Rollersville, O., Sept. 4, 1878. 

 "I have been I'eading the Journal on the 

 purity of queens. It is sickening. Of 

 course such will be the result of those who 

 take ill the Dzierzon theorJ^ I know a man 

 who believes that the earth is flat and four- 

 square, and, like Joshua, that the sun rises 

 and sets. Ever man that has pure bees 

 knows timt hybrids are better workers, and 

 fight with tlie same enerj^ytiiat they work. 

 Is it sufficient evidence that a mule is pure 

 because it can do more work than a horse ? 

 Two and three years ayo I reared queens 

 from one that never failed to duplicate her- 

 self— no black tip nor leather-colored queens, 

 but the color of new gold. Last season I 

 reared from a queen that never failed to du- 

 plicate herself, and never produced one with 

 a black tip. I reared fifteen this spring from 

 a queen, and couldn't tell one from another. 

 The balance of tlie season I bred from any 

 one. Have 80 colonies. Add Baik. 



Manchester, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1878. 

 "The season here has not been very favor- 

 able for the production of honey. Tliere 

 was only about three weeks that bees did 

 well on white clover. After July 10th there 

 seemed to be no swoetness in the clover, 

 owing, 1 suppose, to the heavy rains that 

 prevailed; and from that time till buck- 

 wheat came in bidssom. bees did not gather 

 enough honey to keep them. Since the ad- 

 vent of buckwheat, they have done very 

 well. And now, since the basswood is gone, 

 there is plenty of forage in motherwort, 

 golden rod, smart-weed, &c., so that our 

 bees are getting in good shape for wintering. 

 We have not used the extractor since July 

 15th. but could do so now with some of our 

 heaviest colonies. This much I have learned 

 within the past year,: that where I sold a 

 man honey last year, I have sold him five 

 times the amount this. And I think that is 

 the way to solve the problem of disposing of 

 our surplus honey, by creating a home mar- 

 ket. A. E. BOTSFOKD, 



New Buffalo, Mich., Sept. 11, 1878. 

 "This has been a poor season. My bees 

 ate 3 times as much honey last March and 

 April as common, and had to be fed in May. 

 I did not extract any honey until the 16tli of 

 July. When I saw the basswood was a 

 failure, I extracted 800 lbs. and had to stop 

 on account of robbing. I thought I could 

 extract about 800 lbs. more, but the honey 

 did not come and the bees ate up a part of 

 their early stores. They have been gaining 

 some for the past week, from golden rod, 

 which is nearly in full bloom now. My bees 

 are at work in boxes, enough at present, to 

 hold 1,200 lbs. but as they are only just now 

 beginning to cap part of it over, 1 call it 800 

 lbs. in my report. It is too early to give a 

 report of the fall honey. It is possible to get 

 as much surplus lioney after the 10th of this 

 month as before, as the brood-chambers are 

 now prettj^ well filled with the golden rod 

 honey, which is the very best for wintering 

 bees on; and even for my eating it is better 

 than any clover honey I ever ate. Basswood 

 Is best and lighten ^^^y. i ■ 



R. S. Becktell. 



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