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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL-. 



J. R. Reynolds, 2nd. Display of honey, 

 J. \V. Henderson, 1st ; J. V. Emmert, 

 2nd. Comb foundation for comb honey, 

 J. W. Henderson, 1st, $2.00; J. R. 

 Reynolds, 2nd. Comb foundation for 

 brood-nest, J. W. Henderson, 1st, $2.00. 

 Display of beeswax, J. V. Emmert, 1st, 

 $1.00. Display of supplies, J.V. Emmert, 

 1st, Diploma. Collection of honey- 

 plants, Fred Gibbons, 1st, $3.00. The 

 jud^e was H. L. Harlan. 



I had a fair yield of honey this year, 

 my crop averaging about 45 pounds of 

 comb honey to the colony. I have also 

 extracted 20 gallons from two colonies. 



Lebanon, Ind. J. V. Emmert. 



Got a Partial Honey Crop. 



The clover was an entire failure in 

 Missouri this year. Linden (basswood) 

 did well, but the bees were weak, and a 

 partial crop was the result. 



Thos. a. Anderson. 



Montgomery City, Mo,, Aug. 27. 



Heavy Rains in Utah. 



Salt Lake City is under water. We 

 are never troubled with floods very 

 much, but we had a small one at noon 

 to-day. For about 30 minutes rain and 

 hail came down in torrents — more than 

 I ever saw fall in the same space of 

 time. Some of the streets were under 

 water for a time, and bridges floated, 

 but it soon passed oflf, and it has made 

 all nature look as fresh as a daisy. The 

 many rains that we have had here this 

 summer have been of great benefit to 

 the country, making things grow all 

 over, whether irrigated or not. 



We have a fine country here, but like 

 all other places, some of our land is 

 worthless, but our best land grows every- 

 thing in abundance. E. S. Lovesy. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 31. 



Bees Did Finely — Honey-Dew. 



Bees have done finely for me this sea- 

 son. Wo have had one continual flow 

 since early spring, removing all sections 

 betimes when completed, and returning 

 such needing completion. I now have a 

 few hundred soon to remove. I would 

 like to ask if it would be wrong to ofl^er 

 for sale sections if finished up with 

 honey-dew? I do not think the bees need 

 them, as their brood-nests are well filled. 

 I have surmised of late that they were 

 busy in the morning on poplar trees. Is 



there any way to detect honey-dew from 

 fall honey, such as bnckwheat and 

 goldenrod ? I am inexperienced in this 

 line. Is honey-dew nasty and unwhole- 

 some? I have frequently seen it men- 

 tioned in the Bee Journal. 



Our honey-producing plants here are 

 apple-bloom, raspberry, white ciover, 

 milkweed, basswood, cucumber, melon- 

 bloom, corn tassle, buckwheat, golden- 

 rod, and many other plants. 



"F. W. Carrier. 



Bennington, Vt., Sept. 4. 



[Will some one who has had much ex- 

 perience with honey-dew, please answer 

 Mr. Carrier's questions in the Bee Jour- 

 nal ? — Editor.] 



Fine Prospects for Fall Crop. 



Bees are still doing well in this local- 

 ity. Goldenrod is beginning to bloom, 

 and we are having a few swarms. In 

 my experience I have never before 

 known bees to swarm here in Septem- 

 ber. The prospects for a fall crop of 

 honey are fine. H. F. Coleman. 



Sneedville, Tenn., Sept. 3. 



Working on Fall Flowers. 



We have now 110 colonies of bees, 

 and at present they are doing well on 

 fall flowers. We expect about 8,000 

 pounds of honey. Our apiary is situated 

 on the bluffs, near the Mississippi bot- 

 tom, about a mile south of Quincy. We 

 think that bees near to river or creek 

 bottoms will get enough for winter, but 

 we fear the others must be fed if they 

 live till next spring. Hayck Bros. 



Quincy, 111., Sept. 5. 



Honey and Other Texas Crops. 



I have 25 colonies of pure Italians 

 and hybrid bees, and I am very fond of 

 them, not only for pleasure but also for 

 profit. I have taken about 40 pounds 

 of fine honey per colony, but will have 

 another good flow this fall. I use the 

 Bingham Perfect Conquerer smoker, and 

 for fuel I use old, half-rotten chips from 

 my wood-yard, and the smoker will burn 

 about one hour before it needs refilling. 



Farm crops are good here this year. 

 Corn will yield from 30 to 40 bushels 

 per acre, oats from 50 to 75 bushels, 

 and cotton from >^ to % of a bale to the 

 acre. Ernst Wuthrick. 



Pflugersville, Tex., Sept. 1. 



