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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



North Leverett, Mass., Sept. 28. — Bees 

 have not clone much in this place this season, on j 

 account of the cold wet weather, until since the [ 

 1st of September. Since then tliey have clone i 

 well. There has been quite a honey dew, and 

 they have improved it nicely, and are going into 

 winter quarters in good condition. — G. W. E. 



"West Groton, K Y., Oct. 1.— Bees have 

 done poorly here this season. Not one-half of 

 the stocks swarmed ; and they have not all col- 

 lected honey enough for winter, and, if to be 

 wintered, will have to be fed. Beecuiture is 

 still in the background here, but I am in hopes 

 it will be advanced by the introduction of the 

 Italian bees and the movable comb hives.— D. 

 H. C. 



Carthage, Ind., Oct. 4— I had Ihirty-two 

 stands of bees that lived through the last winter, 

 and bought thirteen stands in the spring. I 

 have now one hundred and ten stands, and 

 1,300 pounds of surplus honey. The increase 

 in bees has been mainly by natural swarming. 

 I use the Laugstroth hive, 10^ inches deep, 18 

 inches long, and 14^ inches wide. My bees are 

 nearly all Italians. " I sowed six acres of buck- 

 wheat on wheat stubble, during the second and 

 tliu'd weeks in July. My bees worked freely oo 

 the red 'clover in the neighborhood, after the 

 harvest. My last swarm came out on the 18lh 

 of August ; and I had twelve swarms in the 

 previous ten days.— P. W. McFatridge. 



Burton, Ohio, Oct. 5. — Our bees have done 

 poorly here ; no surplus honey, and fafJier lit- 

 tle for winter stores. There have been only a 

 few swarms in these parts. We had a Bee 

 Convention at the State Fair at Toledo, with 

 good results in feelings, and adjourned to Jan- 

 uarj' next. I will see that the notice is sent to 

 you in time for the Bee Journal, as we give a 

 general invitation to beekeepers in all the 

 States, and expect a general turn out.— J. T. 

 Meruiman. 



Decatur, Ills., Oct. 5. — I embarked in the 

 bee business about three years ago. The sum- 

 mer of 1868 proved very disastrous to the bee- 

 keepers here, on account of the " bee malady." 

 Out of fifty-six stocks I saved only four. Most 

 of my neighbors lost nearly all they had; Avbile 

 some living six or eight miles from here, lost 

 only about as many as in other years. But 

 nowhere in this section of country clid bees do 

 well that year. This has l.'een a remarkably 

 good year for bees — none better has ever been- 

 known here, both for increase and surplus hon- 

 ey. Some of us have picked up courage, and 

 are trying again. While the Northwestern Bee- 

 keepers were in session here, we had some in- 

 teresting discussion?, aod we hope it will give 

 a new impetus to the business here. We en- 

 dorsed the Bee Journal, and secured you some 

 new subfciibers. May the day hasten when it 

 shall be published semi-monthly. — J. B. R. S. 



Somerset, Ohio, Oct. 7.— My bees have done 

 well this season. I had eight stocks to com- 

 mence with. I now have twenty-one. I got 

 1,100 pounds of surplus honey. My best hive 

 gave me 250| pounds of honey and one swarm ; 



and that swarm gave 106 lbs. 9 ozs.— entire 

 product of hive, 356 lbs. 13 ozs. surplus honey 

 and one swarm of bees. The old stock and the 

 young swarm are both in good condition for 

 wintering. I had a good supply of old combs 

 and use a honey machine. — L. Edwards. 



Excelsior, Minn., Oct. 5. — My bees have 

 done indifferently well this season ; but I have 

 had strange luck in my attempts to Italianize ; 

 having lost $45 worth of ciueens, without Ital- 

 ianizing a single hive — a couple of cross hybrid 

 stocks being the only trace they have left behind 

 them. 



I find the Journal as valuable as ever, and 

 rely almost entirely upon it now for instruction 

 in apiculture. I feel as though I could hardly 

 get along without it. 



Flat hives— eight inch frames— have failed 

 with me, on the score of breeding. We require 

 higher frames for this high latitude. They 

 should be at least twelve inches deep. — J. W . 

 Murray. 



Jefferson, Wis., Oct. 5. — I have all the 

 stocks of my home apiary at home again now. 

 They have gained much more than I expected 

 they would." The whole gain of two hundred 

 and seventy-one colonies was twenty-seven hun- 

 dred and eighty (2780) pounds — a very good 

 reward for four weeks' labor for two men. As 

 matters look now, I can winter six hundred and 

 fifty (650) colonies, without feeding. I will 

 not undertake to winter more than twenty -five 

 colonies that need feeding. — A. Grimm. 



Newton, Iowa, Oct. 8. — Bees have done 

 nobly since the middle of August, filling their 

 hives, storing much surplus honey, and swarm- 

 ing until September 5th. I unexpectedly had 

 a natural swarm on the 1st of September, and 

 with a little assistance they are ready for winter 

 quarters. — C. J. Housel. 



Worthington, Pa., Oct. 13. — I am much 

 pleased with the Bee Journal, and have al- 

 ready derived more benefit from it than its cost. 

 — J. W. B. 



Lettsville, Iowa, Oct. 14. — We bought a 

 stand of bees last fall for $3.25. It and the in- 

 crease are worth $35.00, plus 72 lbs. of honey, 

 at 25 cents, $18.00 ; making $53.00 of $3.25, or 

 1537 per cent.— D. D. P. 



Are Bees Profitable ? — This question, so 

 often asked, is answered satisfactorily, we 

 think, by the fact that Dr. John Dillard, of this 

 county, obtained from his stock of Italian 

 bees, as the result of the season's work, three 

 thousand (3,000) pounds of excellent marketa- 

 ble honey, and also eighty new and healthy 

 stands of bees. This is an attractive showing, 

 nnd will induce many of our readers to think 

 more favorably of this branch of domestic in- 

 dustry. — Louisville (K. Y.) Farmers' Journal^ 

 September 30, 1869. 



Never blow your breath on your bees. They 

 will sting 3'ou directly if you clo. — Butler. 



