. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 10 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 5. Bad Year I the worst for 50 years! Most French bee- keepers haven't enough honey to winter their bees, says Le Rticher Beige. An Australian t1oney=Yield.—\V. J. reports in Austra- lian Bee-Bulletin that from 80 colonies he got 11 tons of honey and increast to 115 ;1275 pounds per colony and 43 per- cent increase is not so bad. Utah Yield.—E. S. Lovesy reports in Gleanings the highest he has heard of in Utah" the past season, as nearly 5!^ tons of honey from 31 colonies, increast to|82. That average—350 pound
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 10 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 5. Bad Year I the worst for 50 years! Most French bee- keepers haven't enough honey to winter their bees, says Le Rticher Beige. An Australian t1oney=Yield.—\V. J. reports in Austra- lian Bee-Bulletin that from 80 colonies he got 11 tons of honey and increast to 115 ;1275 pounds per colony and 43 per- cent increase is not so bad. Utah Yield.—E. S. Lovesy reports in Gleanings the highest he has heard of in Utah" the past season, as nearly 5!^ tons of honey from 31 colonies, increast to|82. That average—350 pounds per colony—in an off year is not bad. To Seal Bottles.—Take four parts rosin, four parts pitch, and one part beeswax. Melt the wax, add the resins, and when the whole is liquid, dip the bottle in to the neck, take out and turn it around, holding the bottle horizontally, so all parts will be equally covered.—Revue Eclectique. To Keep Honey Light in Wax-Extractor.—D. W. Heise (Canadian Bee Journal) is delighted at having learned that when cappings are put in the wax-extractor he can prevent the accompanying honey from becomings dark by never allowing' the sun to strike the vessel -containing tlie honey, and removing it just as soon as it has run down. Plain Sections, says M. L,. .Mai^i in American Bee- Keeper, are filled and completed more uniformly than others, and the honey in the outside rows will be more securely attacht to the wood, hence a larger number will grade fancy. A picture of eight sections from his apiary shows the combs not so verv well finisht out to the wood. BuiIt=Out Combs vs. Foundation.—Allen Sharp, in British Bee Journal, says that in his experience he finds that bees prefer fresh foundation in sections to unfinisht combs of the previous season, or those that have been a long time on the hive. Some'in this country agree with him, while others take the reverse view, saying that bees object to partly-built combs only when they are in bad con
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