THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



93 



The wiateriufT pi'oblem is one thing the bee- 

 keepers in the Salt River Valley, Arizona, 

 where I used to live, do not have to contend 

 with. 



While clover here this j'ear was still bloom- 

 ing on Oct. 25, and the bees were working on 

 it. 



In answer to the question of F. Durant, 

 pas;i:e SI'J. concerning ginseng, if the ground 

 is -properly prepared, and other things favor- 

 able, it will he marketable in from 7 to Id 

 years after planting for the seed to germinate. 



1 think the American Beclournal is a good 

 paper, and wish it every success. 



Benzie Co., Mich., Jan. .5. B. L. Bter. 



Depend on White Clover. 



The "Old Heliable " is all right, and I do 

 not want to keep bees without it. The winter 

 of litOl-02 was bad on the bees, about -'s of 

 them dying in this neighborhood. We had 24 

 colonies and they all died but 7. These " colo- 

 nies increased to 12 and stored 350 pounds of 

 comb honey. 



We have to depend on clover mostly ; we 

 have plenty of fruit-bloom, but we have noth- 

 ing to count on except white clover. We 

 have a very large paper-mill here and they 

 take all linden, popular, maple, and all kinds 

 of white wood, so there is not much encour- 

 agement tor bee-keeping here. But we will 

 have to do as the old lady said, " Grin and 

 bear it.'" S. H. Stauffer. 



Blair Co., Penna., Jan. 9. 



California and the Government 

 Report. 



California should be heard from, at least 

 since Texas got so far ahead in that report, 

 and Nebraska has all but taken California's 

 laurels. 



That report of 1S99 was made in a very 

 short year for California. Southern Califor- 

 nia produced about T4 cars of honey. Where 



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