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AMERICAN BEE lOURNAL 



April 17, 1902. 



The Family Friend 



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Clara City, Minn., June U. 1901. 

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Shipshkwaxa. Ind., June 18. 1901. 

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Please Meutiou the Bee Journal IdverlSsirs^.- 



honey-Hows succeeded each other almost 

 every 10 days, commencing in March with 

 maple and following; with elm, willow, cherry, 

 plum, apple, dandelion, black and honey 

 locust, catalpa, white clover, mother-wort 

 and sweet clover, the bees working all the 

 time. 



With all precaution we had 2 colonies 

 swarm, but we put each of them back in their 

 old hive; they stayed and were contented. 

 These 2 colonies must have had poor queens, 

 as they gave us the least honey, so we killed 

 the queens the middle of August and intro- 

 duced 2 new ones a few days later. We hope 

 they will do well this season. 



On May 28 we put two supers on each hive 

 to give them plenty of room, and the bees 

 went right to work in them. By the end of 

 June sweet clover commenced to bloom, hot 

 winds commenced to blow, and we thought 

 that would end the flow, but just the reverse, 

 for on July 22 we took off 184 filled sections; 

 Aug. 21, 186 sections; Sept. 16, 1S3 sections; 

 and by the end of the season we had taken 

 from hive Xo. 1 {an S-frame) 138 sections; 

 Hive No. 2 (an 8-frame), 124 sections; Hive 

 No. 3 (an 8-frame), 70 sections; Hive No. 4 

 (10-frame Danz.), 192 sections; and Hive No. 

 5 (10-frame Danz.), 77 sections, making a 

 total of (501 sections. It was as fine white 

 capped honey as was ever produced by bees, 

 and all in 4 by 5 inch sections, divided by 

 fences. Besides, we had about 30 unfinished 

 sections, which we fed back to the bees for 

 winter stores. 



As we sell 6 pounds for 81.00, it was quite 

 an income from 5 colonies. We all like honey, 

 so we have sold a little over half and kept the 

 rest for ourselves and the children. 



Hall Co., Nebr., March 12. Gus Kolls. 



Hiving Bees— Swapm-Cateher. 



On page 206 is an item by Sarah tiriltith on 

 ■• Hiving Bees." For ten years I have not out 

 off a limb on which a swarm clustered. I 

 never think of carrying the hive to where the 

 bees have clustered — I always take the bees to 

 the hive. I never try to put my bees on top 

 of the hive; I have a better way. I have my 

 hives all ready on the stand, and when a 

 swarm comes out I lift the hive off and set it 

 on the ground by the stand. I have a nice 

 platform about 3 feet square that I lay down 

 in front of the hive, that is just even with 

 the entrance, so the bees can crawl right in 

 when they are shaken out of the catcher. I 

 always have a pail of water with a little salt 

 dropped in and a dust-brush which I dip in 

 the water and sprinkle the bees slightly in 

 the catcher, then shake some of the bees out 

 on the platform, but not too close to the en- 

 trance; sprinkle them a little, and with a 

 stick tap on the side of the hive, and it would 

 surprise you to see them rush for the entrance. 

 When they get well started I can shake the 

 others out of the catcher (not too close), or I 

 can lay the catcher down and the bees will 

 all leave and go to the hive, and the job is 

 done. 



I will now give a description of my swarm- 

 catcher, which, I think, is a good one for 

 many reasons. 



It is 12x16 inches. Take thin boards, four 

 of them. Take the short end of an iron 

 siiuare, which is 1,^.1 inches wide, with this 

 make lines l'.> inches apart each way on all 

 four of the boards. Then with a i.;-ineh bit 

 bore a hole just where each of the lines cross, 

 except the center of two of the boards, there 

 bore a "4 inch hole, and make one hole square, 

 leaving the other round. Then take another 

 board "h or 94 inch thick, big enough for a 

 bottom (no holes in this). Now you are 

 ready to nail the box ; be sure to get tlje %■ 

 holes opposite each other; these are for the 

 pole or handle, which is made square to fit 

 the S(|uar6 hole and go through the box, the 

 end made round to fit (he round hole on the 

 opposite side from the square. There must 

 be a shoulder on the pole where made square. 

 When the pole is nicely fitted mark it at the 

 round end close to the box, then pull it out. 

 Bore a gimlet hole through the pole for a pin 

 to hold the box in place, and the catcher is 

 complete. I have four of these, with handles, 

 of different lengths. I also have a number of 

 light poles of different lengths, with hooks on 

 the end to shake the bees from the limbs. 



I have set this bo^' up where the swarm had 



