THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 171 



We trust that Editor Emerson, backed by his loyal associates, 

 will get the support of the bee-keeping public of California and else- 

 where, to enable him to meet and solve all the problems that will 

 come to him. Success to the JVestcrn Honey Bee. 



Bees Wintered Well. 



Our bees have wintered unusually well in ciuarterable winter 

 cases, there being no less of colonies that were in a normal state 

 last fall. 



On account of the very mild weather bees have consumed large 

 quantities of stores the past winter, and will need to be looked after 

 during May, or some will starve that had the usual quantity of stores 

 last fall. 



If the supply of reserve feed in combs be exhausted, there is 

 likely nothing better for May feeding than some candy caked either 

 in brood-frames or in dishes inverted over the cluster on the brood 

 frames. 



It is expensive business letting swarms starve at this season of 

 the year when they have been fed over winter, and the surplus sea- 

 son only a month ahead. — Townsend. 



Shipping Honey to Samuel B. Leslie. 



During the past season a man giving liis name as Samuel Leslie 

 and address as Wyandotte, Michigan, has evidently been ordering 

 from bee-keepers throughout the country small lots of honey to be 

 shipped to Detroit and Toledo. This man would order the honey 

 sent without sending remittance, and the amounts in each case be- 

 ing small, from one to two cases of extract of honey, in many cases 

 the bee-keepers took the chance. It seems that the chance was a 

 losing one, and payment was not made. This matter was referred 

 to proper authorities in Detroit, and he was traced from Wyandotte 

 to River Rouge, and from there to Toledo, where all trace of him was 

 lost. Undoubtedly the same trick will be attempted next year, 

 probably under a different name, so vou had better require cash 

 with order for your small shipments of honey. 



California Prospects Poor. 



Corona, (Riverside County), California, April l-lth, 1913. 

 Editors Review : — Honey prospects in Southern California and 

 Corona in particular are very discouraging. 



