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Title: American bee journal
Identifier: americanbeejourn541914hami (find matches)
Year: 1861 (1860s)
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Subjects: Bee culture; Bees
Publisher: (Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons)
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January, 1914. American T^ee Joarnaij
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J. R. Dueden. of Macon. Ga.. is a bee enthusiast. Limited nectar-producing plants necessitates small and scattered apiaries with him. colonies of bees in box-hives, and when I went to move them 14 were already dead, and the rest at the point of star- vation. When I arrived home I at- tempted to feed them, but the robbers got busy and " cleaned them all up " ex- cept 18. I placed the feed around on the tops and bottoms of the hives. Wasn't this experience ?" Answer.—Yes, it was, and there are many inexperienced who have bought box-hives that were robbed too close and lost. If they are not heavy with stores, and a lot of bees in them, you had better let them alone. Question.—" I bought your book, "Southern Bee Culture," and " .\ B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture," and I hope I will make a beekeeper yet." Answer.—You should have bought these books before you started in bee- culture and posted yourself well, and your progress would have been much faster. Question.—"In spite of all I am hav- ing some success. I sold, this season, $45 worth of honey, and my best col- ony netted me $11. and I have not lost any bees in modern hives. I have not had many swarms this year. When the bees crowd into the hives during rainy weather, when the main honey-flow is on, will it not cause them to swarm much more than if the weather is warm and sunny ?" Answer.—Yes, the bees will swarm much more under such conditions as you name, especially if this is kept up two or more days, and as soon as the weather clears up we have to hustle to keep down swarming. " I tried your method of transferring, and had good success. I expect to do more of it next season. I take Glean- ings in Bee Culture, and am now send- ing in my subscription to the Ameri- can Bee journal. I will have a good time studying bee-culture this winter." J.\MEs A. Smith. Lawrenceville, Ga. A Georgia Boy Happy Among His Bees It seems a little strange that some people are so very happy at certain occupations, and such is the case with Mr. J. R. Dueden, of Macon, Ga., who has a number of apiaries scattered over the surrounding country, one of which is shown here, with Mr. Dueden among the hives. I doubt if a more pleasant or better-natured man could be found in the ranks of beekeep- ers. It seems that he is exactly suited to beekeeping; his natural talents run that way. You cannot interest him much unless you talk bees or honey. He is just "brimful" of the business, and from what he is doing at it, he and the bees make a good team. He is not located in a section where there is great pasture for bees, and he keeps them scattered in small apiaries. To Visit Florida I am planning to go to Bradentown the latter part of the winter. I have long wished to make this trip, and now as it is becoming a winter resort for beekeepers, I can't resist the pull. I have a brother living there who once told me that the people who came there with little money, and could not board at the hotels, but lived cheaply by camping out, were known as "tin can tourists." I will have to come un- der that head, I guess. Now. if any of your fellows find a handy tin can lying around, please save it for me. If there is any fun or fishing going on I am just the one to get into it, and I also enjoy swimming as well as any of the boys, even if I have been a beekeeper for over -30 years. H.xRRY Lathrop. Bridgeport. Wis., Nov. 24. Come right on Mr. Lathrop. We will

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