June 15, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



381 



rob from tbe top. This time tbeir knives 

 were too long. One man lost 110 colonies 

 out of 125; another, 45 out of 0.^: still an- 

 other, 20 out of 21 ; another, .50 from S)0. 

 Some lost all. My son lost 3 out of 50. My 

 daughter lost -1 out of 45. Everything is 

 dried up for want of rain. H. F. Baker. 

 Liberty Co., Fla., May 22. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



Bees are in good condition, and condi- 

 tions are tavoralile for a good season. There 

 was considerable loss among old-style bee- 

 keepers here the past winter. 



S. W. Smilkt. 



Lincoln Co., Mo., May 15. 



Colonies Built Up Fast. 



I lost two colonies out of 18 in winter, and 

 three were queenless. One of the colonies 

 was strong with bees, but was queenless. 



Our white clover is nearly all winter- 

 killed. The spring has been so wet and 

 cold that the bees have not been able to do 

 very much on fruit-bloom, but they seem 

 to be building up pretty fast. I see there 

 are some drones flying already. We like 

 the American Bee Journal, and hope that 

 all its readers will be like us — pay two years 

 in advance. R. CniNN. 



Dixon Co., Neb., May 24. 



Wintering Bees on Honey-Dew. 



Bees in this section of West Virginia 

 wintered only moderately well, and I have 

 come to the conclusion that honey-dew was 

 the cause, for the colonies nearly dwindled 

 down to only a few bees thru the winter, 

 but only three died out of 51, which I con- 

 sider a light loss tor wintering on the sum- 

 mer stands. One of them had 25 pounds of 

 honey in easy reach. Nevertheless, as soon 

 as the warm weather set in they reared 

 brood as fast and lookt as healthy as in 

 any other season. I feed sugar in the 

 spring for a stimulant, and especially 

 watch carefully for intervals when they 

 get no honey, so as to keep brood-reanng 

 going on. I also practice spreading brood, 

 which I now am very successful with, while 

 before, being inexperienced along that line. 

 I lost several colonies for meddling with 

 them. 



I think it is a great help to put the colony 

 in condition tor honey gathering as early 

 as possible, especially when the queens are 

 not of the very best quality, which need 

 pushing to do their demanded duty. 



My bees are in fair condition now, as out 

 of lU colonies thru which I lookt to-day. 8 

 had partially completed queen-cells, which 

 means swarms in tbe first week of June. 



Success to the American Bee Journal. 

 W. C. Kautz. 



Webster Co., W. Va.. May 20. 



Beginner's Experience— Coal Smoke 



I purchast 4 good, strong colonies of bees 

 from a neighbor bee-keeper last spring, and 

 as I was inexperienced, the man I bought 

 the bees of imparled his bee-knowlege very 

 freely, which favor I certainly appreciatpd. 

 Before I was thru caring for his bees (for 

 he went away to Kansas, leaving his bees 

 in my care). I had gained considerable 

 knowledge about them. From my 4 colo- 

 nies one swarm issued about tbe first 

 ot May. unexpectedly to me, which I lost. 

 as they came out wnile I was away from 

 home. After this I had no more swarms, 

 for I watcht them very closely, and when 

 they showed signs of swarming I would 

 divide them by taking, say two frames of 

 brood with all adhering bees from one hive, 

 say No. 1, and placing in a new colony I 

 aimed to form, then removing No. 1 to a 

 new stand, and putting my new one on No. 

 I's old stand, to catch tbe field-bees from 

 No. 1. Then to weaken other strong colo- 

 nies, and give Mrs. Queen more room to 

 deposit her many eggs, I removed from 

 each strong colony from one to two frames 

 well filled with brood, shaking oB all bees, 

 and also placing them in tbe new colony 



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