1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



737 



out in the spring there were but few bees 

 in the hives. 



Last fall I put into my cellar 98 colonies, 

 and on the first o£ last June I had but 54 

 colonies left: some of those left their hives, 

 and some I doubled up. Some bee-keepers 

 here lost all of their bees. 



My bees did not swarm at all last sum- 

 mer, and I have heard of but two swarms 

 anywhere in this section of the country. I 

 run 11 colonies for extracted honey, and 

 got only 22.5 pounds. Then I had on my 

 1,300 sections, and got only 10 pounds of 

 comb honey. I now have 40 of my best 

 colonies to be put into the cellar for another 

 year. 



I have kept bees for about .50 years ; if I 

 live, I think that next year will be the last 

 that I shall keep bees, When they swarm, 

 and alight in large trees. It is almost im- 

 possible for me to get them, as I am too 

 feeble and old. I have now passed my S.5th 

 year. I like to work among the bees. I 

 am an old subscriber to the American Bee 

 Journal. I took it when published in Phila- 

 delphia, and nearly all the time when pub- 

 lished in Washington, and since in Chicago. 

 We are having a very dry time. We 

 have had but little rain for a year and five 

 months. Some that have dug wells say the 

 ground is as dry down 7 or S feet as it is on 

 the top. 



I will now give a little of my experience 

 with ants, skunks and laying-worker bees. 

 It may be nothing new, but may benefit 

 somebody. 



Ants. — Some times I have been troubled 

 with ants. They live In little mounds. I 

 then follow their trail to the mound, and 

 dig a hole in it that will hold 3 or 4 quarts 

 of water. Then get a pailful of boiling 

 water and pour it in the hole in the mound. 

 That will kill the most of them. Then I get 

 a few stalks of tansy, and put some on the 

 honey-boards, and some on the ground 

 around the hive. They will leave the hive. 

 Skcnks. — Some years ago I was troubled 

 with skunks. In the morning I would find 

 several of the short pieces of board in front 

 of the hives knocked down. I would get an 

 egg, break a hole in the small end, and put 

 in a little pulverized strychnine. Mix it in 

 the egg. That kills them very quickly. I 

 never had one get more than two rods from 

 where they ate the egg, and they never 

 leave any of their perfumery. 



Lating-Workers. — I had at one time two 

 colonies that had laying-workers. I worked 

 at times for two months before I could get 

 a queen in either hive, or a queen-cell. The 

 bees would destroy them every time. Three 

 years ago I had five colonies that had them. 

 My hives are all numbered. For instance. 

 No. 1 had a laying-worker. About noon, 

 when the bees were flying quite thick, I 

 wonld select a strong colony ; for instance. 

 No. 10. I would set No. 10 where No. 1 

 stood, and No. 1 where No. 10 was. The 

 bees would kill the laying-workers in a 

 short time. I got rid of five laying-workers 

 in one afternoon in that way. 



Wm. C. Wolcott. 

 Eldorado, Wis., Oct. 33. 



The Southwestern Wis. Convention. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association met at the residence of E. 

 Prance & Son. Platteville, Wis., Oct. 8 and 

 9, 1S'.)5. The meeting was called to order 

 by the President, N. E. France. The at- 

 tendance was not as good as usual, on ac- 

 count of the failure of the honey crop in 

 this part of the country. Many were de- 

 tained at home to feed their bees for win- 

 ter, and many felt they could not afford to 

 go. Although the attendance was small, 

 we had a very interesting meeting. 



The question-box was an interesting fea- 

 ture of the convention, and many questions 

 were asked and discussed, and many new 

 ideas brought out. 



There was a good display of bee-fixtures, 

 such as hives, extractors, feeders, founda- 

 tion mills, comb foundation, bees and 

 honey, and many other things that go to 

 make up a good exhibit. There were pre- 



The Scientific, Certain, Pleasant, Conven- 



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^Nervous, and Blood Diseases. For 



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