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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 





Boes Feet Disabled. 



I send eight worker bees (taken 

 from as many liives) witli clogs of 

 something on their feet. Is it from 

 some blossoms they are working on ? 

 I have kept bees now for ten years, 

 but never saw the like before. The 

 bees are carrying these all out of the 

 hives. I tind the most of these clog- 

 footed bees in the colonies that are 

 working the strongest. Bees have 

 not done much since white clover 

 bloom, until to-day, when they are 

 working very brisk through the mid- 

 dle of the day. Please let me know 

 through the Bee Journal what it is 

 on the bees' feet. Will it amount to 

 enough to reduce the colonies V If 

 so, what is the remedy 'i I liad an 

 immense run on clover. 



E. J. SCOFIBLD. 



Hanover, Wis., Aug. 6, 1883. 



Enclosed find foot, leg and some- 

 thing else. Two of my colonies of 

 bees are affected, as you will see, by 

 the foot and leg, as it is the foot and 

 leg of a bee. Please examine and tell, 

 in the Bee Journal, what it is and 

 the remedy. Dr. J. Cooperider. 



Taylorsville, Ind.. July 31, 1883. 



[The objects attached to the feet of 

 the bees, are the pollen masses of 

 milkweed [Asdepias). The bees visit 

 the flowers for the nectar which is 

 abundant, but the arrangement of the 

 parts of the blossom is such that they 

 cannot gain access to the sweet fluid 

 without coming in contact with a 

 sticky substance at tlie end of these 

 pollen masses, which are thus pulled 

 out and carried from dower to flower. 

 There is no cure except the destruc- 

 tion of the plants. — T. J. Bukrill.] 



Not Half a Crop of Honey. 



My brother and I represent 400 col- 

 onies of bees, which have been hand- 

 led scientifically for comb honey, in 

 the best section of this State. The 

 beginning of the honey flow was 

 grand, but the sudden cut off ten days 

 ago, has made it a certainty that not 

 a half crop will be taken. 



E. A. Morgan. 



Columbus, Wis., Aug. 2, 1883. ' 



Cyprians for Honey Oatheriug. 



Up to noon, to-day, I liave,this sea- 

 son, taken 308 lbs. of pure wliite honey 

 from one colony of Cyprians ; the 

 honey is remarkably fine, clear and 

 heavy. For the lastfive days, partic- 

 ularly noted, the daily yield lias been 

 from 10 to 12 lbs., and I reasonably 

 expect 400 to 500 lbs. of white honey, 

 this season, from this colony. The 

 queen is not yet a year old ; she has 

 had no help from any other of my 85 

 colonies in the same yard or from any 

 other source ; every bee of the colouy 

 that has aided in producing this 308 



pounds, lias been hatched from her 

 eggs, and. besides, I have made 7 nu- 

 clei from her. and her young queens 

 appear equally promising. Basswood 

 bloom has been good, but is getting 

 Viast its best now. White clover has 

 been abundant. This locality has had 

 a good honey harvest, notwithstand- 

 ing the heavy rains and cool weather. 

 There are about 500 colonies of bees 

 kept within the area of half a square 

 mile, and large apiaries within a few 

 miles, are all prospering this season. 

 Geo. M. Lawrence. 

 Warsaw, N. Y., Aug. 7, 18S3. 



Bees in Georgia. 



My bees are doing better than they 

 have in several years. Up to June 1, 

 they did not do much but swarm, but 

 during the month of June they stored 

 honey fast, and then it set in dry, and 

 they did not do much for a while ; but 

 at this writing they are making the 

 air sing with their delightful hum, 

 and I am encouraged with tlie pros- 

 pect, and am going to begin extract- 

 ing in a few days. I have 76 colonies 

 in fine condition : some of them have 

 no room for brood rearing, and I must 

 give them room. There is no other 

 person with the movable frame hive 

 in this section but myself ; they say 

 they cannot have luck with bees, but 

 if they would take the Bee Journal 

 a few years, and use some pluck, they 

 would have luci-. I delight in work- 

 ing with bees, and am always glad to 

 see the Journal come. Success to it. 

 H. M. Williams, M. D. 



Bowdon, Ga., Aug. 1, 1883. 



Bee and Honey Show. 



Our Inter-State Fair opens at St. 

