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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Barren Co., Ky., Sept. 27, 1877.—" We 

 have had a good honey season this year. I 

 began in tlie spring with 6 colonies, some of 

 tliem in poor condition. I Iiave received 

 400 lbs. of extracted lioney, and doubled my 

 number of colonies, which are rich and full 

 at present. We have a rich honey-dew; 

 bees are doing well. Success to the Jour 

 NAL." Jos. T. Gray. 



Moultrie Co., 111., Oct. 19, 1877.— "But few 

 of those who keep bees here are bee- 

 masters. 1 began 3 years ago with one 

 colony of Italians; I now have 19, and a 

 good stock of surplus honey. I get from 20 

 to 25c. per fi) for it. I am delighted with 

 the Italians. I use the Langstroth hive 

 with two honey boxes covering the entire 

 top. White clover and smartweed are our 

 main honey plants; linden yields but little. 

 A. M. Khodes. 



Mohawk, N. Y., Nov, 17, 1877.— " Friend 

 NeWiMAn: The Quinby hive at the Ameri- 

 can Institute Fair was not made or exhibit- 

 ed by me, as stated; it was made by Geo. 

 Ellison. The hive and boxes were much 

 inferior to those known as the new Quinby, 

 and now used by us, and were placed on ex- 

 hibition by A. J. King for no honorable 

 purpose." L. C. Root. 



Putnam Co., 111., Nov. 16, 1877.— "My 233 

 stands have gathered for this season 1,200 

 4-fi) boxes of honey, and gathered up to Oct. 

 4th in abundance. ' I had a sale of bees on 

 Oct. 13th, and sold 35 stands— the lowest 

 price was $7, and the highest $11.25. I have 

 been selling honey at 123^c. We are all 

 well pleased witli the American Bee 

 Journal. I shall try and get all the sub- 

 scribers I can for it." Otto Halbleib. 



Canandaigua, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1877.—" 1 

 bought 15 stocks last year in box hives, but 

 not in time for surplus honey. I Italianized 

 them; buying queens of J. H. Nellis, at 

 $1.50 each. I bought bees early last spring, 

 in box hives, and increased my number to 

 58 stocks; transferred to the improved 

 Quinby hive. Forty-|ive stocks were in 

 medium condition; the remaining 13 stocks 

 made no surplus honey. This season 1 

 have 3,200 lbs. of comb honey, 100 lbs. of 

 extractecL 25 lbs. of wax, and 12 stocks in- 

 crease. I prefer the Italian bees to blacks. 

 1 have taken 150 Bbs. of comb honey from 

 some of my Italians, while the best blacks 

 made only 80 lbs. I took 90 lbs. of comb 

 honey from one Italian stock; tlien it 

 swarmed; the swarm tilled its hive, and I 

 took GO lbs. of comb honey from the two 

 stocks, making from one stock and increase 

 150 lbs. of comb honey. 



"it was through taking the Journal that 

 I received your advice to use small sections 

 for surplus honey, instead of boxes; by so 

 doing I received 3c. more per lb on 2,100 lbs, 

 making $03 in my favor — enough to pay for 

 the Journal for my lifetime, perhaps, as I 

 intend taking it that long, if 1 can get it. I 

 shipped 2,700 lbs. of comb honey to Messrs. 

 Thurber & Co., of New York. It is a good 

 house: I would advise those having honey 

 to sell, to ship to them. My honey crop 

 brought me $<)25, besides an increase of 12 

 stocks and 25 lbs. of wax. I ted 100 lbs. of 

 sugar last spring. All but 4 of my stocks 

 have enough honey to last tliein to the 

 beginning of next season. I keep them 



from swarming by cutting out the queen, 

 ceils. I bought some queens of T. N. Hol- 

 lett, this season— one was a drone-laying 

 and one a black queen— both sold as pure 

 Italians and tested. I would like to hear 

 from those who bought queens from liim, 

 this season, whether they were purely 

 mated, etc. Dr. Andrews, of this place, has 

 had some experience with him, but not of a, 

 satisfactory nature. The Fanciers' Jour- 

 nal has published him as a dishonorable 

 dealer with fowls; is he not the same with 

 bees?" G. C. Soden. 



Sandusky, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1877.—" Dear. 

 Editor: Thinking that you would like to 

 hear from this section, called ' Cold Catta- 

 raugus,' I send you a few lines. The sea- 

 son tor bees has been better than an aver- 

 age one. My Italian stocks commenced 

 swarming the last of May, which is nearly 

 a month earlier than usual, June 22d being 

 about the average date; and the season 

 closes with basswood, so what we do in the 

 bee line must be done quickly. The bee 

 business has not yet fully revived from the 

 low state in which it was left by that bee 

 disease which used up nine-tenths of all the 

 bees in this and adjoining counties. I com- 

 menced last spring with GO stocks— 50 Ital- 

 ians and 10 blacks — in fair condition; I in- 

 creased to 86 and took 2,200 lbs. of box and 

 300 lbs. of extracted honey. I used a sec- 

 tion-box weighing when glassed for market 

 2}4 lbs. My best Italian stock gave one 

 swarm on May 28th, and from the two I had 

 175 lbs. of box honey. The best Italian 

 stock that I kept from increasing gave me 

 1.50 lbs. of box honey. From the two best 

 black stocks, not increased, 190. lbs. of box 

 honey. My Italians have done best in all 

 respects, and are in better condition for 

 wintering." A. A. Baldwin. 



Grimes Co., Tex., Sept. 9, 1877.— " Our 

 honey in July was good, though dark; our 

 August honey is hot, or rather smarts tiie 

 throat after eating it awhile; it is gathered 

 from the wilk-weed, or, as the poet calls it, 

 'the summer snow.' It covers the prairies,, 

 and when in full bloom, at a distance, re- 

 sembles snow. It grows from 2 to G ft. 

 high, according to the quality of land; half 

 its height is one straight stalk; it then 

 spreads its branches in every direction; it 

 flourislies best in dry weather. If it could 

 be utilized, it would be a valuable honey 

 plant with us. Since the fall i-ains have set 

 in, other blooms are getting plentiful, and 

 they iiave stopped gathering honey from it. 

 They are now working on the morning 

 glory. 1 have on hand 2,000 lbs. of the hot 

 honey; what to do with it I do not know. 

 If there was a chemist convenient I would 

 have him lind out whether it could be 

 utilized or not. I send you some to experi- 

 ment with." Ira M. Camp. 



[ The honey can was received, but not a 

 drop of honey did it contain. We had to 

 pay 71 cents extra postage on it, and were 

 much disappointed on finding the can 

 empty. Its being encased in wood made it 

 heavy enough not to cause us to suspect its 

 being emi)ty. We do not know what is the 

 best disposition to make of your hot honey. 

 Will some one having experience with such^ 

 give some liglit on the subject?— Ed.] 



