1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



477 



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Address. 



E. KRETGHMER, Red Oak, Iowa. 



that only had four old colonies now has 

 11, and claims four or five have skipped 

 (not by the light of the uioom, but by 

 the sun) for the woods. My eight old 

 colonies have increased to 21, and one 

 left without even saying "good-bye." 

 However, I found one in the woods July 

 4, so I have 22 at present. Some have 

 secured some surplus, and the hives of 

 old colonies and early new ones are gen- 

 erally well filled. L. J. Clark. 

 Wiscoy, Minn., July 13. 



No Surplus Honey. 



There is no surplus honey in these 

 parts. I think we will be fortunate if 

 bees get enough to carry them through 

 the season. L. T. Harper. 



San Jacinto, Calif., July 8. 



Crop Injured by Bains. 



The continued hard rains have greatly 

 injured our honey crop, but the pros- 

 pects for late summer and fall are some- 

 what encouraging at present. 



J. A. Golden. 



Reinersville, Ohio, July 14. 



Doing Fairly Well on Basswood. 



Basswood is in full bloom about two 

 weeks earlier than usual, but the bees 

 are doing fairly well upon it. There 

 cannot be as large a yield as at other 

 times, for the bees are not as advanced 

 according to the season as is vegetation. 



G. M. DOOLITLLE. 



Borodino, N. Y., July 6. 



Bees Tumbling Over Each Other. 



I have 60 colonies at this writing, and 

 they are tumbling over each other to 

 get in and out of the hives, so eager are 

 they to get their share of the splendid 

 crop of clover and basswood honey. I 

 have close to 1,000 pounds of section 

 honey in sight now. 



Of the 44 colonies put into "cold 

 storage" Dec. 3, 1895, 44 came out all 

 right. L. M. Willis. 



Loyal, Wis., July 10. 



Poisonous Honey. 



In north Texas we have a species of 

 spurge closely allied to that from which 

 croton-oU is made, which yields an abun- 

 dance of poisonous honey every season. 

 There is enough of this honey, where 

 the plant abounds, to completely ruin 

 the market value of the fall crop gath- 

 ered after Aug. 1. In some localities 

 bees become rich in stores from this 

 plant. It can be used for spring feeding 

 with safety. Taken as food it produces 

 a burning sensation in the throat and 



stomach ; also vomiting and purging. I 

 have never known serious results to ob- 

 tain, as the stomach throws it oft too 

 soon. 



Any one wishing to test the peculiar 

 qualities of this, may, by paying express 

 charges, obtain a sample from me, as I 

 have a few unfinished sections two years 

 old. 



This is my " say " on poisonous honey, 

 from an experience of over 20 years in 

 Texas. Wm. R. Howard, M. D. 



Fort Worth, Tex., July 10. 



Very Dry Season. 



The season in southern California this 

 year is very dry. The bees in the moun- 

 tains are suffering for food. In the val- 

 leys and foothills the bees are in fair 

 condition. I took 3,000 pounds of honey 

 from 140 colonies in the month of April. 

 My bees are in the foothills, and are in 

 a healthy condition by reason of good 

 care. Frank S. Bdchheim. 



Santa Ana, Calif., July 5. 



Basswood a Failure. 



Basswood is an entire failure through- 

 out the "great belt" of Wisconsin. It 

 came and is gone without a drop of nec- 

 tar. It blossomed more profusely than 

 ever, but failed to secrete nectar, al- 

 though the weather was the most favor- 

 able during its bloom. So now, we poor 

 bee-keepers must report an entire fail- 

 ure from that source. E. A. Morgan. 



Chippewa Falls, Wis., July 10. 



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