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A correspondent writes that Lesley, the man who lias a habit 

 of orilcring- from one to three cases of lioney, then for::;etling- to pay 

 for it, is operating from the east tliis year, under another name. 

 Why will producers ship their honc\- t.; entire strang-ers without 

 reference? If you do not Icnow your man. demand reference, or 

 ship to your order. In the latter case, if the lionev is not accepted 

 and ])aid for by the one who orders, you will be out only the 

 freight. Just as long as there arc tliosc who will ship promiscuously 

 to any one ordering, just so long' those fellows will be in th.e field. 

 Do not get "bit" this year, but know your man before shipping. 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 



Management of Three Thousand Colonies Bees in 



Fifty Yards 



By J. J. WILDER, Cordele, Ga. 

 "^^ HE liives 1 formerly used and from which 1 wished to trans- 

 W 7 f'"r bees now were of a]:)out the s;ime dimensimis as a regular 

 dove-tailed hive, except they were some deeper. This of 

 course made transferring simple and easy. iVs the irames in the old 

 hives were not easy to remove, they were left in their hive and the 

 prepared S-frame dove-tailed bodies with frames wired and full 

 sheets of foundation were set on top the old hive just as they were 

 with covers removed. \\'here\er there was an opening left between 

 the stories, small strips of wood were laid ovei them. This made 

 all two-story hives and was done as soon as spring-time set in. At 

 the time of transferring, bodies were also set upon the ten colonies 

 in dove-tailed hives. 



As soon as the honey flow was on, the most of the colonies 

 went into the top stories and began drawing out foundation. As 

 the season advanced more went above until nearly all had removed 

 their broodnest above into the new body. There were eight or ten 

 upper stories that the bees ignored, and about as many more that 

 the queen did not use. I wanted to see if more queens would not 

 enter the upper stories, but the bees filled them with honey instead 

 and swanued. Those natural swarms increased the number of col- 

 onies to 11<J. Near the close of the honey flow, 2,000 pounds of 

 honey was extracted that sold quickly at 10 cents a pound. 



After extracting the honey, I gave those sluggish colonies that 

 would not enter top stories ready built combs, di\iding up their 



