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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 18. 



out in quest of water and pollen to feed 

 their young, and perish in the cold; 

 often to sucli an extent that not enouRh 

 bees are left to cover the brood ; and it, 

 too, is chilled to death. My heaviest 

 losses from spring dwindling have always 

 been from colonies wintered in the cellar. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — I believe they are, 

 but a paper read at the Lincoln conven- 

 tion by Hon. E. Whitcomb, on the " Im- 

 portance of Watering in the Apiary," 

 and the discussion that followed, has 

 somewhat changed my views in regard 

 to spring tenderness, or spring dwind- 

 ling, and I'm going to test the matter 

 myself this spring. 



Qcj^eral Iten;)s^ 



Prospects for a Grand Yield. 



We have a prospect for a grand honey- 

 yield the coming season, as the weather 

 has been unusually warm, and rains plenty 

 and gentle. I think we will have swarms 

 hv the middle of March. F. C. Wiggins. 



San Diego Co., Cal., Feb. 28. 



Flattering' Prospects, Etc. 



We had a good season last year, and the 

 prospects are exceedingly flattering for a 

 good crop of honey next season, as we have 

 had plenty of snow to keep the white clover 

 well covered all winter. I have just exam- 

 ined the bees in the cellar, and find them to 

 be in good condition. F. A. Crowell. 



Fillmore Co., Minn.. March 3. 



Report for Last Season. 



Bees were, for the last season in part 

 (east Pennsylvania) an entire failure. Last 

 spring I brought out of the winter 10 colo- 

 nies, increast them by natural swarming to 

 13 (luring the summer. I did not get one 

 pound of surplus honey. 1 decreast the col- 

 onies by uniting weak ones to U, and had 

 to feed 1.50 pounds of sugar for winter 

 stores, and tliey are now, so far, in good 

 condition. Yesterday they had a lively 

 flight. I still like bees very much, and 

 hope they will do better next summer. 



P. W. Flores. 



Lebigb Co., Pa., March 3. 



Watering- Bees— Wintering, Etc. 



While I enjoy reading the experiences of 

 others, I learn some tilings by experience 

 and observation which may be of interest 

 to them. I learned last summer that my 

 bees needed a great deal of water, both 

 fresh and slightly salt, and I supplied tliat 

 want by boring two 3-iuch holes about \^ of 

 an inch deep in a piece of board, and in- 

 verting in each a large glass can of water 

 (one slightly salted), and fixing a frame 

 over them so they would not tip over, and 

 hanging them in the shade of a tree in the 

 bee-yard. It was discovered to lie quite re- 

 markable, the amount of water they would 

 take. If I neglected to fill them as soon as 

 emptied, the bees would fairly swarm 

 around me when I went into the yard, as to 

 give me notice. 



I also observed that they used more salt 

 water than fresh, during the breeding sea- 

 son and honey-flow, and more fresh than 

 salt later in the fall. 



I learned in i)utliug foundation into 

 frames with three wires the long way, and 

 a groove in the top-bar, to spring the upjjer 

 wire down in the center about y, inch, and 

 the center and bottom ones upnljout '., and 

 ]i inch respectively. Ijel'ore imbedding 

 them into the foun<hition, then the ujiper 

 wire holds the foundation in the groove 

 until the bees get it fastened, and as the 

 liees warm up the foundation the lower 



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Mention the American Bee Jmi/nwJ,. 



Memorial Cards I 



(Wlib Portrait on llieiii) 



For presentation upon the death of a dear 

 one, to relatives and friends, have come into 

 vogue quite jrenerally of late j'ears among 

 Ihe American people. We furnish them to 

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WANTED ATTENTION I 



OEE HERE, Filend Beo-Kecper. the best 

 lO ^oods are none too good, and the lowest 

 prices are none too low lor the present times, 

 so down go the prices for 1 897 on Full Ijliio 

 ol' Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



1 defy competilion in quality and workman- 

 ship. Woiklna; Wax Into Foundation when 

 sent to me. a specialty. Write, without tall, 

 for Catalog. My prices are worth looking al. 

 Wax wanted at 2fic .Msh, or 2Hc In trade, de- 

 livered. August Weiss, Hortonville, Wis. 



6.\8t Mention the American Dec Journal. 



