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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 24, 



only 40 or 50 pounds of honey, so he 

 told me on Sept. 1. He has an apiary 

 across the river at Fallen Water, from 

 which he will get some honey. He says 

 it will take many a pound of sugar to 

 winter them. 



My brother has an apiary of 65 colo- 

 nies 1 }4 miles south of me, and be $;ot 

 only 3U pounds and no swarms, and will 

 have to feed considerable. I had in the 

 spring 20 colonies, transferred 12 of 

 them last March, and introduced queens 

 In 9 of them, and got exactly 200 

 pounds of section honey, nicely sealed 

 over. I sold it all at 15 cents per 

 pound, and I also got 40 or 50 pounds 

 of unsealpd honey. I had one swarm. I 

 am only ?i mile from the river where 

 there is plenty of blue thistle, linden and 

 other flowers. I am feeding consider- 

 able now. The honey harvest closed 

 about the first of July, and the drouth 

 set in, so there is nothing for the bees 

 to gather — in fact, nearly all of my bees 

 are nearly out of honey. 



My brother and I bought 11 colonies 

 a few weeks ago for $5.00, but they 

 will take some feeding. They gave us 4 

 that were entirely out of honey two 

 weeks ago last Saturday. I transferred 

 my 2 into my hives, and have tbem fed 

 up all right. They will pull through 

 antil spring. 



I do honestly believe that % of the 

 bees will be starved out before Novem- 

 ber, for there are very few bee-men here. 



I shall continue to read the good " old 

 reliable" American Bee Journal, and 

 hope that every bee-keeper may become 

 a subscriber. L A. Hammond. 



Keedysville, Md., Sept. 7. 



Oood Season. 



We have had a very good season for 

 honey, and it has been a very peculiar 

 one. We got no clover honey until after 

 basswood. Since then it has yielded 

 quite freely. It is still in blossom, and 

 the bees are still working on it. 



F. E. Henby. 



Logan, Iowa, Sept. 10. 



A Lady's Report. 



I began with one colony of bees four 

 years ago. I sold one colony last year, 

 one colony died last winter, and I now 

 have 10 colonies, from one of which I 

 have taken 104 one-pound sections of 

 honey, and they are at work on another 

 set of sections. None of the other colo- 

 nies have filled two supers yet. 



Mrs. R. R. Titus. 



Brookville, Kans., Sept. 15. 



Bees Didn't Do Well. 



Bees have not done very well here this 

 year. We had too much rain in May 

 and June. They got the second crop of 

 alfalfa; then it became too hot and dry. 

 I will have to feed some of my late 

 •warms. C. Urmby. 



Salina, Kans,, Sept. 12. 



Bealizing Most on Extracted Honey. 



Put it up In a small package, and urge 

 the sale and consumption in your vicin- 

 ity, which you can do if you begin early 

 In the season. You can put your honey 

 Id a small size package, and dispose of 

 it as well as bottlers in the city can. 

 People in country towns appreciate the 

 value of honey better than people in the 



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