Feb. 23, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



123 



Root's Column 



In this department of last issue we 

 showed )'ou our super spring's. We now 

 show them a little more in detail, and 

 how to put them in the supers. X is a 

 curved piece of steel wire, one end of 

 which is bent at a rig-ht aiig-le, and 

 sharpened. This is driven into the 

 wood at a point that will come opposite 

 the end cleat of the fence when in the 

 .super. After this is driven in, the 

 other end is pounded down into the 

 wood, making' a sort of groove for 

 the end B to slide in. Three such 

 ■springs are used in our regular super — 

 two to come directly opposite the end- 



cleats of the fence, and one opposite 

 the center cleat as at D, showing' super 

 side detacht. On the opposite super 

 side, and spaced in the same manner, 

 are nailed three thin cleats, supplied 

 with each package. These are to keep 

 the outside fence a bee-space from the 

 super side, about the same distance 

 away as the springs do on the opposite 

 side. We put in enough fences so that 

 we have a fence between each outside 

 row and super side. It costs a little 

 more, it is true ; but it carries out in 

 effect THE PETTIT IDEA, or what he 

 calls his divider — a method by which it 

 is said the outside faces of the outside 

 rows' of sections are as well filled out 

 as the faces in the center rows. Re- 

 ports from bee-keepers last season go 

 to show there is a good deal in this 

 little scheme, and if so it may be worth 

 dollars. 



Keep Your Eye on lliis Column, 

 as it may save you dollars. 



THefl.l.RooiGoniDany 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



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Succeeded the Fourth Time. 



I tried three times to keep bees, getting 

 no surplus and my bee.s dying. I bought 

 "ABC of Bee-L'ulture " and commenced 

 taking the American Bee Journal a year 

 ago. I got 150 pounds of comb honey from 

 two coloDies, and no swarms. There was 

 much honey-dew in the first taken off. 

 Dark honey was the general complaint in 

 this locality. The tall honey was very nice, 

 I think, from smartweed. 



I am well pleased with the American Bee 

 Journal. Evekett Bant.^. 



Cass Co., Ind., Jan. 12. 



Bee-Keeping In Jamaica. 



My mother has an apiary of ISO colonies 

 which I look after. 1 want to start an out- 

 apiary of 200 colonies for myself this year. 

 The honey season commenced Christmas 

 day, fully a month earlier than we have 

 ever known it. The logwood (Hiematuiylun 

 i-'nupirfiiamtm) our best yielder and choicest 

 honey, has commenced to blossom, and I 

 want to send you a sample later, and get 

 your opinion of it, and see how it compares 

 with clover, sage, etc. 



The Cuban vine, so highly spoken of by 

 Mr. Poppleton. at Omaha, is commonly 

 called "Christmas pop" in Jamaica. 



Some time in 1899 I will send some of my 

 experiences with the busy bee in the " Isle 

 of Springs." C. R. Edwards. 



Jamaica. W. I.. Dec. 26. 



Past Year a Success. 



The past year was quite successful with 

 me. I got from 60 odd colonies 3,000 to 

 3,300 pounds of honey. The best colony 

 stored about 90 pounds and from that down 

 to 10 pounds of clover and basswood. It 

 was just fine honey. 



I have taken the American Bee Journal 

 8 or 9 years, and never have had one num- 

 ber miss. Jacob Mooke. 



Ionia Co.. Mich., Jan. 5. 



A Report from Maine. 



I commenced in the spring of 1S9S with 34 

 colonies and increast to r>2. They built up 

 well, but until June 15 they stored no sur- 

 plus; then white and Alsike clover com- 

 menced to bloom and it yielded a good deal 

 of nectar. The Alsike kept in bloom until 

 the middle of July when it suddenly stopt. 

 For about two weeks the bees could find 

 nothing to work on, then they found some 

 basswood three or four afternoons; when 

 that source was suddenly denied them, pre- 

 sumably on account of dry weather. After 

 that they scarcely managed to get a living, 

 a little buckwheat and golden-rod yielding 

 sparingly. 



Breeding was suspended a good deal 

 earlier in the season than common, and the 

 bees went into winter quarters fewer in 

 numbers than usual. I am looking for 

 some losses this winter and spring, altho 

 mine have plenty of stores, partly sugar 

 syrup, and seem to be all right now on the 

 summer stands. 



My crop of honey amounted to 2 250 

 pounds of comb honey and ITO pounds of 

 extracted. 



I never had the boxes filled so full, many 

 of them weighing from one to three ounces 

 over a pound. 1 noticed most of the heavy 

 ones were in colonies having young queens. 

 and were somewhat in want of room. It 

 could not have been done with older and 

 more prolific c|ueens, I think, as they would 

 have swarmed. 



I used five of the dovetail hives with su- 

 pers of plain sections and fence, the past 

 season, and I am well pleased with them. 

 I did not.give them a thorough trial, as I 



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Sweet Clover. 



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Sweet Clover fmelilot} 60c $l.LXt J$2.25 $4.0(1 



Alsike Clover... 70c 1.25 3.00 5.75 



White Clover... 80c 1.401 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60c 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55c .90 2.00 3.50 



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 Add 25 cents to your order, for cartag-e, if 

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