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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 16, 



Ions : I take a small sheet, or anything 

 that will completely cover a hive, and when 

 the bees are all in— either morning or even- 

 ing — I throw this sheet over the hive and 

 blow a puff or two of smoke under it. I 

 then pick it up and load it upon the wagou, 

 which is also provided with a sheet large 

 enough to cover the wagon-box entirely. 

 Then after another puff or two of smoke 

 under the small sheet to drive them all in, 

 1 remove it and throw the large sheet over 

 the hive, and continue this way until the 

 wagou is loaded, and by occasionally rais- 

 ing the edge of the sheet and blowing a few 

 puffs of smoke under it. the bees are pre- 

 vented from trying to get out and sting the 

 horses, and they can be hauled all day, on 

 warm days. too. with perfect safety, both 

 as to stinging the team and from suffoca- 

 tion. 



If 1 want to unload them before they all 

 go back into their respective hives, as "they 

 will come out for air. I blow a dense smoke 

 under the sheet to drive them back, then 

 uncover the hives one by one, and use the 

 small sheet to unload, the same as in load- 

 ing. 1 have tried this method until I know 

 that it is a success, provided that the combs 

 are not too new and tender, so as to be 

 broken by the jar of the wagon. 



San Pasqual, Calif. A. M. Strii'lis. 



Andreuse — Honey-Pilferers. 



Enclosed please find two insects which I 

 found to-day while watching my bees. 

 They alight on the bees' backs and bite 

 them with their large nippers. Please let 

 me know through your valuable paper 

 what these insects are, and whether they 

 are a dangerous enemy of the bees or not. 



My 14 colonies are all right so far, and 

 look vigorously tor something to do. 



Heri!Ert J. Van Wagenex. 



Westerville, N. Y., April IT. 



[Prof. Cook, to whom the insects were 

 forwarded, replies thus: — Editor.] 



These are Andrena?. They often go into 

 hives and pilfer the honey. I am skeptical 

 abcut their biting the bees ; at least I never 

 saw them do it. — A. J. Cook. 



Experience in Wintering Bees. 



From observation and my own experi- 

 ence, I am constrained to believe with Mr. 

 Pond (page 3a.T) that it is not the severity or 

 ilnnttiijK of cold weather that causes bees to 

 winter-kill, but excess of moisture. My ex- 

 perience extends over a period of three 

 years— the first winter I kept 4 colonies, the 

 second 11, and the third IT. 



To prepare for wintering I usually reduce 

 the number of frames to from 4 to (i. ac- 

 cording to the size of the colony ; I then put 

 chaff division-boards at the sides, with a 

 Hill device and chaff cushion on top, and 

 give full width entrance; also see that they 

 have about io pounds of stores per colony. 

 My bees have always wintered well, and 

 without loss. They are Italians. 



Some of my neighbors who neglected to 

 take such precautions for wintering have 

 lost heavily. They are somewhat puzzled 

 to know why their bees should die with 

 from 20 to 40 pounds in the hive. I have 

 opened several colonies which perished in 

 this manner, and I invariably found the 

 dead bees and combs covered with moisture. 

 I have yet to see the colony with plenty of 

 stores, and proper top ventilation, which 

 has thus perished. JouN Welch, Jr. 



Frost, Ohio. 



Bees and Strawberries. 



Mr. Eugene Secor says that bees seldom 

 work on strawberry bloom, and doubtless 

 he states the fact so tar as his vicinity is 

 concerned. But here in Illinois they do 

 work on them. Whether they fertilize the 

 berries or not I do not know, but my belief 

 is strong that they do, or help to do so. 



Three years ago I had a patch of straw- 

 berries one rod wide and 14 rods long. The 



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 10 frames, 90c.— made to suit anj' hive. You 

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Send for Free Catalogue that tells all about 

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