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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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boiling water, when I think the bees will 

 fly, isy the time the bees come out, it is 

 nearly right, and they will come with a 

 vengeance. But it will not be long till I 

 can fill the barrel. 



On the otTier end of the board I set a 4- 

 quart basin -;, full of water, I then go to 

 the woods for some moss that usually is 

 found at the bottom of trees, and lay this 

 on top of the water in the basin. Then I 

 get a large handful of salt and sprinkle it 

 on the moss, and in due time it is black 

 with bees. If I think it is too strong I add 

 more water, 



I ted last summer as high as 3S quarts of 

 water in one day, to between 50 and l'>0 col- 

 onies. There is no drowning of bees; if 

 one happens to fall into the water, she has 

 only to kick and she is on " dry ground " 

 again. The cost is )?1, 40, 



I want to say " thanks " to the editor of 

 the Bee Journal for his many advices in re- 

 gard to fraudulent concerns, I have in my 

 possession very inteiesting letters from 

 Horrie and Wheadon, wishing me to sell 

 my honey, but on looking in the American 

 Bee Journal I could not fiud their names 

 among the advertisers, so I thought I would 

 hold on. Then I beheld the next week that 

 the sentinel sounded the alarm, I wrote to 

 Wheadon declining to sell my honey to 

 him I may have made more than will pay 

 for the Bee Journal for 20 years, 



I am down on the adulteration of honey. 

 Long may the editor live to edit the Bee 

 Journal, if he continues to expose frauds, 

 I believe he will reap his just reward if he 

 faints not, Jacob Moore. 



Ionia Co,, Mich,, Feb, 37, 



Coming Tnrough in Good Condition. 



My bees are coming through in very good 

 condition, I am looking forward to the 

 time when I can work with them, 



I do enjoy the American Bee Journal 

 very much. There is a great deal of valu- 

 able information in it, 



Frank D, Kbtes, 



Hampshire Co,, Mass., March 31, 



Getting Bees into the Sections. 



When I have more time, I will tell you 

 my experience with the Hotfman reduced- 

 depth (7'„-inch) frame, I have 2, (WO of 

 them in use up to the present, with more to 

 follow, I confine myself almost exclusively 

 to comb honey production, and use two 

 brood-chambers for breeding jjurposes up 

 to the time when the honey-flow begins, 

 when I remove the one, replace with a 

 super of sections, and I tell you I have no 

 occasion to waste my time to coax the bees 

 to enter the sections, for they never fail to 

 go. So whenever I read of section-baits, 

 etc., I cannot help but smile. 



You are doing good work, Mr, York, and 

 I am pleased to indorse your fearless meth- 

 od in opposition to frauds and charlatans, 

 California, 



Working on Soft Maple. 



Spring is on hand. Bees are working on 

 soft maple, ani the fields are taking on 

 their green attire. A, A, Baldwin, 



Jackson Co., Mo,, March 19, 



Value of Salt in Bee-Keeping. 



Having used salt for several years, for 

 many things in caring for the bees and 

 honey, with such good results is my excuse 

 for offering it for publication. 



Salt is the best deodorizer for a cellar 

 that I have ever found, as it leaves the cel- 

 lar sweet and healthy for the bees. After 

 the bees are out, and the dead taken up, 

 and everything not belonging there is taken 

 out, then cover the cellar bottom all over 

 with a coat of salt, a fourth inch deep, or 

 nearly that, and leave it there to dissolve. 

 Two or three applications are sufficient to 

 cleanse the cellar, and make it as fresh and 

 sweet as a cellar that is just built. Where 

 the floor of the cellar is made of wood, the 



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Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



that there is in the State. The material is cut from patterns, by machinery, 

 and is absolutely accurate. For Sections, the clearest and whitest 

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