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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bee. 10, 



Qer^eral \icn)s^ 



Bees Did Well. 



My bees did very well this season. We 

 had a fine fall crop of comb honey. 



Sangamon Co., III. C. V. Mann. 



Perhaps Caused by Lack of Stores. 



There Is nothing in bee-keeping like 

 actual practice and experiments, and it 

 would be interesting to some if A. G. A., 

 of Waring, Tex., would build up the 

 colony containing the "drone-laying 

 queen," mentioned on page 702, by giv- 

 ing combs of brood and honey, and then 

 report the result. Such cases almost in- 

 variably prove to be caused by the lack 

 of stores. VV. H. Pridgen. 



Warren Co., N. C. 



A Poor Year Clear Through. 



The past season has proved a poor one 

 in this locality. There was plenty of 

 white clover, but owing to unfavorable 

 weather it yielded very little honey. The 

 yield of fall honey was less than half of 

 what we term a fair crop. Bees are 

 generally In good condition for winter 

 bere. W. J. Cullinan. 



Quincy, III., Nov. 2. 



Waiting for Amalgamation. 



I have my name and dollar ready and 

 waiting for the Bee-Keepers' Union, as 

 quick as it shall unite with the North 

 American, and undertake to down honey 

 adulteration, or, for that matter, aim to 

 down all food adulteration. Why should 

 it be difficult to have a law passed re- 

 quiring all goods used for food to be cor- 

 rectly labeled, stating the true nature of 

 contents, v/hether pure or adulterated, 

 and with what, and what per cent.? I 

 do not object to certain goods being 

 adulterated, or mixed, with something 

 that may be as good, but cheaper; but I 

 want to toiow it. Let not the question 

 rest. Alfbkd Mottaz. 



La Salle Co., III. 



Kotes from Northern Indiana. 



The season just past might be classed 

 as a poor one. There was no honey 

 from white clover to speak of in this lo- 

 cality, owing to the severe drouth we 

 have had for the past two or three years, 

 which seemed to kill out the white clo- 

 ver, which, fortunately, the rains of 

 August have started to grow nicely. 

 Now that we may expect a crop of white 

 clover honey next season, the bee-keeper 

 will lay his plans accordingly. 



The basswood bloom opened nicely the 

 past season, about 10 days earlier than 

 usual, and there was a good flow from 

 this source for a very few days, then the 

 flow of nectar was poor until it ceased to 

 bloom. 



The bees worked well on common red 

 clover this season (or they do almost 

 every year), but did not get much honey 

 from that source, but kept up brood- 

 rearing nicely until fall flowers began 

 to bloom. Is this not a point worthy of 

 note, to keep a strain or breed of bees 

 that will hustle about and get enough 

 honey to keep breeding going on until a 

 good flow of nectar presents itself ? 



We got a fair crop of honey this sea- 

 son, and I give the Italian bees the 



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