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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Mar. 23, 1899. 



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after the robbers quit work, or early in the 

 morning before they come out, and they 

 never offer to go in the small holes, while 

 the bees of the hive will work in ami out 

 through the small holes without any diffi- 

 culty. Almost all of the robbers will 

 alight on top of the block, and it they cau't 

 get it away they will soon give up. Now I 

 have never had a colony robbed since 

 adopting this plan. 



The above is a diagram of the block. 

 Clearfield Co.. Pa. G. W. Bell. 



Weather Hard on the Bees. 



Yesterday morning it was 1.5 degrees and 

 this morning 14 degi-ees below zero here. 

 It is hard on the bees. They have had but 

 one good flight since cold weather came to 

 stay, and did not fly from all the hives 

 then. E. D. Howell. 



Orange Co.. N. Y., Feb. 11. 



Hard Winter on Bees. 



This has been a very hard winter on bees. 

 My neighbors tell me they have lost nearly 

 all of their bees. Most of them are winter- 

 ing on the summer stands. Mine are win- 

 tering nicely in the cellar. I have lost only 

 one so far out of 41. C. L. Burlet. 



Calhoun Co., Iowa, March 11. 



Bees Seem All Right. 



Bees seem to be all right. They com- 

 menced carrying in pollen March 10. We 

 have had the coldest Februarv ever known 

 in Kentucky. I thought the bees would all 

 perish, but I believe they havecome through 

 in about as good shape as usual. Score 

 another victory for the golden Italians: 

 they winter as well as any bees. I have 

 tried them all. W. S. Feeback. 



Nicholas Co., Ky., March 14. 



Wintering All Right. 



I have 22 colonies of bees wiutering all 

 right so far in chaff hives. It was 30 de- 

 grees below zero here. I got about itno well 

 filled sections from the 22 colonies last year. 

 I get the Bee Journal every Thursday. It 

 is all right. Long may it live. 



N. RiiMu-. 



Nemaha Co., Kan., March 14. 



Half the Bees Starved. 



One-half of the bees in this locality are 

 starved to death. I saved 14 colonies so 

 far. I think as long as we have 'seed" 

 we should "sow " and " try again." 



Joseph Usterbrink. 



Putnam Co., Ohio, March 12. 



A Diffepenee in the Honey. 



I was a little puzzled in the work of my 

 bees the past season. There were only two 

 of the 10 of my colonies that I got any sur- 

 plus honey from. They stood within a foot 

 of each other. The honey from one was of 

 a thin quality and of an inferior taste, so 

 that none of my family except myself 

 would eat it. The other was first quality 

 and gathered, so far as I know, at the same 

 time. There was the same difference be- 

 tween the sealed and the unsealed. I would 

 like Dr. Miller to explain the cause of the 

 difference. J. C. Armstrong. 



Marshall Co.. Iowa, March 4. 



Long, Hard Winter— Sweet Clovep. 



It has been a long, hard winter, and the 

 bees don't seem to do much good any more 

 here. Mine did not get more than what 

 will keep them. I got only a very little 

 honey from two or three colonies. I sowed 



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