1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Mrs. Atchley:— The 19 l-frame Nuclei I bought of you last year with Untested Queens, 

 gave me 78.5 lbs. of section honey and 175 lbs. of extracted honey, besides some unfinished 

 sections. The best one gave me 120 one-pound sections well filled. 



Heber. Ut^h, Oct. 9, 189i. J. A. Smith. 



Now, didn't I tell you it would pay to ship Bees north to build up and catch the honey- 

 flow? Beesbytlie Pound, on a Comb and Honey to last the trip— $1.00: 10 or more Pounds 

 90c. per pound. INIICIjEI— $1.00 per Frame; lOormore Frames, POo. each. Untested Queens 

 to go with them [same as Mr. Smith got] 75c. each. 



(JNTESTKD QCJKENS— by mail, either l.eatUcr-Colored Italians, 5-Bands, or 

 Carnlolans-Jl.OO each; S5.00 lor 6; J9.00 per Dozen— till June 1st., then 75c. each; $4.25 

 for 6. or $8,00 per Dozen. 



TE*TKO QI'EENS— 3-Bands, $1.50 each; 5-Band8 and Carnlolans, $2.50 each. 

 Fine Breeders, of either race, or Imported Queens, $5.00 each. My Straigbt 5-Band 

 Breeders, $10,00 each. 



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Timely Bains in California. 



We are having timely rains in abundance 

 so far this winter, and should they continue 

 through the usual rainy period into March, 

 or April, we shall expect a good honey 

 year. There is. to my mind, however, a 

 possible barrier to anything like an extra 

 honey season, existing in the condition of 

 the shrubbery (on which we rely largely 

 for our honey), because of the very dry 

 season just past, which seems to have 

 operated sadly against the growth of new 

 wood in sufficient amount to furnish the 

 standard amount of flowers and flowering 

 wood. Allen Barnett. 



Whittier, Calif., Jan. 16. 



A Beginner's Report. 



I started keeping bees last spring (what 

 a poor year to start!), buying two colonies, 

 one in a box-hive, which I transferred, then 

 I increased it to two colonies. The other 

 hive was fitted with Simplicity frames. I 

 got 60 "pounds of comb honey, and in- 

 creased to five colonies. How is that for a 

 beginner ? Herbert S. Jones. 



Ludington, Mich. 



Bather Discouraging' for Some. 



The bee-business has been rather discour- 

 aging in Nebraska for the past four or five 

 years, to any one who has depended upon 

 it in any sense for a living ; and I cannot 

 see much hope for the future, in this part 

 of the State, unless alfalfa is cultivated 

 plentifully as a hay and forage crop. 



As for myself, keeping only a few colo- 

 nies, more for the pleasure than the profit, 

 I don't share the gloom of the larger bee- 

 keepers here, who say that their bees don't 

 pay for the attention they must give them, 

 much less prove a source of profit. And 

 then, one can have as much/«//, with a few 

 colonies as with a thousand, and much less 

 expensive. I have 3-banded Italians, and 

 want nothing better. They winter weU on 

 the summer stands, and come out booming 

 in the spring. I always stimulate them in 

 the spring, and when there is no honey-flow 

 in time to have the hives full of bees when 

 it does come. C. O. Cornelius. 



Ashland, Nebr., Jan. 21. 



JEN^riE ATCHLEY, Beeville, Bee Co., Tex. 



Honey-Dew on Beech Leaves, Etc. 



Whoever heard of the like ? My bees 

 worked on them from sun up till sunset. 

 They worked more on some trees than 

 others. Upon close examination. I found 

 that the leaves were curled or rolled up 

 about X of their size, and in the inside of 

 the rolls were dozens of small, greenish- 

 white lice, that deposited little round glob- 

 ules of liquid, and upon shaking the leaves 

 they would roll out like small shot on my 

 hand. The heat of the hand would soon 

 cause them to melt. The fluid was nearly 

 transparent, but the "honey" that the 

 bees stored was dark, like buckwheat 

 honey. It is tough, almost like taffy, but 

 has a sour, nauseating taste. 



Some of the bees worked on the beech 

 leaves right through white clover and bass- 

 wood bloom. It seemed as though there 

 was not much honey in the clover and bass- 

 wood blossoms this year, although the trees 

 were loaded with blossoms. So I got only 

 about 150 pounds of nasty, sour, nauseat- 

 ing honey-dew. I don't know how the bees 

 will winter on it; most of them seemed to 

 have plenty of stores for their own use. 



I had 17 colonies, spring count, and they 

 increased to 2S, besides several swarms 

 went to the woods. I winter my bees on 

 the summer stands, and, as a general rule, 

 successfully. Last winter I did not lose 

 any. I use the Falconer chaff hive, mostly, 

 and work for comb honey only. My bees 

 have had several nice, cleansing flights 

 through December, but now we are having 

 a foot of snow, and 7 degrees below zero. 



