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thing in good trim for a good crop, as I 

 had reason to hope for, all my 24 colo- 

 nies being in first-class condition. When 

 the water came, everything went hurry- 

 scurry. As I am employed as manager 

 of a plantation, of course I had to look 

 after my employer's affairs, and as every- 

 body was afraid to touch the bees, 1 lost 

 all but ten colonies. These I picked up 

 next day, and placed them on the top of 

 out-houses. They were very weak, a 

 great many having drowned. They 

 built up very fast, and, after all, I 

 extracted about 600 pounds of honey. 

 Albert Vought. 

 Illaware, La., Nov. 25, 1891. 



Bee Scouts. 



On page 585, in answer to Query 791, 

 G. W. Demaree is opposed to the idea of 

 bees sending out scouts. On page 658 

 (Nov. 19, 1891), G. Poindexter takes 

 the opposite view, and if he has seen the 

 bees clean out those hives in apple trees, 

 and can make it appear that they after- 

 ward went in those places as a swarm, 

 it surely is evidence — but what evidence 

 is there that sivanns sent out scouts ? 



Shiloh, O. T. F. Kinsell. 



Bees ■Wintering' on Summer Stands. 



My 8 colonies of bees came out all 

 right last Spring, and I had a good crop 

 of honey. I got 900 pounds from 8 

 colonies, Spring count ; 75 pounds of 

 that being comb-honey, and the rest of 

 it was extracted. I have now 14 colo- 

 nies in good condition for Winter. We 

 have already had some very cold days, 

 but now it is pleasant again. I winter 

 my bees in chaff-hives, on the summer 

 stands. I have been successful with it 

 for three years. R. ToLEBKOTEisr. 



Barber, Wis., Nov. 22, 1891. 



Report of a Beginner. 



I wish to tell the readers of the Bee 

 JouBNAL what I have done with 9 colo- 

 nies of bees which I purchased in Octo- 

 ber, 1890. They wintered well, and I 

 commenced to feed them with sugar 

 syrup in April to stimulate breeding. I 

 now have in the cellar 18 colonies in 

 good condition, except that some of 

 them are light in stores. I use 8-frame 

 Langstroth portico hives, and think that 

 I like them better than any others that 

 I have seen. I got my best, and in fact 

 nearly all my surplus honey from sweet 

 corn. The weather being very cold and 



windy, we did not get much honey here 

 — 4 colonies giving me only 100 pounds 

 of comb-honey. The other 4 gave no 

 surplus. This being my first experi- 

 ence, I hope to do better next year. In 

 the Spring 1 will let you know how my 

 bees have wintered. I should like to 

 hear from more of the beginners in bee- 

 culture, as I like to compare notes with" 

 them. I do not know what I should 

 have done without the American Bee 

 Journal, for it helped me over many a 

 hard place. L. Coshman. 



Sioux Falls, S. Dak. 



Bees Did Well. 



My bees did well this year, especially 

 the latter part of the season. It was 

 nearly the first of July before the 

 weather was dry enough for them to 

 work much. R. T. Reynolds. 



Denison, Kans. 



Constantly Read and Appreciated. 



Cold Winter is about here. Our indus- 

 trious little friends must now stay packed 

 up close in their home for three or four 

 months. Cold weather and rain cut off 

 a part of our best honey-flow. Bees 

 could not do much work on the asters 

 for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, otherwise we 

 would have secured a much larger 

 amount of surplus honey. Taking all in 

 all, our little pets have done well for us 

 this Summer, and have laid up stores in 

 plenty to last them until beautiful Spring 

 bids them come out and work for an- 

 other eight months. I am well pleased 

 with the Bee Journal. Its weekly visits 

 to our home is appreciated, and its pages 

 are read with much interest. Your way 

 of giving every reasonable person a fair 

 hearing is manly and honest, and is, or 

 should be, appreciated by every lover of 

 truth. John D. A. Fisher. 



Woodside, N. C, Nov. 28, 1891. 



Young Bee-Keeper's Report. 



I commenced the last season with 4 

 colonies, increased them to 10, and took 

 from them about 375 pounds of honey, 

 mostly extracted. I have now put 2 of 

 the smallest colonies together, leaving 

 me 9 at the present time. The cause of 

 the 2 colonies being in poor condition, 

 was queenlessness. One in particular 

 acted differently than any I ever heard 

 of. I gave them brood and eggs at three 

 different times during a good Fall flow 

 of honey, but they failed to rear a queen. 



