THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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^mcritni( Jju ^^oun(at. 



W. F. CLARKE, 

 Mus. E. S. T UPPER, 



Editors. 



NOVEMBER, 1874. 



CONTENTS. 



Winter Bee Keeping 24:] 



I 'tab B. K. Meeting ',M4 



Bee Report 2-t4 



Voices from among tlie Hives 34.T 



N. A. Bee Keepei's" Soe v 34<> 



Pink-l^lossomed Millc Weed "-MT 



Bees Swaniiinii' ;i47 



Honey Men of Oneida, 111 ;M7 



A Visit at Sweet Home 24^ 



My Italian Bee Experience iMS 



The Folk-Lore of Bees ai9 



Changing the Pasture of Bees 250 



Answer to Mr. Bird 250 



Tlie Bee in Southern California 250 



Size of Entrance Holes to Hives 251 



A New Idea Hive 251 



Cost of Fencing in the United States... 2.51 



Bee-Keeping in General 252 



Handling and Quieting Bees 252 



Michigan Bee-Kei'i)t^rs' Association 25:5 



Bees and Orchard 1 louses 25:3 



Reports from Northern Kentucky 25:3 



Over-stocking 254 



Bee Prospects ;255 



A KentucKy Apiary 250 



Bee-Farming in Broome County, N. Y.. 2.57 



Test of Italian Purity 258 



Superiority of the Italian Bee 259 



A Bee Parasite 251) 



Foreign Department 2(i0 



A Proposition 2()0 



(Iranulated Honey 260 



A Request 2(R) 



Notes and Queries 2(51 



Seasonable Hints 2t)5 



Profitable Business for Women '2in 



Honey Crops of San Diego 2W) 



Business Department 267 



Seasonable Hints. 



There is nothing to be gained by dis- 

 turbing bees in cold weather. Let them 

 remain clustered together as quietly as 

 possible. 



If they have been examined, equalized, 

 and those fed that need it, while the 

 weather was warm, there is nothing to do 

 for them until the time for putting into 

 winter quarters. Any time this month it 

 is safe to put them away. AVe always 

 choose a night following a warm day, 

 when they have flown freely, if we can, 

 and move them as ciuietly as possible. 



We do not like to leave them out until 

 the combs become frosty. 



If necessary to move bees any distance, 

 before putting them in a cellar or house, 



we would set them down after moving, 

 and leave them until i)crfectly quiet and 

 compactly clustered before putting them 

 in. 



A moderately warm time is better than 

 a cold one, to move bees, because, when 

 it is very cold every bee that is made to 

 leave the cluster by the disturbance be- 

 comes chilled. 



Some upward ventilation is necessary, 

 but if quilts are placed over the frames, 

 enough air is given at the top and yet 

 there is no draught of air through the 

 hive. 



Nothing is gained by putting bees in a 

 cellar that freezes. If they are to be ex- 

 posed to cold below freezing point, let it 

 be out in the open air. 



We would never feed during winter. 

 Be sure each hive has food enough to last 

 until spring, then let them alone and save 

 your feed for March and April. 



AVe like to have a space between the 

 bottom of the frames and the bottom 

 board of a hive, two or more inches deep, 

 in winter, that the tees that die may drop 

 below the comb, and the bad air have 

 room also to fall. After bees are put 

 away, let them alone. Be sure they are 

 comfortable and then forget them. Tou 

 can make hives for next year now, read 

 the Bee Journal and write your experi- 

 ence for it, and be prepared to make your 

 bees "pay" next season. 



Profitable Business for Women. 



One of the most profltable as well as in- 

 teresting kinds of business for women is 

 the care of bees. In a recent agricultur- 

 al report it is stated that one lady bought 

 four hives for $10, and in five years she 

 was offered -$1,500 for her stock, and re- 

 fused it as not enough. In addition to 

 this increase in her capital, in one of these 

 five years she sold twenty-two hives and 

 430 pounds of honey. It is also stated 

 tliat in five years one man, from six col- 

 onies of bees to start with, cleared 8,000 

 pounds of honey and fifty-four colonies. 

 AVheu properly instructed, almost any wo- 

 man in the city, as easily as in the coun- 

 try, can- manage bees and make more pro- 

 fit than in any other method demanding so 



