. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 784 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 5, for myself nearly 50 years. The height of my ambition is in bees. I will venture to say that 1 have found more wild bees, and cut more bee-trees, than Davy Crockett ever did; and. for a fact, this season is the first I have ever read a bee-paper in my life. And seeing the bee-veil advertised, I thought I would make one. and it was the first veil that was ever on my face—and it shall be the last. I have been sent for all over this part of the country to handle and hive bees that had whipped all other peo- ple out.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 784 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 5, for myself nearly 50 years. The height of my ambition is in bees. I will venture to say that 1 have found more wild bees, and cut more bee-trees, than Davy Crockett ever did; and. for a fact, this season is the first I have ever read a bee-paper in my life. And seeing the bee-veil advertised, I thought I would make one. and it was the first veil that was ever on my face—and it shall be the last. I have been sent for all over this part of the country to handle and hive bees that had whipped all other peo- ple out. I am not talking now for the chalk, nor the red apple—the pigtail is all I am after. If I could see Mr. R. W. Walker, who lost that fine swarm. I would tell him just where he could find it. for they had a home picked out. and a tree cleaned out to go into. That is the reason they would not stay in the hive. He can find them yet. I wish I was there. Now, Mr. Heise. I hope to hear from you again after testing my plan. Be honest. Pollock, Mo. Andy Cotton. Cost of Starting in Bee-Keeping. On page 63fl of the Bee Journal, T. H. B., of Marcuse, Calif., wants to know what it should cost to start bee-keeping with 10 col- onies. I don't know what it would cost in California, but I can tell him what it costs in Indiana. Last spring I bought 4 colonies—3 on 8 frames, and one in a box-hive; six empty hives and one smoker, all for $ On Oct. 23 I bought S colonies—4 on 10-frames. and 4 on 8-frames, one smoker, one swarm catcher. Root's "A B C of ; and 10 empty hives, all for $20. They are all Italians, and in good condition, packed on the summer stands. Ika Clapper. Monticello, Ind.,Nov. 18. A Dry Summer—Home Market. Did we have a crop of honey ? No. In ]8fl3 and 1894 we had not a pound of sur- plus. I fed the bees the fall of , and in ]8'.I4 they did the feeding. This (all I find the most of them are full of winter stores, and with just a few pounds
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