AMERICAN BEii JOURNAL. 



569 



1^^ Do not write anything- for puhlicatlon 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering' with either part of the letter. 



Kept Bees Over 33 Years. 



I have kept bees for over 33 years in 

 movable-comb hives, using the Langstroth 

 frame all the time. I have tried 8, 9 and 10 

 frame hives, but prefer the 9-frame for 

 brood-chamber, and 8 for super. I call my 

 hive the "Ventura Standard." The en- 

 trance is full width of the hive, and all 

 frames rest on tin rabbets. The hives are 

 painted pure white. Jno. G. Corby. 



Santa Paula, Calif., Oct. 21, 1893. 



Plenty of Stores for Winter. 



I hardly know whether to make a report 

 or not, but here goes. I got only about 12 

 pounds of honey per colony. The honey 

 crop is "no good " in southwest Iowa this 

 year. The clover winter-killed last winter, 

 so there was but little bloom from that 

 source, and the fall bloom was not very 

 good; however, the bees have plenty of 

 stores for winter. Jerry Scott. 



Shambaugh, Iowa, Oct. 24, 1893. 



Fairly Good Season for Bees. 



The honey season is now over. Let the 

 busy bees rest awhile from their labors, but 

 let us not forget to see that they are pre- 

 pared for winter, in stores, packing and 

 ventilation. Bees have done fairly well 

 this season here, mine especially. I took 

 40^:4 pounds of nice honey from a medium- 

 sized swarm — hived on the 30th of May, in 

 one of my improved hives. It also filled 

 the body of the hive. I had only two old 

 ones that beat this. I had larger swarms in 

 flat hives, which had as good chances, but 

 did not make the showing. No more flat, 

 shallow hives for me. I took the two •• first 

 premiums " on honey at our County Fair, 

 over three competitors. T. C. Kelly. 



Slippery Rock, Pa., Oct. 23, 1893. 



liOss of Weight in Wintering. 



Last fall, about Nov. 30th, I put about 80 

 colonies of bees into my cellar, with noth- 

 ing over the brood-frames except a slatted 

 break-joint honey-board, and two or three 

 thicknesses of burlap and brown muslin. I 



gave plenty of lower ventilation, tiered up 

 4 or 5 high, and put them in and weighed 

 as they were. They were taken out about 

 April 1st, and the greatest loss of weight 

 was 19)^ pounds per colony, and the least 

 loss was 4 pounds; the others running all 

 the way between. One winter before, it 

 ranged from 4^.^ pounds to 22 pounds. Now, 

 the question is, being wintered in the same 

 cellar, and the same length of time, why so 

 great a difference in loss of weight ? They 

 all came out dry, and in good condition. 

 The average loss per colony was about 11 

 pounds, which included dead bees as well as 

 honey. O. B. Barrows. 



Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1893. 



[Who can give an answer to Mr. Barrows' 

 question ? Here is a chance for those who 

 have been experimenting in this line, or 

 for the experiment station itself. — Ed.] 



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Priet of both. Olub. 

 The American Bee Journal ..81 00 



and Gleanings In Bee-Culture.... 2 00.... 175 



Bee-Keeoers' Review 2 00 175 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 ... 175 



The Apiculturlst. 175.... 165 



Progressive Bee- Keeper . . 1 50 — 1 30 



American Bee- Keeper 150 140 



Nebraska Bee-Keeper 150 — 135 



The 8 above-named papers 6 25 — 5 25 



OouTention IVotices. 



IOWA.— The Eastern Iowa Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Delmar, Iowa, on Dec. 

 13 and 14, 1893. All Interested in bee-culture 

 are requested to be there, and to bring with 

 them any thing or fixture that might be of 

 interest to bee-men. 



Welton. Iowa. Frank Coverdale, Sec. 



ILLINOIS.— The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet at Springfield. 111., on 

 Dec, I'i and 13, 1893, in the Senate Judiciary 

 room at (he State House. The Illinois State 

 Grange, the Illinois State Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, and the various Stock Breeders' Associa- 

 tions meet at the same time, and in the 

 several rooms of the State House. Railroad 

 fare has been secured on the Certificate plan, 

 1^ rate. Those attending, to get the rate, 

 must pay full fare going, and get a Certificate 

 of the agent wh'-re the ticket is purchased. 

 Rates at the hotels are secured at $1.50 pjer 

 day, where two or more days' board is paid. 

 The Horticulturists and Bee-Keepers are to 

 make their head-quarters at the Hotel Palace. 

 Come, ever.vbody. and have a good time. 



Bradfordton, Ills. JAS. A. Stone, Sec. 



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