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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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READERS 



or three years. Heart's-ease (smart- 

 weed) is giving away before cleaner cul- 

 tivation. Our honey-resources are grow- 

 ing less and less all the time. 



Rev. M. Mahin (Ind.)— 1. Tulip tree, 

 black gum, and several kinds of compos- 

 ite autumn flowers that used to grow in 

 wet bottom-lands. 2. There is no in- 

 crease of honey-producing flora, except 

 large and small fruits. 



Eugene Secor (Iowa)— 1. (a) Bass- 

 wood is fast disappearing. This is king 

 of the honey-plants in this part of the 

 country, (b) All the wild prairie flowers 

 are becoming scarce. 2. White clover 

 slightly ; dandelion and melilot. 



R. L. Taylor (Mich.)— 1. Fall flowers, 

 on account of the drainage of swamps, 

 basswood ou account of the cutting of 

 the timber, and white clover on account 

 of the dry seasons late years, are all dis- 

 appearing to some extent. 2. Alsike. 



Jas. A. Stone (III.)- 1. All the wild 

 flowers that grow on prairies. 2. Sweet 

 clover, Alsike clover, crimson clover, al- 

 falfa, heart's-ease, and we might say 

 white clover has come in since the wild 

 flowers were destroyed, but not in the 

 last ten years. 

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Qerjcral licn)s^ 



Illinois State Members' Reports. 



According to the instructions of the 

 last convention of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, the Secretary re- 

 cently mailed postal cards to the mem- 

 bers, who up to this date (July 16) have 

 reported as follows to these four ques- 

 tions : 



1. How many colonies have you ? 



2. What are the prospects for a honey 

 crop ? 



S. How much honey gathered to date ? 

 4. Is the honey gathered No. 1 or not ? 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, June 80 — 1. 

 120. 2. Good. 3. None taken from 

 hives yet ; 2,500 pounds, estimated. 4. 

 No. 1. 



M. M. Baldridge, St. Charles, July 1— 



1. 19. 2. Fair. 3. Cannot say; none 

 extracted yet. 4. Should be No. 1, be- 

 ing a combination of basswood, sweet 

 clover and white clover. 



W. C. Lyman, Downers Grove, June 

 29—1. 50. 2. Light crop. 3. None 

 ready to take off. 4. Good, what there 

 is. 



E. West, Channahan, July 1—1. 60. 



2. Very poor. 3. None to speak of. 

 Season is good for late crop. 



W. B. Blume, Norwood Park, July 3 — 

 1. 38, spring count. 2. Good. 3. 75 

 pounds. 4. No. 1. 



J. C. Wheeler, Piano, July 3—1. 405 

 in five places. 2. Poor. 3. 2,500 pounds 

 of extracted and 1,000 pounds of comb 

 from linden and clover. 4. Extracted is 

 amber, and comb white. 



L. 0. Francis, Springfield, July 11 — 



1. 10. 2. The fall prospect appears 

 good. 3. But very little. 



Ellas Robinson, Carmi, July 7 — 1. 65. 



2. Very poor. o. About 100 pounds. 

 4. Good. 



Daniel E. Bobbins, Paiyson, July 2—1. 

 29. 2. Not good. 3. Very little. 4. 

 Have not taken any off, so I do not know. 



Chas. Dadaut A. Son, Hainiltoon, June 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



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5Ib 10ft 25B) 501b 



AlsikeClover $.70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



Sweet Clover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



White Clover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8.00 



AlfalfaClover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .20 .35 .90 1.25 

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Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS for Hatclilng. BufF Leghorns. In- 

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