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Colonies Strong: in Hees. 



Bees have wintered well here lioth iu- 

 doors and out. The colonies are the strong- 

 est I have ever seen them Drones were 

 flying on May 1, and bees commenced to 

 swarm on May 20. It is a month, or more, 

 earlier than usual. J. M. C.^KiiiTT. 



Ute. Iowa, June 38, 1890. 



Tery l>ittle Honey Ciatliered. 



My bees are doing nothing as yet. I 

 have some colonies not as good now as 

 when I took them out of the cellar. We 

 have had about a week of nice, warm, dry 

 weather, and white clover is in full bloom, 

 but very little honey is gathered. Most of 

 mj' fellow bee keepers are in the same fix, 

 so far as I have talked with them. This is 

 the foui-th season that has been almost a 

 failure. David H. WuHiHT. 



Madison, Wis., June 30, 1890. 



I^arge Crop— AltallU Clover. 



The honej' crop here will be large. Since 

 the introduction of alfalfa clover here, bees 

 do well. I fear the market will be over- 

 stocked. This dry climate is good for fine 

 white comb honey. H. E. Enoi.ish. 



Greelev, Colo. 



white clover, from which the honey-bees no 

 doubt would gather great stores of honey. 

 Now, what shall we name this new variety 

 of clover * Can you give it a suitable 

 name '. Since writing my letter on page 

 333, it has been very cold and windy here, 

 but at present it has changed for the better. 

 White clover is in full bloom, and the bees 

 are working with full force. Geo Fket. 

 Geneseo, Ills., June 3, 1890. 



[Alsike clover (TrifoUum rcpens) is a 

 hybrid between the red and white clovers, 

 possessing qualities common to both, and 

 the flowers are a distinct light pink. May 

 not the flowers you sent be Alsike clover ! 

 They appear much like it, though wilted 

 and dried. This letter would have appeared 

 several weeks ago, but was mislaid during 

 the rush of June. — Ed.1 



No Honey from Wliile Clover. 



The honey crop will be a failure here. 

 White clover furnished no honey, and if the 

 fall flowers do no better, bees will not get 

 enough to winter on. The cause is too 

 much rain. L. HioHis.^iuiER. 



Leaf River, Ills., July 1, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



Keepinsf Bee!< tor Protit. 



I handle bees for recreation and the 

 profit I derive from them. I obtained 

 1,500 pounds from 11 colonies last year. 

 I have at present 20 colonies in excellent 

 condition. They are now storing honey 

 very rapidlj' from basswood. It is very 

 plentiful in my neighborhood. It, white 

 clover and the fall asters are my staple 

 honey-plants. Golden-rod yields honey 

 here. R. B. Schofield, M. D. 



Newark, Mo., June 24, 1890. 



I^arsre Honey <^ro|» Kxpectcd. 



I shall look for the largest crop of white 

 clover honey that I ever obtained, if the 

 weather continues favorable, as my bees 

 have begun storing in the sections, and 

 there has not been so much clover bloom 

 here for five or six years as there is now : 

 but my bees are a little behind in breeding 

 up, owing to the e.'icessive cold rains be- 

 tween fruit-bloom and the beginning of the 

 clover bloom. A. Woktiun. 



Seafield, Ind., June 16, 1890. 



Colonies Weak and Starving;. 



Bees in this part of the world are very 

 weak. We have had a very wet and cold 

 spring, and until within the last few days 

 bees have been starving, or about so. I 

 have been feeding for a long time. I have 

 about 2-10 colonies, and am in hopes of 

 getting some honey after a while. 



W. J. PicK.vur). 



Richland Center, Wis., July 1, 1890. 



■tees liaveCbeen Nearly Starvinsf. 



Bees are doing well now in this vicinity 

 but they have been on the border land of 

 starvation — brood-rearing, from lack of 

 stimulative feeding, had ceased. The cold, 

 wet weather is what gave us, who did not 

 keep the queen busy, the set-back. There 

 is but little swarming yet. 



