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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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"^^^^-^'.iXm BEEKEEPER'S GUIDE: 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I had 4 colonies of bees last spring, and 

 now have il, with 75 pounds of surplus 

 honey. The bees are in good condition, 

 and will be wintered in the cellar. We have 

 had four poor years for honey. 



J. V. B. Herrick. 



Champlin, Minn., Nov. 6. 



Succeeding- with Bees. 



Bees that were rightly managed did very 

 well this year, while those that were not 

 cared for swarmed themselves to death. 

 My bees gathered from 50 to 130 pounds of 

 honey per colony, while my neighbor's or 

 7 colonies did not store 75 pounds, and we 

 live only a mile apart. Such people cannot 

 succeed with bees; they never work with 

 them, and, worst of all, how can they ex- 

 pect to get along without a bee-paper \ 

 They save $1.00 by not getting a paper, and 

 then lose $5.00 because they did not take 

 one. Frank N. Blank. 



Prairie Home, Mo., Nov. 1. 



Keeping Empty Combs — No Swarms. 



I see a great deal in the Bee Journal 

 about keeping empty combs. I have kept 

 mine in the old hives. I closed the entrance 

 tight, and examined them once in two 

 weeks. Occasionally I have found a worm 

 or two, which I take out with a knife. My 

 combs are nearly all as good as they were 

 lasL spring. 



We had no swarms here this season, and 

 very little honey. There is a bee-keeper 

 here who has 300 colonies, and he did not 

 have a single swarm. M. Davm. 



South Avon, N. Y., Nov. 6. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



I got 1..550 pounds of honey from 43 colo- 

 nies, half comb and halt extracted. We 

 had some honey-dew here. I could find it 

 only on 10 trees, and there were several 

 trees within a few rods from those 10 that 

 had no dew on at all. I watched them 

 daily, but could see but few bees on them. 

 I think there was but one colony that 

 ■worked on the dew, and they were in a 

 store-box that would hold 1^.^ bushels. 

 They were out earlier and later than the 

 rest, and soon filled the box: then I put 

 them into a hive, and they soon filled that. 

 C. C. ZiNX. 



New Windsor, Colo., Oct. 3S. 



Good Keport from California. 



My report for the year of 1S'.15, is as fol- 

 low : 



Total number of colonies, spring count, 

 35, two colonies being without queens in 

 the spring. 



Largest yield of honey for one colony, 

 not including the parent colony. 312 pounds; 

 smallest yield for one colony, 56; average 

 yield of honey per colony, in one-pound 

 sections, 203; average yield of extracted, 

 17 pounds. Total average yield per colony. 

 220 pounds; total yield of comb honey, 

 7,106; total yield of extracted honey, 600. 

 Total yield of the apiary, 7,706 pounds. 

 Number pounds of beeswax, 47. 



Who can beat the above \ F. S. PoNi>. 



Kiverside, Calif., Oct. 30. 



Bee-Keeping in Nova Scotia. 



1 am more than pleased with the Bee 

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 nesslike. 



1 have 5 colonies of bees which I endeavor 

 to maintain in good standing. Not desir- 

 ing a large apiary, I prevent swarming by 

 cutting the queen-cells off during the 

 swarming season. i^This method is, I think. 



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