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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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the spring with 11 swarms — soine in the Lang- 

 stroth and others in the box hive — and realized 

 15 young swarms and abont 400 lbs. of lioney. 



]Mr. Waterman, of Soutli Stockton, commenced 

 with six swarms ;' realized 10 young swarms 

 and about 200 lbs. honey. He used the old 

 fasliioned box hive, but intends using the im- 

 proved hive next season. 



Nester Lambling, of Charlotte, commenced 

 with six swarms, mostly in the Beebe hive, and 

 has six young swarms and 400 lbs. box honey. 



Lewis Simmonds, of Charlotte, commenced 

 with six colonies, and has eleven young swarms 

 and 2C0 lbs. honey ; he uses the Langstroth 

 hive. 



John Guest, of Pomfret, commenced with two 

 swarms ; got two young swarms and 75 lbs. 

 honey ; uses the box hive. 



Mortimer Ely, of Stockton, commenced with 

 two swarms from which he has four young 

 swarms and 40 lbs. honey ; he used the Kidder 

 hve. 



P. G. Tambling, of Pomfret, had in the spring 

 three swarms, and received six young swarms 

 and 50 lbs. honey ; he used the box hive. One 

 of the hives has been in use twenty yeai's and 

 now has the same combs that were built in it 

 twenty years ago. The bees are strong and 

 healthy. Who can beat this '? 



Russell Mattoon commenced with one swarm, 

 and has four young swarms and 75 lbs. honey. 



Lyvenus Ellis, of Pomfret, commenced with 

 nine swarms, from which he has received nine 

 young swarms and 700 lbs. box honey. One 

 .swarm gave him 108 lbs. surplus honey. 



[Perhaps the only report ahead of this was 

 the President's, T. S. Moss, who "hived" 10 

 lbs. of most delicious honey, with nary a bee. ] 



"Wm. Smith, of Stockton, commenced with 

 seven swarms, and I'ealized seven young swarms 

 and 300 lbs. box honey. He has taken from one 

 young swarm in the Beebe hive 99 lbs. surj^lus 

 honey. 



Sewell Spaulding, of Villenova, commenced 

 May 17th with one swarm. August 1st he had 

 realized thirteen swarms. 



W. S. Grant, of Poland, commenced with 

 seventeen swarms, and has realized five natural 

 and thirteen artificial swarms, and 635 lbs. box 

 honey. 



H. B. Rolfe, of Westfield, (a school boy,) com- 

 menced one year ago last April with six stocks 

 of M. S. Snow's Italian bees. Last autumn put 

 eleven swarms in cellar, and wintered two out- 

 side, but one lost its queen, leaving him but 

 twelve in the sjiring. He now has forty-one 

 stocks from the original six (besides four which 

 went to the woods,) only ten of which are not 

 hybridized. He has taken off r;00 lbs. box 

 honey, which he thinks pretty well considering 

 the number of swarms sent out. He depends 

 entii'ely upon natural swarming. No surplus 

 honey last year. One swarm of hybrids, sent 

 out four swarms in May. The first issued the 

 15th which sent out a very large swarm June 

 25tli, filling a Langstroth hive, and going into 

 the boxes, filling one set, and commenced on 

 second set. July Gth another .swarm issued 

 from the s.ane hive. Another swarm of hybrids 



came out and was hived May 31st, and in just 

 twenty-seven days thereafter sent out a large 

 swarm, and at night he took off 33 lbs , 5 oz., of 

 box honey besides ; the hive was full. (Beat 

 that if you can?) This SAvarm also sent out a 

 fair second swarm July 9th. Another swarm of 

 hybrids issuing .Tune 1st also sent out a swarm 

 in twenty-seven days, but had about half filled 

 the boxes when the bees went to the woods, be- 

 cause he did not get home from school in season 

 to hive them. 



E. H. Jenner, of Busti, realized 75 lbs. surplus 

 honey from one swarm. 



U. S. Ladue, of Brocton, took two young 

 swarms from one swarm, and 50 lbs. of honey 

 from one of the young swarms and the old 

 swarm. 



John Furman, of Portland, had five swarms 

 last fall, but Oiily one in the spring, which has- 

 produced liim two swarms and 25 lbs. honey. 



Mr. H. A. Pratt bought four swarms one year 

 ago last spring ; raised six younsi' swarms ; five 

 came tln'ough the winter very feeble ; fixed feed- 

 ing, but did not succeed very well ; has received 

 this year twelve new swarms and 30 lbs. box 

 honey. 



Mr. L. Weeks commenced keeping bees about 

 twelve years ago ; has one swarm in a house 

 which now contains about 400 lbs. honey, but 

 does not think they are as profitable as where 

 kept in hives. Has now seven swarms from 

 three wintered; uses box hives. 



H. B. Woodcock, of Stockton, from one swarm 

 has realized two young swarms and 30 to 40 lbs. 

 box lioney. 



J. G. Harris, of Westfield, commenced three 

 years ago with three stocks in box hives. Has 

 now fifty-four stocks in Langstroth hives. Took 

 off this year over one-haJf ion of box honey in 

 three pound boxes. 



L. R. Whitford, from seven swarms in the 

 Beebe hive has 105 lbs. surjilus honey ; number 

 of young swarms not s.ated. 



Mr. Watkins, from two swarms has five new 

 swarms and 100 lbs. surplus honey. 



W. H. Cook, of Harmony, has kept bees since 

 he was eighteen years old. Had twenty-three 

 swarms last spring, eight of them very light. 

 Fed through the winter. Has taken ott" over 

 1,100 lbs. box honey, with several hundred 

 pounds still in the hives. Has twenty-four new 

 swarms, ten of which have yielded $100 worth 

 of surplus honey. One swarm has swarmed 

 twice, and from the old swarm and one of the 

 new ones he received 119 lbs. honey. 



Mr. E. R. Hubbard, of Water Valley, Erie 

 Co., spoke with great interest to all present. He 

 usually kept from GO to 75 swarms, lie thought 

 f 100 invested in bees, and properly cared for, 

 would yield a greater profit than the same 

 amount invested in any other kind of farm 

 stock. 



Mr. Richardson had received 133 lbs. surplus 

 honey from one swarm, and 41 from a young 

 swarm. 



J. C. Cranston, of Sheridan, spoke at some 

 length in reference to the management of bees, 

 and recommended the u.se of rum as a wash for 

 the hands and face to prevent being stung, and 



