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white clover was all killed, and there is no 

 basswood in this vicinity. 



M. Bevier, Bradford, Stark Co.— 1. 40. 2. 

 Poor. 3. None. 



S. N. Black, Clayton, Adams Co.— 1. ^5. 



2. No honey. 3. None. 



Peter Blunier, Roanoke, Woodford Co.— 

 1 51 in spring— 5 swarms— total 56. 3. Very 

 poor. 3. About 200 lbs. so far. 4. Good 



'^"d a Cadwallader, Prairie du Rocher, 

 Randolph Co.— 1. 18, spring count; 27 now. 



3. Medium. 3. 500 lbs. extracted. 4. Yes, 

 clover and basswood, principally. 



G W. Cole, Canton, Fulton Co.— 1. 24. 2. 

 Very poor. 3. About 60 lbs. 4. No. 1. I 

 saved one swarm ; two went on a strike. 



C Covell, Buda. Bureau Co.— 1. 35, and 

 ihave the care of others. 2. Not good, very 

 dry and little prospects of fall bloom. 3. 

 Not any— on the average enough for wmter 

 istores. 4. Basswood. 



Dadant & Son, Hamilton, Hancock Co.— 

 1. 350. 2. None. 3. None. 4. Will have to 

 feed for winter. 



Peter Dale, Granville, Putnam Co.— 1. 

 135. 2. Very slim. 3. About 50 lbs. 4. Yes. 



P J England, Fancy Prairie, Menard Co. 

 —1. 26. 2. Poor. 3. 25 lbs. extracted. 4. 



J D Everett, Oak Park, Cook Co.— 1. 34. 

 3. Fair. 3. 158 lbs. 4. No. 



E T Flanagan, Belleville, St. Clair Co. — 

 1. 350. 2. Poor. 3. None. 



J. M. Hambaugh. Spring, Brown Co.-l. 

 130 2. Exceedingly slim. 3. 3,500 lbs. 4. 

 }4 dark, ).< better, but not No. 1. 

 "Bernard W. Hayek, Quincy, Adams Co. 

 —1 25 3. Not good. So far not enough to 

 winter my bees on. 4. Not No. 1. 



Leroy Highbarger, Leaf River, Ogle Co. 

 —1 80 2. Very poor. The worst drouth 

 ever known— pastures all burnt up. 3. 100 

 lbs clover, basswood and honey-dew. Bees 

 .are doing nothing now. 4. Clover and Im- 

 den ; I think. No. 1. 



Wm. Little, Marissa, St. Clair Co.— 1. 60. 

 2 For fall crops fair if rains fall 3 My 

 crop ruined by honey-dew. 4. Not good tor 

 anything but bee-feed. 



Dr C C Miller, Marengo, McHenry Co. 

 —1 202. 3. "Nil." 3. Nary a drop. 



Adam Phelps, Springfleld-1. 38 3. Poor 



3. Not a drop. Bees on a strike these good 

 ,oid Democratic times. 



Geo. Poindexter, Kenney, DeWitt Co.— 1. 

 •90. 2. Very poor. 3. 50 lbs. 4. No. I. 



Jas Poindexter,Bloomington— 1. 150, and 

 30 nuclei 2. Think I will get the bees 

 summered safely. 3. No surplus. 4. Bass- 

 wood mostly. 



Geo F Bobbins, Mechanicsburg, Sanga- 

 mon Co —1. 7'J. 3. None so far; can't tell 

 about the fali harvest 3. No surplus to 

 date, only enough to fill empty brood-nest. 



4. No, chiefly honey-dew. 



T o Smith, Lincoln, Logan Co.— 1. 62. 



2. Poor. 3. 200 lbs., Alsike clover. 4. No. 1. 



F. A- BjieU, JVIillegeville, Carroll Co.— 1, 



112. 2. Not very flattering. 3. About 600 

 lbs. 4. No. 1. 



P. E. Vandenburg, Jersey ville, Jersey Co. 

 — 1. 38. 2. Poor — no surplus. 3. Not any 

 surplus. 4. Don't know. 



W. M. Van Meter, Era, Cook Co., Texas. 

 — 1. 8. 2. Not good on account of drouth. 

 3. About 100 lbs. 4. Very good. 



F. C. Vibert, Hockanum, Conn.— 1. 7. 3. 

 Very poor — the severest drouth ever known 

 is the cause. 3. 24 sections from two colo- 

 nies, taken July 1st. 4. No. 1, as fine as I 

 ever saw. 



E. Whittlesey, Pecatonica, Winnebago 

 Co. — 1. 71. 3. Very poor. 3. None in sec- 

 tions. 4. No white honey — clover, linden, 

 and honey-dew mixed. No No. 1 in this 

 section of country. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Bradfordton, 111. 



^P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper wltn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Comb Honey Three Years Old. 



In June we used on our table comb 

 honey three years old, and it had not 

 granulated in the least. We had four 

 sections of it. I kept it in a small sam- 

 ple case, on one corner of the mantle- 

 piece in the family room. We keep 

 honey from one season to the other with- 

 out its granulating — keep it on top of 

 the safe in the cook-room. Well-ripened 

 comb honey can be kept In this climate 

 any length of time, if kept in a warm, 

 dry room. J. D. Givens. 



Lisbon, Tex., Aug. 11. 



Stinging Horses— Honey -Laden Bees. 



That item on page 141, about bees 

 stinging horses to death, needs thinking 

 about. Yes, it is quite apparent that 

 the bees had been " robbed " — probably 

 the combs were exposed to robbers ; bees 

 rudely brushed off with a wisp broom, 

 honey dripped around the apiary, and 

 everything done that well could be, to 

 raise the fighting disposition to the war 

 pitch. Had bee-escapes and gentle 



