THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAIi. 



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Danville, Alabama. — June 1, 1876. — 

 " Bees are making honey ver}- slow here 

 this spring, owing to llie blooms being 

 killed by the cold snow in March. 

 Scarcely any swarming yet." 



J. J. Wood ALL. 



Erie Co., O.— May 15, 1876.— "Bees 

 have wintered splendidly in this section. 

 They are strong in numbers and com- 

 mencing to swarm. I hear of no bee dis- 

 ease in these parts this spring." 



N. E. Prentice. 



Peoria, III.— April 25, 1876— " My 

 bees are all right. 1 wintered 23 colonies 

 in the cellar and 62 out doors. Those in 

 the cellar did the best — they did not eat as 

 much, and were stronger than those out 

 of doors." Henry Bickerton. 



Napoleon, O.— April 11, 1876.— "! 

 went into winter quarters with 60 colonies 

 of bees ; part of them were made by put- 

 ting weak nuclei together. I put on 

 blankets and plenty absorbent material ; 

 put them up in a dry room, and three 

 times during winter gave them a fly; had 

 them on summer stands daring the cold 

 spell in March ; lost two by starvation and 

 two lost their queens. No dysentery this 

 winter; which goes to prove that bees 

 take the dysentery only when they are 

 in a very cold place, and confined for a 

 long time. Bees can always be wintered 

 successfully, by keeping them drj'^ and at 

 the right temperature ; my bees are in fine 

 condition now. I fully concur in chang- 

 ing the time of the Centennial meeting of 

 the National Societ3% to Oct. 25." 



G. W. Zimmerman. 



Cumberland Co., Kt. — June 9, 1876. — 

 "The Journal is a great help to me; 

 with its assistance I think I am doing 

 very well. I commenced last spring with 

 seventeen log gums, and have swarmed 

 and transferred them into Langstroth 

 hives, with an increase of 33, and have 

 Italianized about one-half this spring. 

 I killed one queen, and put in an Italian, 

 and in four or five days I noticed they had 

 killed her. I then introduced another 

 and they killed her. The seventh day, I 

 examined the gum, and found that she had 

 a quantitj^ of eggs, and they were still 

 making queen cells. Why did they kill 

 the two queens? " G. N. Allen. 



[Bees will generally kill a strange 

 queen without special provocation, unless 

 they have been queeuless for some time. 

 —Ed.] 



Knox Co., III.— May 8, 1876.— "Bees 

 are not doing very well yet. Fruit bloom 

 is coming on, but we have a great deal of 

 cold, windj^ and rainy weather. Will 

 have a splendid fruit crop, if the weather 

 is fair." W. M. Kellogg. 



Dubuque, Iowa. — May 6, 1876. — "Win- 

 tered 29 stocks in an old ice house. They 

 are in fair condition. Lost 4 — one from 

 queenlessness and 3 from starvation. The 

 weather has been the worst for bees ihat 

 I ever knew. It is all rain, wind, or cold. 

 But a few days in April that bees could 

 fly; and in this month, so far, but a few 

 hours." George W. Horner. 



Grant Co., Wis.— April 18, 1876.-"Two 

 years ago I lost all but four stocks. The 

 summer was a poor one and I could only 

 increase to seven, and got no surplus. 

 The next winter and spring I lost three ; 

 but last summer brought them up to thir- 

 teen strong stocks. They are now in 

 good order, and I feel cofident of success 

 this year." C. Marsh. 



Van Wert Co., O.— May 4, 1876.— "We 

 have 120 stands of Italian bees. They 

 are doing well, so far. Last spring 

 we lost all but 26, and increased to 120; 

 lost 9 in winter, and bought this spring to 

 make up the loss. We have them in live 

 difi'erent places. We anticipate a good 

 year, and will give the American Bee 

 Journal the result in the fall." 



Lehmann Bros. 



Blair Co., Pa.— June 8, 1876.— "Bees 

 are swarming quite freely. Mine have 

 increased from 15 to 21, and lots more to 

 come. White clover is just coming in 

 bloom. Have some working in honey 

 boxes; intend to use the extractor on 

 some colonies. A good many colonies 

 died the past winter, in the neighbor- 

 hood. I didn't loose any of mine; two 

 of them became queenless early, but I 

 united them. Those that lost their bees 

 did not take the Journal, or probably 

 they would not." Frank M. Glasgow. 



Beetou, Ont.— June 19, 1876.— "I have 

 just commenced 1© remove the brood from 

 my strong stocks, and insert empty comb 

 and foundation, to prevent swarming. 

 They began swarming on the 16th inst." 

 D. A. Jones. 



Butler Co., Ohio— June 20, 1876.— 

 "Bees are doing well here; the crop of 

 white clover is abundant. A great many 

 stocks died last winter and early in the 

 spring." L. Williamson. 



Davidson Co., Tenn.— June 19, 1876.— 

 "Bees hme done remarkably well here, 

 until the past few days, which have been 

 too wet. It is pleasant to-day, with the 

 promise of fair weather. White clover is 

 quite plentiful. We have about 100 colo- 

 nies, all in Langstroth hives. We are sell- 

 ing extra honey at 12}^ cents." 



S. S. Hall. 



Lancaster Co., Pa. — June 21, 1876. — 

 "Bees are doing pretty well in this section 

 of the State." Peter S. Reist. 



