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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Jan. 26. 1899. 



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Winnebago Co.. 111., Dec. 32. 



Rather Poop Season for Honey. 



My bees did rather poor business this sea- 

 son. I had 62 colonies, spring count, and 

 got only 300 pounds of comb and extracted 

 honey, which was of fair quality. I paid 



out $30 for hives and fixtures last spring, 

 and I sold only •*'22 worth of honey this 

 fall, after reserving a good supply for our 

 flapjacks this winter. 



All colonies seemed to have plenty of 

 honey in October, when I examined them, 

 but when I came to put them in their win- 

 ter quarters, Nov. 22, I found they had 

 shrunk considerably, and I fear that some 

 of them will not pull through the winter. 



Of course. I can't do without the Bee 

 Journal as long as I keep bees, honey or no 

 honey. C. S. Fkemcii. 



Todd Co., Minn., Dec. 22. 



Spraying Fpuit-Trees, Ete. 



Like unto other bee-papers that I have 

 perused, the American Bee Journal is good. 

 The Omaha convention notes are particu- 

 larly interesting; all the addresses made 

 by some of the most eminent bee-keepers 

 of the country have been read and duly 

 considered, more particularly "General 



Advice to Bee-Keepers," by Mr. Abbott. 

 I was interested in the various discussions, 

 particularly on the hives and sizes of sec- 

 tions. I have notions of my own. yet 

 largely culled from some one else's, but for 

 me to change 4I4 open-all-around sections, 

 and the appliances to agree thereto— I could 

 not afford such alterations for the short 

 honey-flows we have here, and still more 

 particularly when fruit-producers lack good 

 judgment in spraying their trees while in 

 full bloom, thereby destroying thousands 

 of my bees as was the case last season. 



It is true that last season's honey-flow 

 was almost a failure here, but the killing 

 off of so many bees dwindled the colonies 

 to such a degree that what little nectar 

 there was could not be collected by them, 

 I hardly know what course to pursue the 

 coming spring to keep the strength of my 

 colonies in fruit-blooming time, unless Mr. 

 8ecor might make a few suggestions. 



My apiary is reduced from 32 colonies to 

 22, by doubling the weaker ones and fall 

 feeding them. They are in excellent con 



