. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 172 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 3. 19C4. As to the results from my bees, I took 4600 pounds of honey, and increased to 1S4 colo- nies by natural increase, and sold IS colonies to neighbors (they furnishing the hives) for $ each. The next year (1900) honey re- ceived was 8000 pounds, and increased to 290 colonies. The following spring I let out colonies to an old bee-keeper, I receiving one- half of the crop. I lost quite heavily winter- ing, or rather springing. The first of .June found me with 115 colonies, and my crop was pounds of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 172 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 3. 19C4. As to the results from my bees, I took 4600 pounds of honey, and increased to 1S4 colo- nies by natural increase, and sold IS colonies to neighbors (they furnishing the hives) for $ each. The next year (1900) honey re- ceived was 8000 pounds, and increased to 290 colonies. The following spring I let out colonies to an old bee-keeper, I receiving one- half of the crop. I lost quite heavily winter- ing, or rather springing. The first of .June found me with 115 colonies, and my crop was pounds of comb honey, and I increased to 174 colonies. In 1902 I lost quite heavily in wintering and springing, down to 108 colonies after selling .50 colonies at .? per colony. The honey crop was 4500 pounds of comb, and increased to 180 colonies. The spring of 1903 was a very hard one in Wood County, being very cold and wet, so the first of June found me with 113 colonies, and my crop was 3000 pounds of honey and in- creased to 230 colonies. I have them all in the cellar now. About the first of April I go up and take the bees out of the cellar. My wife and two sons will come up in .lune and give valuable aid in caring for the bees. I. A. Travis. Walworth Co., Wis., Jan. 30. Send -lOWA- orders for everythii. Grading Comb Honey—Sweet Clover Mr. Taylor, on page 835 (1903), says some things I have been thinking of saying some time. In " fancy " honey it is required that both comb and wood be free from stain. Now, I can scrape the propolis from the wood, but the uliiix I cannot remove, because it pene- trates the wood. What harm can it do the honey? Before using it is cut out and the section likely goes into the stove. There seems to he a craze for getting combs white. Now, the bees sometimes fill the cells so full that the capping comes in contract with the \ DAVENPORT, [ BEE-KEEPERS" SUPPLIES to the city nearest to you. Save Freig-ht and get prompt service. We are he
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