. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 30 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 14, 191 4 an apple-tree; they had been on there long enough to make quite a piece of comb. Then I took 2 more combs of honey and pollen from the old hive and put new bees on, with 3 empty combs, and fed the lot with sugar syrup, until all had stores for winter, then I made outside cases and packed them the fol- lowing way: ? I put in 5 inches of line hay, and then set the hives in, and filled to the supers all around as tightly as possible with same kind of hay, then tacked a piece of burlap on the bottom of the super
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 30 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 14, 191 4 an apple-tree; they had been on there long enough to make quite a piece of comb. Then I took 2 more combs of honey and pollen from the old hive and put new bees on, with 3 empty combs, and fed the lot with sugar syrup, until all had stores for winter, then I made outside cases and packed them the fol- lowing way: ? I put in 5 inches of line hay, and then set the hives in, and filled to the supers all around as tightly as possible with same kind of hay, then tacked a piece of burlap on the bottom of the super, and set it on and filled that with the same, then covered to about the depth of a foot, then put on a good cover that was tight. I will report how they winter. My old colony carried out its queen on Aug. 19; there were about 100 bees that seemed to crowd her along ahead of them, until they got her to the edge of the alighting-board, and then a few took her and went into the air with her, and that was the last I saw of her. D. B. BOTNTON. Oxford Co., Maine, Deo. 26. A Good Report—Bee House. This has been a good year for bees here. 1 had 19 colonies, spring count, increased to ai, and have sold $450 worth of honey, and have 850 or S60 worth more on hand. For 10 years I have not shipped a pound of honey ; I always label it, and by square deal- ing try to increase the trade at home. I have sold 85 dozen quart-jars of extracted honey. I send you a cut of my apiary ; since that was taken I have built 3 more. I just started the air would take from, and not add to, any liquid. Honey will become thinner in a mois- ture-laden atmosphere, and contains more water, but it will be at the expense of the other ingredients of that honey; or in other words, it is only a form of decomposition. Moisture is necessary for any natural decom- position. Honey, or any liquid or substance, if left exposed to the air will decompose to some extent. All natural decomposition of any substance is due to u
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