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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



781 



friend's garden and saw one of these 

 shrubs in bloom, and seeing the bees 

 working so zealously on it, I at once 

 started in with a few shrubs. I have 

 them growing in the pasture, and cattle 

 will not disturb them when one year old. 

 They grow rapidly, and will bloom when 

 a year old. I cannot give you the botan- 

 ical name, but we call it the " Old 

 Woman's Bustle." It has wonderful 

 roots, and I think it would withstand 

 drouth well, and will grow almost any- 

 where. Luther Bryant. 

 Wayne Co., Pa. 



Waiting: for a Honey-Crop. 



I don't see how the people in the East 

 can have the heart to wait two or three 

 years for a honey crop, like the Dadants 

 and Dr. Miller. In this neighborhood 

 we have had a good season alternating 

 with a bad one for several seasons, and 

 we get awfully " blue" before the good 

 seasons come again. I don't know what 

 would become of the bees if we should 

 have two bad seasons together. I wish 

 that an exchange or something would 

 make prices better. Papa thinks if 

 there was a national exchange that 

 would be better. 



We could not do without the American 

 Bee Journal ; it gets here every Monday 

 without fail. Amateur. 



San Diego Co., Calif. 



Two Seasons' Experience. 



I commenced bee-keeping with one 

 colony of Italians in the spring of 1895, 

 Increased to five the same year, and got 

 130 pounds of surplus honey. I win- 

 tered them on the summer stands. To 

 pack for winter I drive six stakes, two 

 on each side and two at the back of the 

 hive eight inches from the hive, then 

 take sod three feet long and 14 inches 

 wide, set up edgewise two sods high, and 

 pack between the sod and the hive with 

 chaff. I put an armful of coarse hay 

 over all, with hangers to keep it on. 



I commenced last spring with five col- 

 onies, increased to nine by dividing, and 

 had three natural swarms. I got 900 

 pounds of extracted and 200 completed 

 sections. I have packed the 12 colonies 

 the same as last winter, and leave the 

 packing around the hive until settled 

 warm weather in the spring, as I think 

 that keeping the sun from the hive is a 

 great advantage in spring, and for the 

 same purpose on sunny days in winter. 



I don't want any Apis dorsata, but I 

 want to keep informed by having the 

 valuable American Bee Journal. 



Thos. S. Pratt. 



Wheeler Co., Nebr. 



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