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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 27, 1903. 



long time to dump swarms in front of a hive. 

 Now I will give my way, which works like a 

 charm. 



Take an empty hive, set it in front of the 

 parent colony, and put an Alley queen-trap in 

 front. Have a screen made of wire-cloth to 

 fit the top of the hive. Dump the bees in 

 the hive, put the screen on quick, and smoke 

 them out through the trap. The bees will re- 

 turn to the parent hive ; take off the trap, and 

 you have all queens andi^^drones at your dis- 

 posal. 



I started in with 18 colonies, spring count, 

 and I now have 35, all in good condition. I 

 have taken off about .tOO pounds of clover 

 honey so tar. The first part of the season be- 

 ing too cold and wet, the bees only made a 

 living, and got ready for furious swarming. 

 At this lime it is getting very dry, and the 

 bees are almost on a strike. 



I would like to attend that convention, but 

 the distance is so great that it would spoil a 

 $100 bill for me to go. so I will have to stay 

 at home and see what the " Old Reliable" 

 will say about the convention. 



The Sisters department is fine. Success to 



Miss Wilson and the American Bee Journal. 



F. McBride. 

 Hardin Co., Ohio, July 1". 



Will Exhibit at St. Louis in 1904. 



The bees did well until July 18, then the 

 honey-flow was cut short, the nights being 

 cool and the days warm, and very little honey 

 coming in. Up to July IS the flow was good, 

 never better. I will send one ton of honey to 

 the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. 



I have 43 members for the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. I sent in 33, and have 

 11 more to send in yet— 43 from one county, 

 and I still expect more. 



I increased 1 colony of bees to 4 this season, 

 and had taken from them 363 pounds of honey 

 up to July 21. G. W. Vangundt. 



Uintah Co., Utah, Aug. 4. 



Gathering from Alfalfa in Wiscon- 

 sin. 



Bees have not been doing much in the way 

 of storing surplus honey for two weeks past. 

 Before they were doing well on alfalfa clover 

 until that was cut. There is plenty of white 

 clover, but it does not yield honey like alfalfa. 

 On one side of the bee-yard is alfalfa and the 

 other is white clover. 



Last fall I put in the cellar 78 colonies, and 

 did not lose one in wintering. I now have 

 102 colonies and 8 nuclei. I work my bees 

 for section honey. They are the 5-banded 

 Italians. A. McClanathan. 



Eau Claire Co., Wis., July 28. 



About Half A Crop of Hone.y. 



About half a crop of honey is reported for 

 our locality ; west of Chatsworth it was a lit- 

 tle better than most localities. Six hundred 

 colonies, belonging to four bee-keepers, pro- 

 duced nearly 40 tons. Had the bees all been 

 Italians, and InLangstroth hives, there is no 

 doubt but what the crop would have been 

 much better. 



The most of our honey crop came in June, 

 it being cold and foggy during the month of 

 May. 



As usual, the hot weather hurt the white 

 sage in July. 



I saw something in the American Bee Jour- 



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