April 26 1906 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



371 



■will hold full of planer-shavings on tor. 

 and we And if the cover is raised the 

 least hit it keeps the moisture from 

 condensing in the cushion, Our ir, col- 

 onies taken through this \\M \ are In 

 splendid shape now, though they have 

 consumed more stores than last winter, 

 i older. Berl Gri 



Worthington, Ind.. March 3. 



Packing Bees for Winter. 



1 notice that some bee-keepers keep 

 bees in cellars, and some in regular 

 I t hink I nave jusl t he pla n In 

 this part of the country. 1 pack them 

 tight In dry-goods cases about 2% feet 

 square, as near as I can get them, and 

 put an empty super on top and quilt 

 them with thin burlap. I put 2% -inch 

 strips across the top, follow with pa- 

 pers on top Of them, and then till up 

 with forest leaves, and cover up. My 

 bees had two flights in February. They 

 cam. out tine and strong", with young 

 bees. I have 17 colonies. I realized a 

 pretty fair crop of honey. One colony 

 stored 64 pounds of section honey, 

 which 1 sold for 20 cents per pound. 

 All told. I had 311 pounds. I am look- 

 ing for a fair crop next summer. 



C. A. Mangus. 



All ia. Pa., March 9. 



Suit to Protect Agaiust Bees. 



As the time is close at hand when 

 those who are afraid of bee-stings will 

 need some protection, I have a plan 

 that will keep the bees at bay, so that 

 they cannot sting any one. 



Take hoop-skirt steels and form a 

 union suit, by commencing" at the 

 throat and making the collar around 

 the neck. Leave it open in front and 

 Widen to the shoulder around the back 

 and breast and down to the waist, grad- 

 ually drawing in the shape of the body. 

 Then widen out over the hips, and then 

 form the legs on to the ankles, with 

 arms so that it can be slipped over a 

 light union suit, being open in front 

 and fastened with a clasp similar to 

 children's overshoes. Then, by wear- 

 ing a shirt-waist or work-shirt and a 

 pair of overalls over the steel suit, the 

 bees cannot get at you, with veil and 

 gloves on. If some manufacturers 

 would make a few wire suits and send 

 them to the supply houses, they could 

 be had by those "who need them, who 

 can then handle the crossest bees and 

 not get stung by them. None would 

 know whether they were men or "wom- 

 en, and whose odds is it if they attend 

 to their own business? 



I am a constant reader of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal, and like it very 

 much. W. P. B. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Western Illinois— The semiannual meet- 

 ing of the Western Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in the County Court 

 Room, in Galesburg, on Wednesday, May 16, 

 commencing at 9 am. and lasting all day. 

 Messrs. C. P. Dadant and J. Q, Smith have 

 promised to be present and contrihute to the 

 success of the meeting. Our meetings have 

 been srood, but we hope to make this oae bet- 

 ter, (ialesburg has good train-service, and 

 all bee-keepers in this part of the State should 

 not fail to come. Come, and bring your wives 

 with you. E. D. Woods, Sec. 



Galesburg, 111. 



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1 full colony without queen in 8-frame 

 dovetailed hive 6 00 



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i3Dtf JOHN" M. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



