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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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fitted with full sheets of comb foundation, 

 and are fed with medicated syrup a few 

 days longer. The skep used as their tem- 

 porary home must then be burned. All 

 such work as is here desyibed, should be 

 done in the evening, when the bees have 

 ceast flying for the day, to avoid chance of 

 robbing." 



Recipe for napthol beta solution: " Nap- 

 thol beta was introduced after exhaustive 

 experiments by Dr. Loret, and subsequent 

 experience here has proved its efficacy. To 

 make the solution proceed as follows : 



"For convenience of (measuring, procure 

 from a chemist an S-ounce bottle, markt 

 with 16 divisions of half an ounce. Thus 

 each division will be equal to one table- 

 spoonful. Put an ounce napthol beta into 

 the bottle and half fill with pure methylated 

 spirit. Shake until the crytals are dis- 

 solved. Then add spirit until the liquid 

 reaches the 14th line on the bottle. The 

 solution is then ready for use. Each divi- 

 sion will contain one tablespoonful, which 

 is just the right quantity for 10 pounds of 

 sugar. The solution should be stirred into 

 the syrup while the latter is hot." 



Los Angeles Co., Calif. J. H. Martin.' 



Favorable Winter for Bees. 



The winter has been favorable for bees. 

 As the fall honey was "nixy" on account 

 of severe drouth, bees went into winter un- 

 der unfavorable conditions, no young bees 

 having been reared to anount to anything. 



The Bee Journal meets my approval. I 

 always read the editorial page first. 



Cass Co., Mo., Feb. 17. W. D. Hdrt. 



Report for 1897. 



My report for the year 1897 is 7,000 

 pounds of comb honey of good quality from 

 60 colonies, spring count, inereast to 100. 

 December 10 I put 50 colonies into the cel- 

 lar, leaving 10 on the summer stands. I 

 had to move my bees out ^eb. 10, as they 

 commenced to spot the hive inside. I have 

 had bees eight years. I always put them in 

 a row and cover them with straw, so it is 

 dark for them. C. W. Anderson. 



Bureau Co., 111., Feb. 15. 



Honey Crop Prospect Fine. 



The prospect now is fine for a honey 

 crop. The bees are at work on the peach 

 and plum bloom, turnips, mustard, etc. 



I could get along, I think, without the 

 Bee Journal, now that I know a little about 

 bee-keeping, but it would be like the Irish- 

 man who had a coat made, and when he 

 went for it, he found the sleeves sowed to 

 the pocket-holes. The maker askt him "it 

 it would do." "Yes," replied the Irish- 

 man, " but it's a poor do." I could do with- 

 out the Bee Journal, but it would be "a 

 poor do." M. Y. Estes. 



DeKalb Co., Ga., March 19. 



Mild Winter— Wintering Well. 



We here in northeastern Pennsylvania 

 have had a very mild winter so far, only a 

 little snow, and about two weeks of real 

 cold weather. Last week my bees were 

 flying strong every day. There are 65 col- 

 onies all on the summer stands, an i every 

 one alive yet. I expect to move my entire 

 apiary sometime between now and April 1, 

 about }4 mile to a No. 1 place for bees, a 

 southeast slope where the morning sun 

 strikes them better. We have lots of young 

 white clover yet, and the prospects are 

 good for another crop this year. 



Paul Whitebread. 



Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb. 15. 



New York State As30ciation. 



In pursuance of a call issued by a commit- 

 tee from several bee-keepers' societies, ask- 

 ing that delegates be sent to Geneva, N. Y., 

 March 10, to organize a State beekeepers' 

 apsociantion, the representatives from the 

 different local societies met and decided to 

 organize a society to be called "The New 



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The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



This I5th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

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