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W. H. Tenant, of Eureka, Wis., writes: — 

 ■" I wintered thirty -six swarms of Bees with- 

 out any loss. I increased them to seventy 

 swarms, and sold a little over $400 worth of 

 Honey Bees. At this date they appear to be 

 in a healthy condition. Success to the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal and all its subscribers." 



Em Cori.k, of Cornersville, Tenn., writes: 

 — " Bee-keeping is in a very backward state 

 in this section of country. The Frame Hive 

 has not been used here more than two years, 

 though I believe, taking evei'ything into con- 

 sideration, we have as good a locality for 

 Bee-keeping as there is in the United States. 

 "We Winter on their Summer stands, the hive 

 remaining as it does during the honey har- 

 vest. Our Bees are Wintering finely, so far 

 as we can judge by inspecting them. I have 

 ninety colonies that I expect to come through 

 all right, unless some accident happens. Our 

 Bees Wintered well last Winter, nnd so far 

 this Winter has been nothing to compare 

 with the last, for cold weather. I wish the 

 American Bee Jocrnai. success." 



R. B. Price, of Delphi, O., writes: — " My 

 little girl was stung on the bottom of her foot 

 by two Bees, producing the usual symptoms. 

 We first saw a red streak where one of the 

 Bees hafl stung her, which soon spread until 

 she became a brilliant scarlet, from head to 

 foot. She looked as though she would have 

 convulsions, and having a pitcher of ice wa- 

 ter upon the table I bathed her head, which 

 gave her temporary relief; whenever such 

 symptoms appeared I applied the ice water 

 I also gave her a dose of whisky. For sev- 

 eral hours afterwards she had fever and 

 thirst. My Bees are Wintering well so far; 

 I am trying friend Muth's plan, and like it 

 well, as it keeps the combs diy and Bees 

 <;omfortable." 



George O. Tompkins, of White Plains, N. 

 Y., writes: — " The January number of the 

 American Bee Journal has come to hand. 

 Its new dress makes a very neat appearance, 

 -and I hope it may give better satisfaction 

 than ever in the hands of its new manager." 



Aaron A. Trullinger, of Lake City, la., 

 writes: — "My Bees Wintered well last Winter. 

 I kept them up in my chamber. I am trying 

 .the cellur this Winter. I doubled mv stocks 



last Summer, and got forty pounds of liox 

 honey, per hive. My Bees went into Winter 

 quarters in good order." 



S. HoAGLANi), of Mercer County, Pa., 

 says that "Our Bees are Wintering finely up 

 to date." 



Mrs. R — wouUl like to enquire of any one 

 who knows, whether Santa Clara, California, 

 is a good locality for Bees. 



"A Lady" wishes to ask "Novice" the fol- 

 lowing question, viz: " In seasons when 

 honey, the natural food of the Bee, becomes 

 so impure as to poison the Bees, is it not also 

 unfit for table use ?" 



H. M. Noble, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 

 writes: — " I have had very poor luck with 

 Bees for the last three Winters. In 1870 and 

 1871, I lost twelve out of thirty-five swarms. 

 In 1873 and 1873, I lost twenty-two out of 

 forty swarms. In 1873 and 1873, I lost 

 twenty-nine out of thirty two .swarms. This 

 left me with three swarms last Spring, and 

 those very weak. I increased them to thir- 

 teen, and got three boxes of honey and one 

 and a half gallon of extracted honey, and 

 have now got them in a cave where they will 

 not be likely to freeze, though they may die 

 some other way." 



C. L. Young, of Ohio, writes: — "From 

 circumstances connected with my Bees, I 

 have good reason to believe that some of them 

 have lived more than two years. According 

 to my opinion, Mr. Quinby is the nearest 

 right, in his opinion as to the cause of the 

 much talked of Bee disease." 



John Barfoot, Wellsville, Mo., writes: — 

 "Last season was a disastrous one for Bee 

 keepers — Bees scarcely sustaining themselves. 

 There was but little surplus honey. The 

 strong probability now is, that nearly all old 

 hives will winter over, the Winter so far be- 

 ing mild and wet." 



W. F. Standefer, Dry Grove, Mississippi, 

 writes: — "Our County Bee-Keepers' Society 

 meets again on the first Saturday in Febru- 

 ary, and will, hereafter, hold Quarterly meet- 



incrs." 



Our Correspondents will oblige by writing 

 with ink. Pencil writing, after being rub- 

 bed in the mails, &c., becomes indistinct, 

 anil our compositors find it dilficult to read. 



