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capping brood to do over the work that 

 was insufficiently done ; but as you say 

 there is no possible mistake, we have no 

 desire to dispute your word. If a colony 

 of your bees could be seen in active 

 operation among the exhibits at the 

 World's Fair, we are very sure it would 

 secure the attention of all visiting bee- 

 keepers. 



Sawdust Cushions —Feeding Bees, Etc. 



My 25 colonies returned 30 per cent. 

 on the investment this year. The spring 

 was late, and all summer dry, otherwise 

 they would have doubled the above. I 

 would like a little information through 

 the Bee Journal. 



1. Will dry sawdust or fine shavings 

 answer the same purpose as chaff to fill 

 chaff cushions ? 



2. How much granulated sugar will it 

 take to equal a pound of extracted honey 

 to feed bees ? 



3. My queen ceased laying by the last 

 of August — I presume in consequence of 

 the drouth. In what condition will that 

 leave my colonies by the opening of 

 spring ? H. F. Rees. 



Wadsworth, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1893. 



Answers. — 1. Yes, although good 

 chaff is generally preferred. 



■ 2. Five pounds of sugar with two 

 pounds of water will make a good syrup. 

 According to that, 5/7 of a pound of 

 granulated sugar will equal a pound of 

 extracted honey. 



3. Probably the majority would say 

 that they will not be in as good condition 

 as though the colony had more young 

 bees in the spring. Still, there is one 

 compensation — the bees have nothing to 

 do, and bees don't grow old so fast when 

 idle. 



Capons and Caponizing:, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls ; and thus how to 

 make the most money in poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bee Joiirnal one year, for $1.10. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Journal we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed with the 

 Journal for $1.40. 



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Beeville. Texas. 



Eianch. Life in Texas. 



Friends, when you come to see us now, 

 you will find us about three miles north 

 of the little city of Beeville. For the 

 second time in my life we are living on a 

 ranch with the bees. We are snugly 

 arranged, though. We have plenty of 

 water, and a wind-mill to draw it; a 

 nice little orchard, and everything 

 handy ; but our houses are a bunch of 

 little ranch cabins, but, as there is no 

 cold weather here, good houses are not 

 so necessary. 



This is a thinly settled country, and 

 one can pick places here where it is ten 

 miles to any house or timber, and on 

 one of these places I shall place my 

 queen-yard next year. 



This is a very healthy country, al- 

 though my 10-year-old boy is sick with 

 typhoid fever, and it is while I am sit- 

 ting up nights by his bedside, that I 

 write these lines. However, he was 

 sick, or complaining, before we came 

 here. 



While we are nearly three miles from 

 the post-office, still I can drive it in less 

 than 30 minutes in a buggy, as the 

 roads are very good here all the time. 

 While this county has not had a good 

 rain since last May, grass is green, and 

 stock is doing well. We are about 45 

 miles from the coast, and we are in the 

 line or reach of the trade winds, and the 

 pure air seems to feed vegetation, and 

 the flowers, I am told, always yield 

 honey. It rains hut little here from 

 May until August, as a rule, and the 

 climate seems about like the coast coun- 

 try of Southern California, only it does 

 not get nearly so cold here in winter. 



This is said to be a fine place to benefit 

 weak lungs, and like affections, but one 

 accustomed to a thickly settled country 

 is likely to become dissatisfied, for there 

 are but few neighbors out from the little 



