1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



303 



Editor Am. Bee Keeper. — Dear 

 Sir : There have been two light frosts 

 in this locality, but not sufficient to 

 kill the bean vines. Bees gather a 

 little nectar and pollen from asters in 

 the river bottom. During the fore 

 part of the season the bees barely 

 made a living owing to the frosts and 

 drought. During July the rains came 

 and vegetation revived, and the fall 

 flow of honey has been good in this 

 locality. Some swarms issued from 

 the middle of August until the mid- 

 dle of September. A few large col- 

 onies that did not swarm have filled a 

 case of sections ; and all colonies, 

 with the exception of a few late 

 swarms, have plenty of stores. 



My partner in the sweets and stings 

 came into the house a few days ago 

 saying, ' ' Look here, see what I have 

 in my hand," at the same time ex- 

 hibiting dead brood. ' ' That last 

 swarm that we had is; starving." 1 

 immediately filled a feeder and gave 

 it to them, and since then no more 

 brood has been carried out. 



Although there has been a failure 

 of the honey crop for the past five 

 years, we may conclude with the wise 

 men, that what has been, will be 

 again ; and it is wisdom to take cure 

 of our property in the wa}' of bees 

 and hives. These years have not 

 been entire failures in most localities, 

 for tho boes were able to support 

 themselves. The rain has come, and 



we anticipate another cycle of honej^ 

 bearing flora. 



The past six 3-ears our peach trees 

 have borne fruit ; the six previous 

 years they did not bloom. A friend 

 said, " How did you come to have 

 peaches?" I replied, "we trusted 

 in God, and planted the seed." So 

 those who trust in God, and take care 

 of their bees will reap their reward. 



Yours truly, Mrs. L. Harrison. 



821 Hurlburt St., Peoria, 111. 



Oct. 7, 1895. 



Editor Am. Bee Keeper. — Dear 

 Friend : Your valuable journal has 

 been a constant and regular visitor to 

 my sad and bereaved home. Ever 

 sence the death of my daughter, (a 

 methodist missionar}^) who came 

 home a year ago last June pronounc- 

 ed incurable with consumption, 1 have 

 not been well myself, and never will 

 be ; and you may have often wonder- 

 er why I have kept so silent, but my 

 health has been very poorly this sea- 

 son that 1 have not been able to do 

 justice to my bees, and all of my cor- 

 respondence has suffered. But to- 

 day while I was reading from my 

 German Bee Journal, published at 

 Leipsic, Germany, the account of 

 their 40th [VanderversammhuKj of the 

 bee-keepers, which convened at Castel 

 (Schloss Draclienfels,) the residence 

 of the King of Saxony, and of the 

 great honor bestowed upon them by 

 botli citizens and the Royal Family, 

 my heart was lifted up. 



King Albert and Princess Mathilde 

 visited their annual convention in 

 person, and expressed their surprise 

 and great satisfaction when thcj' lis- 

 tened to the reports that the German 



