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Can Always Tell their Experience. 



I imagine a number of the correspon- 

 dents of the Bee Journal belong to a 

 certain church of whom it Is said, " You 

 can never stick them ; for when they 

 have nothing else to say, they can 

 always fall back on their experience." 

 Lighthouses and buoys are to keep 

 mariners from stranding, so the experi- 

 ence of veterans in bee-culture are as 

 beacon lights to the amateurs. 



I was pleased to read in the Bee 

 Journal that Mrs. Jennie Atchley was 

 going to give advice to beginners. We 

 are watching and waiting, and possibly 

 the beginners of to-day may be the 

 veterans of the future. 



My average, during the past season, 

 was 50 pounds per colony, with ample 

 stores left to winter on. So much for a 

 poor season, without any white clover. 

 Horatio N. Scratch. 



Kiugsville, Ont., Jan. 24, 1893. 



[You will notice that Mrs. Atchley 

 commences her advice to beginners in 

 this issue of the Bee Journal. — Ed.] 



Bees "Wintering Well — Cold Weather. 



It is 35° below zero this a.m., with 

 about 18 inches of snow. ' It is 40° 

 above zero in my bee-cellar. Bees seem 

 to be wintering well so far. 



C. Theilmann. 



Theilmanton, Minn., Feb. 4, 1893. 



Prospects Were Never Better. 



Prospects for a good season were 

 never better in this part of the State. 

 Almond and peach trees are just com- 

 mencing to bloom. L. L. Jackson. 



Soledad, Calif., Jan. 29, 1883. 



Nova Scotia Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



Of late considerable interest has been 

 shown in the advancement of bee-cul- 

 ture in Nova Scotia, and as this industry 

 is of quite a strong growth in Kings 

 county, it was thought advisable to call 

 those interested together to see what 

 could be done to forward the advance- 

 ment of the industry. A number of 

 those interested met at the American 

 House, in Wolfville, on Jan. 5th, and 

 from the strong interest shown, a bee- 

 convention was formed, being the only 

 one at present in Nova Scotia. The 

 convention was not confined to Kings 



county alone, but thrown open to Nova 

 Scotia. 



J. B. Davison, of Wolfville, was chosen 

 President; Chas. R. Pineo, of Chipman 

 Corner, Vice-President ; E. C. Johnson, 

 of Wolfville, 2nd Vice-President; E. F. 

 Beeler, of Berwick, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer. 



The association starts with a good, 

 strong membership. The time was well 

 taken up by several of the members in 

 showing the advantages and benefits to 

 be derived from the culture of bees, and 

 it is expected that when the convention 

 meets again in March, that the session 

 will be of much interest to bee-keepers. 



Berwick, N. S. E. F. Beeler, Sec. 



Reports from Minnesota. 



Bees are wintering finely so far. 

 They have good white honey to " go it " 

 on, and if they do not make a " go " of 

 it, it will be for some other cause besides 

 the honey. I saw a statement last 

 spring from Wisconsin, saying it was a 

 wonderment to him how the bees in 

 Minnesota could get enough to live on. 

 Mr. " Wis.," we are near neighbors, and 

 as I have lived in Wisconsin, I would say 

 that Minnesota compares well to her 

 neighbors in the production of honey, 

 as well as everything else for this lati- 

 tude. 



I have 43 colonies wintering, but got 

 no honey to speak of in 1892. The cold, 

 wet weather in early spring was the 

 cause of it. 



I will give the statement of my bee- 

 friend, Mr. O. H. Curtis, to show that 

 Minnesota gets a "lick" once in a 

 while. . Mr. C. had 4 colonies of the 5- 

 banded bees, and one colony of the 3- 

 banded variety. From the 5, spring 

 count, he increased to 13, and obtained 

 800 pounds of honey in one-pound sec- 

 tions, all white as could be. The hives 

 were well supplied with honey for win- 

 ter. He thought the 3-banded colony 

 " got there " in a little the best shape. 



M. S. Snow. 



Osakis, Minn., Jan. 28, 1893. 



Doolittle's Queen-Rearing^ 



book should be in the library of every 

 bee-keeper; and in t>^e way we offer to 

 to give it, there is no reason now why 

 every one may not possess a copy of it. 

 Send us one new subscriber for a year, 

 and we will mail the book to you bound 

 in paper, as a present. 



