Dyersburg, Tenn., Jan. 12 : 1880. 

 J have about 40 colonies, which pro- 

 duced last season about 1,200 lbs. of 

 honey. The honey harvest was very 

 poor, and my locality is not a good one 

 tor bees ; we have ho basswood, and 

 but little white clover. I have not yet 

 raised any honey plants. I winter on 

 the summer stands and but seldom lose 

 any bees in winter. My bees are all 

 blacks, though I intend to get some 

 Italians. I have been keeping bees 

 about 15 years, and use the Kelsey hive. 

 Can you tell me where I can get parlor 

 pictures that show something of bees V 

 What can I do with my honey to make 

 it candy V I want it to granulate. At 

 sunrise this morning the thermometer 

 stood at 65° ; it has been rising for 10 

 days. My bees are gathering pollen 

 from the soft maples and cypress vines. 

 J. H. Christie. 



[Some of the Italian chromos of bees, 

 much magnified, would look well 

 framed. They are $5.50 per set. We 

 know of no way to make honey granu- 

 late; cold weather will usually cause 

 northern honey to granulate. — Ed.] 



Crown City, O., Dec. 24, 1879. 

 My bees had a good " fly " yesterday. 

 All appeared to be doing finely. I have 

 80 colonies in an out building with straw 

 around them and I shall keep them con- 

 fined till pollen appears. 



C. S. Newsom. 



Granville, C, Jan. 8, 1880. 

 My bees are all wintering well, thus 

 far. They were out for exercise on the 

 7th inst., and got back with very little 

 loss. All your old subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal renew cheerfully, and 

 are anxious to get the Journal. One 

 person saying he would take it if he 

 never expected to see a honey bee. My 

 best wishes for your continued success ; 

 and a large subscription list. 



W. H. Sedgwick. 



Sharon, Vt., Jan. (5, 1880. 

 With 30 colonies last spring, I obtained 

 1,200 lbs. of combhoneyand loswarnis. 

 I use the prize sections and the Lang- 

 stroth hive. I sold 13 colonies. I put 

 my bees into the cellar, Nov. 1, having 

 a plenty of bees and honey. My profits 

 last year were over $200," after paying' 

 all expenses. That is doing well ; but I 

 can do better when I learn more about 

 how to take care of them. I like the 

 Bee Journal very much, and would 

 not like to keep bees without it. 



Clarence A. Marsh. 



Plymouth, Wis., Jan. 6. 1880. 

 My bees had a good flight on the 4th 

 inst., all being healthy yet. The snow is 

 gone, and we are having considerable 

 rain. The bees are having another jolli- 

 fication to-day. J. jST. McColm. 



Otsego, Mich., Jan. 3, 1880. 

 My bees had a fine fly yesterday. 

 Bingham's apiary is now safe from 

 reasonable fear of dysentery or spring 

 dwindling for this season. 



T. F. Bingham. 



Parkman, Maine, Dec. 29, 1879. 

 I have 18 colonies in the cellar and 7 

 on the summer stands. I have a large 

 tenement hive with shingled roof, con- 

 taining 4 colonies. After the severe 

 cold weather when the thermometer 

 went down to 30° below zero, I examined 

 them, and found them dry, warm and 

 in good condition. I have no fears of 

 their wintering well. W. H. Green. 



Kenton, O., Jan. 3, 1880. 

 Our bees have had a fine fly to-day, 

 after being confined for one nionth, on 

 the summer stands. On examining 

 them we find all in good condition. All 

 have brood, and some have hatching 

 brood, which is uncommon for this time 

 of year. The past season has been a 

 poor one for honey, but bees in this 

 locality are in good condition to winter 

 as far as bees and honey are concerned. 

 Smith & Smith. 



Augusta, Maine, Jan. 5, 1880. 

 In some parts of this State bees have 

 done fairly, both as to swarms and sur- 

 plus honey, but, in my locality, it has 

 been too cold, wet and windy for the 

 bloom to give much surplus honey. 

 The white clover season lasted but a 

 short time, and the fall crop did not 

 amount to much; yet most of the colo- 

 nies have enough good honey for winter. 

 The honey being of excellent quality, 

 will, I think, cause bees to winter bet- 

 ter than they did a year ago. They 

 went into winter quarters with more 

 bees than a year ago ; this I think is 

 one good point both for winter and 

 spring. The losses of bees by the cold 

 winter of 1878 and spring of 1879 was 

 larger in this locality than for many 

 years before, and what bees were left at 

 the commencement of the honey sea- 

 son, had a good deal of building up to 

 do before swarming and working in sur- 

 plus boxes. The American Bee 

 Journal I regard as a bright star, 

 shining, not only in our own, but in 

 nearly all the countries of the world. 

 Isaac F. Plummer. 



