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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 14-, 



tion of comb honey, a frame 9}4zl^M 

 inches, top-bar 16 inches. 2. In a 

 warm climate like this (Florida) the 

 shove frames are as good as any. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — 1. I think the Lang- 

 stroth frame is the best for my use. I 

 have used only one other kind — the 

 Gallup. 2. The old box-hive, or a divisi- 

 ble brood-chamber. 



J. M. Hambaugh — 1 and 2. Location 

 and surrounding conditions have much 

 to do with this query. In Illinois I 

 should answer, for extracting, Dadants' 

 methods, for both queries. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. Frames at fixed 

 distances, with spacers having the small- 

 est possible point of contact, so the 

 frames will not be glued together. 2. 

 Closed ends, and closed, or nearly closed, 

 tops. Warmer. 



Qejjeral Iterr^s^ 



May Go to Florida to Keep Bees. 



I have kept bees since ISliO. For several 

 years it was a failure about every three or 

 four years, but it has changed so that I am 

 glad to get a good one every three or four 

 years. It looks now as it we would have a 

 good crop next year. Let's hope so. 



I am so afflicted with rheumatism that I 

 am thinking of moving to Florida next fall, 

 and I want to ask some questions: 1. 

 Would it be best to move my bees down 

 there, or sell them here and buy more 

 there ? 2. What will bees cost there ? 3. 

 What would it cost to move them to Flori- 

 da ? 4. What is the best way ? 



R. R. Stokesberrt. 



Vermillion Co., Ind., Dec. 2.S. 



[Will Mr. A. F. Brown, of Florida, kindly 

 answer the questions asked by Mr. Stokes- 

 berry ?— Epitob.J 



Beport for 1896— The Clovers. 



I had, spring count, 20 colonies, in- 

 creast to 33, and my honey crop was 

 rather poor, but of good quality— 350 

 pounds. I sold it at 12>., and 15 cents per 

 ponnd. I work for comb honey. 



I have been experimenting with sweet 

 clover, and think it will be a great honey- 

 plant for northwest Missouri. The pros- 

 pects for white clover are good. I am try- 

 ing alfalfa, but have found out nothing cer- 

 tain, only that it will grow here. It failed 

 to yield nectar the past season. It may be 

 cut twice a year, and make plenty of hay. 

 Stock of all kinds relish it if cut at the 

 proper time. Alsike clover is fine bee- 



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Gentry Co., Mo. 



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I started (here in the South) last winter 

 with three colonies in box-hives; trans- 

 ferred to S-frame dovetail hives, and workt 

 for comb honey, getting SO pounds from 

 one and 20 pounds each Irom the other two 

 colonies, making 120 pounds of line section 

 honey. I increast, by swarming and pur- 

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 . chased an apiary of 20 colonies, making 30 

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L 44 A2Ct Mention the American Bee Journal 



here, along the Gulf coast, but it is almost 

 all done with black bees and box-hives and 

 "gums;" the honey gathered selling in the 

 local markets at from S to 10 cents a pound. 

 Section honey is selling at 15 to 20 cents. 

 I sold about one-half of my honey at 20 

 cents, right here at home. The rest 1 used 

 for advertising purposes — "sweetening the 

 local editor" and creating a market for 

 next year's crop (if there is one), and for 

 home consumption. 



Ekxest W. Halstead. 

 Jackson Co., Miss.. Dec. 21. 



Report for 1896. 



G. W. Bell came to town yesterday. He 

 is probably the champion bee-keeper of 

 Clearfield county. Last spring he had 31 

 colonies. He put (J3 in winter quarters, 

 thus more than doubling the number 

 owned last spring. Besides this increase 

 he took off 1,400 pounds of honey; of this 

 amount 1.000 pounds was comb and the 

 balance extracted honey. He says he has 

 no difficulty in marketing it, at fair prices. 

 He uses chaff hives, the lower story sur- 

 rounded with chaff, affording ample pro- 

 tection against the coldest weather. One 

 colony stored 100 pounds of honey during 

 the past season. Two swarms which were 

 united produced 112 pounds. He has the 

 Italian variety of bees. In order to keep 

 his stock pure he purchast a dozen queen- 

 bees during the season. He is a master of 

 the business and keeps abreast with the 

 latest methods and improvements of the 

 business. —Clearfield (Pa.) Daily Monitor. 



Apis Dorsata Motion Seconded. 



I arise to second the motion of Prof. 

 Cook, made on page 7S0, in regard to the 

 introduction of Apis dorsata by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. It seems to be just in 

 line with the work of the Department, and 

 so far there has been no good reason ad- 

 vanced by bee-keepers why the experiment 

 should not be tried. I. for one. want those 

 bees if they are good for anything, and if 

 they are found to he good for nothing, no 

 bee-keeper in the country will be any worse 

 off for their having been tried. Will the 

 editor kindly explain the best way "to set 

 the ball a-roUing ?" If there is anything to 

 be done in this locality, in the way of a 

 petition to the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 or laying the matter before Senators or 

 Congressmen, I am ready and willing to do 

 it. Wm. Russell. 



Hennepin Co., Minn. 



[Mr. Russell, you might write to W. F. 

 Marks, of Chapinville, N. Y., as he has 

 been quite active in the petition work for 

 Apis dorsata.— Editor.] 



Poorest Season for Years. 



This has been the poorest honey season 

 in this section for years. Last spring I had 

 8.5 colonies, and all seemed to be in gocd 

 condition. Most of my liives have movable 

 bottoms, and four Impound honey-boxes on 

 each. There is an entrance at each end, so 

 that in the summer-time it gives the bees 

 plenty of entrance; when they are very 

 strong in bees, and plenty of iiloom, they 

 can work at each end of the hive, which I 

 think quite a benefit to them. My hives 

 are also on legs about 10 inches from the 

 ground. It is a hive 1 got up myself. I 

 have owned and handled bees ever since 

 1871, and as above stated, this has been the 

 poorest honey season I ever saw in this 

 part of the country. 1 cleaned up my hives 

 early in the spring, and placed on each 

 hive tour empty 1.5-pound boxes, so the 

 bees would fill up ou the poplar and bass- 

 wood bloom, but the spring was very wet 

 here, with the exception of about eight 

 days in the time of the poplar bloom, when 

 the bees did well, hut it only helpt 

 strengthen them while they were rearing 

 ijrood ; they became very strong by the 

 time the t>asswood came into bloom, but 

 there was so little of it that they did no 



