Mar. 9, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



157 



pleased to hear from tbem. unless she 

 mated with the unfertile queen's drones. 



The reason I hive bees out of a tree in a 

 sack is, they are more easily carried out of 

 the mountains. As we often have to carry 

 them miles afoot or on a pack-horse, a hive 

 or box would be too unhandy. The moun- 

 tains are full of bees. I found five bee- 

 trees yesterday, and it was too cold for 

 the bees to fly, and the only way I could 

 find them was by knocking on the tree, or 

 blowing in the holes. But it is bard work, 

 as it is so rough and steep. From the tree 

 I cut yesterday I got five gallons of honey 

 and ten pounds of wax. 



W. D. Jefferson. 



Graham Co.. Ariz.. Jan. 37. 



Wintering Well. 



Bees have wintered well so far in the cel- 

 lar. The new department called "TheAf- 

 tertnought " is a great improvement, for I 

 think everyone will enjoy being '■ rubbed " 

 after a little, after he takes his beemedi- 

 cine. Paul F. Bratz. 



Waukesha Co., Wis., Feb 13. 



Wintering Well— Prospects Good. 



I have 30 colonies of bees in the cellar in 

 good condition. I commenced with 24 col- 

 onies last year, spring count, and got only 

 500 pounds of honey. The prospects for the 

 coming season are good. 



RuFus Williams. 



Lawrence Co.. Ind., Feb. 17. 



Hard Freeze for Fruit. 



We bad a hard freeze here the first days 

 of this month, which killed blackberry and 

 raspberry bushes and nearly all larger 

 fruit-buds; also killed a large percent of 

 the prune, pear, and cherry trees. I think 

 the prospect here for honey next summer is 

 slim. This section of the State is not much 

 for honey any year. C. F. Holt. 



Marion Co., Oreg., Feb. 23. 



Fear Winter Losses of Bees. 



The recent cold weather (terribly cold 

 weather prevailing here now) will, "l fear, 

 work havoc with the bees. Their winter 

 stores are composed mainly of honey-dew 

 and aster honey. The lilack stuflf has a 

 great tendency to sour in the combs, and 

 there is a sticky, nasty oozing out upon the 

 cappings that means almost certain de- 

 struction. Our winters here have been so 

 broken that almost any kind of honey 

 would winter bees, tho I much prefer good, 

 well-ripened honey for them. 



Scioto Co. .10.. Feb. 13. W. W. McNeal. 



Bee Mortality Not Great. 



The weather has been very cold for more 

 than two weeks, and bees have not had a 

 flight since about the third week in Janu- 

 ary. The mercury has been below zero al- 

 most or quite every day for the last two 

 weeks. Once it was 38 degrees below. To- 

 day it warmed up so that some bees flew at 

 noonday. They made a heroic efifort to 

 clear themselves aud also to clean house. 

 The mortality does not seem to be great. 

 but I never saw the snow spotted so badly. 

 I am glad to say that the bees from one Tar 

 Heel golden beauty, and one Buckeye Stale 

 golden beauty, are standing the racket as 

 well as any in the yard. These queens are 

 going through their second winter. 



EnwiN Bevins. 



Decatur Co., Iowa, Feb. 14. 



Wintering on Honey-Dew. 



I send you a small sample of honey-dew 

 for inspection. My bees are wintering 

 finely so far. eating that kind of honey and 

 staying on the summer stands, without any 

 protection except the single- walled hives; 

 no losses up to this date, 90 colonies in all. 



I took about 4,000 pounds of this sort of 

 honey last year— some tiOO pounds of comb 



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