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them too weak for the honey-flow of 

 June to give any surplus. They just got 

 built up nicely when the drouth set in 

 in July, so they consumed about all of 

 their stores until the last of the month, 

 when the fall honey-fiow began to come. 

 They gathered a little until the first of 

 September, then the bees began to roll 

 the honey in. My report is as follows: 



From 16 colonies I took 300 pounds 

 of comb honey, and 204 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, making an average of 

 SIJi pounds to the colony. My best 

 colony gave me 104 pounds of honey — 

 84 pounds of comb honey, and 20 

 pounds of extracted. My bees went 

 into the winter with about 50 pounds 

 per colony. The winter has been good 

 so far for the wintering of bees. 



L. Wayman. 



Chanute, Kans., Jan. 23, 1893. 



An Old Bee-Keeper's Report. 



I purchased 5 colonies one year ago, 

 and increased them to 14, which I have 

 in winter quarters. I secured a copy of 

 the Bee Journal from a friend, and 

 found in it an article on bee-catchers 

 that was worth to me more than the 

 price of the Bee Journal. I am in my 

 85th year, and still in good health. 



John W. Crary. 



St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 27, 1893. 



Experience of a Beginner. 



In the fall of 1891 I purchased one 

 colony of bees, and before cold weather 

 came on I fed them a large amount of 

 sugar syrup, so they would be sure to 

 get through the long winter ; but they 

 all died before spring. I immediately 

 purchased another, that was alive, al- 

 though a little short of honey, but it 

 carried them through. These I looked 

 on for some profit, but almost in vain. 

 They swarmed once, but left for parts 

 unknown, so I was still left with one col- 

 ony, and 1 thought of course they would 

 store a good supply of honey, but to my 

 surprise only 33^ pounds. Not quite 

 discouraged, I purchased 2 colonies 

 more to make 3 to put away for the 

 winter, which I did as best I could, and 

 as yet they are all alive. 



Some of the writers speak of their 

 bees taking a flight on such a day that 

 they could not speak of here in Vermont, 

 for we have about fou months of the 

 year that a bee could n')t leave the hive 

 ten seconds before she would be frozen 

 stiff. The mercury often drops to 35° 



or 40' below zero ; the average temper- 

 ture for the last 40 days and nights has 

 been 4° below zero. Now, saying noth- 

 ing about the weather, I well know that 

 I am on the wrong track in bee-culture, 

 and would like to be helped on the right 

 one, by all who wish to assist one that 

 always wants to succeed in his under- 

 takings. E. H. Hallett. 

 St. Johnsbury Center, Vt., Jan. 28. 



Temperature in December. 



I send the report of the December, 

 1892, temperature here at Ionia, Mich., 

 Greenville, Tex., and at Hamilton, Ills., 

 which is as follows : 



Taken near sunrise at each place. 



Dec, 



1. 

 2 



3! 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



Bees fly. 



Mich. 



11° above 



11 



11 



20 



noo 



40° Rain. 



20° 



32° Snow 



30° 



26° 



19° Snow, 



32° 



30° 



30° 



24° 



30° 



28 



24 



22 



16 



6 



5 

 10 



1 



6 



8° Snow, 

 11° Snow 

 16° Snow 



4° 

 15° 

 34° 



Frost. 



Frost. 



Snow. 

 Snow. 



Snow. 

 Below 0, 



Tex. 



45° above. 

 440 



48" 

 43<' 



as" 



31 

 30 

 31 



33° Bain. 

 35° Kaln. 

 37° 



35° Rain. 

 36° 

 33° 

 34° 



36° Rain. 

 37° 

 30° 

 36° 

 28° 

 34° 

 37° 

 40° 

 .43° 

 45° 



28° Freezing 

 30° 

 32° 

 32° 

 38° 

 38° 



Ills. 

 30° above. 

 40° Bees fly. 

 21° 

 27° 

 41° 

 46° 

 48° 

 21° 

 25° 

 14° 

 15° 

 25° 

 32° 

 31° 

 22 



Snow. 



Rain. 

 Rain. 



Rain. 



Rain. 

 Rain. 

 21° Rain. 

 21° 

 21° 



19° Rain. 

 — Rain. 

 13° 



3° 

 22° 

 27° 

 13° 



8° 



5° 



2° 

 20° 

 26° 

 28° 



During the month the 3rd and 6th 

 were clear, the remaining part cloudy 

 mostly all day. Directiou of the wind 

 was — west 13 days ; southeast, 3 days; 

 south 3; northwest 6; west 4. In Green- 

 ville, Tex., 18 days it was north and 

 northeast, and northwest. 



Jacob Moobe. 



Ionia, Mich., Jan. 4, 1893. 



[This Is the second temperature re- 

 port we have published, and if they are 

 of sufficient interest they will likely be 

 continued. We should be pleased to 

 know whether our readers care enough 

 about it to ask that we keep up the pub- 

 lication of these monthly records of the 

 weather. — Ed.1 



