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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



this time of the year. See that they 

 have plenty of honey. If not, feed. 



You cannot pack too warm on top, if 

 you allow the air to blow freely over the 

 packing. I have two 2-inch holes in 

 each gable end of cap, and a solid 34- 

 inch pine cover over the frames, and no 

 upward ventilation. You bee-keepers 

 whose hives have upward ventilation, 

 and a wind like this, if your hives face 

 the wind it will just make the chaff boil, 

 and if you find the bees dead, and as 

 near the top as they can get, with but 

 little daubing of combs, and plenty of 

 honey in the hive, you may know that 

 upward ventilation killed them. 



With a full sized entrance, and packed 

 from 4 to H inches on the sides and 

 ends, and from 8 to 12 inches on top, 

 with a M inch sealed cover over the 

 frames, a thin or loose-jointed packing 

 case (not painted), so the packing will 

 be dry, two 1-inch holes over the top, 

 and a good roof, with plenty of honey, I 

 don't care if there are 50 pounds, your 

 bees are fixed to give you a profit if 

 there is any honey to gather. 



Do not support the frames on single 

 wire nails, unless you have wide end- 

 bars, or something to keep the bottoms 

 stationary. The bees often load one 

 side with honey, and the other with 

 brood, eggs and pollen. If on a pivot 

 at the top, the bottom-bars will swing 

 together, often killing the brood in both 

 frames where they touch, and compel- 

 ling the bees to cut away the combs and 

 haul out the brood. 



Chicago, Ills., March 24. 



CJoiiTeiitioia IVotices. 



Connecticut.— Th(^ Connecticut Bee-Keep- 

 ors' Association will hold their .3rd annual 

 meeting- at the Capitol at Hartford, on Thurs- 

 day. May 3, 1894. Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



Pennsylvania.— The Venango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet in the City 

 Hall at Franklin, Pa., on Monday. April 23, 

 1894, at 1 o'clocls p.m. All interested are 

 requested to be present. C. S. Pizer. Sec. 



Franklin, Pa. 



Xhe Amateur Bee-Keeper, 



is the name of a neat little pamphlet 

 designed for the class its name indicates 

 — amateurs and beginners in bee-keep- 

 ing. It is written by Mr. J. W. Rouse, 

 of Missouri, a practical apiarist and 

 helpful writer. It contains over 60 

 pages, and we will send it postpaid for 

 25 cents ; or club it with the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year — both for only $1.15. 



^P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



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A Very Encouraging Report. 



I commenced the season of 1893 with SO 

 colonies, increased to 124, and sold 8,0tX) 

 pounds of clover honey — 2,000 pounds of 

 extracted, and 6,000 in one-pound sections. 

 The extracted sold at 8 to 10 cents per 

 pound, and the comb from 12 to 13 cents. 

 The best yield from one colony (no in- 

 crease) was 211 pounds in one-pound sec- 

 tions, and it has wintered all right. The 

 best yield from one colony previous to 1893 

 was 259 pounds, which sold for 18 cents per 

 pound, and together with a premium of 

 $4.00, amounted to $50.62. 



My bees are all " blacks." The first col- 

 ony came from a hollow tree 37 years ago, 

 and I haven't bought a bee since, but have 

 sold a great many. Geo. S. Church. 



Allenville, Wis., March 26. 



Early Spring — Gathering Pollen. 



We have had fine, warm weather for the 

 last few weeks, and bees began gathering 

 pollen quite rapidly, but were suddenly 

 checked by a cold wave passing over us 

 during the last few days. I noticed bees 

 were gathering small quantities of pollen 

 March 8th, so that speaks pretty well for 

 this northern climate. 



I wintered a part of my bees on the sum- 

 mer stands, and part in the cellar, but re- 

 moved the bees from the cellar on March 

 21st, but the winter has been so mild that I 

 think the bees wintered fully as well on the 

 summer stands. I have wintered my bees 

 without losing any colonies so far. but a 

 great deal depends upon the weather dur- 

 ing the coming spring months. 



Chas. E. Rogers. 



Dorchester, Ont., March 24. 



Spring Notes from the Apiary. 



Our bees are in good condition, and are 

 doing well. They are gathering pollen 

 right along, and also some honey. The elm 

 trees are beginning to get green, and spring 

 is coming. This was the mildest winter we 

 have had for several years. We had only 

 two days that the mercury was below zero. 

 As I am writing to-day (March 19th) it is 

 cloudy and rainy. We had a nice rain last 

 night, and 1 think we will have more to- 



