. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 720 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J^ov. 7, gan to swarm when working on it. The last swarm that issued in this locality was on Aug. 21. There were more " buckwheat swarms" this season than all the May, June and July swarms put together. Although I had one colony that cast a swarm May 2(5, it swarmed again May 29, and again May 31, making three swarms in May from one colony—all good swarms. By dividing and natural swarming I in- creased from 13 to 35 colonies, all in good condition. Sotue of the last swarms I had to feed, for the buckwheat was ov
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 720 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J^ov. 7, gan to swarm when working on it. The last swarm that issued in this locality was on Aug. 21. There were more " buckwheat swarms" this season than all the May, June and July swarms put together. Although I had one colony that cast a swarm May 2(5, it swarmed again May 29, and again May 31, making three swarms in May from one colony—all good swarms. By dividing and natural swarming I in- creased from 13 to 35 colonies, all in good condition. Sotue of the last swarms I had to feed, for the buckwheat was over before they had gathered enough to winter on. I have the 3 and h banded bees, also one colony having a gray Carniolan queen. I have a few mismated Italian queens which 1 want to try by the side of the others, and run all for comb honey, if they and I live until next season; then I will report through the "Old Reliable" as to each race or kind. I could not see much difference this season between the 3 and 5 banded bees; both are very gentle, and are good workers. How the ."i-banders winter as compared with the 3-banders, I have not yet tested. I winter all on the summer stands, in single-walled hives. Paul Whitebread. Hobbie, Pa., Oct. 31. Results of the Fast Season. Last spring I had four colonies. One of them was very strong, and prepared for swarming in May, but the weather changed cold and stopped that. I then put on the supers with extracting-frames (I use the Langstroth Sframe hive). The colony has not swarmed at all, but has given me about 150 pounds of extracted honey. The other three were not so strong, but made up well after a time. One of them swarmed the latter part of June—a good, large swarm, which has done well. Another one cast a large swarm in July. About 13 o'clock 1 hived them, then went to dinner. 1 came to look at them again about 1 o'clock, and they had all come out again, and were Just going away. 1 followed them nearly half a mile, b
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