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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



K., except two colonies, which were 

 frozen to death, with plenty of honey in 

 their hives. 



We had some rough weather in Feb- 

 ruary, and have also had some very fine, 

 sunshiny weather, so much so that the 

 maple blossoms are beginning to open, 

 and yesterday and to-day were very fine 

 days. My bees are carrying in honey 

 and pollen right along. Brother bee- 

 keepers, it would surely have done your 

 heart good to have been with me to-day, 

 out among the maple trees, and heard 

 the sweet and delightful hum of the 

 busy bees among the maple blossoms, 

 and seen them dart from flower to 

 flower. It would certainly have put 

 new life and ambition into your soul. 



Let me make this prediction : We are 

 going to have the best honey-flow in 

 some parts of North Carolina this year, 

 that we have had for many years. Get 

 your supplies ready, and manage to 

 have the hives full of bees and brood by 

 April 25th (five or ten days earlier will 

 do no harm) ; then put on the supers, 

 and if there is not too much rain, you 

 will get a nice lot of honey. Try it, and 

 see if you don't. 



John D. A. Fisher. 



Woodside, N. C, March 2, 1893. 



Compression Theory as to Queens, Etc. 



Please score me in the American Bee 

 Journal as against the compression 

 theory as to the queen determining the 

 sex of the egg ; the fact that a queen 

 will lay both sexes of eggs at will in very 

 shallow drone and queen cells (which 

 are so near the one size) — that with me 

 the theory has exploded. 



And here, again, I suppose I am with 

 the minority. I do not believe that the 

 queen carries off the male organs of the 

 drone after mating. My observations 

 do not warrant such a belief. 



Manistee, Mich. W. Harmer. 



Profitable Beading, Isn't It ? 



We cannot get along well without the 

 Bee Journal. We are the only ones 

 who take it in this section, and we get 

 more honey than all the others com- 

 bined. Last year we secured more honey 

 than all our neighbors, and I believe our 

 success was due, to a great extent, to 

 reading the most valuable American 

 Bee Journal, as from it we are able to 

 gather the thoughts and the experiences 

 of most of the leading bee-men, not only 

 in this country, but of many of the 

 foreign countries as well, and by so 



doing we can apply those principles of 

 apiculture which are best suited to our 

 section of the country. 



We live in that portion of Pennsylva- 

 nia known as " Little Greene," in the 

 southwestern corner of the State. We 

 have 35 or 40 colonies of good Italians, 

 and in splendid condition. We are now 

 selling our last year's crop of honey at 

 20 cents per pound, and trust our many 

 bee-keeping friends are receiving a price 

 equally as good. 



Jas. C. Pollock & Sons. 



Waynesburg, Pa., Feb. 22, 1893. 



Nameless Bee-Disease. 



1 notice in the Bee Journal for 

 March 2, Mr. Chester Belding wishes to 

 know something about the "nameless 

 bee-disease." I have had 2 colonies so 

 affected with it that they were black and 

 shiny, and would come out (and were 

 driven out, also) of the gum until the 

 ground was literally covered around the 

 hive, or in front. They would shake 

 and tremble until they died. I did noth- 

 ing for them. My case was the first I 

 had heard of. Since then I have noticed 

 in the Bee Journal several such cases. 

 Mine was 10 or 12 years ago. I looked 

 in the hive, but it was all right, with 

 plenty of honey. A. D. Buckly. 



Weston, Tex., March 5, 1893. 



Anti-Adulteration Laws, Etc. 



In case the anti-adulteration Bill (page 

 263) should become a law, how can we 

 prevent our bees from going into the 

 fields and gathering that nasty, filthy 

 stuff called honey-dew, and mixing it 

 with the pure nectar of our white clover 

 and other flowers ? It is thousand times 

 worse than pure cane-sugar. The Bill 

 reads, " or cause it to be done by any 

 agency," etc. Now, I claim the bees are 

 our agents, and we are responsible for 

 their actions. I see no other way than 

 to eradicate them from the face of the 

 earth. I am a bee-keeper of 25 years' 

 experience. L. Highbarqer. 



Leaf River, Ills. 



Experience with Bees — Alfalfa. 



I bought 2 colonies of bees on Nov. 1, 

 1891; they had plenty of honey, but 

 were on very crooked combs. I had 

 some wild ideas in regard to bees, and 

 before the spring of 1892 had fairly 

 opened, I had paid out for the bees and 

 other fixtures $48.54. 



When spring opened, I found one col- 



