. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 4, 1J02. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 573 (|i)eeii. In 2 or ;i diiys the rest of Mio hoes and frames can be iraiisforred to llie nrw lilvu. 1 (lid it in this way on .(uiy .'i, willi cood suc- cess. Tlie old Itiies wore (iueeril(!HK sinc(i May 10; they are all ;;oiie now. I tliinU if is the safest to iiitroiiuce a new <|U(mmi. only tlie (jid one must be taken away, and the liisi frairjes must be willioiit brood. Anton .Simon, Linn Co., Iowa, Aug. IS. A Bulg-arian Beginner. It is not necessary to tell you that I am a beginner in beekeeping, but 1 like


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Sept. 4, 1J02. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 573 (|i)eeii. In 2 or ;i diiys the rest of Mio hoes and frames can be iraiisforred to llie nrw lilvu. 1 (lid it in this way on .(uiy .'i, willi cood suc- cess. Tlie old Itiies wore (iueeril(!HK sinc(i May 10; they are all ;;oiie now. I tliinU if is the safest to iiitroiiuce a new <|U(mmi. only tlie (jid one must be taken away, and the liisi frairjes must be willioiit brood. Anton .Simon, Linn Co., Iowa, Aug. IS. A Bulg-arian Beginner. It is not necessary to tell you that I am a beginner in beekeeping, but 1 like it very inueli. I am a teacher in the Orplian-liouse here, in if livealxiut Kill children (70 lioys and 'A) girls), and the larger ones like very nineh to work with me in tlie apiary,whieli consists of .S colonies in Ihidant-Hlatt liivea. In the Huljriiriaii lantcuage tliere are two or three books or t;iiides for bee-keepers, anions which the best is, Bertrand's " Bee-Keeper's ; D. C'nAK.\i,OFr. Bulgaria. Unfavorable Season. This has been a very unfavorable season for the liee-keeper in this vicinity. Tlie month of .lune was so wet that the bees stored very little, but .July proved very favorable, and those that were so situated as to catch the milkweed How reaped a nice harvest. We are having very dry weather at present, and unless we get rain soon there will be no surplus from the fall How. I have about 10,000 pounds of white honey, mostly extracted. I hope for better weather soon. ? Ira D. Baktlett. Charlevoix Co., Mich., Aug. IS. Very Poor Honey Crop. The honey crop is very poor in this local- ity. Buckwheat and goldenrod are blossom- ing, but the weather is so stormy and cloudy that the bees cannot gather honey. A. W. Smith. Sullivan Co., New York, .\ug. II. Those Partially Filled Sections. As the lime of the year draws near when the disposition of partially filled sections be- comes a question of importance to the aver- age bee-keeper, I think the plan


Size: 2955px × 846px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectbees, bookyear1861