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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 4, 



three apiaries of bees, of over 380 colonies, 

 I found them in first-class condition, all 

 wintering well, with only 4 dead, that had 

 been robbed. 



Last Monday morning, just before day- 

 light, I heard a cracljing outside, and 

 started from my bed to go through the 

 next room, and when only about 5 feet 

 from the center door, down came a big elm 

 tree, 3 feet at the roots, right across my 

 house, only about 7 feet from where ray 

 daughter was asleep. It crusht that part of 

 the house into kindling wood, and broke 

 up everything inside; but the room we 

 were in was not hurt the least bit. The 

 tree where we sawed it off was just 34 

 inches where it hit the house. 



Long may the old American Bee Journal 

 live. I would not be without it if I kept 

 only one colony of bees. I think Mr. Peck's 

 excuse for not getting new subscribers is a 

 very weak one. I shall try to get all the 

 new ones I can, and I don't ship any honey. 

 I have a home market at a good, living 

 price, and let any one see my copies of the 

 Bee Journal that wants them. 



J. H. SiPLE. 



Bolivar Co., Miss., Feb. 13. 



A Pretty Young Bee-Keeper. 



I thought I would write to let you know 

 I am well, and my bees, too. I had a col- 

 ony last spring; it did not swarm, and I 

 got 95 pounds of extracted honey, and my 

 colony was queenless all summer. Father 

 gave them many queens, and they killed 

 them. He gave them queen-cells, and they 

 tore them down, and at last he doubled 

 them up for me, and gave me the colony 

 that he doubled mine with. I will do my 

 best next summer. I am eight years old. 

 I can help father a lot now in the bee-yard 

 and honey-house. F. Banker. 



Brown Co., Minn., Feb. 18. 



Cedar Hives All Bight. 



I should have written before this and ex- 

 plained that cedar hive trouble spoken of 

 earlier iu the season. The fact is, the 

 cedar hive is all right. I used several 

 last season, and experienced no trouble in 

 the least. They are a nice, light, and well- 

 made hive, and we are all well pleased with 

 them. If my neighbor's bees left the hive 

 I will venture that he had them in the sun. 



At this writing our bees are all right, and 

 I think they will come out strong. I had 

 good luck with the two Italian queens I 

 sent for to an Ohio breeder. I now have 

 some nice Italian bees from them. 



I can't get along without the American 

 Bee Journal. S. W. Bikgham. 



Latah Co., Idaho, Feb. .5. 



Taking Bees from a Tree. 



I read an article in the Bee Journal on tak- 

 ing bees from a bee-tree. I think the wri- 

 ter was right, but I know of a handier way, 

 if the tree is not off too far to take the piece 

 home. I will tell you how I helpt take a 

 bee-tree. 



A friend of mine and I found a tree off 

 about twtJ miles over the Rocky Mountains, 

 through the forests and over windfalls. 

 We cut the tree down, and when it fell it 

 broke down a spruce tree about four 

 inches in diameter, went through the tops 

 of trees, broke off limbs, and broke the tree 

 almost in two. We went to the top, but 

 could not hear a sound. We thought that 

 we had workt for nothing. We lookt into 

 a hole iu the tree and saw some white 

 comb. We chopt into the side of the tree 

 and found lots of comb, so we chopt a little 

 further and found some more comb. We 

 chopt in a few more places, and broke the 

 ax helve, and could not make a very large 

 bole. We took out tlie combs and shook 

 off the bees; they clustered up iu a bunch, 

 and we put them into a basket with n table- 

 spoon. We got about half of the bees and 

 went home. 

 • 1 took an 8 frame hive and put the combs 



in, and then shook the bees down in front 



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 Root Co. has arrived, and I am In shape to 

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 Send for my 36 page catalog ; also list of 

 Goods you will need, and I will make you spe- 

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Hinr-lo'ii. ut,i At/iBrkxm, Bee J/ayimaiK, 



of the hive, and some went in, but came 

 out again. They flew around in the air, 

 and I thought they would alight on an 

 apple-tree close by, but in about half an 

 hour they went into the hive. The next 

 day was Sunday, so I let them alone till 

 Monday. Then I took a small fish basket 

 and a sauce-dish, and went tor the rest, but 

 the sun shone very brightly, and as soon 

 as I disturbed them they flew around in the 

 air. I got only about a quart of bees. The 

 next day I went with a six-quart pail, and 

 a quart dipper ; the bees were in a cluster, 

 so 1 dipt them up. I got the dipper full; 

 but I did not get them all, so I dipt again 

 and got the rest. I went home and poured 

 them in front of the hive, and they went 

 in. They began to rear young bees, and 

 the hive was soon full. 



If you do not think this a good way, you 

 can try another, but I advise you to try 

 this way, and if it fails let me know. I 

 have received much good information from 

 the Bee Journal, and am well pleased with 

 it. It comes regularly every Saturday. 



Hamilton Co., N. Y. Geo. Porter. 



Bees Wintering Well. 



Bees are wintering well at present. I have 

 60 colonies stored in the cellar. 



Congratulations to the American Bee 

 Journal, for its noble fight against honey 

 adulterators and dishonest commission- 

 men. John Stephens. 



Porter Co., Ind., Feb. 25. 



Appear to be Wintering Well. 



My bees appear to be wintering well. 1 

 have 48 colonies, including 3 nuclei, in the 

 cellar. They have about S weeks to stay 

 inside yet. They were in much better con- 

 dition last fall than they were the fall of 

 18115. Last season was a fair one for honey 

 in this section. Chas. B. Allen. 



Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 33. 



A Young Lady Bee-Keeper ! 



I will write again to the Bee Journal. I 

 have a colony of bees. Pa and I, and all 

 together, have "3 colonies we are winter- 

 ing. They are in fine condition so far. I 

 got 120 pounds of honey ; all together, we 

 got 6,000 pounds last summer. We sell our 

 honey at 7 and C'^ cents a pound. I like to 

 be in the bee-yard. I turn the extractor 

 for papa. He says I will be quite a help to 

 him next summer. I hope we will have a 

 good crop of honey then. Last year we 

 got a good crop. We got all basswool, 

 which lasted only 13 days, but our bees 

 were very strong in the start. 



I almost forgot to say we are wintering 

 our bees on the summer stands. We have 

 them packt in chaff. They are 28 inches 

 around, and in the Langstroth hives they 

 are four inches larger all the way around 

 the outside shell. The top is 10 inches 

 higher than in the shell where the bees are. 

 We didn't get all extracted honey; we got 

 1,000 pounds of comb honey. Our bees are 

 very strong now. When pa went out to 

 brush the snow away from the entrances, 

 some of them would peep out their noses to 

 see it the flowers were in bloom yet, but 

 they are all white yet with about 30 inches 

 of snow on them, and they say there isn't 

 any honey in them, and go back again into 

 their nest. 



I am 10 years old. Miss Emma Banker. 



Brown Co., Minn., Feb. 15. 



Bee-Keeping in Louisiana. 



Springtime ha.t come with us down here. 

 Willows are sprouting and peaches bud- 

 ding. 1 saw the first head of white or 

 Dutch clover on the 18th. It is plentiful, 

 and gives promise of furnishing a good 

 supply of nectar in April and May. Bees 

 have been carrying iu pollen and a little 

 honey since the middle of January. Then 

 came the freeze, the thermometer going 

 down to '34 degrees, which stopt them, but 

 they are now flying briskly. The ther- 



