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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



REP9wg ENcea^eip. 



BOOMING. 



fl'K bees are just booming. We are extracting 

 right along, and that is very uncommon for 

 this time of year here; but the white clover 

 has yielded us lots of honey, and the linn will 

 soon be on hand. That will give us another 

 week's How that will give us barrels of honey. As 

 a general thing we get our honey in August and 

 September; and if that keeps up in proportion I 

 don't like to try to guess how much honey we can 



get. J. PARSHALIi. 



Skidmore, Mo., June 21, 1889. 



Clover is in full bloom, and honey is coming in 

 fast, with prospects of a good yield. 

 Nashua, la., June 19, 1889. G. W. Stocks. 



THE GREATEST HONEY-FLOW FOR YEARS. 



We are having the greatest flow of clover honey 

 that I have known in 15 years. 

 Centerville, la., June 24, 1889. G. B. Replogle. 



ITALIANS AHEAD OF BLACKS FOR HONEY. 



We have succeeded in preventing swarms, and 

 secured an average of 28 lbs. from blacks, and 38 

 lbs. from Italians, of nice section honey, and have 

 two supers on each hive, with 56 sections, from a 

 good start of comb, all the stages to nearly sealed, 

 and we hope to get an average of 75 lbs. or more of 

 white clover honey, then we expect a good flow 

 from Spanish needle next fall. W. W. Addison. 



Bumpus, 111., June 29, 1889. 



ANOTHER HONEY-QUEEN. 



White clover is abundant. Basswood opened 

 yesterday. I pass two trees four times a day; new 

 honey has been in the market 3 weeks. I have tak- 

 en 48 lbs. from one colony, more beautiful and de- 

 licious than I can describe. No other colony in the 

 same yard approaches this one; only a part of the 

 others are at work in the sections. Our boss honey- 

 gatherer Is a match for your " honey queen." 



Madison, Ind., June 18, 1889. J. Cadwallader. 



BEES DOING FINELY. 



Bees are doing finely on clover. Basswood will 

 commence to bloom in three or four days. We ex- 

 pect to extract on the 17th. Owing to many rainy 

 days and very cool nights for some time past, the 

 bees have not stored as much honey as we think 

 they w T ould have done, had the weather been more 

 favorable; yet they have done well, and perhaps 

 the abundance of rain may improve the future 

 crop. Miller Bros. 



Bluff ton. Mo., June 13, 1889. 



THE SEASON IN CALIFORNIA NOT A FAILURE, ETC. 



I see reports from various sources, that the hon- 

 ey-crop of California is a failure for this year. 

 Now. such statements are very misleading. The 

 season is only half over, and the yield in some lo- 

 calities in Southern California is quite up to aver- 

 age years, and the quality of the honey is superior 

 to most years, both as to flavor, body, and color. In 

 former years 1 have extracted honey as late as Oc- 

 tober 17, and then have the bees fill the upper hive 

 with fair honey for their own use. The abundant 

 rains of this year almost insure a yield of honey 

 late in the season. I have about two tons of nice 

 sage honey now on hand. C. A. Wilson, 



Jj08 Angeles, Cal., June 35, 1889. 



IN THE BASSWOOD BELT; PROSPECTS FAVORABLE. 



I wintered 80 swarms in my cellar last winter, and 

 lost two. I lost some this spring, and sold a few, so 

 I have 6fi left in my two yards. Last year, from 32 

 swarms I made one tan of honey in basswood 

 bloom. This season, white clover is looking well 

 and our bees are doing well. The basswood is very 

 full of buds, and will be in bloom about the 10th of 

 July. That will be our main crop. We should like 

 to have you come out here during basswood bloom. 

 If we have the right kind of weather you will see 

 some good work done in the bee-yards. 



Viola, Wis., June 24, 1889. B. W. Lawton. 



LONG FACES. 



Bee business is dull, discouraging, which ac- 

 counts for being slow in renewing. For three 

 weeks bees have been sitting on the portico of the 

 hives, watching the rain with long faces. 



Lyons, Ind., June 12, 1889. J. Scholl. 



CALIFORNIA A LITTLE MORE HOPEFUL. 



Since I wrote you last, we are having a little 

 more honey; but the crop is, or will be small. Un- 

 favorable weather is the cause. A number will not 

 make expense of running. M. H. Mendleson. 



Ventura, Cal., June 11, 1889. 



We solicit for this department short items and questions of 

 a practical nature; but all QUESTIONS, if accompanied by oth- 

 er matter, must be put upon a separate slip of paper with 

 name and address. 



CHAPMAN HONEY-PLANT. 



The Chapman honey-plant began to bloom June 

 19. I have just measured some of the plants. The 

 largest measures just 7 ft. 2 in. in height; average, 

 about 4 ft.; heads on the largest plants, from 30 to 

 40. M. S. Percival. 



Rugby, Tenn., June 25, 1889. 



BEESTINGS A POSITIVE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. 



I have been troubled for years with rheumatism ; 

 and when punctured a few times by the bees I 

 found I was entirely cured. The fluid extract of 

 bee-sting is an old eclectic cure for rheumatism. 



Kirkwood, O., June 24, 1889. M. N. McNeil. 



WHITEWASH INSTEAD OF PAINT, FOR HIVES. 



I have been using common whitewash on my 

 hives for three seasons. I have had from 40 to 75 

 colonics. I find it cheap, and it gives the hives a 

 neat clean look. I think it is cooler than paint, and 

 at the same time it helps to preserve the wood. I 

 should like to know if anyone else has tried it. It 

 takes only a few minutes to apply it. I can always 

 have my hives looking fresh and white. 



Musson, La., June 21, 1889. Dr. A. W. Tufts. 



DOOLITTLE'S NEW BOOK. 



Doolittle's new book is very interesting; but I 

 know by experience that his new plan of raising 

 queens in full colonies over a queen-excluding hon- 

 ey-board does not work every time. In this locali- 

 ty, during the horsemint flow every queen-cell will 

 be destroyed. May be it would work with the cell- 



