i)ees that pcrislied. 



Thus far the bees on the summer 

 stand are, seemingly, wintering much 

 better than those in the cellar, although 

 the only difi'erence seems to be that 

 more bees are dying in the cellar than 

 out of doors. We may mistake about 

 this us all of the dead bees in the cel- 

 lar can be seen, while those that die 

 out of doors cannot;. 



Bees in the Cellar.— We have 

 thirty-six colonies of bees in the cel- 

 lar; they were put in nine weeks ago. 

 To-day, I swept up about a peck of 

 dead bees. We have not had very ex- 

 tensive experience in wintering bees 

 in the cellar, and it seems to us that 

 there ought not to be quite so many 

 •dead bees. 



The temperature does not vary much 

 from 48°, and all the colonies seem 

 very quiet. 



Will those who have had experience 

 in such matters give us some informa- 

 tion regarding the quantity that usu- 

 ally die" during the winter while the 

 colonies are confined in the cellar or 

 bee house. 



Bees on the summer stands seem 

 in fine condition at this date, Feb. 20. 



When the combs are full of honey 

 in tlie lall, the bees will be found in the 

 early part of the winter clustered near 

 the bottom -board of the hive ; towards 

 spring, as the stores are eaten out, 

 the bees will be found near the top of 

 the frames. The colony must locate 

 where they can cluster compactly, in 

 order to preserve the proper tempera- 

 ture. 



Perforated Metal.— We obtain 

 the perforated zinc used in the con- 

 struction of our drone and queen- 

 traps, from Thos. G. Newman & Son, 

 Chicago. The perforations are the 

 most accurate, and the metal is the 

 best we have ever used. No other 

 zinc, except that imported from Lon- 

 don, will do for the traps. Newman's 

 zinc costs but two cents more per foot 

 than some other. 



Cheaper metal for honey-boards' 

 etc., may be had of A. I. Root of Me- 

 dina, Ohio, but his zinc will not do 

 for the traps unless Mr. Root has made 

 great improvements in its manufacture 

 since last year. 



AVe svould say also to those who are 

 mamifacturing the traps that they 

 should have one coat of shellac to 

 protect the wood from the action of 

 the weather. 



♦'The Canadian Honey Pro- 

 ducer" is the name of a new bee paper 

 published in Ontai'io, Canada, by E. S. 

 Gould & Co. of Brantford. One of the 

 editors is the person who translatetl the 

 old G*erman bee papers which appeared 

 in the back numbers of the " Apicultu- 

 rist." 



A good monthly published in the 

 dominion of Canada has been needed 

 for a long lime, and the " Beekeeper" 

 will most likely receive the support it 

 deserves. 



The subscription price is but forty 

 cents per annum, and we feel quite 

 sure that it •' won't pay " However, 

 that is no concern of ours. We will 

 send " The Producer" and the Apicul- 

 TUUiST one year for $1.10. 



Seedtime and Harvest is a very 

 interesting magazine of thirty-two 

 pages devoted to rural affairs and 

 prhited at La Plume, Pa. The sub- 

 scription price is but fifty ceuts per 

 annum. 



Our Club List.— Please notice our 

 club rates on another page. You will 

 see that we have adtled the " British 

 Weekly Bee Journal," also the " Brit- 

 ish Beekeepers' Guide Book," by Thos. 

 Wm. Cowan, F.G.S., F.R.W.S. The 

 sale of this work has reached the 

 large number of 1.5,000 copies and is 

 beiug translated into several languaiies. 

 It is profusely illustrated, and is vvoitliy 

 of beiug placed iu the library of any 

 beekeeper. 



Our Price List. — We have no 

 price list or catalogue of any sort ex- 

 cept what is found in the last pages of 

 each number of the Apiculturist. Please 

 examine every page of the "Api," as 

 there is something of interest to all. 



