. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. A KENTUCKY HORSEMAN. A t'Ofnicusloiiifrnr s lu: i.•^ ??t;ilkii)K I'; l»ut siiij|.lv t'uud will I lie in:iiiii(;irIiiiiTs<»f snoh li|ii'rlcc-l fi-nif. S:i\slif ?wcjiild rnl lliT [Kiy "iir iirlce lliail iKivir ii cotiiiiMiil wirtj K'vfM lntii PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. ventilate it. we open an east and door, and north window in the wooihouse. and there is a good circulation. We did not prepare this place, but simply utilize it for that purpose. In regard to noise, our kitchen, dining-room,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. A KENTUCKY HORSEMAN. A t'Ofnicusloiiifrnr s lu: i.•^ ??t;ilkii)K I'; l»ut siiij|.lv t'uud will I lie in:iiiii(;irIiiiiTs<»f snoh li|ii'rlcc-l fi-nif. S:i\slif ?wcjiild rnl lliT [Kiy "iir iirlce lliail iKivir ii cotiiiiMiil wirtj K'vfM lntii PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. ventilate it. we open an east and door, and north window in the wooihouse. and there is a good circulation. We did not prepare this place, but simply utilize it for that purpose. In regard to noise, our kitchen, dining-room, and post-offlce are directly over the bees, and if noise would affect them they certainly would be af- fected. My experience is that noise does not affect them, but jarring does, so we are careful on that score. We removed the bottom and set the hive about 4 inches from the ground. Up to date we have only lost one colony out of 37 placed under there, and that was short of stores, and we could not get to it very well to supply it. We have 47 colonies packt out-of-doors with 4 inches of packing of straw and chaff all around. Only one colony is missing so far. Last year our weakest colonies were placed in the bee-cellar, and came through fine. My oldest son and I are partners in the bee-business. We are both quite enthusias- tic over it, tho perhaps not quite so public spirited as we should be in giving our knowledge for the good of others. We hope to be able to attend the convention at Buf- falo next fall. We run for comb honey mostly. Mrs. D. W. Brown. Raymond K. Brown. Erie Co., Pa., March 26. Bountiful Crop Expected. Old Winter is at last relinguishing his hold upon things terrestrial, and ever-wel- come spring is shimmering on the thresh- hold. The 9th of this month the mercury rose to 68 deg., Fahr., and my bees brought in a little pollen—the first of the season. The l.^th the mercury rose to 7U deg., and bees carried considerable pollen from the maples. The 19th was
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