Dec. 12. 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



797 



blowing through the openings in the hives, 

 thereby keeping the hives dry and warm. 

 White clover has sprung up with the late fall 

 rains, and promises to be pretty plentiful 

 next year. It was never better than last 

 season. 



The "old reliable" American Bee Journal 

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 bees every week. J. M. Young. 



Cass Co., Nebr.. Xov. 39. 



Bees and Pear-Blight. 



■1 see there is a good deal said about the 

 pear-blight being spread by the bees. I have 

 seen it on trees that had no bloom, so I would 

 ^ay that down here it is more on the water- 

 sj^routs, where there is no bloom, than any- 

 where else. My observation is, that if there 

 is a freeze after the sap is up, there will be 

 blight, bloom or no bloom ; no freeze or chill, 

 and there will be no blight. I believe this to 

 lie the prime cause of the blight. I would 

 like to hear from others of the same opinion. 

 I have noticed for several years that if there 

 is no late frost there is no blight. I like the 

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T. M, GiVAX. 



Dekalb Co., Tenn., Nov. 2H. 



Report for the Season. 



As it always interests me to read the re- 

 ports of others, I take it for granted that 

 they, also, like to hear of the success of those 

 endeavoring to make a living through the 

 agency of the busy bee. I secured 55UII 

 pounds of honey (lOUO being comb) from .5.t 

 colonies, and increased to 68 the past season. 

 I had better success wintering my bees last 

 winter than most apiarists in these parts, lo.— 

 ing but 8 out of 68 (they having starved], 

 when the average loss, so far as I have been 

 able to ascertain, was 7.5 percent. 



I put one colony on the scales last summer. 

 It was fairly strong, and did not swarm. The 

 following is their record: 



Dull-. Xiii/iihi. Date. Xet gain. 



June U 8 lbs. - 



15 i 



16 7 



17 6K 



18 



19 5i»' 



20 10 ' 



21 14 



22 12 



23 8 



24 10 



2.i 

 ' 26 22K 

 ' 27 15 ' 

 ' 28 13K 



■ 29 15 ' 

 ' 30 1 



V 1 lli<f 

 • 2 1 ' 



■ H 31,,' 

 ' 4-lU ' 



Rain 



Rain 



Total gain, 16s pounds from alsike clover 

 and raspberry. 



July 11 4i.< lbs. 



12 7>.; 



13 9 



July 14 fli 

 •• l.T 7'. 



Total gain, 37^, pounds from basswood. 

 July 16 to close of season. 27 pounds from 

 buckwheat and goldenrod. 



Total for the season, 232-\ pounds. 



Ira D. Bakti.ett. 



Charlevoix Co., Mich, 



Caught in a Snow-Storm. 



We have a foot of snow here, and the wind 

 has piled it up in our roads so they are nearly 

 impassable. Our fall was generally so pleas- 

 ant, up to ten days ago, that I left the bees 

 out till too late, and those at the out-apiary 

 are out, nearly covered with snow; over 

 which I feel rather blue, as in all probability 

 they will now have to go in all covered %viih 

 .«now and ice. Those here at home I put i'nto 



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