. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16!,8 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. ;05 fitted with full sheets of comb foundation, and are fed with medicated syrup a few days longer. The skep used as their tem- porary home must then be burned. All such work as is here desyibed, should be done in the evening, when the bees have ceast flying for the day, to avoid chance of ; Recipe for napthol beta solution: " Nap- thol beta was introduced after exhaustive experiments by Dr. Loret, and subsequent experience here has proved its efficacy. To make the solution proceed as follows: "Fo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16!,8 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. ;05 fitted with full sheets of comb foundation, and are fed with medicated syrup a few days longer. The skep used as their tem- porary home must then be burned. All such work as is here desyibed, should be done in the evening, when the bees have ceast flying for the day, to avoid chance of ; Recipe for napthol beta solution: " Nap- thol beta was introduced after exhaustive experiments by Dr. Loret, and subsequent experience here has proved its efficacy. To make the solution proceed as follows: "For convenience of (measuring, procure from a chemist an S-ounce bottle, markt with 16 divisions of half an ounce. Thus each division will be equal to one table- spoonful. Put an ounce napthol beta into the bottle and half fill with pure methylated spirit. Shake until the crytals are dis- solved. Then add spirit until the liquid reaches the 14th line on the bottle. The solution is then ready for use. Each divi- sion will contain one tablespoonful, which is just the right quantity for 10 pounds of sugar. The solution should be stirred into the syrup while the latter is ; Los Angeles Co., Calif. J. H. Martin.' Favorable Winter for Bees. The winter has been favorable for bees. As the fall honey was "nixy" on account of severe drouth, bees went into winter un- der unfavorable conditions, no young bees having been reared to anount to anything. The Bee Journal meets my approval. I always read the editorial page first. Cass Co., Mo., Feb. 17. W. D. Hdrt. Report for 1897. My report for the year 1897 is 7,000 pounds of comb honey of good quality from 60 colonies, spring count, inereast to 100. December 10 I put 50 colonies into the cel- lar, leaving 10 on the summer stands. I had to move my bees out ^eb. 10, as they commenced to spot the hive inside. I have had bees eight years. I always put them in a row and cover them with straw, so it is dark for them. C. W. Anderson
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