THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Modesto, Cal., July 28, 1877.-" The Bing- 

 ham smokers came all right. 1 lilce them 

 far better tlian I do the Qiiinby." 



J. F. Flory. 



Verona, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1877.— "Bees came 

 through the spring all right, but did just 

 nothing on apple blossom. Our lioney crop 

 will be rather light." R. Bacon. 



[We learn witli much regret that friend 

 Bacon has met with an accident which has 

 laid him up on a bed of pain— his leg being 

 broken. With his active mind and natural 

 energy tiiis forced inactivity must be very 

 irksome, and we trust it will be only of 

 short duration.— Ed.] 



Barren Co., Ky., Aug. 12, 1877.— "As I am 

 interested in bee-culture and need all the 

 information I can get on the subject, I shall 

 take pleasure in putting up your posters. 

 and in getting the "Dzierzon Theory," as 

 you offer. My bees have not done very well 

 this season. I think it has been too wet 

 and cool for them; they have made an aver- 

 age of 23 lbs. to the hive, and increased in 

 number 100 per cent. I am a regular reader 

 of the Journal, and will just say: 



Next to the Book, 

 Of life eternal; 



Is A. J. Cook, 

 And the A. B. JOURNAL." 



N. H. HOLMAN. 



Tama Co., Iowa, Aug. (3, 1877. — " Bees are 

 doing well this season. White clover is in 

 abundance. I hope to take 1,000 lbs. of 

 honey this year. 1 had 35 colonies this 

 spring. 1 now have 83 stands, having sold 

 8; they furnished hives to put them in, 

 making in all 91 colonies. I use the Langs- 

 troth hive. My colonies are all very lieavy. 

 Every one has honey enough to winter on. 

 I can" sell my honey here readily for 25 cts. 



Eer lb. My bees are mixed Italians and 

 lacks; I would be glad to Italianize more. 

 1 have some new swarms that have stored 

 from 20 to 50 lbs. in boxes. I have one 

 colony that has swarmed five times this sea- 

 son; and the first swarm that came out 

 swarmed once, making 6 from the original 

 one. The old hive has a .5-tt> l)ox of honey, 

 to date; the first swarm has 30 lbs._, and the 

 second, 10 lbs. As buckwheat is just com- 

 ing on, what they may yet do I cannot tell." 

 M. A. Newcomb. 



Brown Co., Wis., Aug. 20, 1877.— "I cured 

 foul-brood in three of my hives by simply 

 using soda and borax; one teaspoonful of 

 each in two cups of warm water, dissolved 

 well and applied as usual. I used one of 

 those small steam atomizers, which doctors 

 use for throat disease. It saved a great deal 

 of time, and was more convenient, for I 

 could set the atomizer on a box, and have 

 both hands to hold the frames with; and it 

 could be thoroughly sprayed in a minute or 

 two." Mrs. J. S. Dunham. 



Tipron Co., Tenn., Aug. 20, 1877.— " Bees 

 did very well until the last week in May, 

 when the heavy rains set in, which con- 

 tinued until the present month. During 

 the first weeks of May my bees gathered as 

 much as 1}4 tt>s. of honey per colony in a 

 day. Since then I can't see that they have 

 gathered any." D. E. Haynie. 



Portland, Me., Aug. 23, 1877.— "I had from 

 one of Mr. Dadant's imported queens two 

 very strong, artificial swarms, besides about 

 30 K)S. of box honey, being surrounded with 

 fag half of the season." 



Jos. A. DiRWANGER. 



Monroe, Wis., Aug. 25, 1877.—" Enclosed 

 you will find 75c. for another pound of yel- 

 low comb foundation. I was very much 

 pleased with what I did order, my bees 

 went right to work in earnest— cells all full 

 of eggs." Wallace E. Connett. 



Garden Plain, 111., Aug. 27, 1877.— "Bees 

 are doing well now again. The season has 

 been on the whole too dry for a good yield. 

 What is the prospect this fall for the honey 

 market?" E,. R. Mukphy. 



f If the market is not forced we have no 

 doubt but that it will rise later in the fall. 

 Prices now rule from 15c. to 17c. for 7iew 

 comb honey, and from 7c. to 9c. for extract- 

 ed.— Ed.] 



Poolsville, Ind., Aug. 20, 1877.—" The ma- 

 terials that give me the best volume of 

 smoke and the least trouble, are cotton rags 

 and coarse liard-wood sawdust. Roll the 

 sawdust in the rags. I use the Bingham 

 smoker." J. A. Johnson. 



Houston, Minn., Aug. 27, 1877.—" Mr. T. 

 G.Newman: The first part of the season 

 here in Minnesota bid fair for a good honey 

 crop, and in July our bees put in some sur- 

 plus from linden and clover, but since Aug. 

 1st it has been very dry and hot. so very lit- 

 tle lioney has been secured. We had a fine 

 shower last night, and if we have plenty of 

 wet we may get some surplus honey yet. 

 In all probabilities, Minnesota will not be 

 able to supply her demand, if prices remain 

 where they are. 



"Can you refer me to some one, south of 

 here, in the Mississippi Valley tliat is rais- 

 ing honey, and can supply me with a stock 

 for retailing this fall and winter." 



Nelson Perkins. 



[Will some one in the locality named 

 write Mr. Perkins, giving liim facts and 

 figures?— Ed.] 



Wyoming, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1877.— " Our 

 honey season has been a short one this 

 year. I have taken 1,400 lbs. of comb honey 

 from 30 colonies. No buckwheat yet." 



Geo. W. Stanley. 



Brown Co.. Wis., Aug. 27, 1877.— " Mr. 

 Newman: Thanks for your kindness in 

 sending me what I wanted. I am pleased 

 with everything. Bingham's smoker is 

 exactly wliat it is said to be, and reduces 

 the labor wonderfully in working with bees, 

 though I have but 25 hives. The founda- 

 tion is the first 1 ever tried, and works won- 

 derfully well. I received it by mail at one 

 o'clock this afternoon, and in,serted it in 

 the hive between 3 and 4 p. m., and when I 

 looked at it next morning at 9, it was built 

 out % inch in thickness; and so thin was 

 the base of tiie cell that you could see 

 through it. The Chapman extractor has ar- 

 rived and works finely. I only regret not 

 having ordered it earlier in the season." 

 Mrs. J. S. Dunham. 



