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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Dec. 5, 



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they fall, and are real dry. I keep them on 

 in the spring after taking the bees from the 

 cellar, until I want to put on the sections. 

 1 haven't lost a colony in wintering the last 

 three years. For ventilation, I have a 2- 

 inch pipe running from She bottom of the 

 cellar-bottom and connecting with the 

 Stove-pipe above. 



I lost three swarms the past season by 

 their going to the woods, and two swarms 

 came to me, so I was only out one swarm. 

 Austin Reynolds. 



Cataract, Wis.. Nov. 4. 



Swarms "Lodg-ing" and ''Settling." 



Is not Dr. Miller /ly/jercritieal ? 



" Any unpursued swarm which lodges on 

 any property whatsoever without settling 

 thereon, may be secured by the first comer, 

 unless the proprietor of the land objects." 



So says the Canadian law. The Doctor 

 fancies there is something loose here, for 

 he asks on page T'30: " How can they lodge 

 without ncllliii;/ ( And how can they be 

 secured without settling ?" 



If the Doctor "lodged" a tramp over 

 night, would it not be inconvenient for him, 

 if said tramp "settled" in his house and 

 became a permanent occupant therein ? No 

 juggling. Doctor. R. McKnigut. 



Owen Sound, Ont., Nov. 1(5. 



[The above being referred to Dr. Miller 

 (as he was here in the office when Mr. Mc- 

 Knight's letter came), he replies as follows: 

 — Editor.] 



I wasn't trying to be hypercritical. Hon- 

 est Indian, Bro. McKnight, I didn't think 

 of the word " settle " as meaning anything 

 different from the meaning constantly and 

 universally given to it by bee-keepers. A 

 swarm issues and "settles" on a tree, but 

 never stays there permanently. In the law 

 mentioned, it has a different meaning, and 

 if I bad looked upon it with the eyes of a 

 lawyer, and not with the limited vision of 

 a bee-keeper, I would have ^understood it, 

 I was stupid, but please don't think me dis- 

 honestly critical. — C. C. Miller. 



A First Year's Experience. 



In answer to your query on page 717, I 

 would say that how little I know covers 

 more ground than anything else. Before I 

 got the bees I read the •• A B C of Bee-Cul- 

 ture" carefully, the American Bee Journal 

 and Gleanings, until I had gained some 

 knowledge of the habits of the bee. 



On April 1,5, 1S!I5. I purchased a colony of 

 Italian bees with clipped queen. April 19 I 

 bought two colonies of blacks in box-hives, 

 from a neighbor, and May 17 I transferred 

 them to Langstroth 8-frame hives. May 24 

 I took three frames of brood and honey 

 with the clipped queen from No. 1, put 

 them into No. 4, giving them five frames 

 full of foundation, replacing in hive No. 1 

 with three frames full of foundation, and a 

 new tested Italian queen. 



From No. % I took a frame each of brood 

 and honey, and from No. 3 a frame of 

 brood, making No. h, to which I gave a new 

 tested Italian queen, and five frames of 

 foundation, "Now." said I, "we are all 

 right, no swarms this year, and we will get 

 some honey from No. 1." 



I was not satisfied with the blacks, and so 

 procured two tested queens. A practical, 

 experienced bee-keeper had given me much 

 good advice, and he was with me (July 6) 

 at the time, caught and killed the black 

 queens for me, and advised me to intro- 

 duce them at once, so I did. I IrarneJ that 

 was not a good plan, for one colony at least. 

 No. 3 killed the queen, and on the 12th 

 swarmed with a virgin queen. I was not 

 at home: a neighbor was called in, who 

 said they were Italians. Of course, I had 

 only one colony of these strong enough to 

 swarm, so I took it for granted, and the 

 next afternoon, having some leisure. I con- 

 cluded I would take some more advice I had 

 read. 



Taking hive No. 1 off the stand, I put the 



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The "Boss" Oiie-Piecc Section 



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We have completed a large addition to our 

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Watertown, Jeff. Co., Wis.. Jan. 1st, 1894, 

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Fine Basswood, White Siige or Alfalfa 



EXTRACTED HONEY 



—For Sale.^ 



We have made arranprements whereby we 

 furnish Bassirood. WliUe Sa»:eor Alfalfa 



Extracted Honey, in 60-poiind tin pans, on 

 board cars in Chicapo. at these prices: 1 can. 

 in a case, 8f4 cents per pound; 2 cans in one 

 case, 8 ceuls; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, 7^ 

 cents. Cash must accompany each order. 



(^~ A sample of either kind of honey will 

 be mailed lo an intending' purchaser, for 10 

 cents, to cover postaj;e, packiogr. etc. We 

 guarantee purity, and that what we ship will 

 be equal to sample. 



Now it seems to us that here is a splendid 

 chance for any bee-keeper to supply his home 

 demand alter his own crop is all sold. Or, 

 why not begin now to create a local honey- 

 trade ? Order one 60-pound can first, and 

 start out among your neighbors and friends, 

 and see what you can do. You ought to get 

 at least I.t cents per pound in 5-pound lots, or 

 50 cents for 3 pounds. Some may be able to 

 do even better than that, though we think 

 that enough ought to be sold at these 

 prices to make a fairly paying bvisiness out of 

 it. Give it a good trial. Push it. It may 

 grow into a nice winter's work for you. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



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HENRY AL.I,EV, 

 48Atf WEN HAM. MASS. 



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CHAKLTON.N.Y..8ayS— "We 

 cut with one of your Cooj- 

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 ."ill chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

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 frames, li.duu honey-boxes 

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 work. This winter we have 

 double the amount of bee- 

 hives, etc., to make and we 

 expect to do it withthis8aw. 

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