1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



507 



Qerjeral Hcn)s^ 



Did Well This Year. 



Bees have done well here this year ; I 

 will send my report later. I could not 

 get along without the Bee Journal. 



W. A. Saul. 



Denison, Iowa, July 24. 



Beport for the Season So Far. 



My bees have increased from 40 colo- 

 nies, spring count, to lOO now. I have 

 taken 5, CK.IO pounds of honey. I like 

 the Bee Journal very much. 



Mark G. Williams. 



Corbetton, Ont., July 27. 



Bees Did Well. 



Bees have done well, and the honey 

 crop for 1S96 is about over. I had 12 

 colonies, spring count, and increased 

 four. I have extracted from 13 colo- 

 nies an average of 65 pounds, almost all 

 basswood, which blossomed about 12 

 days. 1 lost one colony last winter. The 

 Bee Journal is a great help to me. 

 There are about 2-50 colonies of bees in 

 this part of the country. 



Aug. F. Krueger. 



Salter, Wis., July 27. 



Has a Fine Location for Bees. 



It will soon be three years since I first 

 began to take the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, and I have every number but one. 

 I am glad to say that the Americrn Bee 

 Journal is my favorite, and the only 

 paper that always gets here on time. I 

 have only five colonies of bees, but I will 

 soon increase my stock. This is one of 

 the finest locations for bee-keeping in 

 Oregon, and I am satisfied I can make it 

 pay here, with the great help I get out 

 of the Bee Journal. P. Ruddlman. 



Mist, Greg., July 24. 



Poisonous Honey— Wild Parsnip. 



Referring to ray article on poisonous 

 honey (page 245), in regard to the 

 plant, called wild parsnip, which grows 

 in this section in great profusion, it has, 

 on investigation, proven not to be the 

 poisonous species, but is said to have 

 originated from the common or table 

 parsnip, it having a yellow blossom, 

 while the poisonous one has a white 

 blossom. I have mailed a specimen to 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Division of Botany, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and requested a report. 



Reinersville, Ohio. J. A. Golden. 



Expect a Fair Crop. 



Our season is very late this year, and 

 although our bees could not work at all 

 on the fruit-bloom, on account of the 

 wet weather, I think we will get a fair 

 crop, as I never saw so much white clo- 

 ver as I have seen this year. Up to 

 June 11 it was wet and cold, but after 

 that fair weather came, and all green 

 fields began to whiten until some of the 

 pastures were actually white, and on 

 the glorious Fourth the bees had filled 

 up everything below, and were sending 

 out swarras about as fast as I could 



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