Dec. n. 1902. 



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Moving Bees. 



On page "45, .Mubaina asks: " In shipping 

 l>uus in very cold weather, would it do junl to 

 cover with wire-cloth ? Would it not be too 

 cold ; 



I shiiiped 20 colonies last April from Iiiwa 

 to Minnesota, over JiiO miles, and perhap.s my 

 experience will help him. 



1 covered the topof thehive.with wire-cloth, 

 fastened up the enlrancc and fastened the 

 hive to the Ixittoni-lioard with strips of lath. 

 I put IliH hives in the end of the car. tiering 

 them up with pieces of scantling between 

 them, tilling the rest of the car with buggy, 

 cutter, household goods, etc. 



The weather was cool, as there was snow 

 .still on the ground, though at that time of 

 year it woukl not be '* very cold." The bees 

 were in the car four days. When I toolc them 

 out thoy were so warm they were just tum- 

 bling over each other in their anxiety to get 

 out. and were all right. 



1 think that as far south as Alabama and 

 Texas there will be no danger of the bees be- 

 ing too cold with all the ventilation possible 

 to give them. 



My bees stored scarcely any surplus honey 

 the past sea.son. It was so cold and wet the 

 middle of .Tune, that they had but littte honey 

 in their hives. They swarmed some, and 

 most of them have honey enough to keep 

 them through the winter. During the white 

 clover bloom they did quite well, but bass- 

 wood bloom did not yield much honey. 



J. Ridley. 



Wright Co., Minn., Nov. 21. 



Common Everlasting. 



I send under separate cover a plant which 

 please name in the American Bee Journal. 

 E. A. DoNET. 

 Scott Co., Iowa, Nov. 16. 



[The plant is called the Common Everlast- 

 ing, because of its persistency in blooming 

 throughout the fall until ;old weather freezes 

 it out. It belongs to the Composite family, 

 and no doubt is a fairly good honey-producer. 

 — C. L. Wai-ton'.I 



Smoker-Fuel— Wintering Baes. 



If you would have tirst-elass. high-toned, 

 way-up, crackerjack smoker-fuel, take cedar- 

 bark, tie it in bundles the proper sizeforyour 

 smoker, and cut it oil the right length. Try 

 it once. Some of oiu* Colorado people make 

 use of cylinders made from old tin cans, that 

 will just slip into the smoker, and when one 

 has burned out replace it with a fresh car- 

 tridge. Very convenient. Have a lot of such 

 prepared at leisure hours, and you will be 

 contented and happy ever after, so long as 

 they last. 



That article on " Shade " on page 7)2S, is all 

 right, according to my experience, and the 

 item on " Wintering Under Snow," page 7M. 

 is all right too. I have tried and proved it in 

 New England, also Iowa; but the beautiful 

 snow is not plentfful in southern Colorado. 

 Some of our people use earth instead, with a 

 super halt tilled with chaff. 



JamesiH. Wixg. 



Prowers Co.. Colo., Nov. 14. 



A Beginner's Experience. 



I am a beginner in the bee-business. I 

 started last fall by buying 8 colonies in box- 

 hives. One melted down before I got it home, 

 and later I found they were all short of stores. 

 I ted them dry sugar in the winter, and sugar 

 syrup in the spring. One colony deserted its 

 hive in April and united, of its own accord, 

 with a colony in a cracker-box. One colony 



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