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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 8, 



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Late Spring — Fruit-Bloom Honey. 



We are having a late spring. My bees 

 are bringing in honey from fruit-bloom. 

 J. A. Shone. 

 Benton Co., Miss., March 2G. 



Bees Swarming. 



My bees are doing fine. They have been 

 swarming in this country for 10 or 13 days. 

 The prospects are good for a good honey- 

 flow. J. W. Jones. 



Maricopa Co., Ariz., March 31. 



A Beginner's Report. 



I started last year with 3 colonies, took 

 about 4.50 pounds of honey, and put the 

 colonies with about 30 to 3.5 pounds honey 

 in the cellar. Up to date they are all right. 

 Last year I got no swarms, but the colonies 

 were strong. R. Schlesinger. 



Rock Co., Wis., March 39. 



Doing Well— Maple in Bloom. 



My bees are doing well, only we are hav- 

 ing too much rain. Maple and elm are in 

 fuU bloom. 



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Dyer Co., Tenn., March 8. 



Bees in Fine Condition. 



I lookt my 53 colonies of bees over care- 

 fully March IS, and found all alive, and 

 nearly all in fine condition. I winter them 

 outdoors in large chaff hives, and seldom 

 have a loss of over 3 per cent. The pros- 

 pect here is excellent tor a big honey crop 

 this season. C. W. McKoWN. 



Knox Co., 111., March 23. 



Lots of Snow and Bain. 



O for fine weather ! A week ago we 

 thought spring had come to stay, but now 

 it is the sno^v and rain over again. Kvery- 

 thing in the mountains is buried out of 

 sight. There is more snow than ever 

 known before. It is said that in some 

 places people have been sleighing over the 

 the tops of the telegraph wires and poles. 

 E. S. LOVESY. 



Salt Lake Co., Utah, March 3'J. 



Wintering— Selling Honey. 



Bees in this locality are wintering very 

 ■well. I put 11 colonies into the cellar and 

 they are all alive; I also have 14 packt in 

 sawdust, and they seem to be all right. 



Id packing my bees outdoors, I make a 

 house long enough to hold a certain num- 

 ber of hives, leaving a space about 4 inches 

 all around to pack with sawdust. The roof 

 is portable. All my bives have porticos, 

 and that is placed tight against the front, 

 with an entrance about '4x3 inches. The 

 front with the entrance is hung with hinges 

 just high enough to come to the bottom of 

 the top projection of the portico : it is so 

 arranged as to raise and hook up in case I 

 wi.sh to examine the entrance. I find it 

 very convenient. I set the hives side by 

 side until I get it all full, then put on the 

 supers witli ohalF cushions, and cover nil 

 with burlap, and pack in the sawdust, as 

 much as 4 inches on top. I am careful that 

 the sawdust is dry, and if the bees have a 

 good queen and plenty of supplies they are 

 all right. ' 



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