476 



Money f^arucst. 



We had so much rain in the early part 

 of the season that bees could do nothing 

 till Aug. 1st ; since then they have 

 stored some surplus. If the season 

 continues as favorable as it is now, we 

 shall have a good fall crop of honey. 

 G. W. Zimmerman. 



Napoleon, O., Aug. 25, 1880. 



I put out of the cellar last spring 100 

 colonies of Italian bees ; I have ex- 

 tracted 150 lbs. of honey, but ought not 

 to have taken it ; I shall not have any 

 surplus honey. Mr. Hatch has 15 colo- 

 nies, and said he examined a part of 

 them this week, and they only had 

 about 3 lbs. of honey in each hive. All 

 the bees in this neighborhood are in 

 about the same condition ; some have 

 starved. E. S. Johnson. 



Lockport, 111., Aug. 30, 1880. 



I shall obtain 350 lbs. of box honey 

 (buckwheat) from 20 colonies ; no ex- 

 tracted. What should I plant on my 

 sand and gravel hills for honey plants V 

 H. A. Knudson. 



Mt. Morris, Wis., Aug. 25th, 1880. 



[Melilot clover, mammoth mignonette 

 or almost any honey plant with deep- 

 penetrating roots.— Ed.] 



On June 8th we had a storm that de- 

 molished every blossom ; the bees had 

 just begun to get well going, and this 

 storm set them back fully a month ; 

 brood was dragged out, and every colony 

 saw hard times and nothing to do. 

 Since then bees have gained steadily. 

 White clover was a failure ; we had very 

 few natural swarms. Since the 10th of 

 August the honey harvest has been 

 abundant, and will continue till frost 

 comes. Pri/e boxes that I put on one 

 week ago are nearly full now, and cap- 

 ped over. Colonies are all strong, and 

 in fine working order. 



Philip P. Nelson. 



Manteno, 111., Aug. 26, 1S80. 



I commenced this spring with 10 colo- 

 nies of blacks ; increased to 18 by di- 

 vision, introducing young and prolific 

 Italian queens; I have had 3 natural 

 swarms during the last 3 days, making 

 21 coioniesnow, and expect 8 or 10 more 

 in a few days. I use a 7-inch cap for 

 surplus, but it is now a brood nest from 

 bottom to top. I have taken only 100 

 lbs. of extracted honey, but have con- 

 siderable in each hive now. and always 

 aim to keep much there. To tins I at- 

 tribute my success in the management 



of bees. I now have no blacks, and 

 never want to keep any more. I have 

 several colonies that are a little cross, 

 but they give me the most honey. 



J. S. Tadlock. 

 Kingsbury, Texas, Aug. 29th, 1880. 



I have extracted 500 lbs. of honey, and 

 have taken off 1,000 lbs. of comb honey 

 to date, and have some more on the 

 hives yet. In all, I have about % of a 

 crop. J. S. Lord. 



Linden, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1880. 



From 5 colonies in the spring, I had 

 my first swarm on May 19 ; now have 20 

 colonies. The natural swarms are the 

 largest I ever saw. I extracted 30 lbs. 

 June 14th, and shall not have over 40 lbs. 

 of box honey, which is "second quality. 

 I use the American hive. There are 4 

 or 5 others in the same condition, near 

 me. I have blacks and Italians. 



Wm. Chinnock. 



Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 24, 1880. 



I commenced the season with 45 colo- 

 nies, most of them very weak. I have 

 3,715 lbs. of extracted honey, and about 

 50 lbs. of wax ; I have increased to 82 

 colonies. The season was too cold. The 

 quality of the honey is very good. 



S. S. Butler. 



Los Gatos, Cal., Aug. 25. 1880. 



For some unknown reason the honey 

 crop has been exceedingly short with us. 

 We have had a fair supply of rain and 

 sunshine, and farm crops generally 

 promise to be unusually abundant. The 

 failure is very general, and there has 

 been little natural swarming. 



W. W. Hipolite, M. D. 



DeValPs Bluff, Ark., Sept. 3, 1880. 



The honey yield in this section has 

 been very good ; my bees have never 

 done better. My 5 colonies wintered 

 without loss, and gathered their first 

 pollen on Feb. 26th, two weeks earlier 

 than usual. They swarmed from May 

 8th to 28th, a full month earlier than 

 usual. Two colonies swarmed 3 times, 

 and have given 50 lbs. of comb honey. I 

 shall have 300 lbs. from the 5 colonies in 

 the spring (now T3). Apple blossoms 

 yielded well, as did the locust ; but bass- 

 wood and white clover gave no honey. 

 In June we had a heavy honey-dew run- 

 ning down the body of the pear trees on 

 to the caps of my hives ; but it is poor 

 stuff for bees to winter on. It has been 

 very dry here, and things are much 

 parched up, but the bees are gathering 

 some from fall flowers. 



M. D. DuBois. 



Newburgh, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1880. 



