July 19, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



461 



-also short, but not very " sweet," so 

 our honey crop will be light this year. 

 E. S. Milks. 

 Crawford Co., Iowa, July 9. 



Hardly Making a Living, 



Bees are hardly making: a living with 

 ■basswood in bloom. They are working 

 ■on over-ripe strawberries and red rasp- 

 berries. J. W. Parker. 



Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 7. 



Basswood Almost a Failure. 



Bees are doing well here on white 

 clover, but basswood bloom has been 

 almost a failure, on account of the cold 

 and wet weather during its blooming 

 time, which was of short duration this 

 year. N. Young. 



Hardin Co., Iowa, July 9. 



A Short Report. 



I started in the spring with 6 colo- 

 nies in 8-frame single-storj' hives, and 

 one colony in a two-story one. I divided 

 them so as to give each hive four 

 combs of brood and honey, or simply 

 took one-half out, and put it into 

 another hive, making 16 colonies in 

 all. I have 16 strong colonies, and 

 have taken 112 pounds of salable sec- 

 tion honey; 14 colonies work in the 

 sections well, but 2 won't work in them 

 at all. I have baited them with partly 

 filled sections, and the bees carry the 

 honey down in the brood-chamber. 

 The combs there seem to have plenty 

 of honey in them. Fred Tyler. 



Mason Co., 111., July 9. 



A Thankful Bee-Keeper. 



This report is a little premature, as 

 our honey-flow is not over yet, but I 

 am so thankful for what I have got so 

 far that I could not wait any longer. 

 The season here in fruit-bloom was 

 perfect for the bees, and they filled the 

 hives to overflowing, and increast 

 wonderfully fast : but after that, until 

 June 23d, thej^ did nothing. On June 

 21st I found 3 colonies that had not one 

 bit of honey in their hives, so I fed 

 them on that date and the day after. 

 There was no white clover here. On 

 June 24th I found that there was some 

 honey coming in, and on that date I 

 put a hive on the scales, the record be- 

 ing as follows : 



June 25 gain S% pounds 



"26 " S-4 



" 27 ■" 5% 



" 28 " 6 " 



" 29 *' 4 " 



"30 " 314: " 



July 2 " S " 



" 3 " 4 



" 4 " sy^ 



" 5 " 5 



Total SOH " 



While this is no great yield, I think 

 it is pretty good when the sugar-barrel 

 in the fall was staring me in the face, 

 for we have no fall flow in this vicinity. 

 Basswood did a little here, and there 

 was some alsike a mile or so away, but 

 2yi. miles from here there is 17 acres of 

 white clover that I am told the owner 

 is going to let go to seed, and then cut 

 it. It is a new venture with him, but 

 he thinks it will yield between four and 

 five bushels of seed to the acre. I think 



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