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1891 I had 7 fine colonies, and all Ital- 

 ians but one. I also took about 275 

 pounds of nice honey in sections from 

 them. On May 29 and June 1 of this 

 season I had swarms, Our spring has 

 been cold and wet ; but I fed my bees 

 plenty of syrup made from' granulated 

 sugar, and all are doing well. I am 

 quite an enthusiast in a small way, over 

 bees. They are certainly very interest- 

 ing, as well as useful, and furnish me 

 amusement as well as profit. I find the 

 Italians much less inclined to rob than 

 the blacks. Whenever any robbers are 

 sneaking about, trying to pry into for- 

 bidden sweets, nine out of ten of them 

 are black. The weather is warm and 

 pleasant to-day, and my bees appear to 

 be bringing in some honey as. well as 

 pollen. White clover is just beginning 

 to blossom. I am a constant reader of 

 the Bee Journal, as well as "Quinby's 

 New Bee-Keeping." 



John R. Pierson. 

 Sterling, Nebr., June 1, 1892. 



Bees are Doing Well. 



My time is mostly consumed in the 

 practice of medicine. I have a few bees 

 to look after. I had to feed all of them 

 in the forepart of the spring. White 

 clover is now coming into bloom, and the 

 bees are doing quite well. 



J. M. Hicks, M. D. 



Indianapolis, Ind., June 14, 1892. 



Extracting Commenced. 



Bees are busy working on white clo- 

 ver, of which there is an abundance. 

 They are now capping sections of honey, 

 and I commenced extracting to-day. 

 C. B. Jenks. 



Pawtucket, R. I., June 13, 1892. 



Excellent White Clover Honey-Flow. 



We are having an excellent white clo- 

 ver honey-flow, and if the weather con- 

 tinues as it is now, the flow will be very 

 great. Thos. Johnson. 



Coon Rapids, Iowa, June 15, 1892. 



The Globe Bee-Veil, which we offer 

 on the third page of this number of the 

 Bee Journal, is just the thing. You 

 can get it for sending us only three new 

 subscribers, with $3.00. 



Be Sure to read offer on page 821. 



Wavelets of News. 



Shipping or Hauling Bees. 



One very important point in shipping 

 bees is to load the hives so that the 

 combs will run the long way of the rail- 

 road car — parallel with the rails — but 

 crosswise of the wagon, when hauled. 

 The reason for this is that on the rail- 

 I'oad the only severe shocks come from 

 the end, while on a wagon the worst 

 bumping is from side to side. The last 

 is easily tested. While in the wagon, 

 hold an ordinary pail by the rail. It 

 can swing freely in one direction only. 

 If held so that it can move only length- 

 wise of the wagon, it will not swing 

 nearly as much as if it Is free to move 

 crosswise. On steep, rough hills, or 

 where it will often happen that both 

 front wheels strike an obstruction at the 

 same time, it might be best to reverse 

 this and have the combs run the long 

 way of the wagon. But, ordinarily, the 

 other way is better. Springs under a 

 wagon for hauling bees are a very good 

 investment. — J. A. Green, in Bee-Keep- 

 ers'' Review. 



The Lessons of Arbor Day. 



The influence of Arbor Day in pro- 

 moting interest in trees and flowers is a 

 happy influence which will not be lost 

 upon multitudes of pupils. Many of 

 them hereafter will trace their pleasure 

 in trees, and it is one of the purest of 

 pleasures, to this early training of their 

 taste and observation. The day affords 

 the teacher a golden opportunity of 

 pointing out the relation between the 

 landscape and literature, and they may 

 wisely discourse upon the reason that in 

 the ancient and most objective literature 

 there is the least allusion to what we 

 call Nature. 



Not the least valuable of the lessons 

 of the day is the tenderness of feeling 

 toward trees which it encourages. If 

 the children of to-day could once more 

 people the woods and hills with dryads 

 and oreads, they would less ruthlessly 

 mutilate the shrubs and saplings, and 

 look upon a shaved hill-side as on a 

 ravaged village. It is a beautiful holi- 

 day in the loveliest season, and we trust 

 its observance will become more and 

 more general. — Harper's Weekly. 



Xlie Spider probably thinks the 

 bee is wasting time when storing honey. 



