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suiijily ol' >i()()(l Jolmiiycfiko and lioiiey to go 

 witli it, kings iiiul ciniierors sl)oul<l oiivy. One 

 man luM-e alone yesterday caught 525 poinuls 

 (if fish." — M. L. Brewer, Manatee (Jonnty, 

 FUi., Mar. 11. 



-, set the price 



"This man, 



h)ca.lly for all our comb honey last year be- 

 cause he did not take any bee journal and 

 did not know what honey was worth. He 

 sold at five cents less than he might have 

 obtained, as well as the rest of us, had he 

 known conditions. ' ' — Eugene Secor, Winne- 

 bago County, Iowa, Mar. 25. 



"I am not at all surjirised that you so 

 easily made a contract for all the honey you 

 could supply. I never have seen honey so 

 pure gold a hue, nor so rich, and the per- 

 fume from which scents' a room so that it is 

 as full of sweet odors as a llower garden." — 

 Frojn a lettei- of iVIariau Moffet, 144 E. 17th 

 St., New York City, to J. Jensen of Guate- 

 mala, Mexico. 



"The bees have gathered more honey in 

 Florida this year from orange bloom than I 

 have even known them to do before. I un- 

 derstand that the bees get a lot of honey, 

 too, from a plant that the various bee men 

 term wicker, greasewood, wild huckleberry, 

 myrtle, and some other names for the same 

 thing. Wm. A. Selser, transient at New 

 Smyrna, Fla., Mar. 18. 



"The outlook for beekeeping this season 

 in Nebraska is just grand, and judging from 

 what Mr. Tubbs of Beatrice said, the bees 

 are starting off: early to do their part in put- 

 ting Nebraska to the front. He says he 

 hived a swarm for a neighbor on Feb. 24. 

 I lost only one swarm tills last winter and 

 keep them outdoors. ' ' — O. E. Timm, Douglas 

 County, Neb., March 23. 



' ' I am on the retired list in our West Wis- 

 consin Conference, being in my SOth year. 

 One son has been in the army ten years and 

 two other younger boys are in the draft. 

 So my work is to feed the stoves, bees, and 

 poultry. My bees are all in the cellar, and 

 I buv my sugar, a dollar's worth at a time, 

 for the feeding I have to do."— J. N. Mills, 

 Barron County, Wis., Mar. 4. 



"I have just been reading in March 

 Gleanings what J. H- B. Hall says as to 'all 

 bees in this country are in boxes and logs — 

 bees ain 't no good here. ' I beg to say that 

 I have been living in Shelby County, Ala., 

 for more than a year and while I must ad- 

 mit that up-to-date beekeepers are scarce, 

 yet I know of eight or ten beekeepers within 

 as many miles who have more or less bees 

 in movable-frame hives and are producing 

 section honey. ' ' — H. A. Lynd, Shelby Coun- 

 ty, Ala., Mar. 11. 



' ' For a watering-place for bees, get a keg 

 or small barrel, bore a number of one-inch 

 holes with an auger near the bottom; put 

 a corn col) in each hole but don't fit the cob 

 too tight; ])ut a tight cover on tlie barrel, 



and it is ready for use. The water soaks thru 

 the cobs and in a short time they becomi' 

 thoroly satuiated. Fresh coVjs should be put 

 in every month or six weeks. The water does 

 not require changing very often and none is 

 wasted. It is impossible for any bees to 

 get drowned at this watering-place." — M. L. 

 Dodson, Decatur County, Kans., Mar. 20. 



' ' While in Detroit some weeks ago, I 

 found several restaurants serving honey in- 

 stead of sugar in tea and coffee. Altho a 

 great many beekeepers are known to use 

 honey for that and other table purposes, this 

 is the first instance I have known where 

 honey was used in this •way in restaurants. 

 Proprietors of these establishments stated 

 that customers seemed to like honey in 

 beverages, and some would ask for it spe- 

 cially after it was put into use. "P. S. Farrel, 

 Canyon County, Idaho. 



"I have nine bee yards fully equipped, 25 

 to 300 colonies in each. Six yards are along 



fine stone road, and two more can be 

 reached most of the year by auto or motor 

 cycle. I move two or three of my yards in 

 tiie spring to the coast, and in the fall back 

 to the mountains. My central location is in 

 the largest and most progressive American 

 colony. We have a school, church, large 

 American hotel, town waterworks, ladies' 

 club and several associations. It is very 

 healthy here, especially good for asthma. ' ' 

 M. C. Engle, Herradura, Cuba, Mar. 27. 



"Sweet clover will be a factor in honey 

 })roduction in the future in the great Galla- 

 tin Valley as it is getting a stronghold along 

 the irrigating ditches and along the high- 

 ways. "The main sources are alfalfa, alsike 

 clover, white clover, and certain wild mints 

 along the streams. There are a great many 

 fine swarms of Italian bees in the hollow 

 cottonwoods along the river. I found a piece 

 of wild honeycomb among some rocks in a 

 stream awaj' up in the mountains last sum- 

 mer, 20 miles from nowhere." — C. A. Kin- 

 sey, Gallatin County, Mont., Apr. 4. 



"I have harvested from two colonies in a 

 season. 1,000 pounds of honey. The box- 

 tree is the best yielder here. This season 

 in Australia is an exceptionally good one 

 for honey. Thousands of tons are being pro- 

 duced. 1" and my brother have 40 colonies 

 and up to the present have secured 5,500 

 pounds and expect 3,000 pounds more. A 

 good average, don't you think? In regard to 

 prices, at present it is worth 9 cents for ex- 

 tra prime. I am more than pleased to see 

 American buyers here buying our honey and 

 in fairly big consignments. Our seasons 

 here are very irregular. One in four will be 

 grand, two will be good, and one will be al- 

 most, a failure. Beekeepers are becoming 

 more modern in their methods here and 

 working their apiaries on a good American 

 system. So beekee])ing is becoming a big 

 industry in Australia." — Percy Sweetman* 

 Dennis Island, George's Plains, N. S. W., 

 Australia, Fel). 15. 



