June 30, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



459 



to transfer, but will do that when the queen 

 begins to pipe for a second swann. If I don't 

 hear her I will transfer in about Vi days from 

 the first swarm. 



I think we will have a good year, as the 

 blossoms seem to hang on a long lime. White 

 clover is just coming out, and the bees are 

 woricing on it— something we have not seen 

 in .vears — and every basswood tree is going to 

 bloom, even small ones growing beside larger 

 trees. 



Those colonies bought in New York State 

 had none of that poor honey, and I found the 

 best colonies on the high ground, and those 

 left on the summer stands. 



C. VI. Lincoln. 



Bennington Co., Vt., June 13. 



[The sample of " sour stuS " came, and we 

 must say it is the most villainous stuff 

 we ever saw for honey. It is no wonder the 

 bees died. It is almost black in color, and 

 smells afar off. No wonder the bees died if 

 they had to winter on such " sour stuff." — 

 Editor.] 



Shaken Swarms Without Shaking. 



I should like to ask " Maine," the con- 

 tributor of the article on page 411, "Shaken 

 Swarms WitboutShaking," it the bees can get 

 sufficient ventilation through a Porter bee- 

 escape board. This plan does not look feasi- 

 ble to me. I think that unless the colony 

 was very light the bees would suffocate. 



I read the American Bee .Journal and like it 

 very much. I get some valuable information 

 from it. H. Vandebwerp. 



Missaukee Co., Mich., June 16. 



Swarming and Mixing Up. 



Bees are swarming again, and phenomenally 

 mean about mixing up — and then, as a natural 

 result, refusing to stay in any hive — or any 

 other place. I have often wondered why my 

 bees so uniformly ball queens whenever they 

 get mixed, whileothers complain of it so little. 

 E. E. Hasty. 



Lucas'Co., Ohio, June 22. 



Daily Think. 



Two bees or not two bees, that is the question ; 

 Whether it were better to have one bee and a 



honey -comb. 

 Or, by having two bees, get both the 

 Honey-comb and brush. 



—Baltimore News. 



The Honey Crop Prospect. 



The outlook tor a crop of honey through- 

 out the irrigated regions is generally good, 

 excepting in Arizona and New Mexico, where 

 the almost total absence of snowfall and 

 spring rains has practically blighted all 

 chances for a crop of surplus honey this sea- 

 son. In Colorado the winter loss amounted 

 to about ten percent, due very largely to 

 queenlessness. The spring has been fairly 

 favorable, and the colonies are in prime con- 

 dition for the flow, which promises to open 

 about June lb Moisture conditions are highly 

 satisfactory, the government station in Dea- 

 ver reporting a more than normal amount of 

 precipitation since January I. The only ap- 

 parent drawback is, in some localities the 

 alfalfa is badly winter-killed — not by cold 

 weather, but by warm dry winds. Sweet 

 clover is doing well, and in most localities is 

 more than usually abundant. Conditions in 

 Utah and Idaho are even better; the winter 

 losses were trivial, and the few reports I have 

 had indicate that the crop will be fully up to 

 the average. 



Viewing the situation as a whole, with the 

 exceptions noted above, the outlook is very 

 bright, and honey-buyers will not be disap- 

 pointed if they depend upon shipments from 



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