. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 46 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 18, 190O. most pounds of extracted A No. 1 mel- ilot (sweet clover) honey, and also some section honey. Having considerable dark honey on hand from last fall. 1 fed that, mixt with the best quality of sugar syrup, and thus I could sell all my melilot honey. I now have the same number of colonies I had the commencement of the season—37 colonies in my standard hives with Ameri- can frames, and 6 colonies in the new Hed- don hives, with 12 queens of 1898 and 21 queens carefully reared in 1899. Wm. Stollet. Hall Co., Ne
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 46 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 18, 190O. most pounds of extracted A No. 1 mel- ilot (sweet clover) honey, and also some section honey. Having considerable dark honey on hand from last fall. 1 fed that, mixt with the best quality of sugar syrup, and thus I could sell all my melilot honey. I now have the same number of colonies I had the commencement of the season—37 colonies in my standard hives with Ameri- can frames, and 6 colonies in the new Hed- don hives, with 12 queens of 1898 and 21 queens carefully reared in 1899. Wm. Stollet. Hall Co., Neb., Dec. 23, 1899. _7 A Beginner's Experience. ~I bought five colonies about two years ago. and have increast in the two years to They are the first I ever owned, and I have had to learn by experience and the help of the American Bee Journal. My bees did but little good last season. I am not able to take the care of them that I would like to. I put the hives on a bench in winter, made about six inches high, set them as close together as I could, and put sacks on top and around them. 1 sold my fall crop of honey at 15 cents a ponnd in the town of Asheville. J. W. Hawkins. Buncombe Co., N. C, Dec. 27, 1899. Cedar Hives—Motlis. f I find in the American Bee Journal an enquiry as to red cedar for hives. I have used over .50 in my apiary for several years, and shall never use any other, no matter what the cost. There are several points of excellence in cedar hives—1st. they don't swell and shrink like those made of other lumber; 2nd, they keep drier; 3rd, they are lighter; and 4th. they don't warp as badly as pine. Give them a good coat of paint, and you will find them all right. As to moths, keep good Italian bees, strong and healthy, and the moths won't bother. R- G. Haun. I, Kittitas Co., Wash. Bees Not Profitable for Him. Bees have not been very profitable for em. 1 started with one colony three years ago, and have bought six colonies, all in box- hives, so I had to tr
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