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two weeks in June. I have increased to 



9 colonies, but I shall destroy two as 

 they are black, and keep only Italians, 

 as they are so much better to handle. I 

 examined them the past week, and find 

 that they will go into winter with from 

 30 to 50 pounds of honey. I think they 

 ought to come out all right in spring, if 

 lookod after a little. I have kept bees 

 for "_'i I years, and did not know anything 

 about them until this year. I have 

 learned a great deal, and have enjoyed 

 them very much. If a good season I 

 shall expect to get some honey next 

 year, as I am well fixed for it. The pas- 

 ture will not warrant keeping more than 



10 colonies here, I think, as there area 

 good many here. Fbank D. Keyes. 



Florence, Mass., Oct. 19. 



A Beginner's Experience. 



I have read the Bee Journal every 

 Saturday since I began to take it, and 

 now I think I could not get along without 

 it. I can learn more from it than any 

 other book or paper I know of. 



J began a year .ago with one colony; 

 they were on eight frames, and lived till 

 March, then starved. This fall I went 

 bee-hunting, and found a bee-tree with 

 about 8 pounds of bees; they had about 

 5 pounds of honey, and enough comb for 

 80 pounds of honey. They were very 

 gentle, and did not try to sting much. I 

 got them, put them into a hive, and fed 

 them about 33 pounds of granulated 

 sugar. They do not have many bees 

 now. I like them very ranch. Bees 

 stored about 75 pounds per colony here, 

 on the average — I mean surplus comb 

 honey. Geo. H. Porter. 



Sabael, N. Y., Oct. 15. 



Beport for tlie Season. 



Prom 24 colonies, spring count, I have 

 taken about 1,500 pounds of comb 

 honey. My best colony gave me 112 

 well-filled one-pound sections ; second 

 best, 10") pounds; third, 95, and so on 

 down to nothing. I have sold 400 

 pounds at from 10 to 13 cents at home 

 and in adjoining towns. Last week I 

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 Kewanee, and sold 86 pounds by going 

 from house to house, but it is slow work, 

 as they will not buy more than one or 

 two pounds at a house. I only struck 

 one house that I could sell a whole case 

 of 24 pounds, and then had to trust 

 them for the pay. 



Bees are in good condition for winter. 

 G. E. Nelson. 



Bishop Hill, 111., Oct. 15. 



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