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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 27, 1904. 



pened, and sent over some of the honey 

 to the Sergeant. So I stayed with the 

 regiment, and came home with it. 



The second dose I had the past sum- 

 mer, when I got mixed up in a double 

 swarm, and got it good, and no mis- 

 take. The next day one of my neigh- 

 bors passed the house while I was 

 standing at the gate. Helookedatme 

 and wanted to know what I was mak- 

 ing a face at him for ! I tried to tell 

 him, but he got madder and madder, 

 until my wife came out to explain mat- 

 ters. But I am not going to give up. 

 I like honey too well. 



This has not been a good season. I 

 am old, but I am learning and willing 

 to learn. The American Bee Journal 

 is the thing to read if you want to be 

 informed on bees. John F. Snider. 



Jackson Co., Iowa, Oct. 14. 



Fair Yield of Honey— Demand 

 Greater than Supply. 



From S colonies I secured 311 pounds 

 of surplus honey, of which I sold S41 

 worth at 20 cents per pound. 



I wintered 12 colonies, which I in- 

 creased to 23, and they are now in 

 good condition for the coming winter. 



I sell all of my honey to my shop- 

 mates. I couldn't supply all my orders 

 this year, and think I could have sold 

 500 pounds if I had had it. I am in a 

 good locality, and sell all I can spare. 

 C. A. Mangi'S. 



Blair Co., Pa., Oct. 3. 



PeculiaF Stingep— Season Not Very 

 Good. 



Enclosed find a peculiar bee-sting. 

 By using a glass you will see that it 

 has two parts. 



We harvested about 9000 pounds of 

 comb and extracted honey this season, 

 and have about ISO colonies to put into 

 winter quarters. We will pack about 

 100 in chaif-hives, and put about SO 

 into the cellar. Some of our honey is 

 from basswood, but the most of it is 

 from white clover, although we have a 

 little dark honey from goldenrod and 

 other flowers. The season was not 

 any too good this year, but we hope 

 next year will be better. 



Fred Banker. 



Brown Co., Minn., Oct. 11. 



[That stinger was a kind of bifur- 

 cated arrangement, and looks as if it 

 might do double duty all at one time. 

 A single-stingered bee is enough for 

 us. Still, you might breed the double- 

 stingered kind for bee-keepers whose 

 apiaries are molested by mischievous 

 boys. — Editor.] 



Wet and Cold Weather. 



Bees have not done what was ex- 

 pected of them this season. It was too 

 wet and cold in the spring, and I had 

 quite a loss in spring dwindling. Those 

 colonies that were strong and ready 

 for the harvest did not do very well, 

 although the fields were a white sheet 

 of clover bloom. The bees did not 

 work on it as I have seen them in other 

 years. I think it was so wet and cold 

 that there was very little nectar in the 

 blossoms. The fall is no better. Fall 

 bloom is good, but the bees could do 

 nothing. 



I am getting the bees ready for win- 



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