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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 11, 1899. 



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and found the colony bad a laying worker 

 and no queen. I procured a queen, put her 

 in a hive, placed it where the drone hive 

 was, removed Mrs. Laying Worker and her 

 drones to one side, and now they are doing 

 nicely. The bees all left the old hive but 

 10. I thought this pretty good. 



There are very few bees in this part of 

 the world. A. C. Smith. 



Columbia Co.. Wash., April ll>. 



Just Rolling in the Honey. 



Bees have been .iust rolling the honey in 

 since April 1.5. We had fine rains all thru 

 this country, so much so that I had an api- 

 ary of S.T colonies completely washt away 

 from a place where the water was never 

 known to run before. I will devote most of 

 my energies to restocking for awhile now. 

 Geo. W. HnFSTEDLEK. 



Bee Co., Tex., April 33. 



Heavy Losses of Bees. 



About 90 percent of the bees are dead. 

 Honey-dew is thought to have killed them. 

 Much of the honey has a bad taste. One 

 man put 51 colonies into the cellar and lost 

 all; another lost 4 out of SO; and a lady had 

 IS colonies last fall and lost all but one. 



I learned much last season from the 

 American Bee Journal, and had hoped for 

 a prosperous season in 1899. 



A. J. CcsniSG. 



St. Croix Co., Wis., April 25. 



Quite Heavy Winter Losses. 



I see by the reports that the winter losses 

 of bees were severe the past winter. In this 

 locality the losses have been quite heavy. 

 One man reports 75 percent loss (but I sup- 

 pose he is excusable, as he soys he can't 

 learn anything by taking a bee-paper — 

 knows too much. See?). But the bees that 

 were packt wintered fairly well. 



Wm. Brobyn. 



Weld Co., Colo., April 33. 



Wintered Fairly Well. 



Our apiary at home wintered fairly well, 

 better than I expected, and most of the 

 bees are in good shape; they are working 

 bard on willow now. Some of my neigh- 

 bors lost .50 percent, others all they had. I 

 think long confinement and dampness was 

 mostly the cause. What few are left will 

 need careful watching to bring any good 

 results. 



Last year my sales of comb honey 

 amounted to $100. besides the extracted. I 

 run 30 colonies for the latter. My best col- 

 ony stored 300 one-pound sections of comb 

 lioney, mostly white clover. 



The American Bee Journal comes as reg- 

 ularly as day and night. It is just like all 

 other good things — the more you read it the 

 better you like it. I would not do with- 

 out it. R. H. NORTMAN. 



Jackson Co., Wis., April 24. 



Clovers in Bad Sliape. 



As nearly as I can find out. of those bees 

 that were left out-of-doors 90 percent are 

 dead; of those in the cellar, 35 percent are 

 dead. Starvation, poor stores, and diar- 

 rhea were the causes of those dying in the 

 cellar; very cold, long continued, and star- 

 vation, were the causes of the loss out-of- 

 doors. Clovers are in bad shape. The sea- 

 son is at least three weeks behind. Elm is 

 in bloom, and cottonwood and box elder 

 will soon follow. E. C. Wheeler. 



Marshall Co., Iowa, April 23. 



Agreeably Surprised in Wintering. 



I took my bees out of the cellar April 4, 

 after a confinement of 13S days, the longest 

 time I ever had bees confined. I had begun 

 to lose hope in them, but I was agreeably 

 surprised. They had daubed their hives 

 somewhat, but most of them were booming 

 with bees, and the queens had commenced 



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I wish to announce to mv friends and patrons 

 that I have this day sold to C. H. W. WEBER, 

 of Cincinnati, my Honey and Bee-Keepers' Sup- 

 ply business, known for the past 38 years as 

 Chas. F. Muth & Son. Mr. Weber will con- 

 tinue to push the Langstrolh hive and every- 

 thing pertaining- to same; besides, he has se- 

 cured the agency for Mr. Root's groods, and will 

 sell them at his'prices. I beg the customers of 

 the old house, to whom I wish to extend my 

 thanks, to continue their patronage with Mr. 

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 fair and honest treatment. 



Mrs. Annie Muth (Widow.) 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, April 7, IN'I''. 15Atf 



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