Jan 3. 1907 



American IBee Journal 



Iteporfs and 

 " pcrience3,| 



Poor Year for Bees 



This year wue a poor one for bees, for from 

 SO colonies, spring count, I got only InOO 

 pounds of lioney. I thinlc it was too wet. 1 

 put lot) colonies into the cellar Nov. 20, but I 

 think a lot of tliem will starve before spring. 

 Chas. J. MiLLEB. 



Long Prairie, Minn., Deo. 10. 



Bees in the Rocks 



In prospecting for gold on the Colorado 

 River, in Nevada and Arizona, I carry water 

 in cans, and sometimes 4 miles from the 

 river bees cover the stopper so that I can not 

 drink. They live in the rocks. 



Searchlight, Nev. F. F. Robinson. 



Bees Cappying Pollen in November 



Perhaps it would be of interest to you to 

 know that bees were out at 7:30 this a.m., 

 Nov. 19, 1000, and some of them carrying pol- 

 len. Temperature 0:i degrees above zero. 



North Scituate, Mass. W. A. Carter. 



Bees Quiet in the Cellap 



My bees are unusually quiet in the cellar. I 

 have never had so few dead bees on the floor 

 after so long a time — more than a month. 

 There are very few on the floor. 



We have 2 inches of snow and ice. It is 

 fine wheeling and fair sleighing — not very 

 cold, but not thawing. T. F. Bingham. 



Farwell, Mich., Dec. IS. 



His Best Season in 1906 



The season of 1S100 was the best I ever 

 knew. My bees commenced work in earnest 

 about June 15, and continued to bring in 

 honey until about Sept. 15. This is not a 

 good locality for honey, there being no clover 

 of any kind and but very little basswood, the 

 principal sources being sumac, peas, and cot- 

 ton. 



I started in last spring with H colonies and 

 increased to 54. I secured on an average fiO 

 well-filled sections per colony, spring count. 

 My best colony yielded 116 well-tilled sections. 

 My colonies in Danzentaaker hives yielded 

 about 33^t percent more honey than those in 

 the S-frame dovetailed hives. I have never 

 been able heretofore to get more than 30 well- 

 filled sections to the colony. I hope this 

 locality will continue to improve as it did this 

 season. 



Success to the American Bee Journal. 



Danville, Ark., Nov. 19. J. H. McCaroo. 



-Fast- 



Plain vs. Bee-Way Seetions- 

 ening Siapteps 



I improve every opportunity to induce bee- 

 keepers to read the American Bee Journal, 

 and learn how to make the bees keep them. 

 While the past season was quite discourag- 

 ing at times, on the whole it was quite satis- 

 factory. My crop was 4000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted and 5065 pounds of section honey, or 

 5313 sections. One shipment of comb honey 

 of 4502 sections weighed 4416 pounds net; 

 near enough a pound to a section for all prac- 

 tical purposes. I have IS unfinished sections 

 left for bait. How is that for a finish-up? 



There has been considerable discussion as 

 to what size should constitute a 1-pound sec- 

 tion, and I will say for the benefit of those 

 concerned that these were about two-thirds 

 4'4 square plain, and one-third i}^ square bee- 

 way sections. In a dray-load, as they were 

 hauled to the car tor loading, a record was 



kept of the kind of sections and their net 

 weights, and hero Is the result; plain, 1124 

 sections, net weight 1032 pounds; l>oo-way, 

 792 sections, net weight 763 pounds. While 

 the bee- way sections weighed slightly heavier, 

 the dilTereneo is so slight it is not worth 

 reckoning. In fact, almost If not quite sulli- 

 cient extra wood is in the bee-way sections to 

 make the dilTerence. From the consumer's 

 standpoint, it is about a "siand-oll," and the 

 producers are slightly ahead on the plain sec- 

 tions. First, 25 cents per thousand on first 

 cost; second, less freight on sections. Then 

 the casing costs less, and less freight on same, 

 and hence less cartage if shipped by local 

 freight. 



Then scraping is quite an item, although 

 this is olTset somewhat in handling the sec- 

 tions into and taking out of the supers, at 

 least it is with me. 



As to the bees accepting them, I see no dif- 

 ference. They enter one as quickly as the 

 other, and fill them out plump, one as well as 

 the other. 



I use the lO-frame hive with 9 frames and 

 dummy, and like them better than the 8- 

 frame, of which I have some 30 or 40 that I 

 use when needed. 



I use bottom-starters in every section, and 

 have done ^o for 4 or 5 years. The last 3 

 years I have fastened the bottom-starters in 

 sections as described at the St. Louis National 

 convention, and later in Gleanings. The 

 more I use the fastener the better I like it, 

 and don't see how it can be improved upon, 

 either for speed or quality of work. The 

 machine or fastener described in Gleanings 

 by Dr. M. A. Aulick, of Kentucky, is worked 

 on a similar plan, but if he can place bottom 

 and top starters in sections at the rate of 20 to 

 25 per minute, he can "move some." Try 

 your speed on a hundred or more and report, 

 will you. Dr. Aulick! Also, Dr. Miller his 

 speed. And don't you forget to report, too, 

 Doctor. F. W. Hall. 



Hull, Iowa, Nov. 5. 



Bees in Good Condition for Wintep 



It has been raining a great deal here lately. 

 We have also had a little ice, which is an un- 

 common thing in this part of the country. 

 We are looking for a good honey season next 

 year, of course, as we have had two failures 

 in succession. Our bees are in much better 

 condition for winter than we expected. I have 

 just examined and found that they have 

 plenty of honey. DixoN C. Gullet. 



San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 29. 



A Good Rainfall 



This entire State has received a good rain- 

 fall up to the present time — over 2}.'.i inches 

 having fallen hereabout, and a much heavier 

 downpour in the North. I trust California 

 bee-keepers will be much benefited. 



Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 12. T. F. Gray. 



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CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New .Jersey. — The New Jersey Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet at the State Houac, 

 Trenton, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1907, at 

 10;30a.m. Addresses will be made by the 

 President, also by Cbas. Stewart, foul brood 

 Inspector, Sainmonsvllle, N. Y.; H. H. Kerry, 

 J. H. M. Cook, and others. Much attention 

 will be given to the Question-Bux. All bee- 

 keepers, and especially ladies, are cordially 

 Invited to attend. W. W. Ca8e, J'ren. 



a. N. Waube, A/r. 



Nebraska. —The annual meeting of the 

 Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in the Experiment Building at the 

 State I'arm, Lincoln, Nebr., Jan. 16, 1907. An 

 interesting program on practical subjects has 

 been prepared, and bee-keepers will be bene- 

 fited by attending. 



Lillian E. TBESxaR, Sec. 



Lincoln, Nebr. 



Washington.— The Washington State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its 2d an- 

 nual convention at the State Agricultural 

 College, Pullman, Wash., Jan. 7, 8, 9, 1907. 

 A good aitendance is expected, and present 

 indications point to an interesting and suc- 

 cessful meeting. A number of prominent 

 bee-keepers will read papers which will be 

 followed by discussions. For further infor- 

 mation address the Secretary. 



Virgil Sires, tiec. 



North Yakima, Wash. 



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