got nothing from apple and cherry blos- 

 soms, on account of wet and cold, and only 

 enough from the raspberries to live on. — 

 Hope from now on it will prove a good 

 season." H. H. Brown. 



Wethersfield, Conn., July 12, 1878. 

 " The imported queen you sent me has ar- 

 rived. I introduced her and she commenced 

 laying immediately. I am much pleased 

 with her, she being large, active and hand- 

 some. Apparently slie is A No. 1. Bees 

 have been doing first rate for the past 14 

 days, working early and late. Since warm 

 weather commenced (June 27th), it warmed 

 them up and they have been working with 

 full force. The indications are now very 

 encouraging for a good yield of honey this 

 season." F. I. Sage. 



Smith's Grove, Ky., July 8, 1878. 

 "We depend mostly on natural pasturage 

 for our bees, but have growing now about 

 one acre of melilot clover and a small patch 

 of borage, and the bees are reveling in 

 clover by thousands. It grows from 4 to 7 

 feet high, and has millions of small, white 

 blossoms, rich with honey. It is biennial, 

 not blooming the first season, and dies after 

 it blooms the second season. It has no 

 value except for honey. It blooms from the 

 middle of June to the middle of July.— 

 Borage blooms from July till frost. We 

 raise turnips for early bloom for our bees, 

 from which they gather honey and pollen, 

 and sometimes sow buckwheat for late 

 pasturage ; but our crop of honey is gathered 

 principally from the poplar ami linn trees 

 and from white clover." 



N. P. Allex & Son. 



Columbus, Kansas, July 3, 1878. 

 " Please name enclosed plant. Bees work 

 on it from morning until nignt. It appears 

 to grow wild on the prairie, and affords a 

 good deal of honey, but of poor quality." 



H. SCOVELL. 



[This is the mountain mint, or Pycjian- 

 theraum. lanceolatuni. Another name for 

 plants of this genus is basil. As will be 

 seen, this is a mint, which leads me to say 

 that our beds of motherwort and catnip are 

 now in full bloom, and the fiowers, especially 

 of the former, seem to lose none of their 

 attraction for the bees, even though the rains 

 are frequent. The same is also true of the 

 mustards, which are now crowded with bees. 

 Brotlier Fisk Bangs has sown several acres 

 of mustard, which will come into bloom 

 about July 20th, so that he may test the 

 quality of the honey, as also the policy of 

 sowing this as a special plant. Our sweet 

 clover and mignonette are now fragrant and 

 noisy with bees. A. J. Cook.] 



Waterloo, Pa., July 15, 1878. 



The imported queen you sent me came to 



hand on the 8tli inst., and is doing well. 



Bees in this locality are doing well— have 



storetl moi"e honey within the past 3 weeks 



than I ever knew them to do in the same 

 time before. White clover never was better, 

 and perhaps never continued so long. I am 

 rearing queens more extensively, and with 

 greater care than ever before. I have the 

 choicest of drones and superfine breeding 

 mothers. I would not and could not do 

 without the Bee Journal for three times 

 its price. J. E. Kearns. 



Arkansaw, Wis., July 14, 1878. 

 Dear Editor:— We have at present 103 

 colonies of bees in 4 different styles of 

 frame hives, all doing well. Bees wintered 

 well in this locality, coming out sti'ong, but 

 are not swarming any yet. Two apiaries 

 close by us, of 23 colonies each, have not 

 had a single swarm yet. What is the cause? 

 Have made but little honey as yet, but seem 

 to be doing well. We purchased 26 colonies 

 of bees this spring in different styles of 

 hives; had a swarm from each which are 

 doing well; have just finished transferring. 

 I had them in six different styles of hives 

 but prefer the Langstroth. I intend to use 

 such altogether next year. I found the 

 comb foundation a pi'esent help in time of 

 need; I used 25 lbs. with good success. 

 This is my experience with the foundation. 

 I have doubled my stock by its use, while 

 my neighbors in the bee business have just 

 as many colonies as they had when working 

 season commenced, and no more, and in no 

 better shape than ours are now. We are 

 young and have a good deal to learn yet in 

 bee culture, but thanks to your valuable 

 Bee Journal, we are none behind our 

 bee-keeping friends here in this section. I 

 think by the aid of your Journal, I shall 

 understand the little busy workers pretty 

 well by the time this season is over." 



Jones & Stillman. 



Callaway Co., Mo., July 18, 1878. 

 " Our bees are in most excellent condi- 

 tion—strong in numbers and rich in stores. 

 The early spring, and the abundant fruit 

 bloom stimulated the rearing of an unusu- 

 ally large amount of brood, but the chilly 

 weather in April and May caused them to 

 draw on their old stores till many had to be 

 fed, to prevent starvation. June brought 

 the white clover with its abundance, and 

 about June 20 the aphides made tiieir ap- 

 pearance on the hickory leaves, since which 

 we have had a copious ' honey-dew.' The 

 insect is yet abundant, and doubtless the 

 'dew' will remain some time yet." 



Geo. Hamilton, M. D. 



Holyoke, Mass., July 18, 1878. 

 Friend Newman :— " My bees dwindled 

 in the spring, but they have rallied their 

 forces and are now doing well. Others 

 report favorable. The Journal comes 

 regularly, and I hail it with joy. It is the 

 best and greatest light we have on bee cul- 

 ture, bringing ideas, not only from the 

 editor, but from all the other experienced 

 bee men of the land. I send you herewith 

 a small specimen from a tree that grows in 

 this valley ; it is tiie only one that I know 

 of in this region. It was brought here and 

 set out by a rich gentleman, some 25 or 30 

 years ago, and is now a foot through at the 

 butt, over 30 fee* high, and of beautiful form. 



