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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPEIi. 



May 



All came out in good condition. They 

 have been working every day this 

 month so far, and have gathered a 

 good supply of honey as well as pollen. 

 The only thing that I dread now is 

 the purchasing of more supplies, but 

 I have one consolation in knowing 

 where to buy the best, and that is 

 from the W. T. Falconer M'fg Co. 



The honey flow last year was very 

 good in the fore part of the season , 

 but the latter part was poor indeed. I 

 did not get any buckwheat honey, or 

 as an old bee-keeper stated, " I did 

 not get enough honey to 'grease a gim- 

 let.' " We are in hopes that this 

 year will be a good one for honey. 

 Yours very truly, 



R. I. Cromley. 



Muncy Station, Pa , March 24, 1894. 



Editor American Bee- Keeper, 

 Dear Sir : — Please answer through 

 your columns the following questions : 



1st. Should an entrance to a bee 

 hive be open through the winter pro- 

 viding it is protected to keep the mice 

 out, and how large should the en- 

 trance be made ? * 



2nd. Is it advisible to feed to stimu- 

 late brood rearing, and about what 

 time in the spring should it be clone ? 



3rd. Should bees be shut in a hive 

 and allowed to fly in nice weather, or 

 should the entrance be left open and 

 the hive left in such a condition that 

 the changes in the spring would not 

 tend to excite the bees ? 



Answers to the above questions will 

 aid me considerably in the pleasant 

 work of bee-keeping. 



The Doctor smoker which 1 re- 

 ceived is the best oue to suit my wants. 

 The sections are extra fine, and the 

 Miller Foundation Fastener works 



very satisfactory. In fact all your 

 goods are ne phis ultra. 



Yours respectfully, 



C. S. Baxter. 



Sharon Springs, N.Y., March 15, '94. 



[In reply to the above questions we 

 would say : 



1st. The entrance to the hive should 

 be left open through the winter, but it 

 is well to protect it with wire screen 

 to keep out mice, etc. The entrance, 

 however, should only be about ^ or ^ 

 as large as usual. 



2nd. It is a very good idea to feed 

 the bees to stimulate brood rearing, 

 and should be done as soon as the 

 weather is warm enough so that there 

 is no danger of the brood being chilled. 



3rd. The entrance of hives should 

 be open on every sunshiny or warm 

 day during the winter so as to allow 

 the bees to have a cleansing fight, and 

 it is a good idea to arrange the hive 

 so that in making the changes in the 

 spring the bees will not be unneces- 

 sarily excited. 



We are glad to know our goods suit 

 you so well. Ed.] 



TheW. T. Falcoxer M'f'g Co.,— 

 Dear Sirs : The goods arrived in very 

 nice condition. Before I received 

 them I had seen some letters in the 

 Bee- Keeper praising them, and I 

 thought that some of them spoke too 

 highly of your goods, but when 1 

 opened my goods I was surprised. 

 The sections are the very best I have 

 ever seen and cheap to. 

 Yours truly, 



SWEN MUNSON. 



North East, Pa , April 7 , 1894. 



TheW.T. Falconer M'f'g Co.,— 

 Gentlemen : I received the goods I 

 ordered of you on the 9th inst. and 

 am very much phased with them. 

 The foundation was the best I have 

 ever seen. 



My bees wintered very well except 

 one colony. Yours &c, 



B. E. White. 



PleasantviUe Pa., March 30, 1894. 



