. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL. 779 When I bouglit the colony Last spring I was given some copies of the Bke Journal, and after reading them I decided to subscribe for it, and it was a good investment, I as- sure you; for one of my colonies, after filling its hive, lost the queen, and I did not know it until after they were reduced quite low. I sent a descrip- tion of it to Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, whose name I saw in the Bee Jour- nal, and he sent me a queen, telling me to give it a couple of frames of brood. I did so, and introduced the queen, and in three d
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOUENAL. 779 When I bouglit the colony Last spring I was given some copies of the Bke Journal, and after reading them I decided to subscribe for it, and it was a good investment, I as- sure you; for one of my colonies, after filling its hive, lost the queen, and I did not know it until after they were reduced quite low. I sent a descrip- tion of it to Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, whose name I saw in the Bee Jour- nal, and he sent me a queen, telling me to give it a couple of frames of brood. I did so, and introduced the queen, and in three days afterwards I saw her laying, and now I have a good colony, which would have been lost if it had not been for the Bee Journal. I have put all of my bees into the cellar, and they are well supplied with sealed honey, except the one that came out on Sept. 2, and it has con- siderable, but not what I would like it to have. I read in the Bee Journal how to make a cheap bee-feeder with two pieces of tin bent into two hoops, tit- ting one in the other, then putting a piece of muslin over one, and shoving the other down into it; and then to pour in syrup made of granulated sugar. I did so, and it worked nicely with my young colony. 1. Will it do to feed them in the cellar 'i 2. If there comes nice warm days, as there often does here, will it do to put them out on the summer stands and feed them, returning them to the cellar at night V I put a block one inch thick under each corner of the hive, thus raising it one inch all around, and tacked on wire cloth, for ventilatioil for them. 3. Will it be sufflcient for them ? Eochester,5 Ind., Nov, 19,1887. [1. Yes ; you can feed them in the cellar in the same way. 2. When necessary, the hives of bees may be put on the summer stands on any warm day, and the bees can have a cleansing flight. Put them back into the cellar at night. Feed them in the cellar. 3. That will be quite sufficient; in fact, many prefer not to give them as much as that
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