Jan. .16 19(2 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



45 



THIS IS J. R. WATKINS, 



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Wutkiiis Mf'lli'til (^Hnpiiiiv, Winnna, 



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l)c(*K (»f lliat lilvr w 

 iltid not Icai- I III' CI 

 (jut I talu* out ami i 

 (lone, and tliurc; is i 

 oIlK^r Ihm,'S do not !■ 

 l<L*i»tlwo sections 

 way. hill I hey tor( 



ill clean them oiu nicely, 

 mill any. Wl.en eli-aniui 

 ill! In more, iiiilll all are 

 i> ilanj^erof I■(Jl)l^l^^f ; the 

 MOW Hnythin^ about it. 1 

 m the porcli to try tlial 

 iIh; comb C(Misi(icrHliU' : 



bill on the lop of llic hive Ihcy did their work 

 nicely. I put some on two hivi^s. but one can 

 Iiul Ihein on as many hives as may ho desired, 

 r could not ),ad alon;,'- withiuil the American 

 Bee .lournal. There liavi; Ikmiti two or llircc 

 artiidcs tliat have been worth the prie(^ id' a 

 year's RulLscription. I look for It every Fri- 

 day, and have to loidi al all the headinjis, 

 however liii.sy I am. I credit whatever .suc- 

 cess I have to the lice .Journal. One of my 

 neighbors has four colonieR. and .she did ii(it 

 have a liit of honey ; she feels she can not 

 alTord lo take Ihi' Hue .lournal beeause her 

 bees have not been pmlilableto her. !she will 

 face Ihe hives to the south, and some of llie 

 coml>s melted down, .she did not have any 

 shade. I shaded mine on lop, and on the 

 sides where I did nol liaveolher .shade; then I 

 have lall evergreen trees on Ihe north side 

 and imrtly on the west, to keep the cold 

 winds off in the wilder. 



Mr. Andrew M. Thompson, of Alleghany 

 Co.. X. Y., wants to know whether any one 

 can show a tieltor record of wintering; bees 

 than he can. 1 am nol a g-entlenian bee- 

 keeper, but an old lady, ~\\ years old Dee. Hi, 

 and as I had not kept a record of my bees I 

 can speak only for the jxist two years. I 

 keep them on the siniinier stands, and have 

 not lost any the past two winters, and I do 

 not think I lost any the winter before. I put 

 on top the brood-frames a Hill's device, a 

 piece of sacking over that, then a good cush- 

 ion, most of them tilled with cork-trimmings, 

 the rest with maple leaves. I leave the en- 

 trance the same as for summer, the length of 

 the front. To keep out mice, I put a strip of 

 wire two inches wide in the front, which 

 allows the bees to go in and out at will. 



I have always had my hives face east, and 

 leave the same in the winter. I set a board 

 slanting in front, and when it snows 1 go to 

 them all and draw the board out at the top. 

 and brush the snow away and lean it back 

 against the hive at the top. On some I have 

 boxes, or frames. I should say, with no top or 

 bottom, large enough to set over the hive, so I 

 can pack leaves or dry grass between the hive 

 and box, then a cover ot boards with tar 

 paper. Some I have fodder standing around 

 three sides, and a little around the front cor- 

 ners and the tops over the hives. I have 

 most of them in pairs, with fodder around 

 them, and dry grass or leaves between. 



I have IC colonies, and all nicely packed for 

 winter. I finished the last outside on Thanks- 

 giving Day. I have tried the tar paper as I 

 read of in the Bee Journal, letting it come to 

 the ground, then packed grass and sod all 

 around on top of that a little ways, so the 

 cold wind can not go under the hive. They 

 are set on frames II or S inches from the 

 ground. I pack the hives, as I said, with the 

 tar paper around before I set up the (odder 

 to keep the cold from going under. The box- 

 frames are banked up the same (not at the 

 entrance, ot course), so they are better cared 

 for this winter. 



I buy dry-goods boxes to use for my bee- 

 business, and knock -them to pieces, as they 

 are cheaper than lumber. My means arc 

 limited, and I am alone, and have to do every- 

 thing myself. If I live till spring I may re- 

 port what success I have this winter. 



If the foregoing finds a place in the "Old 

 Reliable," Andrew Thompson can judge for 

 himself whether or not this is what he asked 

 for Sar.ih J. Griffith. 



Cumberland Co., N. .!., Dec. 2. 



An Old-Timer's Methods. 



A grape-vine is a nuisance in the bee-yard. 

 I now have a fine cherry orchard tritnmed 

 high enough for one to walk under, and it 

 gives good ventilation between the branches 

 and the bee-hives, with shade all the hot part 

 ot the day. My hives are S to 10 inches from 

 the ground, all in good, well-painted hives — 

 no rags stuffed in cracks, and the alighting- 

 boards are as wide as the bottom of the hives. 



I once bought burlap by the acre, and cut 



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