Pacific Coast Bee-Keepers ! 



nUY YOUK 



Dovetailed Cedar Hives 



Direct from the Factory. Gtiaratiteed equal 



to the best (foods on the market. 



Keiid lur Pricc-i^liot. 



Rawson & Barner, Centralia, Wash. 



lOAlSt Mention the Am. lice .Journal. 



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Texas Queens ! 



Dr. Gallup .sajs they are the best he 

 has in his y.trO. 



J. D. (aVENS, l,l>l>on, Tex. 



Mention the Bee Journal. OAtJGt, 



wires become straight, and the foundation 

 does not hump and bulge between them. 



To day is warm and pleasant, the sun 

 shining brightly, no snow, and my bees are 

 having a fine flight, and cleaning up after 

 about four weeks of confinement— the long- 

 est shut-in they have had, and 1 could not 

 resist the temptation to peek into one hive 

 and see what they were doing inside. 

 Imagine my surprise at finding tlie hive 

 full of bees, with patches of sealed brood 

 nearly as large as my hand, and plenty of 

 iarvEe and eggs in three or four frames, in 

 the center of the hive, and plenty of bees 

 ready and willing to resent such untimely 

 intrusion ! 



I packt my two colonies on the summer 

 stands in 189.5, end they wintered so nicely 

 that I tried it again last fall, as follows: 



I drove four stakes into the ground, 

 about five inches from the corners of the 

 hives, with the top about six inches above 

 the top of the hive with one super on. Then 

 I stretcht a strip of tar felt around them, 

 put a piece of burlap on the section-holders, 

 and filled the super with dry leaves, and 

 packt between the felt and hive, aud over 

 the top, with leaves, leaving them high in 

 the center; and 1 stretcht a piece of felt 

 over the top. fastening it down by nailing 

 strips of lath around on top of the stalks. 

 I suppose chaff would do as well, but there 

 is nothing in the leaves to call mice, and I 

 can get any quantity of them by going into 

 the timber and scooping them up. I shall 

 leave them packt until the nights are 

 warm, and then save nil. to be used again. 

 H. W. Cong DON. 



Cass Co., Nebr., Feb. 15. 



That Utah Honey in Nebraska. 



I would like to say through the American 

 Bee Journal, in answer to Mr. J. M. Young, 

 on page 133, that those '^bummers," to 

 whom he refers, paid me spot cash before 

 the car of honey was loaded here, for that 

 car of Utah honey, aud a better price than 

 was offered in Chicago, St. Paul or Kansas 

 City. J. S. Scott. 



Utah Co., Utah. March S. 



Mild Winter— Bees All Right. 



Our winter is very mild — we have had 

 almost no snow, and bees have a flight 

 every few days. 1 think they will come 

 out in good condition this spring, but the 

 honey -flow does not look overly promising 

 for next season, as the clover is badly 

 killed. I have 60 colonies of bees, and they 

 seem to be all right. Last year we had 

 only about half a crop, and prices were low 

 at that, with commission swindlers still 

 worse than ever. 1 hope they will be stopt. 



1 am very much pleased with the Bee 

 Journal. John Hokfman. 



Waupaca Co., Wis., Feb. 23. 



Notes from Tennessee. 



As each week passes by. I look forward 

 to Thiir.sday night, as the time when the 

 Bee Journal will arrive, so rarely does it 

 miss. 



The past year was not anything extra as 

 a honey-year. The only flow of much con- 

 sequence was the fall flow from asters, 

 which was very good. Liniien made a com- 

 plete miss last year, so 1 am expecting a 

 flow from that source the coming season. 

 White clover anil asters are both locking 

 well, and a better stand than is generally 

 seen. The saw mills liave nearly cut up ail 

 the large poplar timber, so we have no 

 honey-flow of any account from that 

 source. But po]ilar is just as doul^tful as 

 anything, at any time, and any place, for 

 honey: for sometimes you will get a good 

 deal of honey from it, and sometimes 

 liardly anything, altho to look at the l)op- 

 Inr bloom you can tell no difference, only 

 by the working of the bees. 



I jiroduce only extracted honey, and offer 

 for sale no houey of inferior quality. I use 

 my off grades for feeding purposes. So, 

 after I have sold a certain man one lot of 



