1896. 



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self had all our hives running over with 

 young workers to gather the prospective 

 crop. But one rain after another set in, 

 seemingly washing the precious nectar out 

 of the many blossoms, and the result was 

 only about six days' good, steady flow. If 

 we had had a severe drouth, we would have 

 been strictly " in it," so to speak. It does 

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Bees are in fine condition for winter, with 

 abundant stores. J. C. Wallen.metek. 



EvansvlUe, Ind., Dec. 4, 1895. 



Gathering Honey and Pollen. 



Bees are now bringing in both honey and 

 pollen here. J. P. Leebrick. 



Mesa, Ariz., Dec. 12, 1895. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



We have now 30 colonies, that did fairly 

 well last summer. We took all the way 

 from 20 to 100 pounds per colony, gathered 

 from basswood and fall flowers. White 

 clover yielded but very little honey in this 

 locality. We hope it will yield more next 

 season. Mrs. J. Knuppel. 



South Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1895. 



Bees in Fair Condition. 



My 21 colonies are now iu fair condition, 

 except two or three that are short of stores. 

 I have them fitted up with outside boxes 

 4 inches larger than the hive on the sides 

 and rear end. The front end has but one 

 10-inch board at the top part, leaving the 

 entrance and most of the front end of hive- 

 body uncovered. Geo. McCullough. 



Braddyville, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1895. 



A Very Poor Season. 



We have had a very poor honey season in 

 this part of Canada this year. To begin 

 the season, the bees were in a bad condi- 

 tion. The bee-keepers in this section lost 

 heavily last spring, some losing all. 1 lost 

 half of mine. I have 132 colonies in winter 

 quarters now, in pretty good condition. I 

 got no honey the past season, and had to 

 feed quite a good deal of sugar for winter. 

 Wm. Coleman. 



Birr. Ont., Dec. 18, 1895. 



Best Two Seasons— 1894 and 1895. 



We have had two of the best seasons — 

 1894 and 1895 — for bees I ever saw. Dr. 

 Miller says he has had two complete fail- 

 ures. Get some black bees. Doctor. My 

 best colony, in 1895, stored 85 pounds of 

 comb honey, and three others filled 72 sec- 

 tions each. I had 23 colonies last spring, 

 and averaged 50 pounds of comb honey per 

 colony. 1 put 44 colonic* into the cellar 

 this fall. S. M. Robertson. 



Grey Eagle, Minn., Dec. 18. 



Had a Good Year. 



The year 1895 has been a good one for me. 

 I started in the spring with 9 colonies, in- 

 creased to 10, and got .500 pounds of comb 

 honey in one-pound sections. It was mostly 

 buckwheat honey, very dark, and sells here 

 for 10 cents a pound. I use the Simplicity 

 hive and winter my Vtees out-doors. They 

 were in very good condition for winter. 

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 tion. Willard G. Jeffeks. 



Rose, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1895. 



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My honey crop was small this year on 

 account of the dry season. I got 40 pounds 

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