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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 3, 



country siiffpr from beine queenless, or 

 weak, and thi'ii tho niotli-wonus take 

 po>si ssion of ibe combs; that Is the only 

 thing that I have known to canse any 

 loss of bees, outside of starving to death. 

 There were some bees frozen to death 

 here last winter, but such a winter as 

 that was we have not had in this coun- 

 try for a long time. 



My sweet clover grew from one to 

 three feel high sown last spring, and we 

 had no rain from May 4 to August :>. 

 It is the first sweet clover seen in this 

 part of the country. My alfalfa grew to 

 lO inches high, and bloomed. It was a 

 sight to people here. I am just trying a 

 little of each to see what tliey will do in 

 this locality. M. \V. Gardner. 



. Bankston, Ala., Dec. 4. 



Bees in Poor Condition. 



I had no honey tliis year. I had 23.5 

 colonies of bees one year ago, and now I 

 have not more than 75, and those in 

 poor condition. I have been keeping 

 bees in this State since ISSL, and have 

 always had a good, fair crop until this 

 year. But I am hoping for next year. 

 I presume there will be thousands of 

 colonies lost during the years of 189-1 

 and 1895 in Southern California. But 

 we have just had a fine rain, which gives 

 us hope for another year. 



C. C. Thomas. 



Murietta, Calif., Dec. 20. 



He Prefers the Gallup Frame. 



I had 30 colonies, spring count, in 

 " long-idea " hives, and 31 pounds was 

 the average, all late honey. The white 

 clover blossomed, but yielded no nectar. 

 I use the Gallup frame. The Langstroth 

 frame does not seem to winter bees as 

 well here as a deeper frame. There are 

 not manv Langstroth frames in use here 

 any more. I seem to be more successful 

 with the Gallup tlian my neighbors are 

 with the Langstroth frame. 



The "Old Keliable" comes weekly, 

 and is just what bee-keepers want. 



L. B Whitney. 



Covington, Pa., Dec. 10. 



Report for 1894— T Super, Etc. 



My report for 1894 is as follows: 

 Comb honey in one-pound sections, 2,500 

 pounds; extracted, 3,600 pounds. It 

 was all fall honey, as we had no other. 

 My bees are all in pretty good condition 

 for winter. I also had a very fine lot of 

 young queens this year — 124 of 1894, 

 78 of 1893, 22 of 1S92, and 2 of 

 1891. My bees were nearly non-swarm- 

 ers this year— only 4 swarms from about 

 200 colonies. 



The weather is still wirm, and bees 

 are flying every few days. My 225 col- 

 onies have been in the cellar over 35 

 days. 



i would like to say something in re- 

 gard to the "Townsend Section Folder," 

 described on page S2 1 of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for June 28, 1894. Six years ago 

 last spring I made the identical folder, 

 and sent It to Mr. A. I. Root. Then I 

 had him send It to Dr. Mason, who, I 

 suppose, still has it. Now I am no " big 

 gun," nor any fancy writer, but if any 

 of our b<'e-frlends will give me a call, I 

 can show them as line an apiary as there 

 is in the State, and as fine a lot of bees. 



I should like to say to Dr. Miller, if he 



ever comes over this way. we would be 

 very much pleased to have him give us a 

 call. I am with the Doctor in the use of 

 the T super case. I would not have any 

 other, as it is the handiest and best all- 

 around case, and the honey can be 

 cleaned the fastest in it, with the least 

 work. N. Staininger. 



Tipton, Iowa, Dec. 24. 



A Bee-Keeping' Experience. 



I sent for Dr. Tinker's "Bee-Keeping 

 for Profit," not so much because I 

 thougnt it would teach me how to get 

 rich from my bees, butbecause I thought 

 it might give me a little instruction as 

 to how to get some honey (comb honey, 

 as that is the kind I want) from my bees 

 next year, i started an apiary near Sea- 

 bright. N. J., last spring. On May 18 I 

 received 5 colonies of bees, with five im- 

 ported Italian queens. For the first 

 three weeks it was cold and wet, and 

 then the summer was very dry. Old bee- 

 keepers tell me it was a very bad year 

 for bees. I have increased my colonies 

 to 8. I lost 3 of the imported queens. 



I have taken ten one-pound sections 

 of honey, and fed the bees about 150 

 pounds of sugar syrup. I did not get 

 much honey, but I have one satisfaction 

 — I still have the bees, and I think they 

 are in good condition to go through the 

 winter. I am a little like the fisherman, 

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 me, with the bees. I don't care so much 

 for the honey, but it would be a great 

 deal more interesting if I could get 50 

 or 150 pounds of nice comb honey from 

 each of my colonies next year. 



I shall commence feeding a little the 

 last of ITebruary, or first of March, and 

 try to have full colonies by apple blos- 

 som time. I feel pretty sure (after read- 

 ing the American Bee Journal) that if 

 any one wants honey, he must have 

 bees, and plenty af them. 



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