June 11, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Honey-Flow Coming Fast. 



I now have -10 colonies of bees ready for 

 supers. I have fed them all spring. The 

 honey -flow is cominff fast. G. C. Dirr. 



Jasper Co., Iowa, May 2i1. 



White Clover Abundant. 



If the weather proves favorable we will get 

 honey this year, as everything is just covered 

 with white clover — such a crop was never 

 known in these parts. L. Highbarger. 



Ogle Co., 111.. May 29. 



Bad Spring for Bees. 



This spring has been bad for bees. April 

 was cool and wet, and we had a snow-storm 

 here the 30th; and May has been but little 

 better. So far it has rained nearly every day, 

 or mostly evenings, so the bees had a chance' 

 to fly a little during the day, but we are be- 

 hind about two weeks, compared with other 

 seasons. I have live colonies of bees. I lost 

 one last winter. 1 like the American Bee 

 .Journal. A. E. .Tohnston. 



Martin Co., Minn., May 2". 



Favorable Spring for Bees. 



So far this has been an unusually favorable 

 spring for the bees, owing, I think, mostly to 

 the large o.uantity of bloom on the soft maple, 

 together with some fine weather. A colony 

 on scales gained 13 pounds in three days, the 

 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of May. On April 15th it 

 <two stories; weighed 61 pounds, and on May 

 o, 85 pounds— a gain of 24 pounds in 111 days. 

 On April 3S there was brood and eggs on 9 

 frames — 6 above and 3 below. The queen of 

 that colony was one I received last summer. 

 I had over 30 colonies early in the spring, but 

 have lost several, owing to the queens being 

 missing. 



A neighbor had a swarm on the 10th of 

 May, the earliest I have known here, but some 

 of mine would have swarmed earlier had I 

 confined them to one story. This has been 

 a rather late spring ; apple-blossom is only 

 just out. W. Fisher. 



British Columbia, Canada, May 13. 



Bee-Keepers* Rights. 



My bees have built up well considering the 

 cold and wet spring we have had. But now 

 we have had no rain since April 2S, and we 

 need it badly. We will have no white clover 

 if it remains as dry as it is. I see that Mr. 

 France thinks that we city bee-keepers ought 

 to take care of ourselves. I do, too, so far as 

 right is concerned, but when a neighbor 

 strikes one of your bees and the bee stings 

 him, then he is ready to settle an old grudge 

 by going to the town council and putting in a 

 •complaint for damages. But he says nothing 

 about spraying his fruit-trees and killing my 

 bees. That is " a horse of a different color.'' 

 Nor does he consider that his chickens destroy 

 one's garden. But a swarm of bees is a nui- 

 sance to ignorant people. It is one of the 

 best industries on this earth. I believe in 

 protecting bee-keepers' rights. Some ;, ears 

 ago I lost all of my bees through just such 

 business. I stood the loss myself, yet I was a 

 paid member of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association at the time. F. McBbide. 



Hardin Co., Ohio, May IS. 



A Good Honey-Flow. 



The most of the bees in this part of the 

 country came through the winter in very 

 good shape. I lost only one colony by starva- 

 tion. I had to feed a few colonies. We had 

 one of the best honey-flows I ever saw. It 

 lasted about five weeks. There was plenty of 

 honey in the woods all the lime. We also 

 had one of the worst Aprils I ever saw. It 



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We are not sellinp goods on NAME ONLY, but on their quality. 

 In addition to the many car-loads we are shipping to all parts of the United 

 States, we have just made one shipment of five car-loads to England. 



G. B. LEWIS CO., Watertowu, Wlsconsiu, U. S. A. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bee»- 



paid for Beeswax. 'W El£oi^EB 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 

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We are tlie Largest Manufacturers of Bee-Keepers' Supplies in tlie Nortliwest 



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Agriculture and Golden Queens 



mailed promptly on receipt of $1.00 each, or 

 $'».C0 per dozen. While the Goldens are of the 

 highest type, the daug-hters of a fine breeder 

 imported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

 from the Province of Berg-amo, Italy, are sec- 

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W. H. PRIDGEN, 



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 account of Conference of Association 

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Headquarters '«" Bee-Supplies 



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Complete stock for 1903 now on hand. Freight rates from Cincinnati are the 

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CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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