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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 18, 1902. 



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But they hung on until I put them out, then 

 gave them two combs ot honey from a dead 

 colony; the queen is the best one I ever had. 

 I got 90 sections from the young colony ; then 

 I split the old one into three parts, leaving 

 one with four frames; one of the two-frame 

 ones built up to TU pounds; none of my hives 

 weigh less than 4,t pouuds. This fall I am 

 trying three more wild swarms, hived on dry 

 comb. October 10 1 fed syrup. 



I see one correspondent advises putting an 

 SxlO glass in the honey-board. It is very 

 good for warm weather, but as soon as it gets 

 cold it draws moisture. I have a glass hive, 

 but change boards in cold weather. 



How long does it take ginseng to mature 

 from seed ? F. Dukant. 



Winnebago Co., Wis. 



[Will some one who l^nows please answer 

 the ginseng question '—Editor.] 



Worst Season In 30 Years. 



I began the season with Os colonies. I got 

 two pounds ot honey, and decreased to 60 

 colonies, with prospect of a good many more. 

 This certainly has been the worst season for 

 SO years. R, K, Stokesberrt. 



Vermilion Co., Ind., Nov. 2". 



Sweet Clover for Hay. 



I put my bees into the cellar Nov. '26, 150 

 colonies in good shape. They had a good 

 flight Nov. 21. 



The bees worked on sweet clover from July 

 1 to Nov. 12. What do you want of a plant 

 that will last longer than that ? Sweet clover 

 makes good hay in this locality. 



Sauk Co., Wis., Dec. 1. H. H. Porter. 



A Good Foul Brood Law. 



I am glad to say that the State of California 

 has now a good foul brood law which is en- 

 forced to the letter, and I hope it will tend to 

 tree us in time to come from the most dreaded 

 disease — foul brood; and that every State in 

 the Union will do likewise, to banish tor 

 good this fatal calamity. 



We have had this month about IV inches 

 of rain as a beginning, and prospects are 

 good for more. Gustav Voss. 



Riverside Co., Calif., Nov. 39. 



Feeding Bees for Winter Stores. 



Since arriving home from the Denver Con- 

 vention I have had a pretty hard problem to 

 face, that of feeding my bees for winter 

 stores. In place of their gathering a sur- 

 plus they were dragging out their brood to 

 keep from starving. Some colonies had as 

 much as a good quart of brood dragged out, 

 and scarely any open honey in the hive. 



Cold and rain prevented their getting out 

 after anything. All supers with a small 

 amount ot honey in them were removed to 

 the honey-house, following up with a pail of 

 sugar syrup, dashing a dipper full over the 

 tops of the frames, repeating this in about 20 

 minutes. This was sufficient to tide them 

 over for two days, when we had warm sun- 

 shine again. 



An examination was made of each colony, 

 and only a very small percent of them were 

 found with sufficient stores, and the next 

 problem was, How shall I go about it to feed 

 them ; 



Several ways were tried, hut I found them 

 too slow for 9" colonies needing enough stores 

 for winter. 



Despite the advices from the veterans, I 

 decided to try them " wholesale," and use the 

 watering trough, which is 12.xl2 inches by 14 

 feet long, with 6-inch fencing nailed together 

 flatwise, with a -^n-inch cleat between them 

 for a float. Putting it in a warm, sheltered 

 placet next arranged two 14-foot boards one 

 above the other, and above the trough, with 

 one end elevated about 10 inches. Slicks of 

 stovewood were placed between them (the 

 boards) to give bee-space. Two 5-gallon kegs 

 with faucets in completed the feeder, except 



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