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quilt, let alone for 6 days, and all is 

 well. 



I made a great mistake in taking 

 some bees on shares, and probably if I 

 had taken some bee-paper in time my 

 apiary would have been saved. I 

 noticed after taking them that these 

 bees did not work as briskly as mine, 

 or increase as fast, and when I exam- 

 ined them I found diseased brood. I 

 hardly think it is foul brood, but, if it 

 is, my loss will be somewhere near fSO 

 or f60, and that would pay for two or 

 more bee-papers for several years ! I 

 take two bee-papers, and if my apiary 

 is wiped out I will continue to take 

 them and start again in the business, 

 as I have a great demand for honey. 



We hear reports on the honey crop 

 from Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois and 

 Ohio, but nothing from Indiana — the 

 garden spot of the United States. I 

 think there is honey in Indiana, and I 

 won't give it up just yet. With the 

 poor season I secured about 30 pounds 

 per colony from those that were in a 

 condition to store honey. 



Rix L. HaskiTT. 



Tipton Co., Ind., Oct. 20. 



Bees Didn't Do WelL 



Bees have not done well in this part 

 of Ohio this season. I had 40 colonies, 

 but S of them starved to death, and I 

 had to feed the balance 800 pounds of 

 sugar. 



We have had several big rains dur- 

 ing the last S or 6 weeks, and white 

 clover has come up thick. 



No.\H Thomas. 



Darke Co., Ohio, Oct. 26. 



Cotton-Bloom Honey. 



I am a beginner in the bee-business, 

 and am very anxious to learn all I can 

 of it. I have a number of colonies, 

 and all have done exceedingly well this 

 year, averaging about SO pounds to the 

 colony. The cotton-plant is our main- 

 stay here for honey, and it is a good 

 one. Our entire section is planted with 

 it, and our bees lay in great stores of 

 honey from the time it begins to bloom, 

 until November and December, some- 

 times. The honey from cotton-bloom 

 is light-colored, very clear, and mild in 

 flavor. It is as clear as glycerine, and 

 the combs are almost as white as snow. 

 R. P. Daviks, M.D. 



Lamar Co., Texas, Oct. 29. 



No Lost Swarms- -An Explanation. 



For the benefit of all bee-keepers in 

 general, and Mr. Whitney in particu- 

 lar (see page SS5), I will tell of a " like 

 occurrence," except that no swarm was 

 lost. 



June 27, I dipt a young black queen. 

 Wishing to Italianize this fall, on Aug. 

 28th I found the queen in the top of a 

 2-story 8-frame dovetailed hive. Her 

 wings were entirely gone, tho I had 

 only dipt a part on one side. She was 

 ver3' active, and of common black 

 stock. I took her away, and lookt thru 

 the combs twice for the other queen 

 which I felt sure they had, because 

 they were much stronger than I ex- 

 pected, had more brood, and were both 

 black and hybrid bees. Sept. 1st I 

 found so many eggs that I hunted till 

 I found a fine, active young queen. 



Now I'll explain: Last summer when 

 I realized that my Dr. Miller queen 



