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bee-keeper tell me, through the Bee 

 Journal, the best method by which I 

 can increase my 11 colonies to 100, and 

 furnish them all with queens from one 

 tested Italian queen ? 



N. A. Ellett. 

 Augusta, Ky., Feb. 20, 1891. 



Three Colonies in One Tree. 



On page 764 of the Bee Journal for 

 1890, is a letter from C. R. Smith, of 

 Moorfield, Ind., relating the finding, by 

 two boys, of a tree containing 2 colonies 

 of bees. Two of our neighbors each 

 found trees containing 2 colonies, and 

 my papa has a tree with three colonies. 

 My papa purchased a colony of bees for 

 my birthday present, and it is my inten- 

 tion to become a bee-keeper. As soon as 

 possible, I intend to subscribe for the 

 Bee Journal. I am 11 years old, a 

 regular attendant at school. 



Mattie Roby. 



Chanute, Kan., Feb. 23, 1891. 



Lost Through Neglect. 



I cannot give a flattering account of 

 my bees for the past year. For a few 

 days, while the orchard was in bloom, 

 the bees were working industriously, and 

 breeding was going on rapidly f then 

 came a change to cold, rain weatlier, and 

 the bees were confined to their hives un- 

 til almost starved. I was compelled to 

 feed several of my colonies to save them, 

 and my best colony was lost through 

 neglect. The fact that a hive is over- 

 flowing with bees is not conclusive evi- 

 dence that they are amply provided 

 with stores, and when the brood are 

 being thrown out in large numbers, it is 

 best to make a thorough examination, 

 and, if not too late, give the bees some 

 warm sugar syrup through a good bee- 

 feeder. William Robson. 



Rolla, Mo. 



Bending Sections. 



Mr. Eaglesfield wishes to know (page 

 265) if any one has a better way to 

 dampen sections than his own. I think 

 there is a better, or, at least, much 

 quicker, way to do it. Take a teapot 

 filled with water, and pour the water 

 through the grooves before the sections 

 are taken out of the crate. Within two 

 minutes you can have 1,000 sections 

 ready to bend. But, why dampen at 

 all ? Keep your sections in an under- 

 ground room, or place them in the cellar 

 for a few days, and you will have little 



trouble from broken sections. I seldom 

 break more than one in- 500. No ma- 

 chine is necessary for bending sections. 

 Two skillful hands, with ten nimble 

 fingers, can put them up at the rate of 

 1,000 per hour, as I have often done, 

 and putting them up any faster is need- 

 less ; especially when one's whole crop 

 seldom requires ten- thousand. 



F. Greiner. 

 Naples, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1891. 



Painting Hives on the Inside. 



I believe it is generally admitted that 

 a colony of bees in a hive with damp 

 walls is not in condition for successful 

 wintering. If hives had one or two 

 coats of paint on the inside, as well as 

 on the outside, would not this difficulty 

 be avoided ? When the moisture came 

 in contact with the walls, instead of 

 penetrating them, as in the unpainted 

 hives, it would run down and out of the 

 hive, leaving the walls dry. Have any 

 of the readers of the Bee Journal had 

 any experience in this direction ? If so, 

 I would be pleased to hear the result, 

 and also to have the opinion of others as 

 to the advisability of such a plan. 



. East Liverpool, O., Feb. 21, 1891. ' 



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