. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 214 THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. A ugust. Des Moines, Wash, July 13, 1896. Editor American Bee Keeper— Will you please let me kuow through the " Bee Keeper" what I shall do about my bees. Last January I pur- chased a stand o£ Italians ; The col- ony was a strong one and wintered well; In February they began gath- ering pollen ; They have not swarmed yet this summer, and they seem much decreased in number an a bee will not be seen going in or out of the hive oftener than once in five minutes. In the afternoons of the bright sunny days, quite
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 214 THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. A ugust. Des Moines, Wash, July 13, 1896. Editor American Bee Keeper— Will you please let me kuow through the " Bee Keeper" what I shall do about my bees. Last January I pur- chased a stand o£ Italians ; The col- ony was a strong one and wintered well; In February they began gath- ering pollen ; They have not swarmed yet this summer, and they seem much decreased in number an a bee will not be seen going in or out of the hive oftener than once in five minutes. In the afternoons of the bright sunny days, quite a number of bees fly out and play around the hive, those I am quite sure are young bees. They are not hatching any more now than they were a month ago and that was, just in one of the middle Brood Frames. It is at the height of the honey season here now and it is a good honey year. Beekeepers here report much surplus honey, and much swarming, while my bees haven't filled over a dozen cells with honey this year, and they had those filled a month ago. They have a queen so that is not the trouble. Yours truly, (Miss) Anita Byers. [We think what is needed is a new queen. Either your queen is an old one or is not prolific, try requeening. Possibly, however, there is some other cause for' non-swarming and perhaps some of our readers can name the . cause and suggest a remedy, if so, let us hear from them, Ed.] W. T. Falconer Man'f'g Co.,— Gentlemen : Inclosed find 50c for which date my subscription to the '' American Bee Keeper " one year in advance. Although times are hard for farmers and beekeepers yet they cannot afford to be without good pap- ers. Bees seem to be doing finely this year and have been working on bass- wood for the past two weeks consider- ably. As you have not heard from me lately do not think that the bee business is dead, for I never had more bees than I have to day. I got a sup- ply of sections and hives last year and failed to get any honey, so this ye
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