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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 12, 1903. 



■was all about a "a sisterly suggestion 

 to a brother." I don't know whether 

 the Bee Journal is running a matri- 

 monial department or not. but I think 

 it would be a good thing if it did. I 

 am another one of that unlucky tribe 

 of bachelors, and have to look after 

 housework, breadmaking, bees and all, 

 and I am getting almost sick of it, so 

 Mrs. Henry's sly suggestion hit me 

 rather hard. This state of single 

 blessedness does not suit me any better 

 than the bees. If you can help us out 

 I'll let you dance at the wedding. 



C. H. KoKNTz. 

 Cleburne Co., Ala., Oct. 24. 



Perhaps a Mustard—Poor Yield. 



I send some seed-pods of a weed that 

 grows by the roadside about 3 miles 

 from my place ; it grows about 3 or 4 

 feet high, much branched, and has yel- 

 low flowers. It is about out of bloom 

 now, so I cannot send a good specimen 

 of the flower. I have seen a few bees 

 working on it, but I am not certain 

 whether for honey or pollen. 



1. What is the name of this weed ? 



2. Is it a good honey-plant ? 



3. If so, is the honey light or dark ? 



4. Would my bees be likely to get 

 benefit from it, being 3 miles away ? 



We have had a poor yield of honey 

 in this locality this year ; too cold and 

 windy during fruit-bloom, and too wet 

 all through May, so that the colonies 

 did not get strong enough to put up 

 any surplus honey from the first crop 

 of alfalfa bloom, and the second and 

 third crops were ruined by the web- 

 worms, so that all the surplus I have 

 is from the fall flowers, mostly hearts- 

 ease, and not very much of that, only 

 about 20 pounds per colony, in sec- 

 tions. 



There are not many bees kept in this 

 neighborhood ; I have only 7 colonies ; 

 lam a beginner at the business, this be- 

 ing my second season. 



E. S. Webster. 



Reno Co., Kansas, Oct. 20. 



[I believe the plant in question be- 

 longs to the Mustard family, and it is 

 one that has been recently introduced 

 from the old country. It goes by the 

 nameof Neslia. I know nothing about 

 its honey-producing quality, but do not 

 think it of much value, and, besides, 

 three miles is a long distance for bees 

 . to go after nectar. — C. Iv. Walton.] 



A Report— Queer Notions. 



L(ast winter I had to feed my bees, 

 and last spring I started with 18 colo- 

 nies, which increased to 35, and gath- 

 ered 1000 pounds of comb honey, all 

 white clover. I sold it early, and aver- 

 aged a little over 10 cents per pound. 



This fall I have fed them 200 pounds 

 of the best granulated sugar. I use the 

 entrance feeders. 



I like to take care of bees, the only 

 trouble being that when they sting me 

 they swell so. 



I heard the other day that a number 

 of farmers, living 6 and 7 miles north 

 of here, and keeping from 2 to 12 colo- 

 nies, have an idea that I have a pecu- 

 liarly large strain of bees, twice the 

 size of theirs, and very fierce; also 

 that they fly away up there and rob 



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