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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Voices Prom Among the Hives. 



John Divickey, Aiirora,Ill.,writes:— "Our 

 bees have not done quite as well as we expect- 

 ed this spring, on account of the drought- 

 Although they liave paid me lUO per cent. I 

 have now 43 good swarms." 



E. Mangold, Cinciimati, O., writes:— "Hon. 

 ey harvest poor. In the spring of last year I 

 lost 16 out of 36 stocks, and had the bad weath- 

 er continued one week longer this spring, I 

 might have again lost as many. I lost but 

 one, but the "rest were weak. I hope time 

 will overcome our wintering and springing 

 difficulties." 



B. G. FoRBUsir, Algona, Iowa, Avrites: — 

 "This is ray second season in bee-keeping— 

 began one year ago last April with twenty 

 swarms. Have now about seventy stands in 

 splendid condition. Basswood season was 

 snort but rich, and now we have host of 

 prairie flowers and buckwheat. 



After twenty-live years of toil in the medi- 

 cal profession, 'tis a rare luxury to feel that I 

 live at home, where my chief care and pleas- 

 ure is my bees as I watch them. 



'From every side, from earth and airs, 



To the old man's ear sweet music comes. 

 As the busy millions bring their loads 



Of treasure to their neat, white homes.' " 



Myron Johnson, Hamilton, Ont., writes : 

 — " I cannot get along without the Journal. 

 I have nearly every number from 1868 to July 

 1874, and I find them very convenient to refer 

 to. With us tills has been a poor season. A 

 cold, late spring, and no flowers since the 1st 

 of August near the city. I have .54 stocks, 

 some of which 1 am feeding up to the proper 

 weight for winter." 



G. T. W., writes :—" Bees doing splendid 

 this season, what there was left. Nine-tenthts 

 of the bees in this county winter-killed, the 

 past three winters." 



Mr. M. M., is a beginner with one year's 

 experience, has only one swarm in a Langs- 

 troth hive, and has taken from it, this year, 12 

 boxes averaging 9 lbs. each of comb honey. 



Well done for the first year of "bee-ing !" 



S. W. Stevens, Ridgefield, Conn., writes : 

 — "The season here has i.ot been first rate for 

 honey, yet I have taken an average of 43 lbs. 

 surplus to the stock, and have increased from 

 21 to 38 good strong stocks." 



Martin Teiiry, Mo., writes ;— " I have 

 long since known tiiat the large wood or bald 

 hornet destroys bees, especially in cool, 

 damp weatlier. I stood by a hive the other 

 day and saw six hornets catch as many bees 

 and wound others. 



Jas. B. Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa, writes: 

 — " I am sorry to learn of others loosing bees, 

 in winter, and being troubled with moth 

 worms in their hives. I have kept bees three 

 years, and have wintered them on their sum- 

 mer stands, and have not lost any bees, either 

 by freezing or disease, or been troubled by 

 moths, in the least. I give the reason all to 

 the kind of hive I use, I make it myself, and 

 it is dry and warm in winter and cool in sum- 

 mer." 



L. F. Arhott, Wilton, Me., writes ;— "The 

 season has bi'en very )ioor for honey in this 

 section. ,Si)ring was" cold and backward, and 

 bees swarnu'd hut little and late. But few 

 bees are kept in tliis i)art of the state and the 

 increase has W'vn less than 50 per cent. Old 

 stocks, and first swarms issued previous to 



July 20 have generally put in stores enougii 

 for wintering. What surplus honey is taken 

 is stored in boxes. The " extractor " era not 

 having reached here yet, think I shall make 

 the experiment another season if the honey 

 harvest should promise fair, provided my 

 bees don't "go up" this winter." 



11. II. B., writes :— "I commenced the sea- 

 son with 40 colonies, some very weak ones, 

 and had an increase of 80 colonies, 126 in all. 

 That will average 7.5 lbs. of honey per hive, 

 i have taken 3,500 lbs. with the extractor and 

 2,000 of box honey, 5,.500 lbs. in all. I have 

 sold 63 queens, 12 @ $5 each and 51 @ .S1..50, 

 I call this good for local trade. I have also 

 sold 100 hives for ,^1.50 each ; no margins on 

 hives. I have shipped 4,000 lbs. to Chicago. 

 This season has been the dryest ever known. 



Mrs. W. Harris, Buffalo, N. Y., writes : — 

 " I have taken the Journal ever since its 

 first publication and cannot do without it 

 while I am al)le to take care of one colony of 

 bees. For the i>ast 22 years I have kept bees, 

 and my delight has been to take care of them, 

 but age and infirmity tell me that I nuist soon 

 rest from my labors, as I have already lived 

 my appointed time (three score years and 

 ten). During the past three years I have been 

 disposing of my bees, thinking I would keep 

 only a few colonies for my own family. This 

 spring I had five colonies, and from them I 

 have now 15 new ones, making 20. I have 

 taken off .59 six pound boxes, and there are 

 some 23 more that are nearly ready to take off. 

 ISIy health is so poor that I have never tried 

 to use the extractor, and therefore I did not 

 get as much hfiney as I should, had I used it ; 

 but I am satisfied. I was the first to use the 

 Langstroth hive in Erie County. I have used 

 it 19 years, and still use it. I have had other 

 forms of hives, but the Langstroth is good 

 enough for me. Bees have done well in this 

 vicinity, this season. My best wislies for the 

 lasting prosperity of the American Bee 

 Journal." 



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