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them leaving. They never stopped to 

 cluster. My husband shot among them, 

 and about half came back, but without 

 the queen. We gave them eggs from 

 another hive, and they are a good, strong 

 colony now. We have averaged 110 

 pounds per colony, spring count, with 

 300 pounds left unsealed. 



Olive Artman. 

 Artman, Colo., Oct. 13. 



Honey from Golden-Rod. 



I notice in this week's Bee Journal 

 that H. H. H. would like to know the 

 kind of golden-rod which the bees get 

 honey from. We have a good many 

 kinds of golden-rod here, but there is 

 only one kind that bees work on. The 

 golden-rod with the flat top is the kind. 

 I have had bees gain llj^ pounds a day 

 on golden-rod. It lasts about two weeks. 



If you want the seed, I can furnish it. 

 Geo. W. Nance. 



Anthon, Iowa, Oct. 13. 



One of the Asters. 



I send a blossom of a plant which 

 grows in great abundance in this neigh- 

 borhood. The bees work on it more 

 than any other flower. I would like to 

 know the name of it. 



Agency, Iowa. D. S. Farnsworth. 



[This is Aster Ucvis. It seems to have 

 attracted considerable attention recently 

 from the numbers of bees found upon it; 

 still there is a question as to whether 

 they are getting much nectar. The bees 

 certainly gather pollen from the plant 

 in considerable quantities. — T. J. Bur- 

 rill.] 



Another Apicultural "Don't. 



Now and then the bee-papers come 

 out with a string of apicultural "Donts." 

 I want to be allowed to add one more to 

 the string, though it may be that it has 

 appeared before. I want to say to be- 

 ginners in bee-keeping, don't presume 

 too much on the good nature of your 

 bees. 



I have a lively recollection of the con- 

 sequences, once upon a time, of over- 

 confidence on the part of the writer. I 

 had been working along through the 

 early part of the season without the use 

 of much smoke, and so I got careless 

 about having the smoker in good work- 

 ing order every time I opened a hive. 



One hot day, a year ago last summer, I 

 fired up, and went out about noon to re- 

 move a case of sections from the hive. 

 I smoked a little at the entrance and set 

 the smoker down, and then pried up the 

 end of the section-case. The bees began 

 to come out pretty lively, and I paught 

 up the smoker to check their advance 

 but the smoker would not work, and 

 their advance was not checked. There 

 was a hole in the knee of my overalls 

 about as big as the palm of my hand, 

 and my knee was just on a level with 

 the opening I had made between the 

 hive and super. The reader can imag- 

 ine what followed. I beat a retreat for 

 the time being, but soon returned and 

 got that case of sections. 



Persons having the rheumatism and 

 wanting to apply the bee-sting remedy, 

 can possibly get some good suggestions 

 from the above experience. They will 

 see at once how easy it is to get, the 

 remedy applied right on the exact locali- 

 ty of the disease. Edwin Bevins. 



Leon, Iowa. 



Bees Did Splendidly. 



I began last spring with 7 colonies, 

 six in good condition and one very 

 poor. Bees did splendidly for this year. 

 I had an average of about 40 pounds 

 per colony, and 4 swarms. My bees are 

 in the Langstroth frame hives. The 

 bees in this vicinity are all in box hives, 

 or in Root hives, but their owners never 

 see the inside of a hive from one year's 

 end to the next, yetthey know (!) all about 

 bees, and say, "You tinker with your 

 bees too much !" Why cannot we have 

 a bee-inspector ? I tell you, their hives 

 are foul-brood traps ! Fred Card. 



Burns, Mich., Oct. 11. 



[Friend Card, you probably wil have 

 to get a foul brood law in your State, 

 and then bee-inspectors will be ap- 

 pointed to see that the law is enforced. 

 — Editor.] 



'^Foiil ISrood ; Its Natural History 

 and Rational Treatment," is the title of an 

 interesting booklet by Dr. Wm. R. Howard, 

 of Texas. It also contains a review of the 

 work of others on the same subject. It is 

 being sold at the office of the Bee Jour- 

 nal. Price, postpaid, 25 cents ; or clubbed 

 with the bEE Jouknal for one year— both 

 together for *1.15. 



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