. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 7, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 95 stain from cocoons is the cause of the rich yellowness of the wax rendered from old combs is : If an old comb is put into water it turns the water coffee- color. Is it not reasonable to think that wax would be likewise affected ? W. T. Stephenson. Massac Co., 111. Poop Season A Bonanza in a Bee-Tree. I lost my strong-est colony last spring- by neglecting to enlarge the entrance when I put them away the previous winter. One colony balled the queen, so I united it with another, which left me with eight colonies, som
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 7, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 95 stain from cocoons is the cause of the rich yellowness of the wax rendered from old combs is : If an old comb is put into water it turns the water coffee- color. Is it not reasonable to think that wax would be likewise affected ? W. T. Stephenson. Massac Co., 111. Poop Season A Bonanza in a Bee-Tree. I lost my strong-est colony last spring- by neglecting to enlarge the entrance when I put them away the previous winter. One colony balled the queen, so I united it with another, which left me with eight colonies, some of which I had to feed. I sowed two acres of mustard in the spring, and the bees built up strong-, and commenced to swarm about June 3d. Four colonies swarmed, and then the mustard played out, and basswood failed, so they did nothing- more until buckbrush bloomed, when they stored a little surplus, but I got only 60 pounds of surplus honey for the whole season. I sowed three acres of buckwheat, and there were acres of heartsease and other wild flowers, but the bees did not seem to store any honey from them. We had four severe hail-storms, which might account for this. I helpt to cut down a bee-tree last fall, and it was the sight of a lifetime. It was a very large tree, and I think the bees must have been in it about 4 j-ears. The combs were a little over five feet long, and from 11 to 13 inches deep. Some of the honey was granu- lated ; we got all we could stack into a wash-boiler, and a dishpan full, be- sides—I should think about 12S pounds in all. I hived the bees, and fed them up, and now have 13 colonies in the cellar, which I think are in tine condi- tion. Lewis Laiikin. Woodbury Co., Iowa, Jan. 18. 326, FIRST i PREMIUMS SEHD FOB FREE CATALOGUE, i^a Prairie State locubator Co., j^Slf llomcr City. Pa. H B GINSENG 810. in plants produce $ tn 10 years. Book tcltina bow lo giow it. in Lakeside Ginseng Gardens, Amber, the American Bee Journal. POUI/rilV BOOK F
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