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yields from swarms. I had one swarm July 

 5, hived on starters, which filled its hive 

 (1,152 square inches of comb space) and 

 gave me 38 pounds of nice comb honey, 

 which is not far behind Mr. Lord. 



I have no trouble in selling my honey. I 

 make some nice show-cases, with glass in 

 the sides ; clean off all propolis, weigh and 

 mark the price on each section, and leave 

 the cases, with suitable instructions, with 

 some of the reliable grocerymen, and await 

 results. "Results" — usually, in a few 

 weeks. ''All sold. Any more at the same 

 price ?" I have not sold any under 30 cents 

 per pound last season or the present one, at 

 retail. I have had customers for years, 

 living 30 to .30 miles away, that send to me 

 for honey, when I know they can get what 

 is called " honey " for much less price. 



A man said to me on Christmas day, 

 ■' Send me some of your honey. I have 

 bought honey from others, but it was not 

 good." He lived 3.5 miles distant. A good 

 reputation is a good thing, but a man can- 

 not run a dishonest business long without 

 being found out. Many of my customers 

 come to the house and get what they want. 



On page 817 and 818 (1894) I find some 

 ideas by Chas. Dadant, which I think will 

 cause a ray of light to illuminate the dark- 

 ened understanding of some of our " shal- 

 low frame" advocates. I think there is a 

 little common sense in there, but many 

 people, bee-keepers not excepted, look no 

 farther than the present, and "kill the 

 goose that lays the golden egg." Give me 

 the deep square frame for wintering suc- 

 cessfully, and for breeding up in spring, for 

 the reasons Mr. Dadant has given, if no 

 other. But there is another reason he has 

 not given. It is a well-known fact that 

 warm air always ascends, let it be animal 

 or artificial ; the more stores above the 

 cluster, so much better, making their food 

 more suitable to their wants, and also more 

 easily reached when needed. 



But Mr. Dadant also gives his objections 

 to the square frame, viz. : a square frame 

 must necessarily require a square hive also ; 

 and a square hive gives little room for sur- 

 plus honey. Now Mr. Dadant has not seen 

 the plan of the hive I make and use, or I 

 think he would change his notion. My 

 frames are la'-.'slS'-V inches, outside meas- 

 urement (either 8 or 10 frames in a hive), 

 and so arranged that I have two squares 

 for surplus, brought about by spacing my 

 hive on one corner; the frames also stand 

 on one corner. I have room for from 30 to 

 49 sections, depending on their width. My 

 bees have a less average distance to reach 

 the frames than they have in the Simplicity 

 hive. This looks strange to some, on ac- 

 count of the square frame, but " figures 

 won't lie." 



My study for years has been to get a hive 

 adapted to the natural propensities of the 

 little workers ; this is the second winter 

 trial of my hive, before giving it to the 

 public. I have found no objection yet, nor 

 have I found any person (at several County 

 Fairs that I have attended) that has found 

 any fault, unless they had an " ax to 

 grind " of their own. T. C. Kelly. 



Slippery Rock, Pa., Jan. 3. 



A Dentist's Bee-Experience. 



Allow me to thank you, Mr. Editor, for 

 the pleasant surprise on receipt of the New 

 Year's number of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal in its new form and improved appear- 

 ance. I look forward with a hearty wel- 

 come ready for the weekly visit of the Bee 

 Journal. 



I have been practicing dentistry on this 

 coast since 187.5. and I begin to feel the need 

 of some out-door pursuit, so I am turning 

 my attention cautiously to apiculture, 

 although my first year was attended with 

 loss by fire, which left me nothing but the 

 bees at the apiary, and my second year 

 very little out of a big crop, on account of 

 unreliable parties managing the apiary for 

 me. My third year (1894). which will'long 

 be remembered by apiarists in southern 

 California, proved a failure on account of 



drouth. But I have purchased a few colo- 

 nies to replace those that starved, and I am 

 going to close my oflSce this spring and 

 summer, take my family and go to the 

 "ranch;" and while we try to help the 

 bees to store honey, we will try to restore 

 our shattered nerves by living in the sun- 

 shine and drinking pure mountain water. 



Later I may write you again of my fail- 

 ure and disgust (the latter has not begun 

 to crop out yet, but just the opposite — I am 

 more sanguine than ever), or of success and 

 a greater determination to spread " a little 

 more out." 



We have at present a bright prospect for 

 the new year, and to-day has been inde- 

 scribably beautiful, as a great portion of 

 our days are in southern California. 



I hope to be able to give a more favor- 

 able report at the close of the coming sea- 

 son. G. A. Millard, D. D. S. 



Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 8. 



Bees Affected with "Grubs." 



Mr. Jas. Scott wrote last year in regard 

 to a pecular " grub " or " maggot " found 

 in the bees, and told me the other day that 

 Prof. Cook wished to obtain some of the 

 affected bees with the parasite. My wife 

 was the first to discover them, and found 

 lots of dead and dying bees on the alight- 

 ing-boards every morning, but can find 

 none at present, and we don't like to dis- 

 turb the bees, as we have them all under 

 chaft' cushions. I am not certain that I can 

 obtain any affected live bees in the spring, 

 but should any die from it then, and Prof. 

 Cook can use them, I willseud him as many 

 as he needs. 



I shall watch closely, and upon the first 

 appearance of the "grub" I will notify the 

 bee-keeping world, for if it is in reality 

 what I think — a new pest to bees — we want 

 to know what to do to stop or prevent its 

 ravages. It was discovered too late last fall 

 to tell really whether or not it would kill 

 off bees in quantities sufficient to injure the 

 working-force of the hives, but from the 

 size of all I saw, I do not see how a bee 

 could live long with one of them inside of 

 her. S. L. Payne. 



Westfall, Oreg.. Jan. 9. 



[If you find the same trouble next spring, 

 Mr. Payne, please send a few of the af- 

 fected bees to Prof. Cook, Claremont, Calif., 

 when he will report on them through the 

 American Bee Journal. — Editor.] 



An Old Bee-Keeper. 



I used to take the American Bee Journal 

 years ago, east of the mountains, but now 

 I live here in " God's wonderland." I am 

 just past my 80th birthday, and 70 years of 

 bee-acquaintance. I have made here over 

 150 hives, and transferred from trees, 

 boxes and barrels uiore than 70 colnnies, 

 and I am just as ready for this new year 

 as ever. 



I say to everybody in this blessed land, 

 " Yes, you want bees; get some bee-litera- 

 ture, and study God's wonderous works in 

 the bee-hive." A. J. Bird. 



Dos Palos, Calif.. Jan. 8. 



Prospects Flattering in California. 



The prospects are very fiattering for a 

 large yield of honey in this locality this 

 year. My bees are in fine condition, carry- 

 ing in some honey and lots of pollen Jan. 

 10. I counted 33 that came in at one hive 

 in five minutes heavily loaded with pollen. 

 Roses are blooming nicely, and everything 

 is like June in the East. V 



The past year was a very hard one on 

 bee-keepers, which are very numerous here, 

 some of them letting their bees starve by 

 the hundred colonies. I saved all of mine 

 by feeding a little in August and Septem- 

 ber, and then got some honey from them in 

 November and December. B. S. Taylor. 



Perris, Calif.. Jan. 14. 



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