Oct. 27, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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ter, and although it is a little late I am 

 giving them combs of honey. It can 

 be done any time in the forepart of 

 October, when the weather is warm 

 enough for the bees to fly. This kind 

 of feeding suits me best. I think bee- 

 keepers ought to have combs ready in 

 case they have to feed. 



I have only about a third of a crop 

 this season, figuring SO pounds to the 

 colony, spring count. If the clover is 

 not winter-killed we may expect a good 

 season next year. C. H. VoiGT. 



Kewaunee Co., Wis., Oct. 10. 



Fairly Successful Season— Loss of 

 Bees Due to Spraying. 



The season of 1904 is now drawing 

 to a close. While the bee-keepers in 

 our State enjoyed a fairly successful 

 season last year, still, taking the entire 

 State into consideration, this year has 

 been the more prosperous. Some 

 localities that suffered from grass- 

 hoppers and drouth last year have 

 come out with an old-time honey-flow 

 this season, while in a very few locali- 

 ties the bee-keepers have not done 

 quite so well. 



While there was a serious loss in 

 bees this spring, those that lived 

 through have done very well. I have 

 investigated the trouble some, and I 

 have come to the conclusion that it 

 was a case of wholesale poisoning. 

 From the best information obtainable 

 it was caused by spraying the bloom. 

 This pernicious work must be stopped. 



E. S. IvOVESY. 



Salt Lake Co., Utah, Sept. 21. 



Very Good Honey Crop. 



Two weeks ago I took off the last 

 super of honey, making 78 in all from 

 28 colonies. Those were all full of 

 honey. Besides these I had a good 

 many partly-filled sections Of the 78 

 full supers 15 were extracting-supers, 

 which will make an average of 30 

 pounds to the super. This gives me 

 2340 pounds of honey all told, and all 

 colonies have enough to carry them 

 through the winter. 



The weather has been cloudy and 

 threatening for more than a week, and 

 it has been close and warm. There is 

 plenty of wild-flower bloom, and the 

 bees are still gathering nectar. We 

 have not yet had any frost. The pros- 

 pect was never better for a corn crop 

 and other farm products. 



W. Irvine, Sr. 



Webster Co., Iowa, Sept. 30. 



Advertising Helps to Sell Honey. 



As I am now at the close of the 

 honey harvest for this year I will give 

 my experience. It may be of interest 

 to some of other localities. I always 

 like to read the reports and experiences 

 of others, and compare them with my 

 own. 



This is my third season with the 

 bees. Last fall I put 34 colonies into 

 the cellar, and last spring I put the 

 same number out on the summer 

 stands. One of the number was weak, 

 and was robbed shortly after, so I be- 

 gan the season with 33 colonies. I in- 

 creased to 60, and took off 1414'2 

 pounds of surplus comb honey. It was 

 a poor season, as it was too cold and 

 wet all summer, and they are unable to 

 do anything this fall for the same rea- 



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