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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 21, 



told me to help myself. I took from my 

 pocket a long dirk-knife, and soon filled my 

 kettle with nice poplar honey, and assisted 

 them in getting what they wanted, as I 

 soon learnt they were not accustomed to 

 handling bees. When I returned to tl 

 camp-fire my orderly sargent bad gone 

 the house to see if he could get a warm lo, 

 of bread. I took our canteens and went f i 

 water, leaving my kettle of honey at tl 

 camp-fire. When I returned the order 

 bad gotten back and reported that a cor 

 meal pone of bread was under way, and i 

 be returned past the barn he said a gre 

 big fat hen tried to peck him, so be arrest) 

 ber. We gave the hen a trial, and decidi 

 she was guilty, and we broke her neck. Y( 

 never saw as happy a set of soldiers in your 

 life, as we were that night, sitting around 

 our cracker pot-pie. kettle of honey, and 

 our pone of corn-bread. To tell the truth, 

 I entirely forgot that I was nearly dead 

 with camp diarrhea, and I have not had it 

 since. The honey, fat hen, and corn-bread 

 made a final cure. I can recommend this 

 prescription, for I carried my knapsack 

 after that, went through the battle at 

 Stoney River, lay on the cold ground, 

 waded Stoney River to my arm pits several 

 times, and underwent the privations com- 

 mon to war, and have never bad tbe camp 

 diarrhea since. 



Pardon me for this lengthy army story — 

 my object was to give honey what it merits 

 as a medicine as well as food. 



Kittitas Co., Wash. S. W. Maxet. 



Early Spring— Fair Prospects. 



I have 1.5 colonies wintered on the sum- 

 mer stands. All are in good condition, 

 and are bringing in loads of pollen, gath- 

 ered from the soft maple. Indications are 

 that we will have an early spring. Pros- 

 pects are fair for a boney crop this year. 

 Albert Ziegler. 



Huntington Co., Ind., March 21. 



Wintered Well. 



My bees wintered well, and have plenty 

 of hatching brood at the present time. I 

 enjoy reading the American Bee Journal. 

 W. Reah Chamberlix. 



Johnson Co., Iowa, March 24. 



Good Season Expected. 



I wintered 40 colonies, and they seem to 

 come out all right. I had them in the cel- 

 lar. Last season was a poor one here for 

 honey, but I think we are going to have a 

 good season here this year. We have 

 plenty of basswood, but for some reason or 

 other we have not had any honey from it 

 for three years. The best I have done is 

 127 pounds of honey from a colony, and the 

 poorest— well, down to nothing. Success 

 to the " Old Reliable." G.Johnson 



Clark Co., Wis., March 2.5 



"Divider" in Producing Comb Honey. 



I will try to answer Wm. Golden's article 

 on page 187. He says: 'After quoting 

 what he says in his article on page 51." I 

 confess I cannot answer that; I don't un- 

 derstand it. Then follows a quotation that 

 is garbled, and the meaning destroyed. I 

 will not give it here, but ask Mr. Golden to 

 kindly compare it with the original, on 

 page 51. 



Mr. G. asks: "Why is it that the bees 

 must be compelled to enter thus ?" An- 

 swer: Simply because the divider affords 

 two bee-spaces, and if the bees are allowed 

 to go outside the follower, if one be used to 

 fill up space, then there will be three bee- 

 spaces — one too many, you see. 



I may say right here, thatPhave on a 

 large scale tested two, three, and even four 

 bee-spaces at the sides of the section-supers, 

 to my own conviction that while two, prop- 

 erly provided are of great advantage, any 

 more than two tend to harm. And that is 

 my reason for giving the caution with 

 emphasis. 



Mr. Golden's next question—" I have 

 thought a good deal about it, and can hardly 



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