. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189'^ THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 763. ,"%^ CONDUCTED BY DR. C. C. ^E'R, MARENGO, ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! Small Hives for Wintering. D. N. Ritchpy's remark on pace 715 made rae look back to see what I had said on page 630. There I found I had said, " BTit you're not proini; to winter those bees in a tJ-fratue hive, are you ?" At first thought I could not imagine what could have induced me to object to their being wintered iu a small hive, for certainly their chances for wiutering wo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189'^ THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 763. ,"%^ CONDUCTED BY DR. C. C. ^E'R, MARENGO, ILL. [Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! Small Hives for Wintering. D. N. Ritchpy's remark on pace 715 made rae look back to see what I had said on page 630. There I found I had said, " BTit you're not proini; to winter those bees in a tJ-fratue hive, are you ?" At first thought I could not imagine what could have induced me to object to their being wintered iu a small hive, for certainly their chances for wiutering would not be bettered by puttinR them into larger hives: but a nioineufs thought showed that the trouble cauie from my lack of famil- iarity with the Euglish language sufficient to make myself clear. What I meant was that a colony that had been kept the season in a hive S inches wide, containing 6 frames, would hardly be strong enough to winter successfully. If Mr. Ritchey means that he puts his colouies on 6 frames for win- tering, then there is nothing unusual in that; but if he has successfully used hives for four years that are only 8 inches wide and contain only 6 frames, then I'm decidedly interested to know more about it, for from a short acquaintance with Mr. Ritchey I think he knows what he's talking about. If you're using hives that never contain more than 6 frames, Mr. Ritchey, please tell us all about it—how strong colonies get, their yield, whether you have to feed in the fall, and whether you prefer them to hives having S or more frames, and if so, why ? C. C. M. Buckwheat and Clover in lVIi$§i§si|>pi—Feedings Cane Syrup. 1. Will buckwheat do well and yield honey in South Mis- sissippi, TO miles from the Gulf of Mexico? How about clov- ers? I think we have the white clover here. Will sweet clover do anything here ? 2. Would itdo to feed bees on pure ribbon cane syrup that has no chemicals in it? How should it be fed ? I'm suffer- ing from my bees visiting t
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