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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



J^ov. 25, 



it is in line with good results. They 

 averaged a little over IHO pounds per 

 colony, spring count. I bad but few of 

 early swarms, but have doubled up 

 nuclei and three late swarms, number- 

 ing now 90, all in good condition. 



I preserved or killed all old queens, 

 and eight days after cut out all queen- 

 cells save one, and had but very little 

 trouble with swarming thereafter. So 

 the method adopted proved very success- 

 ful after all. 1 have disposed of a por- 

 tion of my crop, but have quite a quan- 

 ity left yet. 



Ql very much regret the loss I have 

 been to in not being able to again attend 

 the late Northwestern convention, 

 which I believe would have been very 

 Interesting. Yet I hope to get it all 

 through the columns of the "Old Re- 

 liable." A. Y. Baldwin. 



DeKalbCo., 111., Nov. 12. 



Poor Season in Maine. 



It has been a very poor season in this 

 part of Maine. I have the lightest crop 

 since I started in the pursuit of bee- 

 keeping, about 16 years ago. I began 

 the spring of 1897 with 20 colonies, 

 Increast, by dividing, to 31, and have 

 only taken off 400 pounds of comb 

 honey, and about 450 of extracted. The 

 comb is mostly from a bush which we 

 call "swamp maple," which furnishes a 

 very fine honey, about equal to clover. 



We had hardly any clover honey, as 

 clover winter-killed for the last two 

 years, and no basswood. The fall flow 

 was quite good, mostly from golden-rod, 

 but is not a very good food to winter on, 

 so I have extracted nearly all, and given 

 sugar syrup. 



We are hoping for a good year next 

 year. Frank Champeon. 



Penobscot Co., Maine, Nov. 12. 



Heport for the Season. 



I take great interest In reading the 

 various reports from bee-keepers, and 

 am prompted to also give a report of tay 

 season's work. 



Uees wintered poorly last winter. I 

 lost about 30 colonies during winter and 

 spring, coming through with 53, most 

 of them very weak in bees and short of 

 stores. The spring was late, cold and 

 stormy. They got absolutely nothing 

 from maple and other early bloom, being 

 too cold for them to fly, and when they 

 did venture out thousands of them were 

 chilled and never returned to the hive. 

 They dwindled badly. I never had the 

 blues so badly since I kept bees. I did 

 not expect a pound of honey, and yet 

 needed a good crop ever so bad, as bee- 

 keeping Js my main support. But I 

 went at them with a will, determined to 

 bring them to the front if possible. I 

 largely followed Mr. Doolittle's methods 

 with weak colonies, fed wherever needed, 

 kept them well cushioned, and even 

 after first supers were put on. 



Fruit-bloom was good, and the weather 

 good most of the time while the bloom 

 lasted, and they bred up and got strong 

 much beyond my expectations. There 

 was abundance of Alsiko clover in easy 

 reach of them, and, oh, how they did 

 roll in the honey, that is, those that 

 were strong enough. F'rom many I had 

 taken all the brood except one comb to 

 make others stronger. Those I made 

 strong stored most of my surplus, and 

 gave me some good swarms. Those 

 from which I took brood built up into 



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