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There will be no surplus honey from 

 this section. W. W. Burnet. 



Lagonda, O.. Aug. 3, 1880. 



I have extracted 4.000 lbs. of white 

 clover honey from 70 colonies — an aver- 

 age of 57 lbs. per colony— and am well 

 satisfied with the crop. 



P. T. Griffith. 



Danbv, Vt,. Aug. 4, 1880. 



We have had 3 unfavorable seasons 

 for honey here, in succession. I have 

 not witnessed the like in 28 years. I 

 have a small yield from linden, but it is 

 not vet sealed. It is of nice quality. 

 J. M. Ryan. 



Bloomfield, Ala.. July 26, 1880. 



I have now 60 colonies. The white 

 clover yield of honey was good, but 

 short. I have extracted about 500 lbs. 

 of white clover honey, and have about 

 100 lbs. of comb honey. I expect the 

 fall crop of dark honey will be Y A more, 

 making about 900 lbs. in all from 60 col- 

 onies, thus averaging 15 lbs. from each, 

 besides the increase. O. L. Sawyer. 



Gardner, Me., Aug. 4, 1880. 



I had SO colonies last fall ; have now 

 130. No honey till June 20. White clo- 

 ver was a failure, but basswood was 

 good. We have not had any fall honey 

 for 2 years, and 1 do not know that we 

 shall this year. I have extracted 250 

 lbs., and have about the same amount of 

 comb honey; all white. There is prob- 

 ably as much more on the hives. If Mr. 

 Doolittle's advice in the July number 

 had been given in May. it would have 

 been worth $25 to me. I hope to be ben- 

 efitted by it next year, if I continue to 

 live. My best wishes for the Journal. 

 Tnos. Tracy. 



Nashua. Iowa. Aug. 4, 1880. 



"What shall the harvest be ?" is a 

 question the answer to which I contem- 

 plate with much interest, as to me it is 

 of much importance indeed, and in- 

 volves a point of life or death, either in 

 feeding my bees at a heavy outlay of 

 expense, in order to preserve their lives, 

 or let them die of starvation, or the 

 more humane one of brimstone. From 

 my 50 colonies in the spring I have had 

 2 swarms, and not one ounce of honey, 

 and in the whole apiary I do not think 

 there is to-day 150 lbs. of honey— say, 3 

 lbs. to the colony ; but every hive is full 

 and running over with bees. I do not 

 see anv prospect for a fall crop, sutti- 

 cient to winter on, much less for a sur- 

 plus. F. W. Chapman. 



Morrison, 111.. Aug. 5. 1880. 



I commenced the season with 9 colo- 

 nies; increased to 30: have extracted 



75 lbs., and now have taken off -loo lbs. 

 of comb honey. We generally have a 

 large crop of fall honey. 



L, D. Ormsby. 

 Pierpont, O., Aug. 3, 1880. 



In this immediate locality honey will 

 not average more than H a crop. While 

 some may do better than that, a great 

 many who have sometimes had good 

 crops, will get but a very small amount 

 in shape for market. G. W. Stanley. 



Wyoming, N". Y., Aug. 3, 1880. 



I report for Cass county, myself in- 

 cluded, and think Southern Michigan is 

 about the same : Early crop, }i\ pros- 

 pects for fall crop hardly average. Du- 

 ring clover bloom too wet and cold. 

 Only one class ot our basswood trees 

 blossomed, thus making the bloom of 

 only 9 days' duration. We hope to make 

 something over half a crop for the whole 

 season. James Heddon. 



Dowagiac, Mich., Aug. 4, 1880. 



So far we have only about a quarter of 

 a crop of surplus honey, and }4 of a sup- 

 ply for winter stores. A drouth cut off 

 our summer harvest, and now another 

 one has cut off all reasonable hope of a 

 fall harvest. D.J. W. 



Warren Co., Pa., Aug. 3, 1880. 



I have just looked over my colonies, 

 and find my strongest have not over 5 

 lbs. of honey ; the weakest not 1 pound. 

 I have no surplus. The white clover 

 (our main dependence) was all winter- 

 killed. I shall either have to feed or 

 kill, this fall. I have not seen such a 

 failure in 15 years. In Kane county 

 alone 1,000 colonies are in about the 

 same condition. Geo. Thompson. 



Geneva, 111., Aug. 5, 1880. 



My honey crop for 1SS0 will foot up 

 about 2,700 lbs., of which 2,000 lbs. is 

 comb, and 700 extracted, nearly all light 

 honey. From fall flowers we expect 

 nothing buta help to wintering— no sur- 

 plus. I have 58 colonies. 



('has. S. Hurt. 



Bucksville, O., Aug. 6, 1880. 



The honey season so far has been an 

 entire failure. I have not obtained any 

 surplus, and but 3 natural swarms from 

 115 colonies. My bees wintered with- 

 out loss, and were in splendid condition 

 for the honey harvest. 1 use A. I. 

 Boot's chaff hive. A. F. Stauffer. 



Sterling, 111.. Aug. 6, 1880. 



