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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 20 



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 18. 1807. TH08. EVANS. Lansing, Iowa. 



put them into the cellar, and April 3 I put 

 them on the sutumer stands. My cellar is 

 very warm, as there is a furnace in it. 

 Altho the bee cellar is separate, it has a 

 furnace flue running through it. and the 

 temperature at times went up to tlO degrees. 

 Fahr.. and at other times it was below 

 freezing. It was very damp, water run- 

 ning through it most of the time. There 

 was a great deal of noise, as in tending the 

 furnace, and also in the rooms above, such 

 as piano playing, singing, etc.. and yet out 

 of 21 colonies but one whs lost. 



I put just enough straw against the win- 

 dow-screen to darken the cellar, and near 

 the floor I hail an opening into a heated 

 chimney flue, which gave excellent ventila- 

 tion. Had it not been for this perfect ven- 

 tilation I think they would not have come 

 out so well. 



I do not see how any bee-keeper can get 

 along without the American Bee Journal 

 which comes, running over with bee-infor- 

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 may it live to fight the adulteration of 

 honey, and frauds! R. Rodenberoer. 



Waukesha Co., Wis., April 29. 



How to Clean Kerosene Cans. 



M. H. Mendleson. on page 731 (1896) says 

 it cannot be done: but it can. 



Take the cap off aud put the can into the 

 stove oven, and heat moderately, being 

 careful not to beat so hot as to open the 

 joints. Leave it in the oven till the odor 

 has all disappeared. 



All the refined mineral oils are very 

 volatile, and very little beat will evaporate 

 them. 



The cans may be cleaned of other impuri- 

 ties, but more heat may be required. 



I. W. Beckwith. 



An Experience with Bees. 



I started in the bee-business in 1895 with 

 one colony of hybrids, increast to three, 

 and got nbout 75 pounds of comb honey. 1 

 wintered them in the cellar without loss. 

 Last season I increast to 10 colonies, and 

 got a surplus of 500 pounds of comb honey, 

 Italianizing part of the colonies. 1 lost one 

 in wintering, so I have nine to begin with 

 this season. I am intending to Italianize 

 all my bees this year. 



Last year was good for the bees here, but 

 this spring it is very rainy and cold. I took 

 the bees out April "2.S, and they went right 

 to work gathering pollen, but they have 

 not workt any since. I use the Langstroth 

 hive with 8 Hoffman frames. This year I 

 am making all my hives 10 frames for ex- 

 tracting. So far i have had splendid suc- 

 cess with the bees. Fued B. Cavanaugh. 



Missaukee Co., Mich., May 3. 



Wintering Bees in New Hampshire. 



Located on the cold hills of central west- 

 ern New Hampshire ns I am. I thought pos- 

 sibly that a brief account of my method of 

 preparation of bees for winter and the re- 

 sult might afford a lesson of instructiou to 

 some one. 



Near the last of September, or about the 

 time the combs are cleared of brood, I ex- 

 amine every colony I intend to winter, 

 carefully estimating" the amount of honey. 

 I unite my surplus colonies with those de- 

 signed for wintering. Last fall I reduced 

 44 colonies to 25 by uniting, saving my best 

 queens. Then if the honey in any hive is 

 less than 2.") pouuils. I feed sugar syrup till 

 they have from 25 to 30 pounds. This gives 

 them ample stores and a good hive full of 

 bees. I think the heat generated by a hive 

 full of bees is a factor in safe wintering. I 

 never have occasion to feed in the spring. 



I winter my bees ott the summer statids. 

 Over thjse colonies that are not in clialV 

 hives I place an outer case, packing the 

 space between the hive and outer case with 

 planer shavings. Over the frames 1 place 

 a porous cushion. I) to 10 inches thick. I 

 have discarded sealeil covers. 



I leave the entrances open, shaded by a 

 board leaning against the hive. I retnove 



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