 Joseph, Mo., Sept. 5, 18S3. We expect 

 a large attendance of bee-keepers, and 

 we shall try to make it a good bee and 

 honey show. I wish to say, through 

 the Bee Journal, that all bee-keep- 

 ers, of any State, are invited to assist 

 us in making a good display of honey, 

 bees, queens, and bee-keepers' tools. 

 Those who cannot come may send 

 articles to me, and they will be ex- 

 hibited. Our Fair will be good place 

 to advertize bee-keepers' goods, (by 

 exhibiting), as bee-keeping is on Ihe 

 increase. I shall not show anything 

 in this department, for premiums, 

 (being superintendent), but expect to 

 exhibit at otiier Fairs, and I am will- 

 ing to exhibit all books, papers, and 

 other light articles, for others, if re- 

 quested to do so, free of charge. Our 

 bees have swarmed a great deal, and 

 gathered some nice honey. We are 

 having plenty of rain, and look for a 

 good tall crop. D. G. Parker. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 2, 1883. 



A Word about Transferring. 



Three or four years ago I had occa- 

 sion to transfer 4 or 5 colonies of bees 

 from box to frame hives, and not 

 liking cutting up brood combs and 

 fitting them in frames (having tried 

 it once). I placed tlie box hives on the 

 top of the frame hives, full of comb, 

 orfull of sheets of foundation. This 

 can be done with any shape of a box. 

 as I nailed strips or thin pieces of 

 boards on or under the uncovered 

 parts, making it bee-tight, except the 



entrance to the lower hive. This 

 forces the bees to jiass through their 

 new home. Xow, if you do your part 

 riglit, you will bedeliglitedto see how 

 soon the transferring will commence : 

 they will begin to occupy it for all 

 purposes, store room, dining room, 

 bed room, excepting a parlor, which 

 is out of date with my bees (I bought 

 some of them from James Ileddon). 

 In a few days (say a week) I lift the 

 box hive off and examine the lower 

 hive ; if they are well started, and 

 you find the queen there, remove the 

 box to a new stand only a few feet 

 away, if you wish to unite the second 

 drive with the first. For uniting 

 keep moving the hives nearer to- 

 gether, a few inches each day, so 

 that they will be close together by the 

 appointed time, which will be 21 days, 

 in this case, when your old combs, 

 will be ready to extract from and melt 

 up, after driving out the bees. Mr. 

 Heddon has given other particulars 

 to be observed in transferring so 

 thoroughly that I take much pleasure 

 in referring any one interested in 

 transferingbees,to his article on page 

 367. W. Harmer. 



Manistee, Mich., Aug. 3, 18s3. 



Poor Dry Season in Texas. 



We are having a pretty dry season 

 just now. Bees are working on cot- 

 ton bloom and scattering wild flowers. 

 I had 3 colonies to start with in the 

 spring ; have 8 now, all in good con- 

 dition. I have not taken much honey 

 this season. M. C. Granberry. 



Austin, Texas, Aug. 6, 1883. 



Unprecedented Honey Crop. 



The honey flow, here has been un- 

 precedented and unlocked for. My 

 best colony has given over 600 pounds 

 of honey, up to date — over 100 pounds 

 being comb honey, and I expect to 

 get upwards of 700 pounds from it. 

 The colony spoken of, carried in from 

 20 to 28 pounds of honey per day for 

 nearly a week. I think there are up- 

 wards of 100,000 bees in the hive ; it 

 is a two-story one. E. F. Smith. 



Smyrna, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1883. 



Jio Honey (Jlut, this Year. 



It is interesting to read the items 

 in regard to tlie honey production of 

 the country. I liave fully come to the 

 conclusion that we have not, and their 

 will not be a honey glut this season. 

 Some bee men in the best part of the 

 honey flow hawked their honey 

 around at a shilling a pound. They 

 should not be in haste. This section 

 won't glut the honey market. I think 

 that I live in a great honey-producing 

 State, and white clover was bountiful, 

 and is our greatest and best honey- 

 producing plant. Basswood came and 

 went without giving us a smell. 

 Buckwheat is splendid, averaging 4 

 feet high, and gives a perfect sea of 

 bloom, but producing little honey. I 

 say, do not be in haste. 



John Gochenour. 



Freeport, 111., Aug. 6, 1883. 



[The way to keep up prices, is to 

 supply the n^arket only as fast as it is 

 needed.— Ed.] 



