1894. 



THE AMERICAN BEE- KEEPER. 



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understood, both should be discarded. 

 The hands may be easily guarded by 

 slowly removing them when the angry 



bee sounds its note of warning; the 

 face and eyes may be protected by 

 wearing a straw or other broad- 

 brimmed variety of hat, and lowering 

 tne rim upon the dart of the bee. 

 This will throw i be bee " off the scenl " 

 in nine cases out of ten. The bee 

 will never dart under a protection, but 

 tlie< straight and generally at t lie eye. 

 This characteristic when properly un- 

 derstood, is a reasonably safe protec- 

 tion, and tends to a better ''under- 

 standing " between the bees and keep- 

 er. 



From now on every encouragement 

 to brood-rearing should be given the 

 bees. On the first suitable day, ojien 

 hive and clean out all dead bees, ar- 

 range frames to lust advantage, and 

 if necessary feed them, to induce 

 more rapid brood-rearing. The more 

 brood that can be brought out during 

 this month, the better. If pi lien is not 

 plenty, or is tardy in growth, place a 

 dish of rye flour in a warm spot of the 

 apiary; and a trough or dish of water 

 would also be of advantage, either 

 floats or a piece of cloth should be laid 

 in or over the water. 



If there should tie snow in or about 

 the apiary, it is well to scatter an arm- 

 ful or two of hay or straw about, as 

 many of the bees become blinded by 

 the snow glare, and fail to ever reach 

 " home sweet home." 



If bees in the cellar have not been 

 placed on summer stands, they should 

 heat once. Too long confinement is 

 fatal; give them their liberty at once. 

 Never open a hive on a chilly or 

 windy day. After getting them in 



shape leave them alone, until warm 

 weather is once more with us. Too 

 much "care" is worse than none at 

 all. 



Bees generally, have wintered well; 

 now if we can be equally fortunate' in 

 ''springing" them, why should this 

 not be the " year of jubilee " the bee- 

 keeper has so long been looking for. 



Keep your dish righl side up, with 

 care. 



Denver, t 'olo. 



Bee Notes From a Bee 

 Country. 



BY Ml!-. I B. I>E WITT. 



Mr. Charles H. Thies,of Steeleville, 

 111., is conducting a department in 

 " Success in Bee Culture," by the name 

 of" Answers to Seasonable Questions," 

 which, by the way friend Thies starts 

 out, will be without doubt a success, 

 it will make quite an interesting de- 

 partment for Success. 



" Did not Somuambulist rather give 

 away his identity in speaking of his 

 lady assistant in the January Progres- 

 sive? Who else but Dr. Miller has a 

 lady assistant, and besides wdio but 

 the doctor could invent such a name? " 

 Success in Bee Culture. Yes Dr. you 

 are the one who writes under the name 

 of "Somnambulist." I guess your straw 

 stack is about played out so you will 

 have to hunt up some other name 

 pretty soon. 



Bees, as a general thing should not 

 be touched in wet rainy weather. If 

 you have work to do among the bees, 

 leave it until it is not wet or rainy 

 weather. The apiarist should have a 

 house apiary, it is very hot sometimes 

 in the House Apiary with the doors 

 closed. If your bees are outside and 

 you are at work with them, and a 



