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September, 191' 



American Hee Journal 



I looked through several yards and found 

 the same condition. Nearly all the honey 

 was Kranulaled. and bees cleaned out every 

 bit of pollen and daubed tlieir hives badly, 

 it beiuK of a dark color. Some of the bees 

 starved to death with honey in their hives; 

 others dwindled after being put out in the 

 spring, so I concluded it was in the honey 

 gathered last fall, and perhaps the pollen 

 was not riylit. Plenty of clover, but no yield. 

 Basswood is fair. K. C. Smith. 



Plum City. Wis.. July 15. 



Gross Returns from One Colony $52 



Before coming to Oregon I lived for a 

 number of years in Maywood. a suburb of 

 Chicago, where I kept a few colonies of 

 bees. One hive was kept in the basement of 

 my house the year around, sitting on an ele- 

 vated platform just insideof a west window. 

 During cool weather, and in the winter, a 

 covered passage-way the full width of the 

 hive-entrance led to a corresponding slot 

 sawed in the bottom rail of the window, 

 while, during the warm months, the window 

 was removed entirely. 



This arrangement maintained a very uni- 

 form temperature at all times, and the col- 

 ony thrived amazingly. The last season I 

 lived on the place this colony commenced 

 rearing brood in March. An examination 

 on a warm day the latter part of the month, 

 disclosed three patches of capped brood 

 several inches in diameter in the center of 

 the hive. During apple-blossom and dande- 

 lion time they tilled up ail available space in 

 the hive, and tilled one 24section super with 

 yellow honey which was very bitter. 



Although the queen was clipped, the col- 

 ony swarmed out in June, just at the time 

 the sweet clover began to bloom. They 

 clustered on a small tree in the yard, and it 

 was the largest swarm I ever saw. During 

 their absence I pulled the old liive from its 

 stand and replaced it with a new one tilled 

 with 10 extracted combs saved over fron 



rod is yet to come. Winter losses were very 

 lieavy in this part. Edgar Ricard. 



Canaan, N. H., July ii. 



California Outlook Still Poor 

 FiKsT Letter. 



Our honey season is a total failure so far, 

 The last two honey-plants are now coming 

 on with very little secretion. The same 

 condition exists along the Coast as far at 

 least as Santa Barbara. Alfalfa is the only 

 resource. Geo. V. Merriam. 



San Marcos, Calif.. July 6. 



Second Letter. 



We had lo days. July lo to 20, that our bees 

 lilled their hives pretty well, but on the 20th 

 it all slopped and the season ended. There 

 will be some honey sold, but no white, and 

 not much anyway. CiEO. K. Merriam. 



San Marcos, Calif,. luly ;fi. 



1911 and 1912 Honey Crop Compared 



My rsport for imii is lo? pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey from .53 colonies, and for igi2, 

 up to date, 8ou pounds from col6nies. 



Last winter was a hard one on bees win- 

 tered on the summer stands. 1 saved only 9 

 out of 12. Fred Bechly. 



Searsboro, Iowa, July 25, 



Another Report from Iowa 



My bees are doing fine this year. I think 

 I will get the largest crop of honey I ever got 

 in one year. Rev. Jus. Drexler. 



Norway. Iowa, Aug. i. 



dry enough to burn. We need rain badly. 

 Bees are at a stand still. J. .1. Measer. 



Hutchinson. Kan., July 13. 



Texas Crop Short But Prices High 



Our honey crop is very short, and taking 

 the State over, there is less than a third of 

 a crop. Demand is good, and prices up 2 

 cents a pound. Letters from California bee- 

 men show a very light crop there. 



Our Slate Entomologist, with his band of 

 able inspectors, is rapidly wiping foul brood 

 out of the State. May the good work go on. 

 ("lUANT Anderson. 



.San Benito. Tex., July 30. 



Bees Doing Little in Western Iowa 



Bees in this locality are not doing very 

 well. It has been very cool and wet for the 

 last 3 weeks; very little swarming. I have 

 been feeding for the last 2 weeks. 



There is very little in the fields for the 

 bees. Winter losses were very heavy in 

 this part of the country. J. B. Esi'Y. 



.Sioux City, Iowa, lune 10. 



Very Few Bees Left 



Most of the bees in this section were de- 

 stroyed last winter from bad honey, no 

 honey, or cold and damp weather In this 

 section I believe our bees also die for want 

 of change in stock, Geo, M, Hartvvick. 



Sadorus, III,, June 17. 



Dry Report from Kansas 

 It is very hot and dry here; pastures are 



Finest Honey-Flow in 33 Years 



We have had the finest honey-flow from 

 white and sweet clover that I ever saw in 

 my 33 years experience as a beekeeper. 

 Almost all of my hives are 4 and =; stories 

 high, and full of the finest honey that it is 

 possible to produce. J. P. Moore. 



Morgan, Ky., July 6. 



01 ine lamiiy. w nen iney uommencea 10 

 return to the hive. I had to pile on three su- 

 pers in order to allow them all to enter the 

 hive That was on Thursday, On the sec- 

 ond following Saturday, 10 days after the 

 swarm issued, the three supers of sections 

 werecompleted and two others well under 

 way. 



I took off one or two supers each Saturday 

 from that time until I had taken off 10 su- 

 pers, or 240 sections, and they were so well 

 filled that when sold to a local groceryman 

 they weighed above 230 pounds, net. As the 

 hive was still boiling over with bees, I re- 

 placed the supers with a tiive of extracting 

 combs, which were completely filled once 

 and partially filled again, giving in all 140 

 pounds of extracted honey as a sort of fol- 

 low crop. 



The sale of the hon ey, comband extracted, 

 brought in $44 5C-all sold locally. The old 

 hive was placed in the yard, one cell allowed 

 to hatch a new jueen, and by fall they were 

 so strong and vigorous that I sold the colony 

 to the local station agent for S7 50, delivered 

 in his yard. That made a total of S52 as the 

 gross returns from theone colony. 



A neighborof mine in May wood,. Stoughton 

 Coolcy, reported a crop of 35ft pounds from 

 one colony the same summer, but as to its 

 cash returns, or what part of it, if any, was 

 comb honey, I cannot now recollect. 



Bees are not a pronounced success in this 

 part of Oregon, from the fact that our nights 

 are too cold, and too much time is lost early 

 in the season on account of wet days East 

 of the Cascades, however, in the alfalfa sec- 

 tion, they are very profitable and turn off 

 enormous crops, G. S. Crego. 



I'ortland, Greg., July 18, 



IThe foregoingis a fine illustration of what 

 maybe done under the most favorable cir- 

 cumstances.— (j. C. MlI.LER I 



Idaho Has Ear-Marks of a Bee-Country 



I am not settled yet for sure. But right 

 here this country has the earmarks of a 

 bee-country, and it is settled up with people 

 anv one must like, L. W. Benson. 



Rupert, Idaho, July 11. 



New Hampshire Reports Fair Crop 



White honey season is about over, and a 

 very good crop was gotten. Mees were very 

 light up to June 15. I increased from 30 to ^.i. 

 and secured 1500 pounds of honey: golden- 



Mountain Apiary of Mr. Cmas. Burkk. the Largest Bee-Keepkr in Bonner County 

 Northern Idaho.— See page 276.1 



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 Delphos, Ohio 



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