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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 10, 





Cold Weather in Colorado. 



We are having cold, cold winter weat 

 here now, 8 and 10 degrees below zero m 

 of the time. I guess the bees are all rig 

 they were when last I lookt at them. 



Otero Co., Colo., Jan. 37. W. Bishoi 



■Open Winter So Far. 



We have quite an open winter here, the 

 roads and fields are dusty. Bees did very 

 poorly here during 1897. I secured about 

 50 pounds of surplus honey from 30 colo- 

 nies, spring count. Those that secured 

 enough stores for winter are in good condi- 

 tion at present in the cellar, dry and quiet. 



I must have the Bee Journal, honey or no 

 honey. Joiis M. Seiler. 



Carver Co., Minn., Jan. 31. 



Bee-Keeping' in W. North Carolina. 



1 am wintering 54 colonies of bees here 

 at home on the summer stands, without 

 any protection except a single-walled hive. 

 I don't expect to lose more than 3 per cent. 

 I did not get any surplus honey last year of 

 any importance. There has been a general 

 failure in the honey crop for the last two 

 years in these mountaius. Bees actually 

 starved to death in August here, but when 

 September came, they got enough to carry 

 them through the winter safely, so that 

 was very good, for I began to get scared 

 for fear I would have to feed, as I don't like 

 that sort of bee-keeping. I hope we will all 

 have a prosperous season this year. 



A. J. McBride. 



Watauga Co., N. C. 



Bees Get More Interesting. 



If I had never seen the American Bee 

 Journal 1 might have gotten along without 

 it, but the sample copy received in Septem- 

 ber induced me to try it for three months, 

 and now I don't see how I can get along 

 without it. 



I have been in the bee-business for eight 

 years, and the deeper I get the more inter- 

 esting it becomes. Last summer I did con- 

 siderable transferring. It was a tolerably 

 good season for honey, and the prospect is 

 good for being considerably better this 

 year. I produced about 1,300 pounds of 

 honey from 33 colonies, spring count. Altho 

 a man of average truthfulness, there are 

 some of the box-hive bee keepers who come 

 to see me, hinting as much as if I had over- 

 estimated the capacity of my bees, but 

 when I show what 1 have on hand, and my 

 sale book, and estimate what has been used 

 in my family, they are pretty well satisfied 

 as to the truthfulness of ray assertions, and 

 it also has a tendency to create a fever. 



Van Buren Co., Iowa. James Coe. 



Bee-Keeping in Dixie. 



I am a novice in bee-keeping. Altho I 

 have had bees before, 1 did not know of the 

 improved methods until last year, too late 

 for honey, but 1 divided and have six colo- 

 nies instead of two. With hybrids, Ital- 

 ians, and Carniolan bees, I have a variety 

 of bees, but all in dovetailed hives. 



I have a good deal of theory gathered 

 from bee-literature. If I can put part of it 

 into practice, I think I can make a success 

 of it. I know it would not do to try to put 

 all in practice we learn from books. I 

 notice the questions askt in the Bee Jour- 

 nal of experienced bee-keepers, and after 

 reading the answers, and finding them so 

 different, I wonder what an inexperienced 

 man is to do, but go ahead and learn for 

 himself. 



I am amused reading about the chaff 

 hives, and all other appliances they have 

 for keeping bees warm in winter in the 



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