. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. and basswood. When at the close of the latter the dry, hot weather struck this locality, our honey season was over, altho buckwheat was yet to come, but we were so badly scorcht that when the buckwheat flow was over, all my bees and myself as well, were amazed to find that all we had to depend upon for the next 8 months was nearly 500 pounds of white honey, and less than 200 pounds of buckwheat; but, fortu- nately for all bees stored the nicest clover and linden honey this year I ever saw, most of which I sold in
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. and basswood. When at the close of the latter the dry, hot weather struck this locality, our honey season was over, altho buckwheat was yet to come, but we were so badly scorcht that when the buckwheat flow was over, all my bees and myself as well, were amazed to find that all we had to depend upon for the next 8 months was nearly 500 pounds of white honey, and less than 200 pounds of buckwheat; but, fortu- nately for all bees stored the nicest clover and linden honey this year I ever saw, most of which I sold in my home market for 20 cents a pound. D. F. BlighTon. Fulton Co., N. Y., Nov. IS. Nov. 29, 1900^ Preparing the Bees for Winter. I started last spring with 8 colonies, have increast to 17, and have sold $15 worth of honey, besides having' plenty for home use in a family of four. I just finisht putting them away for the winter yesterday. I winter them out- doors, and this is the way I did : I built a shed 8 feet wide and 32 feet long, out of rough lumber, and covered it with grooved roofing. It is 5 feet on the lower side, and 7 on the upper side. I used four 2x8 joists, and nailed 2x4's on the edges so they were the width of the hive, and 20 inches apart. I set the hives on them after filling with straw as tight as I could pack it, then I packt straw between the hives and over back of them, also put on a " Hill's device," made out of barrel staves, then put a piece of muslin over the de- vice, and a super on, and then filled it with clover chaff. When the weather gets colder I will put on more straw, but I will keep the fronts of the hives exposed to the weather so the bees can fly out whenever the weather is warm enough to fly. What do you think of that way ? Will they get too warm ? Fred Tyler. Mason Co., 111., Nov. 17. M tiio MAKE IINCIBATORS '^n'^'.h tlmt hali-li itndlots of tlnrn. <- it', startriAl. W« have a brok called Ih. 20th CENTURY PniinOV OnflK ,. J- K
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