Feb. 21, 1907 



Americ^ii Hee Journal 



155 



the ground is bare of 6now, and if it la thua 

 killed I know there will be no yield. Hut if 

 there is a pood stand in spring, I don't know 

 whether there will be any crop or not. I 

 can't tell anything about it till the clover be- 

 gins to bloom. Even then I can't be sure. If 

 the bees begin to store from it, then I know 

 it will yield— and the probability is that it 

 will continue to yield; but it may come to a 

 sudden pause. If it doesn't yield as soon as 

 in full bloom, the probability is that it will 

 not yield at all. 



3. No, I have never noticed any sort of 

 sequence in the matter. 



3. I think the general opinion is that .50 

 percent more extracted than comb can be ob- 

 tained. I'erhaps that isn't far out of the way. 

 Of course, there may be a difference in locali- 

 ties, in seasons and in management. One 

 way to tell something about it is to compare 

 prices of comb and extracted. If you'll wait 

 a minute I'll do some figuring in that line . . , 

 Well, I took the prices in the American liee 

 Journal for .Jan. 24, as that happened to be 

 nearest at hand, and if we are to go at all by 

 comparing prices, that 50 percent is altogether 

 too low. For, taking highest prices for comb 

 and highest prices for extracted in each of the 

 8 markets quoted on page 79, and making the 

 yield depend upon these prices, there would 

 be, on the whole average, 94 percent more ex- 

 tracted than comb, varying from "7 to 125 

 percent, according to the market. Some- 

 thing, of course, should be sliced from those 

 figures on account of the greater cost of sup- 

 plies for comb honey, but it would hardly 

 seem that it would bring it down to 50 per- 

 cent. But, as before intimated, circumstances 

 will make a great difference, for you know in 

 some cases you can get at least a small yield 

 of extracted when you can't get any comb at 

 all, and each man must decide the matter for 

 his own locality and conditions. 



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Fine Winter So Far 



We have had a fine winter so far. My bees 

 are in the best possible condition. Still, the 

 most trying time for the bees to winter is yet 

 before us. Wm. Stollkt. 



Grand Island, Nebr., Feb. 12. 



Bees Wintering Fine 



Bees are wintering fine in this part of the 

 country with the exception of being short of 

 stores. I winter my bees on the summer 

 stands. I lost one out of 24 on account of 

 being queenless. Nick Jentgen. 



La Motte, Iowa, Feb. 6. 



Weather Affects Grapes, Etc. 



I see a Mr. Kennedy (page 980, 1906) blames 

 some insects or birds for cutting his grapes 

 so that the bees can get the sap. Now I think 

 I know where the trouble is, and that is the 

 weather. If certain kinds of fruit are ripen- 

 ing and a nice rain should come, and the next 

 day the sun shines right hot, the fruit will 

 grow so fast that ic will crack. At least I 

 found that out several years ago on certain 

 kinds of peaches, apples, and grapes; and 

 then the bees and wasps have a good start. 



Marissa, 111., Feb. 2. C. A. Finger. 



Conditions in Texas 



Our winter weather has been very injuri- 

 ous, especially to the fruit industry here in 

 Texas. Not because of too much cold, but on 

 account of the prolonged warm weather we 

 had in January. Fruit-trees are in full bloom 

 in many localities, and here in the neigh- 

 borhood of San Antonio, the catclaw Is also 



in full bloom u present. They are found 

 only scattcreil mer the country, but never- 

 theless if the !■( 11 in is right they yield honey 

 immensely, luid ii beautiful, aromatic honey 

 it is. Hut this yi/ar they are a thing of the 

 past already, u; Tar as honey-yielding is con- 

 cerned. Our ni \t hopes are horsemint and 

 mesquite, but it is dry here, and for bee-keep- 

 ing, the prospiMis are again not at all promis- 

 ing. I suppoMi hundreds and hundreds of 

 colonies of bees died from starvation in this 

 part of the country the last season. I fed 4 

 barrels of sugar to SO colonies last year, and I 

 am hoping for a favorable spring — an early 

 spring with plenty of rain and sunshine, and 

 plenty of llowcrs. If we should have a late, 

 cold and dry spring like last year, then I fear 

 I will lose many colonies. 



Otto Sueltbnfuss. 

 San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 29. 



Grand Kiver. My beea have stored as much 

 as 9 pounds per day (average) during sumac 

 bloom. There isn't much clover here yet, but 

 plenty of sumac, grape, periimmon, locust, 

 Spanish-needle in places, goldenrod, and other 

 fall lliivvers. There is the best market here for 

 honey of anywhere I know. Mid-continental 

 oil and gas llelda are near here. Any bee- 

 keeper is welcome that will not cut the price 

 and not market inferior honey. The honey 

 How has been light and of Inferior quality fo 

 the past 2 years. J. T. Haibstos. 



Salina, Ind. Ter., Jan. 21. 



Indian TeFPitory for Bees 



" Illinois '' asks Dr. Miller about Northern 

 Indian Territory as a honey country. 1 have 

 kept bees here for 12 years, and it is good on 



Bees In Fine Condition 



We have had summer weather since Christ 

 mas, and our early honey-plants are In bloom 

 so honey has been coming in freely. Hive 

 are full of young bees and brood, and but lit 

 tie stores have been consumed. We hav - 

 never seen bees in such fine condition at thi ■ 

 time of the year before. We can not tel- 

 what the results will be, but they are promis- 

 ing now. J. J. Wilder. 



Crisp Co., Ga., Jan. 25. 



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