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Results of the Season. 



In June the bees had the appearance 

 of storing lots of honey. They filled the 

 crates ready to seal up. I watched 

 them closely, to see them seal their 

 honey, so I could take off the honey. In 

 a few days I looked at them again, and 

 they were taking it out of the sections 

 and depositing it in the brood-frames. 

 In August they began to gather honey 

 from wild asters and golden-rod, then I 

 got some surplus honey and 4 swarms. 

 I returned the swarms to the parent 

 colonies. The Italian bees are in fine 

 condition. R. D. Davis. 



Commercial Point, O., Nov. 20, 1892. 



Jelly-Glass Bee-Feeder. 



The year before last fruit was plenti- 

 ful, and I bought a case of jelly-glasses. 

 They were delayed in coming, so some 

 were left over unused. This fall I 

 wanted a feeder, so I went to my wife's 

 jelly-glasses, picked out a few with 

 tight-fitting teps, and with a harness- 

 awl I punched it full of holes, filled it 

 with honey, and placed it in the super 

 above the bees, upon two small pieces of 

 wood, so that the bees could pass freely 

 under. 



The advantage of this feeder is, that 

 it costs nothing, for you only "borrow 

 of your wife ;" next, you can regulate 

 by the number of glasses you put into 

 the super ; and, third, being glass, you 

 can see at a glance if they need replen- 

 ishing. E. B. Ellis. 



Cooksville, Ills., Nov. 27, 1892. 



Work Done by Bees — Report. 



On page 624, under the above head- 

 ing, it is estimated that one must make 

 3,750,000 trips to bring in a pound of 

 honey. Suppose a colony contains 60,- 

 000 bees, and 40,000 of them are 

 gathering honey, and they bring in a 

 pound in an hour ; for convenience in 

 calculation, say 3,600,000 trips, or 

 1,000 trips per second. Now suppose a 

 bee crawls two inches per second, and 

 an army of them are coming out two 

 deep to the inch — it would require a 

 hive-entrance 60 inches long to accom- 

 madate them, supposing the loaded bees 

 entered by another hole. We have seen 

 bees swarm say 60,000 in five minutes, 

 this would be 200 per second ; but ac- 

 cording to the 3,750,000 calculation, 

 we must work five times as fast as this, 

 if we ever "get there." Well, if either 



I or my bees ever " get there," it is time 

 we began to hustle, I tell you. 



There was a calculation somewhat 

 simitar to this in the Canadian Bee Jour- 

 nal a year or so ago, but I misplaced it, 

 and when I saw what was said on page 

 624, I hailed it with delight, and showed 

 it to my bee-friends ; but you see now I 

 am in doubt about it. 



I have had a swarm (not single ones) 

 which would weigh over 60 pounds, six 

 feet long, one foot wide, and from one 

 to six inches deep ; but a single swarm 

 which weighs 15 pounds, is not to be 

 " snuffed at," viz. : 60,000 bees, allow- 

 ing 4,000 to the pound. I have had a 

 colony in a Jones hive (no super on), 

 and 12 frames, that stored 22 pounds 

 in two days, of basswood honey. If I 

 remember, neighbor Corneil got 18 

 pounds in one day. 



I started last spring with about 200 

 colonies ; had 100 supers on with per- 

 forated zinc bottoms and drone-combs, 

 with one or two brood-combs from below 

 (I intend putting on four or five next 

 year). I secured 6,000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey, and got 7 cents, less >£ 

 cent for freight and 1 cent for cans, 

 for the light honey ; and 3 cents, less X 

 cent for freight and 1 cent for cans, 

 for 1,000 pounds of dark honey. 



R. F. Whiteside. 



Little Britain, Ont., Nov. 21, 1892. 



Plenty of Honey for Winter. 



Although the season has been the 

 nearest to a total failure as far as a crop 

 of honey is concerned that I ever had, I 

 shall brace up, pull down my vest, and 

 try again. So, of course, I must have 

 the " Old Reliable " to help do the brac- 

 ing. There is one consolation, the bees 

 have plenty of honey to winter on, and 

 I live in hopes of doing better another 

 season. S. H. Mallory. 



Decatur, Mich., Nov. 25, 1892. 



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