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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



January 



barely enough to keep from starva- 

 tion remains a puzzle. Two hundred 

 and ten pounds of honey has been 

 extracted from the five upper supers 

 and sold for 12J^ cents per pound. 

 Mary, who keeps a store at the fifth 

 cross roads, paid $27.25 cash. 



L. L. APIARY, Wisconsin. 



Good Times in Wisconsin 



The past season in Northern Wis- 

 consin has been below the average. 

 An apiary that averaged 193 pounds 

 per colony in 1916 fell to 104 pounds 

 per colony this year. 



In July we had a very interesting 

 meeting with about 25 beekeepers 

 present. Professors Ball and Wilson, 

 of the University of Wisconsin, were 

 with us for two days. The first day 

 was spent in inspecting apiaries; 391 

 colonies were examined. Professor 

 Ball pronounced them the freest from 

 disease and best kept of any in the 

 State. On the second day a field 

 meet was held at the apiary of James 

 Cheif, who has an up-to-date apiary 

 of 68 colonies. Interesting and in- 



structive talks and demonstrations 

 .■n en. 



There are about fifty beekeepers in 

 Langlade County, witli from 1 to 200 

 colonies of bees, producing about 100 

 pounds of extracted honey per colony 

 and 35 pounds of comb honey per 

 colony. A year ago we organized a 

 beekeepers' association with a pres- 

 ent membership of 30. We are estab- 

 lishing one brand of honey for all 

 members, known as "Arctic Honey." 

 We are offered 18 cents per pound for 

 extracted honey in carlots now. 



We had 3,500 pounds of honey on 

 display in our booth at the county 

 fair, also swarm of bees in glass hive, 

 beekeeping equipment, and pies, 

 cakes, etc., made with honey. 



E. H. MARSH. 



He Does Not Agree 



In the September Journal Mr. Pel- 

 lett explains the ancient custom of 

 making a noise when the bees swarm. 

 Not all see it in this way. When a 

 swarm is out and on the wing we 

 cannot fail to see that the bees are 





^CONSIN 

 ASSOCAX1GN 



directed by the sound of the wings 

 of the queen and the leaders stay 

 near the queen. 



They have a sound in issuing, an- 

 other on the wing, another when a 

 place has been selected to settle. 

 The sounds lead them. A small en- 

 trance is often the cause of swarms 

 alighting, since it takes longer for a 

 swarm to issue from a small en- 

 trance. 



Bees issue from the hive in an or- 

 ganized way, following the sound of 

 the queen and leaders. Ring a bell 

 or make any noise loud enough to 

 drown the sound of the queen and 

 vou disorganize the body, so they 

 settle. VIRGINIAN. 



California Cold and Dry 



Rains are still holding off, but I 

 have hopes for a wet winter for the 

 reason of summer and fall rains in 

 adjoining States. November lias 

 started in cold. 



M. MENDLESON, 

 Ventura, Calif., Nov. 12. 



Approves Big Hives 



In connection with your advocacy of 

 large hives it would probably be of 

 interest to you that we have in this 

 county a veteran who is no doubt 

 among the oldest in the country, 

 with an actual experience of over fif- 

 ty-five years of keeping bees in sev- 

 eral States. He now has an apiary 

 in Pennsylvania and one in North 

 Carolina. Mr. A. G. Lyman, with his 

 wealth of experience, now keeping 

 bees in two widely separated States, 

 after a trial of all sizes of hives and 

 kinds of equipment, says: "Use 

 nothing less than the equivalent of 

 twelve Langstroth frames, and it is 

 doubtful whether fourteen is too 

 large. L. E. BEBB, 



Morgantown, N. C. 



Beginner Gets Good Returns From 

 One Hive 



This is my first year. One colony 

 gave me 128 filled sections of fancy 

 comb, none less than 14 ounces. They 

 were sold at 25 cents per section. 

 C. M. KOPT. 

 W. New Brighton, N. Y. 



Gets a Good Crop 



We have had the largest crop of 

 honey we ever harvested, and are 

 selling it at $1.50 per ten-pound pail. 

 This price looks low, no doubt, but 

 it i, about all we think the people 

 lure will pay. It has been a great 

 Mason for buckwheat, but the corn 

 tailed to mature, the weather was 

 too .old. <, II. I. KIT BROS., 



Fostoria, Iowa. 



BEEKEEPERS' DISPLAY AT ANTIGO, WIS. 



Wide Spacing of Frames 



Probably you have forgotten me 

 and the pleasant day we had at Mr. 

 i pane's lasl summer, in Middlebury, 

 but I have not. I have had another 

 pleasant summer with the bees, got 

 nearly 2,000 pounds of honey from la 

 colonies, m""'"!-' count; 1.500 extract- 

 i -mi C omb. My best colony 

 gave me nearly 400 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honev. I had only 2 or 3 

 swarms and they all came back. 



