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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Apr. 29, 



Qcj;)eral Itenps> 



Prospect for a Big Yield. 



I put into winter quarters 13 colonies of 

 bees, and took 13 out the middle of March, 

 good and strong, and one queenless. My 

 bees are working on box-elder, Cottonwood, 

 and elm. The prospect is good for another 

 big yield of honey. I hope every reader of 

 the "old reliable" American Bee Journal 

 will have an old-time honey harvest. 



J. H. Rdpp. 



Washington Co., Kans., April 19. 



Two Poor Years for Honey. 



I tave had two bad years, and no honey. 

 My bees have not wintered very well, 

 owing to the bad winter and scarcity of 

 honey. Moses A. Gebhabt. 



Newcastle Co., Del., April 13. 



Prospects are Good. 



My bees came through the winter in good 

 condition, with a loss of three colonies out 

 of 100. White clover looks well, and the 

 prospect is good. 



I have been putting foundation into sec- 

 tions with a machine invented by R. C. 

 Aikin. A lamp heats a plate to melt 

 the edge of the foundation, and stick it to 

 the section, then the section is folded with- 

 out removing from the machine. 



Another term of court has past, and my 

 bee-lawsuit was not brought up. It was 

 continued. J. L. Strong. 



Page Co., Iowa, April 19. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



It is with sorrow that I read the sad mes- 

 sage announcing the departure of our be- 

 loved friend. Mrs. J. N. Heater, to that long 

 home towards which we are all traveling. 

 Death is an unwelcome visitor at any time, 

 but when the grim messenger calls for 

 those that are near and dear to us, in their 

 prime of life, it makes our sorrows seem 

 impossible to bear. But if we emmulate 

 the virtues of our dear, departed friend, we 

 may again meet and greet her. I had the 

 pleasure of her acquaintance at the World's 

 Fair, and I can vividly recall her cheerful, 

 smiling, happy features as I graspt her 

 hand of friendship. Love and charity filled 

 her heart, and shone in her countenance. 

 No one could long remain sad in her pres- 

 ence. I deeply sympathize with our friend, 

 Mr. Heater, for to be blest with such a 

 helpmate through this life of love, joy and 

 sorrow, must be an attainment of that 

 blissful happiness that but few realize here 

 below. E. S. LovEST. 



Prefers the Single-Walled Hive. 



As I have noticed quite a little in the 

 bee-papers this winter about wintering bees 

 in single-walled hives, on their summer 

 stands, I thought I would tell how I suc- 

 ceeded with my bees the past winter. 



In the spring of 189.5 I bought my first 

 colony of bees, and at the end of the season 

 I had increast to 3 colonies. Two of these 

 went through the winter in double-walled 

 chaff hives, while the third was in a 10- 

 frame dovetailed hive. As the bees in the 

 single-walled hiv9 came through equally as 

 well as those in the chalf hives, I decided 

 to use only the dovetailed hive in the 

 future, and accordingly last summer trans- 

 ferred all my colonies toS-frame dovetailed 

 hives. This with my increase gave me five 

 strong colonies. 



I fixt my bees for wintering last fall as 

 follows: I left each hive with six frames 

 well filled with honey, which equaled about 

 30 pounds to a colony. I pusht the frames 

 well together, put in the division-board, 

 put on a super, laid three sticks across the 

 frames so as to give the bees a chance to 

 go from one frame to another in cold 



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Bass-wood is used, and they are polisht on both sides. Nearness to Pine 

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Dr. Geo. Lacke, Newburgh, Ind. 



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