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From 12 colonies in the spring (6 be- 

 ing weak) I have 105 lbs. of clover and 

 basswood honey. If the weather is 

 favorable I expect 200 lbs. more of fall 

 honey. 1 have increased to IS. Some 

 of my neighbors who have 20 to 50 colo- 

 nies have neither increase nor honey. 

 We raise all comb honey here. 



E. H. Norton. 



Marengo, Iowa, Aug. 15, 1880. 



My bees are in fine condition, but 

 there is no honey to gather ; I hope they 

 will get enough to winter on ; I do not 

 think there will be 500 lbs. of surplus in 

 Warren Co., this year. 



F. J. Satirist. 



Kirkwood, 111.. Aug. 19, 1880. 



I had 81 colonies in the spring ; I have 

 increased to 149, in good condition ; I 

 have now 2,220 lbs. of honey (50 lbs. of 

 it is extracted), and expect enough 

 more to make 4,000 lbs. in all ; clover 

 was winter-killed and basswood 

 blighted, yielding honey but 3 or 4 days. 

 J. F. Spaulding. 



Charles City, Iowa, Aug. 23, 1880. 



Bees are doing well here this month 

 — the first time this season that they 

 have done so. D. S. Given. 



Hoopeston, 111., Aug. 21, 1880. 



From 40 colonies I have only 3 swarms 

 and 35 lbs. of extracted honey. It has 

 been too dry and hot to expect much 

 from fall flowers. I shall be satisfied to 

 -call it a }i crop. H.J. Ward. 



Farmington, 111., Aug. 17, 1880. 



We have just honey enough to keep 

 the hives full of bees all the season. 

 From 107 colonies I had 30 swarms, but 

 returned all after-swarms and many first 

 swarms ; I have extracted 300 lbs. of 

 honey ; from goldenrod I expect a good 

 yield. Nearly all this honey 1 obtained 

 from Italians — this season has proved 

 their superiority over the blacks. 



J. W. ECKMAN. 



Richmond, Texas, Aug. 12, 1880. 



I have increased from 12 to 20 colonies; 

 I shall have but little surplus; bass- 

 wood yielded well for about 2 weeks. 

 Peter Billing. 



Pawnee City, Neb., Aug. 23, 1880. 



This is the poorest season I have 

 known for 13 years ; there is no surplus 

 in Carroll county ; other portions of the 

 State are in the same condition; my 

 bees are breeding well, and will doubt- 

 less obtain enough for winter. 



F. A. Snell. 



Milledgeville, 111., Aug. 23, 1880. 



I had 54 colonies in the spring, some 

 weak ; increased to 130, and have ob- 

 tained about % of an average crop, or 

 about 120 lbs. to the colony in the 

 spring ; there is no comb honey here to 

 send to market ; the yield in this locality 

 has been about the same as mine ; the 

 season is now over for honey with us. 

 J. P. Bassett. 



Santa Barbara, Cal., Aug. 14, 1880. 



I wintered 24 coionies without loss on 

 the summer stands ; I have now 46 

 strong colonies with plenty of honey for 

 winter; I extracted 500 lbs. of white 

 clover and linden honey and have about 

 500 lbs. of comb honey ; if the weather 

 is favorable I shall have much more fall 

 honey ; bees have done poorly in this 

 section. Dr. A. J. Wright. 



Carlton, Mich., Aug. 15, 1880. 



I extracted only 2% tons from 360 

 colonies ; about 300 of them being in 

 good order ; some bee-keepers obtained 

 none. L. Lindsly, Jr. 



Waterloo, La., Aug. 16, 1880. 



Mine is an average crop ; I have about 

 8,000 lbs.; % light. R.' B. Oldt. 



New Berlin, Pa., Aug. 16, 1880. 



I had 60 colonies in the spring and 

 have extracted but 3,080 lbs.; % less 

 than usual ; I have increased to 100 colo- 

 nies ; our country is mountainous and is 

 well adapted to bee-keeping ; we have 

 poplar, linden, persimmon, sourwood 

 and almost all other common honey 

 plants ; I wish some good bee man 

 would come clown here and develop the 

 business. B. B. Toney. 



Holly Tree, Ala., Aug. 17, 1880. 



The mild winter destroyed nearly all 

 our honey-producing plants ; we have 

 less than % a crop. C. B. Miller. 



Selin's Grove, Pa., Aug. 3, 1S80. 



I fed 8 colonies last fall with honey 

 extracted from combs on which bees 

 had died the previous winter from 

 dysentery ; they wintered safely ; in 

 July I think there was about 320 lbs. of 

 honey in the hives ; on Aug. 1, 1 took off 

 100 lbs. of light comb honey, and I have 

 increased to 14 colonies ; I shall have "to 

 feed again this fall ; since writing this 

 I have had another swarm ; a virgin 

 queen accompanied a swarm from a 

 hive that had given a swarm on the 

 4th inst.; I returned the swarm ; this is 

 new to me, to have a virgin queen lead 

 off a swarm. Joseph H. Fisher. 



Napoleon, 0., Aug. 12, 1880. 



