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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Looking; Backward, through the jear, 

 Along the way my feet have pressed, 



I see sweet places everywhere- 

 Sweet places where my soul had rest. 



My sorrows have not been so light 

 The chastening hand I could not trace ; . 



Nor have my blessings been so great 

 That they have hid my Father's face. 



— Phosbe Cary. 



Chaff Hives for Winter. 



I winter my bees in chaff hives on the 

 Summer stands, using the nonpareil 

 chaff hive containing 8 frames, and T by 

 17 inches, outside measure. I have 80 

 colonies and prefer the Italians. Very 

 little honey was secured from Fall 

 flowers. I produce both comb and 

 extracted honey, and sell it all in the 

 home market. The past season was a 

 poor one. The surplus was taken 

 between June 8 and July 20. I had 75 

 colonies in the Spring and obtained 2,00u 

 pounds in the comb and 1,200 pounds of 

 extracted honey. It was gathered from 

 locust, clover and raspberry blossoms. 

 Basswood was a failure. I have had to 

 feed for Winter stores to all but 8 

 colonies. A. G. Bayaed. 



Cheshire, N. Y. 



Breeding too Early. 



I have 48 colonies of bees in my cellar, 

 and the larger portion of them are begin- 

 ning to rear brood. Now is it right for 

 these colonies to commence this early in 

 the season, and will it hurt the wintering 

 of them ? Some of these arc hybrids 

 and some Italians, and I find that the 

 former are worse than the latter in this 

 respect. A. E. Bradfokd. 



Hammond, Wis., Dec. 20, 1890. 



[It is too soon to breed, and the bees 

 will probably dispose of the brood by 

 eating it, or otherwise. No damage to the 

 colonies will result. — Ed.] 



Insuring Bees. 



To E. L. Plumb, who asks on page 

 811 concerning the insuring of bees, I 

 will say that I have my bees insured in 

 the Fire Association of Philadelphia for 

 $400, the rate being 60 cents per $100, 

 or the whole policy being $3,200 for 

 three years, including houses, barn, bee- 

 supplies, household goods, etc. I have 

 113 colonies, and these are insured in 

 the cellar and on the premises. 



Ggo. H. Ashby. 



Albion, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1890. 



Moving Bees — No Losses. 



On April 1, I came to this place from 

 Pennsylvania, bringing with me 65 

 colonies of bees, which stood the journey 

 well. On the 3d of April I placed them, 

 all in fine condition, on their future 

 stands and liberated them. They were 

 out in short order enjoying the warm 

 sunshine. From that time to the white 

 clover bloom, the weather was so 

 unpleasant, that the bees did very little 

 else than fight, dwindle and die, until 

 there were not enough in some of the 

 colonies for a respectable nucleus ; so by 

 the time they began to work on white 

 clover, I had but 46 colonies left. By 

 doubling up these I reduced them to 23, 

 and after swarming found I had 15 new 

 colonies. I obtained 600 pounds of white 

 clover and basswood honey in comb, and 

 100 pounds of extracted honey. I did 

 not get any surplus buckweat honey, 

 although there was an abundance of it; 

 but take it all in all, my bees w^ere in a 

 very good condition for wintering as far 

 as young bees are concerned. 



A. E.. TuBBS. 



Portville, N. Y., Dec. 20* 1890. 



Foul-Brood Treatment. 



Mr. Editor : — In referring to your 

 publication of the essential portions of 

 our Foul-Brood Bulletin, on page 819, 

 you say you trust I am now satisfied 

 that you are willing to do your part in 

 disseminating the much-needed informa- 

 tion, in reference to the cause and cure 

 of Foul-Brood. Yes, I am now satisfied. 

 You have done the proper thing so far, 

 and no doubt you may be called upon, in 

 the future, to give space to the further 

 discussion of the question, for most 

 people need "line upon line and precept 

 upon precept" in order to get them to 

 do, and to do right. Your correspondent, 

 of a w^eek or two ago, who criticises our 

 plan of treatment and says he failed to 

 cure by it, evidently fails to comprehend 

 some of the essential points in the treat- 

 ment. I leave the Inspector, Mr. McEvoy, 

 to attend to him and set him right. 



Wishing yourself and readers all the 

 compliments, and enjoyment of this 

 season of the year. Allen Pringle. 



Selby, Ont., Dec. 18, 1890. 



[We are always happy in trying to do 

 good, or spread the light. The article by 

 the Inspector appeared last week. — Ed.] 



Supply Dealers should write to us 

 for wholesale terms and cut for Hasting' s 

 Perfection Feeders. 



