Mar. 30, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



235 



World to get through with the straw-skep 

 and the toy hive! 



We are very far still from perfection in 

 the matter of bee-hives, and I hope some 

 young apiarist will yet come to the front 

 with the very hive we are all looking for. 

 Our varying climate and ever-changing 

 seasons make it hard to get up a hive to 

 suit the whole country, but let the young 

 and enthusiastic bee-keepers keep on try- 

 ing. Don't stop them to please any man 

 from across the seas. I know that we owe 

 a good deal to them — to Cowan, Cheshire, 

 Huber, Dzierzon. Swammerdam, Mehring, 

 Bertrand, Hruschka. and others, but not in 

 the way of hives. So let Young America 

 have th? tcols and let him use them, please. 



Republic Co., Kan. W.m. Eagertt. 



Season of 1898, Tall Sections, Etc. 



We did not have an extra season last 

 year, but did tolerably well. I got 2.500 

 pounds of honey from 48 colonies, and the 

 increase of colonies a little more than cov- 

 ered the loss. The season was very wet and 

 bees could not do much, but late in the sea- 

 son we got some real nice honey from 

 golden-rod and wild-aster, and the bees 

 filled their brcod-chamber so that we did 

 not feed any for winter stores. 



Most t f the honey we got in the early 

 season vas mixt with honey-dew, and was 

 not very n ce. I sold most of my honey for 

 13J.2 cents, none for less than 10 cents. The 

 honey that was put in the plain sections 

 with fences was real nice, particularly the 

 tall sections. .S'sXoxU.,'. I like them better 

 than snytbing I have used for some time, 

 ani expect to use nothing else but plain 

 se-tious with fences during the coming 

 season. 



I was quite amused when I read, on pages 

 94 and 9.5, Mr. M. Fouts' article condemning 

 the Danz. hive, tall sections, and the Golden 

 method. I beg leave to differ from Mr. F. 

 in regard to the Danz. hive and tall sec- 

 tions. I have but one of the Danz. hives, 

 but I like it very much; it is true they are 

 a little more difficult to manipulate, but I 

 consider the extra surplus we get more than 

 balances the extra trouble ; and the tall sec- 

 tions — well, tbey just can't be beat. I have 

 no trouble to get bees to work in them; in 

 fact, when fences are used, I believe they 

 will occupy them sooner than they will 

 with the old-time scallopt sections: and. be- 

 sides, they look so nice, are better filial, 

 and bring a better price; at least that has 

 been my experience. 



As regards the Golden method. I have not 

 tried it, but I expect to do so during the 

 coming season, it I live, and I will then tell 

 after the season is over how I like it. I 

 shall not condemn it until Dr. Miller and 

 Mr. Doolittle say it is no good. 



Rockbridge Co.. Va. P. I. Huffman. 



An Old Lady's Bee-Experienee. 



I read an article in Green's Fruit-Grower 

 on how to unite weak colonies. It was to 

 make a small hole in a paper and put on 

 one hive, and set the other on top and close 

 the entrances of the top one and the bees 

 would go down a few at a time. But it 

 would not work for me. In an hour's time 

 there were lots of dead bees on the paper. 

 I had smasht both and taken out the empty 

 frames of both, and caged the one by the 

 side of the other one. bottom-board and all. 

 So when I found that plan would not work. 

 I set it off on the bottom-board, then un- 

 covered both and puft some smoke on both. 

 Each one had four full frames or combs, so' 

 I lifted the four out of the one I had on top 

 end put them in the other hive, bees and 

 all, so that made eight full frames. Then I 

 puft some smoke on them and put on the 

 canvas and cover and left them. I did not 

 see any more dead bees. 



Each one for a couple of days stayed on 

 its own frames, then they got together 

 in the middle and seemed to do all right. It 

 was the last of September or the first of 

 October, I don't remember which, when I 

 examined them, and they were all right 

 and seemed to be strong. When I last saw 

 one on the porch I tbougbt that that one 



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