THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Canajoharrie, N. Y., July 17, 1877.—" The 

 weather is warm and quite rainy now. Tlie 

 honey season has been a very ordinary one 

 here." J. H. Nellis. 



Kane Co., 111., July 14, 1877.— "Bees are 

 working with a will. Have taken 3 tons of 

 honey to this date; we expect much more if 

 the weather keeps good." 



J. Oatman & Co. 



Hamilton, Ont., June 26, 1877.—" Bees are 

 knee deep in honey— white clover at that. 

 I have increased from (l to 10 colonies, and 

 have extracted 200 lbs. so far. I am Italian- 

 izing ray apiary and about a dozen for my 

 neighbors." J. A. Waterhouse. 



St. Charles, Mo., July 2, 1877.—" Enclosed 



B lease find $il.60; please send me another 

 ingham standard smoker. Every bee- 

 keeper in the country should have one of 

 them. I sold the last one I got from you to 

 a man who has only 1 stand of bees." 



A. W. Windhorst. 



Napoleon, O., July 18, 1877.— "Bees are 

 doing well thus far, this season; that is 

 what few were left, and not killed by bad 

 management. Most of the bees in Henry 

 Co. were dead this spring. D. Kepler who 

 had 234 stocks, had but 3 left; and others 

 that followed his teaching fared no better." 

 G. W. Zimmerman. 



Hastings, Minn., July 4, 1877.—" Our bees 

 are doing well, but June was a very poor 

 month for bees, the nights were cold and 

 wind heavy. We have an abundance of 

 white clover, and basswood has now com- 

 menced to bloom; also sumac and milk- 

 weed. Last season I had over 4,200 lbs. of 

 honey. I shall run for box honey this 

 year." Wm. Dyer. 



Shelbyville, Ky., July 10, 1877.—" The 

 honey crop has been good. Thus far I 

 have taken 3,000 lbs. of comb and extracted 

 honey. I had 40 colonies this spring, some 

 of them very weak. I have 26 in 2-story 

 Langstroth hives. It is in my opinion the 

 hive to use for much honey. The extractor, 

 if well used, will prevent swarming. 1 now 

 have 52 colonies in excellent condition. I 

 expect to take more honey if the; season 

 continues favorable." Fred Krueger. 



Modesto, Cal., June 26, 1877.— "The longer 

 I use the Barnes' foot-power saw the better 

 I like it. I would not take $100 in gold for 

 it, if I could not get another. I can endorse 

 what Mr. Dadant said about it in the June 

 number of the Journal. It is all-impor- 

 tant that those who use this saw should 

 know how to keep it in good cutting order. 

 Everyone should have the 'Lumberman's 

 Hand Book,' by H. Diston & Sons, price 15 

 cts., and a half-round file, price 20c.; and 

 you will be astonished how much easier it 

 is to keep the saws in order, and how much 

 faster they cut, than by filing with a three- 

 cornered file. Since I got the above 1 can 

 saw K faster and not wear the saw down 3^ 

 as fast. 



"The severe droughts here has cut off all 

 honey supplies, and some of the bees have 



to be fed to keep them from starving. But 

 we hope they will do better soon, as the 

 button willow is about ready to bloom, and 

 the season for honey-dew is at hand. Last 

 year, about the middle of July, I moved my 

 bees to the river. 1 live out on the plains, 

 where they do best in spring. My .58 stocks 

 produced over 2}4 tons of honey." 



J. F. Flory. 



Cincinnati, O., July 13, 1877.— "Our honey 

 season is now over. The quality is A 1; 

 but we are short in quantity. My crop last 

 year was about 4,000 lbs., from 22 colonies. 

 This year I shall have perhaps 1,200 lbs. 

 from 21 colonies. Our season commenced 

 too late, on account of rains; and in the 2nd 

 week of June, when we should have had 

 the best flow of honey, the nights were cold 

 —a severe check to the honey harvest. 



"It may be of importance to some of our 

 friends to know the correct recipe for cure 

 for foul brood. It is: 128 gr. salicylic acid, 

 128 gr. soda borax, 16 oz. distilled vrater. 

 Any druggist can put it up." 



Chas. F. Muth. 



Harttord, N. T., July 6, 1877.— " Noticing 

 the letter of friend Bingham in last number 

 of the Journal, induces me to give the 

 result of my observations upon eggs in 

 queen cells. I think I can lell every time 

 when I see eggs in a queen cell, whether it 

 has been laid there by the queen or deposit- 

 ed by the bees. When deposited by the 

 bees it lays down flat in the bottom of the 

 cell. If laid by the queen it stands nearly 

 on end and in the well known position. 

 Bees generally insert eggs in queen cells 

 when deprived of their queen. We would 

 now like to see or at least hear from some 

 of those who last season pronounced comb 

 foundation as the greatest humbug of the 

 day. We have given it a thorough trial and 

 the bees work it out in short time, and it is 

 soon filled with brood. We think that in- 

 stead of denouncing Novice as a blind guide 

 in bee-culture, he should receive some 

 merit of praise, on the foundation question 

 at least. The season here has been un- 

 favorable for box honey; had much cool 

 weather and heavy rains. There is great 

 abundance of white clover, and basswood 

 will soon bloom in great profusion." 



J. H. Martin. 



Lawrence, 111., July 9, 1877.— " Last Dec. 

 I put 80 stocks of black bees in my cellar, 

 placing them on shelves, one above the 

 other four high. Last spring I sat them all 

 out again, and in fine condition except two, 

 and tliey are coming out all right. They 

 commenced swarming on June 15, and since 

 that time have had 130 swarms; but I have 

 doubled so many and so many have doubled 

 themselves, that I have only 80 new hives 

 filled as yet. So you see that I have just 

 doubled my bees, and there are more to 

 follow. I believe in keeping my stocks 

 strong, and in so doing I find there is no 

 need of troubling myself about moths, as 

 Italians. I have taken off about 100 lbs. of 

 new honey (white clover) so far. I have 

 stocks less than 10 days old that have stored 

 15 Bbs. of honey in boxes. 



"I have been interested to-day in reading 

 the report of W. L. Porter to the Michigan 

 Convention, and I am just of his opinion as 

 regards Italian bees. There are some of 

 them kept just over the fence from my 



