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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 5, 1906 



Reports cmb 

 (Experiences 



White Clover All Right. 



I can not do without the American 

 Bee Journal while I keep bees. I have 

 60 colonies in good condition. They 

 had a cleansing flight to-day — the first 

 since March 8. We have had very 

 stormy, wintry weather the past two 

 weeks. The prospects for honey are 

 favorable so far, as the white clover — 

 •our main honey-plant — is all right. 

 L. W. Elmore. 



Fairfield, Iowa. .March 26. 



Bees Wintered Well So Far. 



Bees are wintering well so far. I 

 hope we will have a good year for 

 "honey. Last year we had only a quar- 

 ter of a crop. I put 102 colonies in the 

 cellar last fall. I am now looking for 

 warmer weather very soon so as to put 

 them out. C. Eggenberger. 



Theilman, Minn., March 26. 



Honey Searee Last Season. 



Last fall I packed 6 colonies of bees 

 snug and tight for winter. The honey 

 was scarce last season, so I fed SO 

 pounds of sugar and then they were in 

 fair condition to winter, excepting one 

 colony. I lost this one, doubled up two 

 this spring, and I now have 4 good 

 colonies. I have had bees 2 years and 

 have gotten only 20 pounds of honey. 

 This does not discourage me, as many 

 have lost all their bees this winter. 

 Cecil H. Neuman. 



Wymore, Neb., March 5. 



Season Earlier Than Usual. 



Our season is earlier than usual. The 

 fruit-trees are just in bloom. Bees are 

 in fine condition, and swarming will 

 soon be the order of the day. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co. 



Loreauville, La., March 11. 



Not Expecting a Great Crop. 



We can report a very fine rain, 4 or 

 5 inches, just now. If we get as much 

 toward the last of March, we shall get 

 some honey this season, unless it turns 

 very dry from now until that rain of 

 the last of March. But even without 

 it, a rain of 2 inches in the middle of 

 April would make a honey-yield. But 

 I have not known 2 honey crops in suc- 

 cession since I have been in California. 

 The prospects hang bv a thread, as it 

 were. C. W. Dayton. 



Chatsworth, Calif., Feb. 15. 



Keeping Bees on Shares. 



I have been in the bee-business for 

 S years. A man asked permission 3 

 years ago to set his bees on my place 

 on shares. I was to get half the swarms 

 and half the honey, but had to furnish 

 my own hives. We had at that time 

 26 colonies, but did not have very good 

 luck that year, as the man had some 

 enemies that poisoned the bees. It 

 must have been paris-green that was 

 used, as handfuls could be scooped up 

 in front of each hive. In the fall when 

 we divided I got s colonies, but little 

 or no honey. My trouble in keeping 

 bees is. they want to swarm too much, 

 and the hives arc so high in price, al- 

 though I got mine second-hand for 

 $2.25 for the hive and 2 supers. 



The first prime swarms I hive, but 

 when the swarms get smaller I double 

 them up with a weak and late swarm. 

 Of course there is some trouble at first, 

 hut they soon quiet down. I find the 

 dead queen in front of the hive in the 

 morning, which I expect. I have had 

 some swarms come, out with 2 and 3 

 queens, and have had swarms come 

 out together, and they have done well. 



Last year I cut out all the queen- 

 cells, which I think I ought not to 

 have done, for I soon found I had a 

 1 many queenless colonies, which 

 dwindled I died. I gave them 



combs of brood, thinking they would 

 rear a queen, but it did not help. 



I have now 35 colonies in good con- 

 dition. Last year they averaged 2 

 supers of honey to the hive. I am a 

 farmer by occupation, and it takes most 

 of my time to attend to other business, 

 but I love to work with bees. I never 

 put on veil or gloves, but go right 

 amongst the bees. My family are also 

 good bee-keepers. Noack Soderlund. 



Tudor, Calif., Feb. 15. 



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