1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



315 





Bee3 Doing- Well. 



' I have 110 colonies of bees. They 

 wintered well, and are doing well now. 

 I have been in the bee-business for about 

 30 years here. William Fleming. 



L St. Croix Co., Wis., May 2. 



liOst None in Wintering. 



I now have 57 colonies in good condi- 

 tion. I lost none during the winter. 

 The poplars are in bloom, and bees are 

 doing well. The outlook is good. The 

 first pollen was brought in Feb. l-l, a 

 little earlier than usual. J. G. Teter. 



McMinn Co., Minn., May 5. 



Prospects Good. 



Mr. Charles Koeppen, for whom I am 

 now working, has about 32.5 colonies of 

 bees, and he says the prospects are good 

 for 10 tons of comb honey. How is that 

 for Michigan ? Mr. Koeppen produced 

 about six tons last year with only clover, 

 basswood being a failure. 



E. B. Tyrrell. 



Genesee Co., Mich., May 7. 



Wintered Well. 



My bees wintered well, not losing a 

 colony. I have a way of preparing my 

 bees for winter that is different from 

 any I have heard of. I have thought of 

 writing it up. B. O. Williams. 



Hardin Co., Iowa, May 2. 



[We shall he glad to publish your win- 

 tering plan, Mr. Williams.— Editor.] 



War May Interfere. 



I am afraid ray report of a honey crop 

 for 1898 will be poor, as my bees will 

 be without any attention if the Indiana 

 National Guard is ordered to Cuba. My 

 bees are in good condition ; but I am 

 willing to sacrifice almost everything to 

 preserve the honors of our grand coun- 

 try. J. C. Wallenmeyer. 



Vanderburgh Co., lud.. May 3. 



Some Strange Experiences. 



I have helpt to take care of bees ever 

 since I was old enough to do anything, 

 and that is about 25 years, so in that 

 length of time, and steady work with 

 the bees, I ought to know something 

 about them ; yet there are times when I 

 feel that I do not know much about 

 them after all. 



On July 1, 1897, I had a large swarm 

 issue, and it settled on a cedar limb all 

 right. I then placed an empty hive on a 

 table close up to them, and shook them 

 off on the table. They began to crawl 

 into the hive, and when nearly all in 

 they began to rush out. I went and 

 lookt at them, and on the table was a 

 bunch of bees about the size of a base- 

 ball. I began to pull the cluster apart, 

 and found a nice-looking queen. Just as 

 I took her in my Angers one of the 

 worker-bees stung her, and she died in 

 my hand in a few minutes. I then 

 pulled her to pieces to find out if she was 



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