Aug. 11. 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



557 



•was all cut down just as it was about 

 to bloom. The white clover flow is 

 about over, and so is alsike. a patch of 

 which I had sowed. 



The bees are working- in the supers, 

 but don't seem to be making- much 

 progress. 



I am night watchman at the Univer- 

 sity here. I gave a copy of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal to one of the profes- 

 sors to read, and the result is that he 

 has become interested in bees, and has 

 sent in his subscription. I promised 

 him a colony this fall. 



My bees were very weak in the 

 spring. They dwindled down to al- 

 most nothing. Geo. M. Skifert. 



Northampton Co,, Pa., July 21. 



Bees Working in the Supers. 



Bees have just commenced to work 

 in the supers. I do not look for much 

 of a crop this year. Geo. A. Reed. 



Saline Co., Kans.. July 20. 



Driest of Dry Seasons. 



Bees began to swarm March 27, and 

 the season was favorable while swarm- 

 ing lasted. I saved 25, while my neigh- 

 bors had very few or none at all. 



Bees are now gathering but very 

 little honey. In many cases they have 

 eaten more than they have gathered, 

 where they had it stored. They are 

 living from hand to mouth, as it were. 



We are going through one of the dri- 

 est of dry seasons, and the bee-forage 

 suffers with all the rest. 



A. B. CARPENTER. 

 Tulare Co., Calif., July 24. 



Bees Doing Fairly Well. 



My bees are doing fairly well this 

 year, but last winter was " a corker." 

 I lost 8 out of IS colonies. I bought 12 

 on June 1, and 6 more last week. I 

 have had only 3 prime swarms and one 

 second swarm this year. 



I joined the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association last spring, and wish the 

 rest of the bee-keepers would " go and 

 do likewise." Lyman North. 



Page Co., Iowa, July 28. 



Bees Storing in Supers— Strikes. 



The bees have not begun to work on 

 the fall flow as yet. Some of the col- 

 onies have stored 4 supers of 24 pounds 

 each, and the majority 3 supers each. 

 The others have stored some two supers 

 full, and some one. 



I hope the strike in Chicago has not 

 affected you. The strikes are a curse 

 to the country. We are just getting 

 over the effects of the strikes here four 

 years ago. D. C. McLeoh. 



Christian Co., 111., Aug. 1. 



[We agree with you on the strike 

 business. Arbitration is better. — Ed- 

 itor.] 



Perhaps Milkweed Caused It. 



In a recent number of the Bee Jour- 

 nal, a lady apiarist wanted to know 

 what caused so many of her bees to die 

 in the midst of the honey-flow. I was 

 troubled in the same way, and I began 

 to investigate as to the cause. I found 

 on the common milkweed or silkweed 

 (Cornuti) dead bees and those nearly 

 dead, and those that were very eager 



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