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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



KUT" Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper "witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Nice Winter So Far. 



We have a very nice winter so far — 

 plenty of snow for sleigh-riding, and no 

 drifting — something rare here. 



I have 14 good, strong colonies of bees in 

 the cellar, and 10 out-doors packed in chaff. 

 I appreciate the Bee Journal, and wish it 

 more than success. 



Elmer Bridenstine. 



North Liberty, Iowa, Dec. 9, 1893. 



A " Record Breaker" Next Year. 



We have had two very poor seasons here 

 for honey (this and the previous), but hope 

 for a record breaker next year. I have 

 kept bees for 1.5 years in Langstroth hives, 

 and see no reason to change. I have 30 

 colonies to go into winter quarters with. 



I met with a painful accident in getting 

 my left leg broken on Oct. 14th. while driv- 

 ing a young horse, consequently I will be 

 confined to the house almost all winter. 

 Geo. W. Morris. 



Cornishville, Ky., Dec.^, 1893. 



Bee-Keeping in the Cherokee Strip. 



I want to know whether or not bees will 

 do well in the Cherokee, Oklahoma coun- 

 try. Can any of the- readers of the Bee 

 Journal answer ? I am going there in 

 February or March by rail. I was there in 

 the race, and got a quarter section of land. 

 Can I ship my bees to advantage by rail ? 

 If so. how shall I prepare them for ship- 

 ping ? 1 expect to take one or two cars of 

 freight. My location is south of Hunne- 

 well, Kans., about 20 miles. 



Farmersville, Mo. C. A. Spencer. 



[Will some one who knows, kindly an- 

 swer the question as to bee-keeping in the 

 Cherokee country ? 



Directions for shipping bees by rail may 

 be found in any of the standard text-books, 

 one or more of which should be in every 

 bee-keeper's library. Bee-papers cannot 

 publish over and over information that 

 may be learned in almost any of the bee- 

 books.— Ed.] 



Pleasant "Weather in Southern Calif. 



The weather in the southern part of this 

 State continues to be pleasant. We have 

 had a few light showers of rain, but not 

 enough to be of much account, and as the 

 season has not advanced into that period 

 necessary to bombard the clouds for rain, 

 we have concluded to wait until the illumi- 

 nating smiles of the bee-keepers advance 

 into that state of brightness, which always 

 means " Get there, Eli." 



I was pleased to read the information on 

 the matrimonial question which appeared 

 in a very late number of the Bee Journal. 

 I can now imagine seeing its grinding ef- 

 fects upon the Ramber, and how the ruling 

 qualities are taking effect. Let him take 

 unto himself a wife, and ramble no more. 

 A. F. Unterkircher. 



E. Riverside. Calif.. Dec. 2, 1893. 



Bees for Pleasure and Profit. 



I became much interested last season in 

 my bees, and had tolerably fair success 

 with them for a poor season. I introduced 

 seveu golden Italian queens that I got from 

 Texas, and lost two of them. They are 

 beauties. I want to keep bees for both 

 pleasure and profit, and I know I have 

 much to learn. I think the Bee Journal 

 will be a great help to me. 



Noah Miller. 



North English. Iowa, Dec. 9. 1893. 



Results of the Past Season. 



I commenced the spring of 1893 with 15 

 colonies of Italian bees, which I wintered 

 in a bee-house made above the ground. I 

 did not lose a colony nor a queen. I took 

 off 700 pounds of surplus comb honey, and 

 increased to 32 colonies. On Nov. 17th I 

 put them into winter quarters, with plenty 

 of honey to keep them through the winter. 

 The American Bee Journal is a welcome 

 visitor ever week in the year. I am very 

 much interested in Mrs. Atchley's depart- 

 ment. Jesse B. Lewis. 



Weston's Mills, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1893. 



How to Fumigate Brood-Combs. 



This fall I had a reserve force of .50 fine 

 frames of brood-combs full of honey. 

 Early in October I found the tracks of 

 moths in them. After trying in vain to 

 keep a sulphur smoke going in an air-tight 

 box, I hit upon an excellent way to fumi- 

 gate them. Let the fire go out in the cook- 

 stove. Then remove the front and back 

 covers, on one side of the stove. On or 

 over these place a liive-body full of the 

 frames; then another, and so on clear to 

 the ceiling, and put a cover on the top of 

 all. 



I make a lot of sulphur cartridges by 

 spreading a piece of newspaper out smooth 

 on the table, and over this a piece of cot- 

 ton-cloth. Then sprinkle this cloth very 

 yellow with the flour of sulphur; roll it up 



