1881 



GLEA2«rNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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smoker unless they are very cross. Smoke should 

 never b3 used unless it is neeepsarj-, for it f)ften 

 makes them crosser than il' no smoke were used. 



Elias Ukrg. 

 Cicero, Hamilton Co., In.l., July V-K 1881. 



Jo#^^ and Queries 



D. A. .lONES. 



^ HAVE nut heard from Mr. Jones this season yet. 

 ji| Shall likely go and see him again this season. 

 — ' Hr is (>'? /)(vx, and a .iolly fellow. I spent a pleas- 

 ant day with him and his g'ood wife two yeara ago, 

 when he was right in the midst of that good season 

 when he had everything filled with honey; even 

 collected all the women's wash-boilers to store his 

 honey. He had enough honey to drown the whole 

 village. How is that for Canada? 



Ben.]. Duitt. 

 Waterloo, Ont.. Canada, June 6, 1881. 



I have givcTi up the use of tin separators. I don't 

 consider them profitable. Henrv Daxiels. 



riaintichl, Sullivan Co., N. fl., June, 18S1. 



Bev.s have built up very rapidly since thrseasjn 

 opened, some reporting 5 swarms from 1 naturally. 



Wm. H. CiRavks. 

 Dur.can, Stark Co., Ill , Julys, IS:*!. 



CANDY FOU WINTEIU.VG. 



My l>ees wintered all right, and one colony on can- 

 dy alone. E. T. Hodge. 

 North Edgccomb, Mc. June 5, 18.S!. 



FOliEST-LEAVES. 



I wintered 40 colonies out of 40 in Quinby hives, 

 packed with forest-leav'cs on summer stands. 



John F. Logsdon. 

 Barton, Allegany Co., Md., June 2T, 1881. 



My Cyprian bees wintered best of all. You have 

 to be very careTul in handling them, as they would 

 sting you to death; but with care thes' are all right. 



H. S. Shull. 



Wellsvillo, Columbiana Co., O., June 11, 1881. 



Bees doing finely, making lots of honey. I lost 

 none last winterer spring. Swarming began June 

 10. I wintered on summer stands, chatf hives, 2.5 

 stands. Alex Fiddes. 



Centralia, Marion Co., 111., Juno 18, 1881. 



Will queens' wing- grow out again when clipped? 



C. W. C'LAVTO.V. 



Laurel Junction, Ritchie Co., W. Va., July 2, 1881. 

 [They don't at our house, friend C. Once clipped, 

 and they are clipped for ever.] 



A SMALL SrORY WITH A OHE-VT MUKAL TO IT. 



I commenced last winter with 13 stafids; came out 

 this spring with 11; the 4 that were lost were some 

 that I divided and transferred. They did not fill up 

 full like the others. David Sperry. 



Lincoln, Cass Co., Ind., June 6, 1881. 



I'RETTY WELli FOR .VN A HCSlHOLAK 



July it, 1SV9, 1 got my swarm on a tree in the woods. 

 AV'hen winter set in they had about six inches square 

 of comb; I fed them on sugar and they came out 

 quite strong in the spring. Samuel Benson. 



Hockley, Ont., Canada, June 23, 1881. 



THE CKLLAK AHEAD. 



I have only 41 hives of bees left out of !"1; 21, left 

 out of cellar, all died; the 41 are from the TO put in- 

 to cellar. My hopes are not quite blasted. 



De.nnis Gardner. 



Carson City, Mich., May 24, 1881. 



A SWAK.M GOING INTO A HIVE OF THEIR OWN AC- 

 CORD. 



Thanks to an all-wise Providence, the cold weather 

 took all my bees. This morning I took a walk into 

 my bee-yard, and found that a swarm of bees had ta- 

 ken possession of an empty hive. S. Angle.mire. 



Dupage, 111., Julys, 1881. 



The bees I received from the South are doing fine- 

 ly; six combs full of brood since May 19th. 



Geo. W. Howsell. 



Bainbridge, Putnam Co., Ind., June 16, 1881. 



[The above was a hybrid queen with 1 lb. of bees, 

 from G. W. Gates, Bartlett, Tenn.] 



We have just passed through the greatest swarm- 

 ing campaign I ever knew, and it has been very an- 

 noying when you wish honey and not increase. 

 Honey crop good ; have taken off 2000 section boxes 

 well filled, and of fine quality , have as much more 

 to take off this week. J.S.Giles. 



Apalachin, Tioga Co., N. Y., July IS, 1881. 



Most of my bees, or the larger half of them,— IT 

 swarms, died during' the past winter, but the re- 

 mainder have more than doubled, and have filled 

 every available cell with honey. The trouble now is, 

 the breaking down of combs from overloading with 

 honey, and the extreme heat, over 100'' Fahrenheit 

 in the shade. I.E.Stevenson. 



Canal Winchester, Franklin Co., O., July 12,1881. 



DOLL.A.R (iUEEXS. 



A dollar queen I had of you two years ago last 

 June is just as near perfect as can be. We took out 

 of her swarm last poor season 85 lbs. extracted hon- 

 ey : this year, 2.5 lbs., and a three-story hive full now. 

 Her bees winter best of any here, and best every 

 way. Gcy Clark. 



Bellows Falls, Windham Co., Vt., July II, 1881. 



GLOVES. 



Please send mc a pair of gloves. I suppose I shall 

 ha\e to be put down on the coward's list; but no use 

 talking, bee-stings are not pleasant to have every 

 few minutes through the day. 

 HONE v. 



From thirty hives 1 have taken, to date, 1216 lbs. 

 of honey. Chas. H. Kincade. 



Sterling, Chicot Co , Ark., June 23, 1881. 



THE FUTURE OF THE IT.VLIANS. 



I have about 225 colonies, blacks and hybri<ls, and 

 I feel quite sure that they show more of the Italian 

 each succeeding year; the best evidence that I can 

 see of their superiority over other bees. When I 

 commenced the b\isiness three years ago, I hsd a 

 very few that showed one band; now half my stocks 

 are marked. T. G. H. Jones. 



Xicolaus, Sutter Co., Cal., June 30, 1881. 



LI think j-ou are right, friend J. The bees in the 

 woods, and those owned by the farmers about here, 

 are now more or less Italian; and we have fre- 

 quently purchased swarms during the past few 

 weeks as nicely marked as any we have in our api- 

 ary. These, too, came from those who have never 

 taken any notice of the Italians at all.] 



