nice laying queens. I have taken 1,500 

 lbs. of linden honey ; no surplus before 

 the linden blossomed,which commenced 

 about the 23d, and by the 25th they were 

 gathering rapidly. Bees are doing well 

 now, but using all the surplus in brood-, 

 rearing. M. Bailey. 



Winterset, Iowa, Aug. 2, 1880. 



My bees have done poorer than I ever 



knew them to do before ; swarming out 



of their hives, and gathering nothing, 



till, I might say, now they are starving. 



J. Campbell. 



Princeton, 111., Aug. 2, 1880. 



Out of 14 colonies I have only 24 lbs. 

 of comb honey, and no swarms worth 

 mentioning. The season in Eastern In- 

 diana and Western Ohio has been very 

 poor for bees and honey. Abe Hoke. 



Union City, Ind., July 28, 1880. 



I now have 450 colonies. I have shipped 

 l,2001bs. comb honey and 1,500 lbs. ex- 

 tracted to Mr. Muth. We have had too 

 much rain and cool weather, but as our 

 great honey flow is from August 15 to 

 October 5, 1 hope yet to obtain much 

 more honey. I have not succeeded with 

 the tin separa-tors in the sections. 



O. M. Blanton. 

 Greenville, Miss., July 26, 1880. 



Honey crop of 1879 : In sections, 2,700 

 lbs.; extracted, 2,400 lbs.; total, 5,100 

 lbs., from 45 colonies; 100 percent, in- 

 crease. Crop of 18S0 : extracted, 2,000 

 lbs.; comb, 100 lbs., from 90 colonies, 

 and 60 per cent, increase. Surplus from 

 raspberry, clover and basswood. There 

 is no fall flow in this section. 



J. B. Hall. 



Woodstock, Out., Aug. 3, 1880. 



Comb honey, white, 1,100 lbs. ; ex- 

 tracted, white, 400 lbs. ; no dark honey. 

 Xumber of colonies in the spring, 69 ; 

 number at present, 94. D. J. Peck. 



Harford, Pa., Aug. 3, 1880. 



Our honey crop in this section will 

 probably average about 5 lbs. per hive so 

 far ; but the prospect is good for fall 

 honey. J. V. Caldw t ell. 



Cambridge, 111., Aug. 2, 1880. 



My yield of honey for this season is 

 1,200 lbs., all in the comb, and nearly all 

 from basswood. The prospect for a fall 

 crop is fair. I expect 400 lbs. more. I 

 have 78 colonies in good condition. The 

 vield is >£ an average here. 



Saml. Stevenson. M. D. 



Morenci, Mich., Aug. 3, 1880. 



The prospect for my honey crop is at 

 present not very hopeful. I have about 

 100 lbs. of very nice honey in sections, 

 and about 5 gallons of extracted. I had 

 42 colonies in the spring, and have had 

 22 swarms. The weather has been too 

 hot and dry here. I do not expect over 

 half a crop. E. E. Hardin. 



Scotia, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1880. 



My 30 colonies in the spring have in- 

 creased to 58 ; white comb, in prize 

 boxes, 750 lbs.; white extracted, 1,300 

 lbs. Should the fall be favorable, as it 

 now promises, I shall have some 1,000 or 

 1,200 lbs. more of dark honey. 



W. C. Eanney. 



Elbridge, 1ST. Y., Aug. 3, 1880. 



My crop of white honey this season is 

 only about % °f what it ought to have 

 been. I have but 900 lbs. from 40 colo- 

 nies in the spring. All box honey, and 

 very good; no extracted honey. I know 

 not what the fall crop may be. 



A. L. Edwards. 



Skaneateles, 5T. Y., Aug. 3, 1880. 



The honey crop here is an entire fail- 

 ure thus far this season. The same I 

 believe is true of the whole surrounding 

 country, as I have heard from apiaries 

 for several miles in each direction, while 

 further north and east, in some loca- 

 tions, they seem to have done better ; 

 though I believe all bee-keepers are 

 unanimously of the opinion that white 

 clover failed to secrete honey. If the 

 hives do not fill up on buckwheat, w r e 

 shall have to feed or kill. 



J. P. Moore. 



Bingham ton, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1880. 



Last spring I had 20 colonies, which 

 increased to 30 by natural swarming. I 

 have obtained 70 lbs. of light honey in 

 the comb. Will report the fall crop 

 hereafter. G. W. Thomas. 



Easton, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1880. 



The honey crop here is a failure this 

 year. One bee-keeper reports about 100 

 lbs. from 30 colonies ; that is the most I 

 have heard of. There was no basswood 

 of any account. I have here 11 colo- 

 nies, "and had but 10 sections (5x6x2) 

 nicely tilled. Our apiary, located at 

 Lodi, N". Y., between Seneca and Cayu- 

 ga lakes, contains 100 colonies. We 

 have obtained 9 brls. of extracted, and 

 a lot of box honey, I do not know just 

 how much. One colony gave 100 lbs. of 

 extracted linden honey in one week. 

 Best wishes for the success of the Bee. 

 Journal. S. S. Bristol. 



Galesburg, Mich., Aug. 4, 1880. 