George Simti.er. 



Mosiertown, Pa., June 39, 1890. 



Kees Doings: Splendidly. 



I am a beginner in the bee-business. I 

 started with 13 colonies the past spi-ing, 

 and have 31 now; they are doing splen- 

 didly. I have seen the Amehkan Bee 

 Journal, and the first dollars' worth of 

 honey I have sold goes to pay for it for a 

 year, for I need it badly. 



S. A. Davenport. 



Roseville, Ills., July 1, 1890. 



Hybrid Clover. 



Fkiend Newman : — Enclosed you will 

 find some clover, which I plucked along the 

 roadside to-day. As you will see (if not 

 too badly wilted) it is a cross between the 

 red and white clover ; the stalk growing 

 and stooling about as rank as the red 

 clover, while the blossom, which has a red 

 tinge, resembles the white clover. This 

 must have been crossed by the bees, while 

 gathering honey and pollen during the 

 previous year from the red and white 

 clover. If such clover seed could be gotten, 

 I think that it would be the coming clover 

 for beemen, if not for stock-feeders, as it 

 produces about as much fodder as the red 

 clover, and at the same time producing a 

 smaller blossom, resembling that of the 



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NEW YORK, June .5.— There is no comb 

 honey on the market, but a small stock of 

 basswood extracted and Calilornia; uew South- 

 ern extracted is arri\ing. but the quality is 

 mostly inferior. We quote: Extracted bass- 

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CHICAGO, June 4.— Demand continues good 

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 ceipts are being taken as fast as they arrive. 

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KANSAS CITY, June 19.~We received to- 

 day the first shipment of new comb honey 

 from Independence, Mo.— nice white 1-pound 

 sections, put up in handsome white crates 

 holding 12 sections each. It sells at 15@16c 



Ser pound. Extracted, white, 5(56c; dark, 5c. 

 ;eeswax, 25c. 



CLEMONS, CLOON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CHICAGO. June 3.— Demand is now very 

 light for comb honey, and will be for the 

 ensuing two months. There is not much on 

 the market, and very little of it is in desirable 

 shape for the retail ti arte, being in supers and 

 just as removed from the hive. Best brings 

 13@14c, and off-grades about 10c. Extracted, 

 6@8e. Beeswax, yellow, 27@28c. 



E. A. BDENETT, 161 S. Water St. 



MILWAUKEE, June 2. — The market lor 

 honey is in a fair condition. The old stock is 

 getting out of sight, and values are sustained 

 on choice qualities. We quote: Choice white 

 1-lb. sections. 13@14c; medium 1-lbs., ll@12c; 

 dark 1-lbs., 9@10c; 2-lbs., normal. Extracted, 

 in barrels and half barrels, white, 7®8c; dark, 

 6®6!4c. Beeswax. 26@30c. 



A. V. BISHOP. 142 W. Water St. 



DETEOIT, June 3.— Best white comb honey, 

 13@14c; other grades, 10@13c. Extracted, 

 slow demand at 7@8c. Beeswax, 27@28c. 



M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Mich. 



KANSAS CITY, June 13.— Market cleaned 

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 of comb arriving. We quote: White 1-lbs., 

 15c; dark, ll®12c; white2-lbs., 12®13c; dark, 

 10@llc. Extracted, white. 6@7c; dark, 5c. 

 HAMBLIN & BEAESS, 514 Walnut St. 



BOSTON, June 19.— Fancy 1-lbs.. 16c; 2-lbs., 

 15c. Extracted, 8@9c. Honey sales are very 

 slow. We have recently received a shipment 

 from Michigan, of very flue stock, which is an 

 ample supply for us for the summer. 



BLAKE & EIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI, June 10.— Demand for comb 

 honey is slow, and prices nominal. There is 

 but little on the market. Extracted honev is 

 in good demand at 5@8c. according to quality. 

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