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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Besults of the Fast Season. 



From 20 colonies, spring count, I took 

 nearly 600 pounds of comb honey, and 

 increased to 35 colonies this year. I 

 did not have the time to care for ray 

 bees properly, hence the results were 

 not as large as they should have been. 

 I find that in order to make bee-keeping 

 a success one needs command of his 

 vfhole time, so I think another season I 

 shall increase the number of my colo- 

 nies to a sufficient size to enable me to 

 give my entire attention to that work, as 

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Chas. E. Crawfobd. 



Oscoda Co., Mich., Dec. T. 



Two Years' Report. 



My 11 colonies of bees this season 

 gave me 1705 one-pound sections of 

 honey, nearly all from white clover. 

 Basswood did not yield any honey this 

 season. My increase of bees was from 

 11 to 23 colonies, by natural swarming. 

 I returned all after-swarms but one. I 

 have also 23 supers half and two-thirds 

 full of honey. My honey is clean, with- 

 out a stain. Last year my six colonies 

 gave me 100 pounds of basswood honey 

 each, and six supers of sections partly 

 full of comb and honey from buckwheat. 

 The American Bee Journal — well, I can't 

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T. P. Evans. 



Mitchell Co., Iowa, Dec. 1. 



The Season— Dealer's Rights, Etc. 



The honey season just closed was the 

 poorest in my experience of 10 or 12 

 years. 1 never saw so profuse a bloom 

 of all kinds that yielded so little honey. 

 All the surplus I got was from basswood, 

 which bloomed heavily, but yielded but 

 little honey, and was soon gone. Dur- 

 early fall we had acres of heart's-ease 

 and an abundance of white, Alsike, and 

 red clover bloom, and the hives overflow- 

 ing with bees, yet they stored no sur- 

 plus, and many did not store enough for 

 winter. 



Last winter I wintered 75 colonies, 

 but four or five were queenless and were 

 united with others. I got only about 

 600 pounds of surplus comb honey, and 

 increased my colonies to 100 by natural 

 swarming; but that does not represent 

 the number of swarms, as some ab- 

 sconded, and some were double swarms. 

 At one time I had four out at once, but 

 for some reason they did not stay out, 

 but entered the hives nearest to where 

 they clustered, one of which had not 

 swarmed. I have now reduced my num- 

 ber to 82. by doubling up, and have 

 them packed for winter on the summer 

 stands. 



So far as I have talked with bee-keep- 

 ers, none have done any better than I 

 did, and some not as well. But I am 



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