March 20, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



189 



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A Beginner's Report. 



I am a youiif^ beo-keeper ami appreciate the 

 American liec ■louriial very rmicli. 



Tlu'i'c is only one lK*e-l<ce]>er in this nei^li- 

 horliooil Ix'siiles myself. I starleil witli otic 

 <:olony, wliioli swarmed 1 tinn^s, anil now I 

 have 5. I did nol ;,'ct. any surplus honey but I 

 thinlj my Ijeos are winlerint;- well. 



As I did not l<now muoli aliout bees 1 

 thought I would give them a t;ooil letting 

 alone. .John A. DiNN. 



Reno Co., Kans., Feb. 20. 



Early Spring. 



Sprinj;- i.s openin;; up very early here fur 

 this country, anil the bees, as a rule, except 

 perhaps Salt Lake County, have wintered 

 fairly well, and a fair, avcrajje season is looked 

 for by our bee-keepers. While there is no 

 drawback in sight, the only fear is drouth or 

 grasshoppers. E. .S. Lovesv. 



Salt Lake Co., Utah, Feb. 21. 



Nailing Up Shipping-Cases. 



Mr. C. Davenport says he can now jiut 2 

 non-drip shipping-cases together in less time 

 than he could one before. Xow my way to 

 put slats in the bottom, nail on the 2 ends, 

 then I take a board that just goes inside of a 

 case, S inches wide, cut slots in it the space of 

 the sections, then slip the strips into these 

 slots and nail each end, then take out the 

 board and nail the center, and then nail up 

 the case. S. D. Bvell. 



Branch Co., Mich., Feb. 20. 



Bee-Keeping in Oklahoma. 



\Ve had a very poor season in uorthwest- 

 «rn Texas the past season, although my loss 

 is only 10 percent, while that of others has 

 been .50 percent. 



I am now moving my apiary near the 

 Wichita Mountains, in Oklahoma Territory, I 

 heing one of the lucky ones to draw a "tine 

 place through the opening up of the Co- 

 manche Reservation. I think I have a tine loca- 

 tion for bees, and, as before, will give my at- 

 tention to bees and fruit-raising. 



I aiu the first man to establish an apiary in 

 the New Eldorado; it will be watched with 

 interest by other bee-keepers who want to 

 bring bees to Oklahoma Territory. 



J. W. Adams. 



Montague Co., Tex., Feb. 20. 



Heavy Winter Losses. 



After a month of very severe wintry 

 Aveatber 1 tind I have suffered the greatest 

 winter-losses in my experience. I have lost 

 at least 00 colonies, or ,■;, of my bees, and 

 most of the rest vpry weak, and if 'the weather 

 •does not moderate I fear the loss will be much 

 greater. 



My loss was caused by being confined so 

 long without a flight on stores containing 

 honey-dew. 



The prospects for 1902 are gloomy. It has 

 been nearly a year since we have had a good 

 rain. 



We have not had any honey since 1899 ; we 

 had some honey-dew in 1900, also a little last 

 3' ear. 



I will continue reading the "Old Reliable,'' 

 anyway. I have been a cash reader since I 

 have been a bee-keeper, nearly 7 years now. 

 I commenced with 2 box-hive colonies, and in- 

 creased to 202 colonies in h years, all in Lang- 

 stroth dovetailed hives. "l have decreased 

 considerable in the last two bad years. 



I am the only member of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association in the Indian Territory, 

 I am sorry to say. 



I let merchants handle honey on commis- 



To make cnirs pay, as« Sharpies Cream Separators, Book 

 Business Dairying" scat. 212 free. W.Chester.Pa. 



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