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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 8, 



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48Alf Iio.i!)KT, .-^iiEBoyoAN, Wis. 



A KENTUCKY HORSEMAN. 



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PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



ventilate it. we open an east and we.st door, 

 and north window in the wooihouse. and 

 there is a good circulation. We did not 

 prepare this place, but simply utilize it for 

 that purpose. In regard to noise, our 

 kitchen, dining-room, and post-offlce are 

 directly over the bees, and if noise would 

 affect them they certainly would be af- 

 fected. My experience is that noise does 

 not affect them, but jarring does, so we are 

 careful on that score. We removed the 

 bottom and set the hive about 4 inches from 

 the ground. Up to date we have only lost 

 one colony out of 37 placed under there, 

 and that was short of stores, and we could 

 not get to it very well to supply it. We 

 have 47 colonies packt out-of-doors with 4 

 inches of packing of straw and chaff all 

 around. Only one colony is missing so far. 

 Last year our weakest colonies were placed 

 in the bee-cellar, and came through fine. 



My oldest son and I are partners in the 

 bee-business. We are both quite enthusias- 

 tic over it, tho perhaps not quite so public 

 spirited as we should be in giving our 

 knowledge for the good of others. We hope 

 to be able to attend the convention at Buf- 

 falo next fall. We run for comb honey 

 mostly. Mrs. D. W. Brown. 



Raymond K. Brown. 



Erie Co., Pa., March 26. 



Bountiful Crop Expected. 



Old Winter is at last relinguishing his 

 hold upon things terrestrial, and ever-wel- 

 come spring is shimmering on the thresh- 

 hold. The 9th of this month the mercury 

 rose to 68 deg., Fahr., and my bees brought 

 in a little pollen — the first of the season. 

 The l.^th the mercury rose to 7U deg., and 

 bees carried considerable pollen from the 

 maples. The 19th was another fine day, 

 tho windy. This has been a rather mild 

 winter, tho very changeable; and I believe 

 bees have generally wintered well, where 

 well supplied with stores. I have heard of 

 no losses except from starvation. We have 

 had frequent rains of late, and the ground 

 is thoroughly saturated with moisture. 

 There is an abundance of white clover, and 

 if the Good Father favors us with suitable 

 weather, I look for a bountiful honey crop 

 W. J. Cdllinan. 



Adams Co., HI., March 23. 



Wild Parsnip— Yellow Locust. 



I see so much said about wild parsnip in 

 the Bee Journal that I thought I wouhl give 

 a description of the true wild parsnip. It 

 grows along river branches and in swamps. 

 The tops look like the cultivated variety; 

 the roots are quite different, having quite 

 a number of small roots like a dog's foot, 

 and is as poisonous to man and beast as 

 arsenic. The bloom secretes nectar, and is 

 not poisonous to the bees nor man. 



I can say the yellow locust yields nectar 

 in abundance some years, and in others 

 none at all. Its bloom is of short duration, 

 only lasting a few days. 



My bees have wintered fairly well this 

 winter. I lost one colony out of .50, the 

 one becoming queenless. They are all 

 workin^finely to-day — March 22— it being 

 as warm as summer. I hope we will have 

 a good honey-year. Success to the Bee 

 Journal. A. J. McBhilie. 



Watauga Co., N. C. 



A Colorado Report. 



We began bee-keeping in the spring of 

 I.S94 with 10 colonies of bees and the " A B 

 C of Bee Culture. " We increast to 2:). and 

 produced 600 pounds of honey. We wintered 

 the bees on the suiiiiuer stands without loss. 

 In the spring of 189."), with IS colonies (hav- 

 ing purchast 12) and the Bee Journal for an 

 assistant, we increast to 4.5, and produce! 

 1.. 500 pounds of honey. In 1S90 we had, 

 spring count. .53 colonies, after purchasing 

 8. We increast to 78, and produced 3,U00 

 pounds of honey. At this writing I think 

 the 78 colonies are all alive, and apparently 

 strong in bees. 



As we are in an alfalfa and sweet clover 



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